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Ok…We’re …Back with Beryl Court… an up & coming band out of the North Texas area that has so graciously agree’d to be The Dallas County BlueNote’s Tues. Interview.
DCBN: We’ve got Tristan (vocals, guitar) & Taco (Bass) from Beryl Court on the line here to enlighten’ the future & current fans as to what the band’s about & where they came from. Speaking to where they came from… How was Beryl Court formed?

Tristan: Well, Matt (Drums) & I started a band our freshmen year of high school in 2001 with a friend of ours. We had several different names & we were AWEFUL! I walked from that band because I got tire of the other guy, & after a few days Matt got tired of him too. We started playin’ with another friend & went by ‘Silent Pulse’ for awhile. Then we found out that name was already taken by several bands AND some drum company! So we changed it to Beryl Court, which is actually a street adress, in 2005. We played as a three piece until the summer of 2008 (when Buxton joined). We did that for awhile… then in Jan. 2010 the “other” guy walked & then we added Taco. And that’s where we are now.

Taco: I’ve been Alex’s (Buxton) friend since ‘07. We jammed some together before 2010. According to him I was “Good” (from what he seen with his ‘friend’ at the time)… I didn’t know alot… But in ‘09 when I got my Ibanez Sabre for Christmas… I picked it up & forced myself to get much better. It worked. Around March of ‘09 I saw B.C. play at Curtain Club with their old “member”. It was SICK! I thought “Man…it’d be awesome to do that! Espescially with Alex Buxton (lead guitar)!” That was my dream… I geuss… That year went on… I got better…2010 rolls around… I keep practicing to myself, talkin’ to my other friends about makin’ a band. Then Febuary rolls around… I get a call around Jan. 28th …It’s Buxton! This is what I got: “hey man, what’s up?”…I respond as usual thinkin’ he wants to hang out & such. Next thing he says…”You want to be in a band?”… I puase for a bit, I didn’t quite understand what he asked. He asked again with a chuckle because of my response. It took me a second to respond again but I replied with a “FUCK YEAH!” He filled me in on the situation. I had to learn 7 songs for a show in one week. God, what a load on my shoulders!
But I pulled some shit outta my ass & did a spectacular job according to my mates. Since then, they feel like a whole new portal has opened for them.

Ok…Done with that…shoot!

DCBN: You “pulled some shit…outta your ass” & opened a “portal”… ?right … with your “mates”… a “whole new portal”… Mm…K… Sounds kinky. But… I LOVE how descriptive you guys are!
Moving on…
I think you guys are a more serious, adult, barroom version of say…Matchbox20 or Flickerstick. But…What the fuck do I know?! Who are your influences? Who do you guys personally & as a band strive to pay homage to?

Tristan: We have lot’s of influences from Matchbox20 to Third Eye Blind… to all the metal stuff that alex is into. Honestly, we just try & write what we think sounds good.

Taco: We all like how we sound. We just want to have a good, all around, well written sound. It doesn’t matter what genre it is… We love it.

DCBN: Yeah…that’s present and accouned for, but, ok Taco what are YOUR influences?

Taco: My influeces?… Dream Theatre, Symphony X, Lamb Of God, Godsmack, Megadeth, Pantera ($$), S.O.A.D., Tool, & Alexander Buxton to name a few…

BN: Man that F’ing metal! If you guys could play on any stage, for any event…past, present, or future… anywhere in the world… Where would, when would it be?

Taco: Ozzfest with Pantera… Dunno which year…

BN: Fuckin’ A that’s AWESOME!Damn… the las’time I saw Pantera was at Ozzfest ‘94.

Tristan: Easy, a sold out Beryl Court show with thousands upon thousands of fans who all love it & know all the words. When & where are subject to change, but hopefully sooner rather than later.

BN: Good… Answer…! What’s your favorite location, event, & or venue to play at?

Tristan: (Laughs)… Thanks. My favorite place to be is just on any stage. Being on stage brings out a side of me that ussually isn’t there in my every day life.

