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April 24th, 2012
It's almost festival time! We've got a lot of fun things coming up this summer :)
December 2011 was our first show in Portland and also our first trip to Idaho. We also teamed up with the Polyrhythmics early in the month for a fun show at Nectar in Seattle. New Year's Eve was spent with Acorn Project at the Wild Buffalo which was just as awesome as we expected it to be! We all went 70's for the Dazed and Confused theme, and even got a little Fleetwood Mac in there.  Then we went down to Portland again for two shows at the Goodfoot; one with Sugarcane and one with the Giraffe Dodgers. Another favorite that month was the Old Foundry show in Bellingham with bluegrass rippers Northern Departure and local band Dennis. The Old Foundry folks gave us the primo treatment as usual :)  Sugarcane then came up to Bellingham and joined us for our headlining show at the Wild Buffalo on March 2nd. Here is a video taken from March 2nd at the Wild Buffalo!  This was followed by Guemes Island's Woodchopper's Ball and another Idaho run. And THEN! The loveliest tour of our lives! McMenamins put us up on their Great Northwest Music Tour in March, a string of 7 dates at McMenamins venues throughout Washington and Oregon. We met so many great new people, played in so many awesome rooms (including Lola's Room at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland), and felt like well fed rockstars.  Our first headlining show in Seattle was at the High Dive on March 23rd with Head for the Hill and the Warren G. Hardings. It was packed and a huge success. Thanks! Jonathan sat in with us on a tune playing trumpet and he took tons of great pictures: Check out pictures from March 23rd at the High Dive taken by Jonathan Gipaya! Then over to the San Juan Islands for Rumor Mill and the Galley. Spokane and Missoula were the next weekend. That's where I took this lovely shot:  We almost got a great band photo out of this! In mid April we drove down to California for a four night run in Sacramento, Eureka, Sebastopol, and San Francisco. What a hoot! We played two nights with Lonesome Locomotive who were great to play with. We also got to meet the folks from Dead Winter Carpenters in San Fran :) Speaking of almost band photos....  Can you tell who is documenting these moments? During the run we also got to visit our favorite family fun center where Karl won our new dashboard mascot W.T.! He is now a permanent fixture in our beloved Michael Bolton.  Then we had a hell yeah show at the Tractor in Seattle with Per Near Sandstone! An impressive count for a Thursday night. Jonathan rode with us and played on a couple of tunes as well as taking more great photos. Thanks also to Jason for sitting in with us! Check out Jonathan's photos from the Tractor here!  The next night we played at Worthy Fest out in Glacier with Snug Harbor, the Endorphins, and Acorn Project among others. I can't believe it didn't rain! Karl made himself known to the crowd :)  Have you seen our video from the van? Check out how musical the boys can be when they really try! Polecat Van Jam During this time we also released the next video from our series filmed at the Roost: Turnbull Reel Check out what's coming up on the calendar and stay posted for new summer dates! You won't be disappointed :) Leave Comment: |
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