March was an amazing month for us here at stitched tire(several awesome shows and a new accordion!). The month started off a little slow but the middle things started to get exciting. We hosted another pluckluck at a different location with Cedar Boy Bailey(Sergio from Buxton), Phillip Foshee, georgia's Horse, and Sew What. It was a very relaxing and enjoyable time. Sadly, Phillip had an incident with some hot wax but pulled it off with style, even changing the words in one of his songs to lighten the mood. Cedar Boy Bailey and georgia's Horse are always amazing to hang out with and see play. Sew What has started playing some new songs and I got to pull out the accordion for the first time.
The next day found us in the woods(yes, the woods) to hear the stylings of Robert Ellis and Geoffrey Mueller as they traded off songs, and the always delightful listenlisten. Dark Dark Dark had planned to play in the woods as well but they arrived a bit late so we all ventured back To Robert's house. Let me just say, I love these guys. They were simply amazing, even if the cello player was absent. Better still is when Robert, Geoffrey, and the folks in Dark Dark Dark started jamming at the end of the night. You wouldn't believe how great this sounds, unless you get to hear the recording of course!
THEN, a few days later some New Orleans friends, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Sam Doores, made a visit to our (un)fair city to play a show with Sew What. I wish there had been more folks there but it was SXSW so everybody was probably busy with that. Despite the lack of people all these guys still played their hearts out. It was simply amazing.
The end of the month brought the Westheimer Block Party, and we all know everybody loves that so I won't write too much about it. THE END.
LIVE COMPILATION CD IS COMING SOON!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
februaryy losses
Our good friends Neil and Kate from Lazyhorse spent their last month here in Houston during the month of February. The last show was at Boondocks with Lenny Briscoe. I love the split set idea they always do, it provides a more entertaining evening that's for sure. They will be missed, but hey now we have a reason to come to Tennessee!
Sew What played two shows this month, a small set for our friend Jessica's birthday and a show at Amy's Ice Creams with Robert Ellis and Bloomington folk duo Ghost Mice. There was actually quite a good turnout for this show and everybody got awesome ice cream.
Unfortunately I don't have any photos or live sounds for any of this. Sorry!
Sew What played two shows this month, a small set for our friend Jessica's birthday and a show at Amy's Ice Creams with Robert Ellis and Bloomington folk duo Ghost Mice. There was actually quite a good turnout for this show and everybody got awesome ice cream.
Unfortunately I don't have any photos or live sounds for any of this. Sorry!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
i'm slow i know.. pt 3
We hosted another Airon benefit here at the Stitched Tire House in early January with Aunt Belle, Ellis Mueller and Hart, Lenny Briscoe(acoustic), and Sew What. Everybody brought food and beers and listened to some great tunes. Geoffrey joined Robert Ellis and Will Van Horn on their amazing bluegrass, country, gyspy tunes. Sew What played a cover set and Lenny Briscoe did a probably once in a lifetime acoustic set. We love house show/potlucks as if you couldn't tell yet...
At the end of January we held our LAST Secret Saturday show since things at the tavern had grown quite uncomfortable. Included in this huge blowout was Ghormeh Sabzi, Sew What, Sad Gorilla, sIngs, Guitars, The Mathletes, Time Machine Veterans, and The Takes. It was a great way to end our year+ endeavor in trying to bring something wonderful to this little big city.
Sorry this is short, I'm way behind on things and my writing abilities seem to have digressed a bit. More on the way...
At the end of January we held our LAST Secret Saturday show since things at the tavern had grown quite uncomfortable. Included in this huge blowout was Ghormeh Sabzi, Sew What, Sad Gorilla, sIngs, Guitars, The Mathletes, Time Machine Veterans, and The Takes. It was a great way to end our year+ endeavor in trying to bring something wonderful to this little big city.
Sorry this is short, I'm way behind on things and my writing abilities seem to have digressed a bit. More on the way...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Ups and Downs of Winter
Pt 2 of 3 on the updates..