Taco: I’ve only played at Rockin’ Parrodise, Curtain Club, & Sidetricked Pub n Grub in Arlington. I’d say in that order ‘cuz you guys ROCK! (referring to BluesFolks.com Production’s Open Mic Jam @ Rockin’ Parrodise every Tues.)

BN: You’re a different dude Taco… I love it. Ok, last question… What’s your favorite song & who is it by?

Taco: Um… “Serpent’s Kiss” by Symphony X.

Tristan: “Motorcycle Driveby”… Third Eye Blind.

BN: Excellent Tristan! Third Eye Blind is definitely apparent as an influence for Beryl Court. Man, you & Taco were a great interview! Thanks!

Tristan: No problem, thanks for the interest!

Cry Awhile by Bob Dylan performed here by…duh… The WoodGrain with “Gooch” sitting in on tha Sax. while Kunkle WhiteBread partied like it WAS his birthday… live @ Rockin’ Parrodise Fri. Feb. 5th…

And here on the recently found “secret” fan video from a long time ago in A.J.’s Honky Tonk far far away you can hear Joey Black screw up the song HE wrote… COME BACK SOON…but… A.J.’s DID have us back soon & we kick ass every time we play there! Enjoy…?

Last night’s first Tues. night Open Mic’ Jam presented by Bluesfolks.com Productions at Rockin’ Parrodise was everything an open mic’ night should be. The eb & flow was good but not too good, the musicianship was downright excellent, without sounding too rehearsed(it was by and large NOT rehearsed), & most importantly there was a committment to diversity.
I must admitt that I missed the first act of the evening due to the parent viewing of my son’s One Act school play. A man I know only as Paul or Paully apparently ripped it up on the electric guitar. I will catch Pual’s show next time. Next up were James & Blake of Jason Throws Whiskey. I did catch the end of their set & was AGAIN pleasently surprised. I mean, I love James’ songs…it’s just that…every time I hear them it seems to be a slightly (VERY SLIGHTLY) different yet just as good version. I don’t know. Decide what you think of them yourself. This Friday Feb. 5th Jason Throws Whiskey is opening for The WoodGrain at Rockin’ Parrodise for Kunkle Whitebread’s birthday show.
Next we were thrilled to present the band Barrol Court. Their influences were certainly identifiable, but that didn’t keep them from having a uniqueness about their sound. The vocals were great, and… from what I gathered talking to them, theres more in the bag of tricks than what we heard last night. Barrol Court guitar player Alex was fast & smooth on his beautiful green Parker guitar. Speaking of Alex…next he & bass player Taco jammed with drummer Judge Smith, playing classic rock hits & insde obscure funk jams to lose perfection. I’d like to thank Judge for having his kit set up for the evening.
Next up, a blast from the past as Jesica Mize (formerly of The WoodGrain) & her brother Bud played a couple of beautifully harmonized accoustic gems. Inevitably, I got up with Jess & we fell (er…stumbled) back into the old form. It was REALLY fun. I’m glad she & Bud made it.
Some fine Guitar work was also provided by Bluesfolks.com Productions’ own Mike “Slacks” Stephenson. His beer bottle slide work was on target once again. We love you “Slacks”! Even though you wore jeans las’night!
Finally, it was time for the night’s featured artist, Brak “Briznak” Moore, bass player for The WoodGrain. Now, I was all set to play lead guitar with Brak on some of his songs that I’d either heard a couple times or barely heard before at all. This being said, my excuse if we were bad, was well in place. It was abruptly shot to hell when a drummer out of the crowd (Judge) & a sax. player off the street (Shadow) came up and helped us take Brak’s songs to church!!! Shadow litterally walked into the bar & up onto the stage in mid song & asked “Is it ok if I play with you guys?” Before we could answer he was blowin’ the sax. … Judge was bangin’ the drums & our minds were blown. It was like the SNL band’s mini me. Really though… It was a great,GREAT jam session.
One last thing that made this Open Mic’ Jam so awesome was the crowd. The crowd at Rockin’ Parrodise is ALWAYS nothing but FUN, & the various new comers only helped that atmosphere!
DO NOT MISS IT NEXT TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Starting this upcoming Tuesday Feb. 2nd & every Tues. night following at Rockin’ Parrodise (121 bus. @ Southwest in Lewisville)… Kunkle WhiteBread & Joey Black of The WoodGrain will be hosting a true open mic’ night. We want musicians of all ilk… pickers, grinners, screamers, laughers,… uh crooners… brooding romantic types… country, blues, bluegrass, folk, rock, pop, reggea, bluesfolks… We need all of you.
So please, throw your guitar (or whatever you play) on your back & roll on down to Rockin’ Parrodise… bring your personality & leave embarrassment at home. Hell, have a cold beer even!!!

