49th Vibration rehearsal 8-29-10
Our third practice back from dry dock was very fruitful. Harbour showed up and we had a really good practice. We jammed on the old songs and worked on a couple of new ones. It felt and sounded really good.
One of the songs we worked on was a tune I had written earlier this year for the songwriting challenge that me, Rob, and Robbie had going. I wrote a new verse and a bridge and recorded the complete song.
49th Vibration
49th Vibration has a little life. April and I have rehearsed a couple of times and it's really getting me excited. We have jumped right into working on new songs (The Other Door, Walking in my Winter) and it's sounding great. We hit a few of the songs from the old set and those pretty much fell right into place.
I hope Harbour will make it out soon.
The 1969s
I've been playing bass in a band called The 1969s and we are starting play some shows.
It's party blues, for lack of a better label.
Guitar/Vox: Scott Lindsey
Bass: Troy Thibodeaux
Harp: Landon Kirksey
Drums: Chris Mancini
At this point we have played a couple of shows in clubs and one house party. All went well in my opinion, and there are more gigs booked (see "Event" listings).
Sat 5-2-10
Damaged Faith played at the Skillman Street Pub in Dallas. It was a blast. The show went great. All the bands were really good, and it was a had a great time.
The night started with a set from Vein. They sounded good and got the Metal ball rolling.
Revolution Garden Party went on next and they really blew me (Troy) away. I had only watched some YouTube videos, which really did not do them justice. They are an awesome band. Their style did not fit with the other heavy bands, but it didn't matter. They have great tunes and excellent musician ship, and the crowd responded from the first riff until the last.
Damaged Faith went on next, and we had a bunch O' fun. We closed the set with "Holy Diver" to tip our hat to recently deceased Ronnie James Dio.
Sat 4-17-10
Damaged Faith played at the Basement Reunion at The Lakewood Theater in Dallas. It was a blast.
Pictures
Sat 3-27-10
Damaged Faith played at Joey's B-day part at Angie Key Stowe's house. I saw lots of old friends and it was a great time. We even played well I thought.
Check out a video of Joey singing "Have Gun, Will Shoot
Mon 4-20-09
The 49th Vibration show in Tyler went really well. Harbour could not make the show, so it was just me and April. It was a beautiful day out in the country. After our set we took a ride on a hay-filled cart that was pulled by a tractor and we toured the camp grounds. We walked through the woods and sat on the pier for a while just soaking it in.
I am sad to report that that will probably be the last 49th V. show for a while. Harbour is exploring some other things and April has a reoccurring elbow injury that is keeping her on the I.R. for a little while.
I do plan on regrouping at some point, and what the band will look like, I'm not sure. Stay tuned.
Mon 2-2-09
David Harbour and I have begun rehearsing for an upcoming show at Anderson Guitar Gallery in Frisco, TX. I'm going to play a few solo acoustic songs, then Dave and I will play together on a few of my songs, then on a few of his songs, then Dave will play some solo bass and solo piano. It should be a fun time.
The show is Sat Feb 21st. You can go to andersonguitargallery.com for more info.
12-18-08 New Orleans House of Blues
The New Orleans House of Blues show went great. Kelly and Don's (Dokken) set was great. Don's plane had been severely delayed and the airline lost his guitar, so he rushed to the gig, borrowed a guitar, did a quick run through with Kelly in the green room, and then on to the stage.
There was a mad dash prior to Don getting there, as we had to find him a guitar and retune it a whole step lower. Kelly was playing a 12-string, so he had to tune that bad boy down, and then retune it up for his set.
As I walked into the green room to let Kelly know I was there, and tell Don hello, Kelly asked me to bring the guitars to the stage and give them one final tuning, and of course I did.
Sean (Huguenin), who was also playing guitar in the band, asked me to tune his guitar also, as it has been tuned down for Don at one point, but they chose to use a different guitar for that purpose, and left his halfway tuned down. So it was a mad scramble of hyper-tuning right before the show. Thanks to my friend Robbie Wilson for loaning me his tuner. I don't think my pitch pipe would have cut it.
The show went off great. Kelly had a great lineup of top notch players that were mostly old friends that spanned many a year. Mike Bearb played percussion and backing vocals. Mike and Kelly played in a band back when Kelly was only 14 or 15 years old. Flint Zerangue played drums, who was in a band with Kelly (along with me) backing in 1985 when we were all still teenagers. Andrew Ross played guitar and sang. Andrew came to the show straight from the TSO show, with who is currently on tour with, as Kelly has toured with TSO the past two years. Sarah Hund played violin and sang. Sarah has also performed with Kelly in recent years, and I have to say, is about the nicest, humblest musician I have ever met. Kelly's friend David Presley played some keys on a few tunes also. I did not get a chance to talk to David much, but he seemed to be a really nice guy, and was a keyboard wiz, to say the least.
