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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!

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

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!

W&B: Mr. f#%^&*ing Nate… at last you keep still long enough for us to let the WoodGrain fans… ‘in’… A member of your band once recently called you “the youngest old soul in the music business…”…
You’re response…?
MN: I’m not the youngest old soul in music. Everybody has soul, most people just don’t know how to express it.
W&B: We can dig that man… so … the BlueNote has found out for us that you may (or may not) have grown up somewhere near or around south Irving (as did Joey Black)… Also that you come from a big family… How has this impacted you in recent years as you … Mr. Black & the rest of the members of The WoodGrain dive into the local music scene with a real sense of reckless abandon …?
MN: Well, Yeah I grew up in south irving, with eight brothers and sisters. I’m the 4th son, and me and all my brothers are heading straight for hell. So I think my parents your pretty used to it by now.
As for the state of my immortal soul? I think I still got a hold on it.
W&B: Hey Mr. Nate… Burnstem here … sorry I’m late. I had to see a guy about some…stuff…uh that last answer, truthful…yet cryptic man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . uh. . .oh yeah… What does The WoodGrain have stirring in the pot that might have the humidity rising…?
MN: Well we got a whole lotta songs that are stewin. Thats the way we do it. We all have ideas that we’re constantly throwing around. We’ll be sitting around completely twisted, and we’ll come up with a cool verse or line, or a riff. And we just keep it in the circle and slowly work on it. But to give you a hint about these new songs, were focusing on our usual topics of sex, drugs, alcohol, killin, swindlin, pimpin, wimin, and sex.
W&B: Yeah man… alot of the “WoodKnots” are sayin’ stuff like MR. Nate’s songs are all about killin’ (i.e. Blackwater)… but we see beyond that & wonder what you think that sort of fan opinion does to your image & that of your songwriting?
MN: Well seeing as songwriting is a form of self expression, I suppose the fans think that I’m a murdering psychotic womanizing thieving drug addled alcoholic heartbreaking egotistical douchebag… Damn, I’m in a tight spot…
W&B: Don’t cry Mr. Nate… Sunday mornin’ gon’ come ’round again…
Really… you know these people love you… no matter what the content of your songs they… we… can feel it… right… you dig man?
MN: I can dig it. Hey man, I was wondering, whats your view on the Texas blues scene today?
W: My official stance on the uh… Texas …blues… ’scene’ is that it’s sort of at a precipice… you know… it’s great…GREAT music! It always will be but right now… & hopefully with you guys at the forefront of it…that ’scene’ you speak of is ready to evolve man… and right now… what do you think Burnstem…
&B: Man, you guys are totally freakin’ me out right now… Mr. Nate …
MN: I think your right man, the entire music scene is headed in a good direction. Popular music as we know it is going to burn like the shit…that it is, and I’m going to smile when it does. People are starting to listen to MUSIC again. We live in such a great time.
W&B: Man…you rule Mr. Nate… Aight… las’question… you know it’s comin’… what’s your one & only favorite song & who’s it by?
MN: Well Burnstem and company, I really cant give you a song, but I can give you an album. If I was to only have one album to listen to for the rest of eternity, it would be Cold Dog Soup, by Guy Clark. It doesn’t happen very often, but every once in a while, there’s a album that’s so good, you can never get tired of listening to it.
The title song, as well as the song fort worth blues
(about the death of Townes Van Zandt), are just two of the perfect tracks on that album. Do yourself a favor, and get a copy.
W&B: Once again …far fucking out man. Thanks for your time and being so forthcoming Mr. Nate!…
MN: (Dial tone….)

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!

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

For those of you who attended the St. Patty’s Day “Homegrown” musicfest (on a TUESDAY…) you know what’s up. You will need to remove the chain… cuz this event will…be… off it. So far the lineup includes:

Tommy D.