email: band@bluesfolks.com or just comment on this post with return info. for details…

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I could barely contain myself… All day long this past Saturday I had to find ways to keep my mind occupied so that I wouldn’t explode with excitement about the night’s upcoming Cowboys playoff game at “The Death Star” vs. The Eagles (formerly known as “The Dreaded & Feared”) I wasn’t worried at all about the outcome of the game. Really. I just couldn’t wait for it to get underway. In fact, I knew I was in the minority all week when I’d speak to other Cowboys fans & hear: “I don’t know if we can beat’em three times…”. Phoo-ey…! As soon as the week 17 drubbing was complete, I knew that Dallas would not only beat Philly, they would blow them out… AGAIN.
In the first meeting the teams had, at Philly in week 9, Dallas won by three points 17-14. It was the type of low scoring, defensive game, on the road agains’t a good team that the Cowboys were NOT supposed to be able to win. The key was Tony Romo’s ability to beat the blitz on third down time after time. So, naturally, in their next meeting (we all know how that turned out) the Eagles declined to blitz quite so much. This gave Tony & the rest of the Cowboys offense time to REALLY take Philly apart. See below.

So Philly blitzed…it didn’t work. They didn’t blitz…it didn’t work. I couldn’t help but think…”What are they supposed to do now?”. Of course they would make ajustments… but really… how many changes can a clearly inferior team make?!
Donovan McNabb tried to show the Cowboys & their fans that he was unphased by the previous week’s result by doing his Micheal Jackson impression & playing air guitar as he strutted onto the field. It was Romo, however, that proved to be the cooler cucumber. Late in the game he could be seen doing a hilarious, motion for motion, immitation of Ed Hocule’s baseball throw first down signal. Havin’ FUN…

What I didn’t know was that it wasn’ the first time this had happened…

In Closing…the Cowboys proved to have the better team, 34-14, & the funnier quarterback. But remember Eagles fans… it wasn’t McNabb’s fualt. It never is right? And somewhere T.O. had to be thinking…”man, it really WAS my fualt!”-Joey Black

I was at Franky Fernando’s house the other day to toss the old pigskin around in preparation for his family’s annuall day after Christmas football game. After our brush with football mediocrity in the field across the street from his house, we went back inside to roll one up so we could burn one down. His lovely fiance Allison was looking after little Mack & doing some luandry when I heard her say to Franky “Where’s the other sock that goes with this one?!?” It was then that I realized that I was not alone in the Universe!!! And the idea for this collumn was born!
For years now, I told her, my wife, son, & I had been losing halves of pairs of socks with no plausible explanation. We have several lone rangers in the sock drawers…( & YES I JUST PLURALIZED LONE RANGER!!!)Nike socks that don’t match eachother…striped socks with no twins…It’s anarchy! We figured it was simply a strange phenomenon, exclusive to our washer & dryer. Or…our dogs were hiding them…
After mulling this over with the Fernando’s I decided to do more research. I quickly ruled out dogs because Franky doesn’t have one. Maybe it’s been our cat all along. They have a cat. Or…There’s the lint trey to collect lint. Is there perhaps an unknown ’sock’ trey to catch…socks? And if so, why is it catching them? Where would they go otherwise?
This is only the beginning. Stay tuned for more “One Sock ‘chronic’ Chronicles” to see what I discover. Please leave your comments and any personal stories you may have about one sock chaos. See you tonight at LoneStar…

