We got behind in our posts and updates, but in case you’re in the Big City tonight, we’ll be playing the Grand America Lobby Lounge, 7-10p; Friday, October 25th; free / all ages. Fancier vibe with the nice furnishings and fancy small plates and drinks. Hang out while we play a set that we’re going to call from the line of scrimmage, challenging each other with songs as we go. We’re looking forward to an easy Friday night hangout. We always make new friends each time we play this lounge.
We have a big night coming up. Monday isn’t usually an eventful evening out on the town for us, but this is an especially notable exception.
Thanks to the good folks at Gandy Dancer Mercantile and Excellence in the Community, we get to play on the stage of Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden on Monday, October 7, at 7:30. We get a full stage, big sound, bright lights, and a grand piano; and you get theater seats under the stars of the historic architecture.
Doors and pre-show at 6:30, featuring Stampede playing in the lobby. We’re co-headlining with bluegrass band Basin & Grange, a different musical style but clearly a group with the same sense of playfulness in band names.
This is free and all ages. There are 800 seats; make sure you’re there to claim your favorite. A big crowd would warm our hearts, inspire the music, and demonstrate to the generous sponsors just how much benefit this brings. Bring yourself, your family, a couple of friends. And please share widely!
We’re getting ready for something big.
But first: Grand America Lobby Lounge this Friday night 9/20/2024, 7:00 – 10:00PM. If you’re in the big city, drop by and get a snack and a drink and say hello. It’s a nice place and we really love the vibe there.
Then, we have a private gig next week and then a few other things …
Including: We’re playing at the Egyptian Theater on Monday, October 7th (free, all ages) as part of the Excellence in the Community Concert Series. We co-headline and get to take the big stage in the beautiful space for a 1-hour set. We’ll remind you and blast out the promotional materials.
But the reason I’m bringing this up now is because in the previews of materials coming out we’re characterized as “jazz.” And that’s fine in most cases as we’re trying to describe how we fit in, especially since in this case we’re side-by-side with a bluegrass band (so fun!!) and it’s great to know what the range might be for your Monday evening.
And yet I start to worry. People who are really aficionados of jazz would scoff at a lot of what we do. Sure, we’ll play Gershwin regularly. But also Dua Lipa. I feel like we might be misrepresenting ourselves to the people expecting Coltrane.
That’s not the worst of it, though: What if you hear “jazz” and you think Coltrane and bebop and you’re turned away by these things and never tune in to us? What if, heaven forbid, you don’t realize that it’s not all dissonant, not all that serious, not long bass solos — Tim refuses.
In fact, I wish we were represented as “jazz-ish.” That feels better, more accurate, appropriately whimsical. Of course, those running gigs at Grand America? That’s when we have to promote ourselves as “jazz.” That gets us in the door and under the big chandelier. So far they haven’t kicked us out.
Anyway, we’ll keep playing around the fringes of jazz as well as blues and funk and soul and everything else. (Caryn just sent us an idea to try out a Taylor Swift piece. You might have heard of her? We think we can swing it.)
It’s been a minute since we wrapped up a summer lineup with our amphitheater gig for Davis Arts. It looked like this:
Maybe you missed it, but according to the Standard Examiner’s “Best of Northern Utah 2024” guide, yours truly is clearly making its way into the hearts of residents from Bountiful to Brigham.
You could have this bronze medal band playing for you at your own event or party, too! We imagine some of our friends are headed to the Ogden Nature Center Wildwoods Bash tonight, where a show of ours will be up for live auction. Bid often and bid high — all the proceeds go to ONS! Take a look at not only our contribution, but others, many of which you can bid on online! (To bid on us, you need to be there in person.)
Looking forward to seeing you in your backyard, on a stage, or within a favorite lounge. We’ll be back out on the town in a couple weeks.
Remember that time we played at the Kenley Amphitheater and had such a good time with a couple hundred friends, new and old? It was last weekend, the final show of the Sunday concert series hosted by Davis Arts Council, and we already miss it and are looking forward to a chance to play there again. .
Thanks to all who came out, and especially thanks to the Davis Arts Council for supporting the entire series and our performance.
Here’s a few photos from our scrapbook of the evening. (Maybe some videos will follow so we can keep living in the moment until our fall gigs start ramping up.)
Standards & Substandards 