Dragna

Jason Throws Whiskey

eleven40

The Southern Brothers

KBob & The Last Stand Band

Another Year Colder

Neptune Locals

& Your’s Truly The WoodGrain
Sound by A-B Productions

Festivities will be announced as the event draws closer. If you’ve ever been to a “Pimps & Ho’s” party… you’ll understand how much more diversity you’ll be offered in costume choice @ a “Boats & Ho’s” party. The whole thing is scheduled to kickoff around 3:30 on Sat. Oct. 24th. Nine great (diverse) local bands plus contests & all sorts of other … adult activities for a measley $10 cover charge. Please, don’t be one of the few unlucky souls to have to complain of missing it.

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: We’re here with the harmonica player for one of Dfw’s fastest rising mucical acts. It’s Kunkle Whitebread of The WoodGrain. Alrite, how did you gravitate towards playin’ the harmonica?

Kunkle Whitebread: Kind of a chance thing… Tried a cheap harp a buddy had at a party & was hooked. Been at it ever since. Just kinda picked it up & went. You know…?
BN: Yea…yea…a chance encounter. Blowin’ harp isn’t the only thing you contribute to WoodGrain onstage. Expound on your role(s) in the band on & off stage.
K.W.: On stage I just try to add another dynamic with either the backing vocals, noise makers, or on the horns (harmonica). Just puttin’ bricks in our wall of sound…
BN: “Bricks in the wall of sound”…I like that. Next question, who are your personal musical influences, harmonica players & otherwise?
K.W. On the harp it’s gotta be Mickey Rapheal…Willy’s guy. He just has this great tone. But also you got Lil Walter, Sonny Terry, & Elwood Blues. Just music wise it’s all over the chart, but the Stones, Waylon Jennings, Chris Ledoux, Jimi, & Zepplin are all up there around the top of things. Love good music.
BN: Good music…thats what we’re here for… Most bands start out aiming for a younger audience with delusions of super-stardom & a sense of financial entitlement. The WoodGrain has gained alot of momentum with what seems like an opposite approach. Please explain that approach, & why you think it’s been so effective for you guys.
K.W.: Yeah, I don’t know really… We just kinda saddle’d our ponys & rode. Never been much of a plan except to make folks have a good time. These days it’s tough all around & we just a bunch of guys tryin’ to give a reason to dance & smile. Hell…who needs money! I drink cheap beer anyway…
BN: Right on bro… Last question… What’s your one & only favorite song? By whom…?
K.W.: “Every Time I Roll the Dice”… Delbert McClinton. Song just makes my ‘get up & go’ get to ‘gettin” … you know…
BN: Great song! Good interview man, thanks.
K.W.: You too man…

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….

The mood was tense as we plodded through traffic into Fort Worth on our way to play The Ridglea Theatre’s 2nd ‘New Band’ night. Would we be on the main stage or the ‘upstairs lounge’ stage? How many people would show up simply for us? For all the bands? And who? For that matter, who were the other bands? What kind of music would THEY play? These many questions rattled around in our heads. Not doubts. Questions.
The first of four bands to play that night was El Show. I didn’t get a chance to speak to these cats because we played 2nd, rite after them. They were tight & efficient without losing there groove-ability. Sort of 311 on zanax with a little Sublime in there somewhere. A good, head bobbing, mellow mix. They seemed to have a good crowd too.
Next of course was…us. The WoodGrain. It was our first show ever in Fort Worth, and certainly our first show in such a large and popular music venue. We WERE on the main stage by the way. Our rather sizeable devoted following was just perfectly early. THANKS SO MUCH ALL OF YOU!!!! And . . .we The WoodGrain were right on time. As I stated earlier, we had many questions, and…if there were ANY doubts…we killed’em…dead. It was a perfect showcase of what one WoodGrain fan would later call a “precise slacked’ness” reminiscent of The Rolling Stones. A huge yet warranted compliment. The same fan also threw us a huge and unwarranted after party with frozen pizzas and beer. Ah the rock & roll life….
We were called back for a four song encore during which we layed to waste some of our better cover material with a brash nod toward virsatility.
The only other band I can comment on was Neptune Local. They will be jammin’ on the same bill with us again on the main stage at The Ridglea Sat. Aug. 15th. With regard to their sound…? I’d say soft metal meets hard reggea, but… with SOUL. They will get you movin’ and feelin good.