-Joey Black

My two favorite things on TV? Metalocolypse cartoons & football… but tonight?…Footy ball first… The F’ing Cowboys just about had me drink myself into oblivian yesterday with that putrid performance against San Diego… 20-17 loss. One huge positive were the excellent ribs! Thanks Sherrey! At least you can say that these last two games have NOT been Romo’s fault. And… if they could shock the world & beat the Saints in N.O. then I’d be able to forget these ;ast two loses. I’m rooting for it… not betting on it.
Man, I just got through watching the 49ers handle the Cardinals 24-9 on MNF. The Cardinals had 7 turnovers…
Every time they went on offense all I could think of was Andy Samberg’s “I threw it on the GROUND” SNL video… it’s Hilarious ENJOY!!!!!

I mean, really, that’s what the Card’s running backs did with the damn football… they put it on the GROUND… And Warner looked like he thought AZ were wearing their red jerseys…the way he kept throwin’ it to the 49ers…
Anyway, bummer about Colt not getting the Hiesman but… remember… Matt Lienert beat out Vince Young for the Hiesman right before the Horns beat USC for the National Championship. I’m hoping history repeats itself! Hook’em Horns!

CHICKEN & WAFFLES… The WoodGrain way…

Man… Eggo Blueberry WholeGrain waffles…butter, Syrup… Strawberry jelly… Tyson Chicken Breast tenders…

stack you up some waffles… with butter, syrup, & jelly… throw the chicken on top… eat… smoke… eat some more…

It was a night to remember… a day to forget. So why am I immortalizing it here on the intra-web? Because it’s really to damn funny a’story not to share with the masses. Or… at least the ten or twelve fans of The WoodGrain who haven’t already heard the legend of the four hour soundcheck.
It was Grand opening weekend for Rockin’ Paradise (formerly Hiccup’s & Daddy Rocks) & The WoodGrain was slated to headline the entertainment this past Sat. Nov. 14th. To try to insure that things would go off without a hitch during the evening The WoodGrain agree’d to meet at R.P. early (3PM) to coordinate things with D.J. YagerMonster… (seriously). We knew that they had house P.A. speakers for D.J. YM to blast tunes during our breaks, but we were responsible for bringing a soundboard for all the band mic.’s.
Once all members of The WoodGrain were set up…& our new sometime-part-time soundman Stark a.k.a. “Slink” had everything coordinated with D.J. YM… we all very casually took 15 thinking “We’ll come back…knock this out…then go home & party like rockstars until showtime…”

Right…

This is where things went haywire… Everything SHOULD have worked… nothing did… Hoping to have been back at my place eating like kings (thanks Andrea) by 4:30… it became 5:30 before we deduced that EVERYTHING worked except the soundboard we had brought. This was NOT GOOD. Myself, D.J.YM, & Mr. Nate were frantically calling each of our limited contacts in hopes we’d find a soundboard (such a delicate & usually valuable piece of equipment) on such incredibly short notice…on a Saturday night. I was ready to give up hope & cancel the show when a name popped up in my phone… A name I wasn’t sure I even had the right phone number for. That name was Henry Story, dummer of Grandma Black. Grandma Black was the cover band I (Joey Black) used to front. Not knowing what to expect. Not expecting much if anything… I said “fuck it” & dialed Henry.
Halelujah he answered & actually had a soundboard we could use!!!
After making the 45 min. round trip to the Colony & back I triumphantly re-entered Rockin’ Paradise…new soundboard in hand. We could FINALLY do a sound check!!! Problem was, our stomachs were growling loud enough at this point to be heard through the mics. & Franky had already had to leave. After all that we rushed through an extremely shaky, crowd annoying, half assed sound check.
Over four hours we’d gone from pride & confidence to unsure hopefullness to complete desparation & back to YOU GUESSED it pride & confidence & BACK to unsure hopefullness. At least we could finally go home & EAT.
After an AWESOME meal (again, Thanks Andrea) our pride & confidence once again ran high. After all, we ARE The WoodGrain…the greatest bluesfolks music band on the planet! Where there’s The WoodGrain there’s a way.
The show went great. We had a great turn out & hopefully added to our ever growing list of crazy die hard fans. We hope to play Rockin’ Paradise again soon. They really do have the cheapest drinks in Lewisville. Special thanks to Stark. He stressed out over the whole soundcheck thing more than we did, and thank god because we couldn’t have pulled the show off without him.
Thanks a ton to the R.P. management and staff. Thanks to Mongo on security. Thanks to the us… The WoodGrain… for kickin’ ass & takin’ names. Thanks to Henry. Thanks most of all to the fans. We love you!

The Tues. Interviews will be back soon!

Alright… here’s the low down… “Boats & Ho’s” was both a great success & a slight failure… Great costumes & crowd participation with regard to the theme, the bands were ALL awesome… ya da ya da ya da… I just can’t believe we weren’t able to draw more people… Especially during the earliest part of the show… it was easily one of the most beautiful days of the year… but hey, if you missed it, too bad! There were also problems with the sound system that were beyond anyone’s control… I think Scott & Jeff (A-B Productions.com) did an outstanding job & without the equipment & service they provided… the show WOULD NOT have gone on…period.
Halloween/Brak’s 30th Birthday party (also at LoneStar) was another wonderfully diverse WoodGrain party… With special guests, local underground hip-hop act HK (poorandangry.com), The WoodGrain got started blowing the NEW roof off of the joint… Lady GaGa & Brittany Spears each made an appearance… the beer flowed like wine & the women flocked like the salmon of Cappestrano …
…our schedule has just been updated… check it out… as well as the new pictures and videos ‘Slacks’ made mention of … here’s one…
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last… & I hope not least… look for (drumroll ……………………………………… ) The WoodGrain’s first studio (non live) album to be released some time in Feb.. It’s gonna be like ordering a hamburger… but actually getting a “cheese”burger… crazy I know… but hey this will be a hot gift idea for Xmas ‘10… the record, not… the “cheese”burger…
And that’s the LOW DOWN…

The WoodGrain has just released it’s new CD Live at A.J.’s Honky Tonk through our new myspace page (myspace.com/thewoodgrain). While bluesfolks.com will continue to be the band’s official website, we hope that the new myspace (in addition to myspace.com/bluesfolks & joeyblack.net) will be another great way for all of you tiny little goofballs to get good Wood on it.
Youtube.com (go to youtube then search bluesfolks.com) also has several awesome videos of The WoodGrain for your viewing pleasure.
Also don’t forget to read tommorrow’s Tues. interview in The Dallas County BlueNote here at bluesfolks.com.
As always we’ll be kickin’ ass & takin’ names @ LoneStar Country club on Thurs.. Then on Sat. 10/17 we’ll make our 1st ever appearance @ The American Legion Post 88 in Lake Dallas. Show starts at 8pm & is open to the public.
Lastly The WoodGrain would like to thank our fans for your continuing BALLS OUT… To the mf’n limit… victory or death support of us… WE LOVE YOU ALL!

BlueNote: We’ve got the newest member of The WoodGrain on the line here, bass player Brak Moore… What’s goin’ down Brak?

Brak Moore: Uh…just doin’ a little vacuumin’…bakin’ some chicken cordon bleu balls.

BN: Chicken cordon …Blue …Balls…? Outstanding! Let’s get to it. How’d you get tangled up with this riff-raff?
Brak: A twisted tale of burning bridges, whiskey, & a brief encounter with the Benbrook police was…the eye opener which led to the unfortunate splitteration of the BCB (Bulletproof Cricket Band). Which…in turn led me to the rich & new-fangled bluesfolks old school vibe that feels so much like home… Not to mention our early escapades around the Brazos River campfires , & the forces of nature that bring like minded people together in the name of “let’s get fucked up!”…
BN: So…’OUR escapades’ round the campfires…who in the band are you referring to partyin’ with back in the day? Which like minded people?
Brak: I believe Joey Black & Kunkle have wethered the Texas sun in the shade of the pecan trees for the love of 3am cocaine songs layed out on a fat spliff in a van down by the river.
BN: Which leads me to my next question…(what’s) your inspiration? Musical &… otherwise…?
Brak: From Townes Van Zant to Tool & almost everything in between. But, the blues has a special place in my heart where pain can be a beautiful thing… & just tell me a story of life …
BN: Beautiful man. I think I’m gonna cry. So, you feel good about the project so far?
Brak: The ‘project’ seems to have an agenda all it’s own. I’m excited to be a part of the whirlwind that is The WoodGrain. So, yes. I see the ‘progect’ lookin’ like a hot blonde in a short skirt…FULL of potential.
BN: Full… I like that! Alright, customary last question… What’s your one and only favorite song of all time?
Brak: Mountain Cry by Blues Traveler… if I had to pick just one… which is logistically impossible!
BN: Great interview man…thanks alot & we’ll catch up with you at the “Boats & Ho’s” theme party at LoneStar on Oct. 24th. This has been Woodgrain & Burnstem reporting.

Let me start with some full disclosure for all of you fans of The WoodGrain & bluesfolks.com. I, Joey Black, am a huge fan of Pearl Jam. I love Eddy Vedder’s voice & lyrics. I am also quite fond of Mike Mcready’s Hendrix’esque riffage. Of course I hear the same thing from everyone I talk to about Pearl Jam…”After ‘Ten’ all of their albums suck!”…or…something along those lines. Ok, first of all you DO have to have a pretty open musical mind & real affinity for the band to enjoy later P.J. stuff. But… to compare ‘Ten’ to any other record (let alone all other P.J. records) is just … dumbass in my estimation.
But… it’s ok dumbass. Just for you (but really for me) ‘Ten’ was re-released this past year and I finally upgraded my collection with a birthday gift copy of it. (Thanks Andrea)
Four previously unreleased songs & a different, even grungier (how is that possible?!?), version of “State of Love & Trust” to go along with all of ‘Ten’s original greatness. I’ve always loved this album because it’s one of those rare records you can put in while your sitting around getting stoned or on a long drive & you can litterally listen from start to finish without the urge to skip a song. This says something about song placement on a record as well as the musicianship.
If you haven’t given this record a spin in quite a while or haven’t heard these great tunes in too long… save for the infrequent play they get on the radio…GET OUT YOUR COPY OF ‘TEN’!!! Or… buy…download… pirate, whatever, the new version. Re-introduce yourself to classics like “Once”, “Even Flow”, & my personal favorite “Release”. Then… enjoy the previously unheard material. The guitar solo on “2000 Mile Blues” is worth the cost of the album. Yes… Pearl Jam playing the blues… awesome. Enjoy!-Joey Black

Now…we were deploying (thanks for driving Andrea!) for only our second show at Fort Worth’s famed Ridglea Theatre. But… like all that is The WoodGrain… We smacked of a certain sultry kind of confidence. We had a charming smile to go with our swagger. If only once, we’d been here before.
First up that night was Micheal Lackey, whom I hope to have for the BlueNote’s Tues. interview very soon. This kid (yes…kid) can really, really play the guitar! He played alone on stage (digital audio backing, drums, base etc. were fed through the PA) wearing a mask & never spoke a word. At all. His show, however, was very entertaining. All sorts of crazy streaming Star Wars video flashed behind him on the wall as he shredded the original Star Wars theme prog. rock style on the guitar. A great show for a head…& Star Wars geek as well.
As the WoodGrain pre-show tailgate party wrapped up…(cough) …Neptune Locals was tuning up & getting ready to blow everybody’s mind. They were also back for a second Ridglea go’round. Tight as ever, they got heads bobbin’ & people swayin’… THESE GUYS take their blend of different alternative styles… throw them all in the treble & bass blender & do not let you down.
WE The WoodGrain were on next. This was not only our second trip to The Ridglea, but also only our second time on stage with our new bass player Brak. He only helped to add another THICK layer to the woodgrain of The WoodGrain. The show, we were told, was a great success. If not for me (Joey Black) breaking a string on the last part of our second to last song “Down in Mexico”… the show would have been complaintless. I do apologize to devoted fans (Mom, Casey, Sherri, Robert, Mike, Ash, Melissa, …Everybody…) for depriving you of our great closing number “Black Shoes, Brown Hat…”.
The rest of the evening was kind of a blur. I missed all of Late In Texas’ show because I was enjoying a Mr. Nate solo concert at The WoodGrain’s post show tailgate party. Thanks Rhonda for the Jack tacos!!! Thanks Forrest for the cold beer!!!
I do remember that The Dan Family Kicked ass!!! A good, great… compliment to a WG performance. Any time you see that these guys have a show (if you love WoodGrain) you’ll love them!
When the dust settle’d… arrangements had been made… & arm wrestles were lost. The WoodGrain made our way to a secret location in Fort Worth for a great mix of just enough smoke, too many beers, & frozen pizza. Thanks Jan & Brent!!!
Thanks to all those who love music. Keep listening…& READING!

BlueNote: Alright…thanks Danny. How would you & your bandmates refer to the sound of Neptune Locals in terms of style & influence?

Danny: I guess our style is pretty eclectic & our influences are Ft. Worth bands from Sally Majestic to Brutal Juice & everything in between. The Ft. Worth scene is our sound & influence.
BN: I love it man…stay true to your roots. How long has Neptune Locals been together?
D: 4 or 5 months…
BN: Did the name of the band spawn out of that local loyalty?
D: The name suggests “near yet far away”, or being from a distant place, but here now. Ok, you got me! We’re aliens from the Planet Neptune here to assimilate into your warm tropical cultures. Damn you’re good Joey!
BN: Just doing my job as an investigatory journalist… no matter how many friends I lose or people I leave dying along the way…. so long as I can be an investigatory journalist… no matter how many friends I lose…or people I leave bleeding, bloodied, & dying along the way! (Zoolander, couldn’t help myself)
D: Right on!
BN: Right on indeed. So, when can local music fans expect your album for sale? Or, is it just going to be implanted in us after we’re abducted in our sleep?
D: Hey…How’d you know about that?! Well, we’re looking into recording now, but we have 3 tunes @ myspace.com/neptunelocals & we have a 3 song demo we pass out too. I’m also planning on going to ktcu Friday to see if they’ll play our stuff on our new cd Fridays from 9-11pm.. You never know.
BN: Killer man. Excellent! Just a couple more questions. First, what is your one and only favorite song? And who’s it by?
D: I don’t know…don’t really have one. Guess my ‘go to’ would have to be “I wanna love you” by Bob Marley. Now, that’s me. I don’t know about Tom & Tim. Oh wait…No! It’s “No woman, no cry” by WoodGrain as can be seen on Youtube! (much more from The WoodGrain on the band’s official website www.bluesfolks.com)
BN: PERFECT!!! I love Bob Marley. Lastly, on what dates & where can we look for you guys? And in parting, what would you like to say to your public?
D: Well, our next show is Aug. 15th 8pm @ The Ridglea playing with WoodGrain baby! It’s gonna be great atmosphere, people, & bands! So come & make the Ft. Worth scene happen!
BN: Thanks again Danny! For The Dallas Couny BlueNote this is Joey Black reporting….

Thurs.’s Aug 6th & 13th @ LoneStar Country Club on Beltline in Coppell No Cover ALL AGES until 11pm-Shows start at 9pm

Sat. Aug 15th @ The Ridglea Theatre on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth $13 cover 5 bands playing ALL AGES- time tbd

Thurs. Aug 20th @ LoneStar Country Club on Beltline in Coppell no cover ALL AGES until 11pm-Show starts at 9pm

Fri. Aug. 21st @ The Hungry Bear on 380 in Aubrey no cover ALL AGES-Show starts at 8:30pm

Thurs. Aug 27th @ LoneStar Country Club on Beltline in Coppell no cover ALL AGES until 11pm-Show starts at 9pm

Fri. Aug 28th @ The American Legion POST #50 in Cleburne no cover (show for members and guests of members only) time tbd