December -
Sew What played two wonderful shows with our friends Listen Listen in two different cities! The first show was hosted by Art Storm at the Caroline Collective and also featured The Wild Moccasins and Austin's Peter and the Wolf. It got pretty cold that night and we could hardly feel our fingers as we were playing outside but it was quite a great night of music under that make-shift canopy.
On the 20th we took a caravan trip to New Orleans to play with our friends Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? at the Sidearm Gallery. We love this city and didn't have enough time to hang out as much as we wanted, but the night we had sure made up for it. Sew What started off the evening with a bang, albeit a quiet one somewhere in the distance that still seems to seep through you just as intensely. It was our first time to play my song, Here in the Desert, with trumpet parts. Listen Listen followed and played one of their best sets if I may say so. The crowd started to warm up for WAWBSABS with some swaying and slight dancing to the waltz like nature of the new songs from the forthcoming Hymns from Rhodesia album. And thenn.. something thats a little hard to put in words(or there are just a lot of them?), Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?. These guys put on an amazing show and the crowd loved every minute of it. Coming from Houston it's pretty rare to see an entire room full of people swaying, dancing, singing, and outwardly enjoying the music during a set. Walt, the singer, plays accordion with a passion and is backed up by a rotating cast of members playing various brass and percussive instruments. The end result is an array of emotions scattered throughout a song with rhythms that just make you start to move before you even notice it. (We're going to see them this weekend with O' Death, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and My Graveyard Jaw. Be jealous..)
On the down side of things, our good friend, Airon Paul Dugas, was involved in a scooter accident that has required quite a few surgeries and some needed help. A benefit show was organized for him in late December with Butch from 30 Foot Fall, Teenage Kicks, Wild Moccasins, Guitars, Friendship, and Dannzig. He's a great guy and a great musician and everybody was more than happy to help him out in a time of need. Plus it was a fine show with great music and a keg and a raffle...
December -
Sew What played two wonderful shows with our friends Listen Listen in two different cities! The first show was hosted by Art Storm at the Caroline Collective and also featured The Wild Moccasins and Austin's Peter and the Wolf. It got pretty cold that night and we could hardly feel our fingers as we were playing outside but it was quite a great night of music under that make-shift canopy.
On the 20th we took a caravan trip to New Orleans to play with our friends Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? at the Sidearm Gallery. We love this city and didn't have enough time to hang out as much as we wanted, but the night we had sure made up for it. Sew What started off the evening with a bang, albeit a quiet one somewhere in the distance that still seems to seep through you just as intensely. It was our first time to play my song, Here in the Desert, with trumpet parts. Listen Listen followed and played one of their best sets if I may say so. The crowd started to warm up for WAWBSABS with some swaying and slight dancing to the waltz like nature of the new songs from the forthcoming Hymns from Rhodesia album. And thenn.. something thats a little hard to put in words(or there are just a lot of them?), Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?. These guys put on an amazing show and the crowd loved every minute of it. Coming from Houston it's pretty rare to see an entire room full of people swaying, dancing, singing, and outwardly enjoying the music during a set. Walt, the singer, plays accordion with a passion and is backed up by a rotating cast of members playing various brass and percussive instruments. The end result is an array of emotions scattered throughout a song with rhythms that just make you start to move before you even notice it. (We're going to see them this weekend with O' Death, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and My Graveyard Jaw. Be jealous..)
On the down side of things, our good friend, Airon Paul Dugas, was involved in a scooter accident that has required quite a few surgeries and some needed help. A benefit show was organized for him in late December with Butch from 30 Foot Fall, Teenage Kicks, Wild Moccasins, Guitars, Friendship, and Dannzig. He's a great guy and a great musician and everybody was more than happy to help him out in a time of need. Plus it was a fine show with great music and a keg and a raffle...
Where have you been my darling young one?
Well it sure has been awhile, look at all those comments I got wondering where I had gone to...oh wait. We've had quite a great time in the past couple months and I guess I'll try to sum some of it up in the next couple posts.
November -
We had our first show here at the Stitched Tire House and it turned out very well.. Broman opened up the night with a room full of laughter, Bigfoot and the Bear went up next with his first amplified set and tore it up, and Airon wowed us as always and played one of my favorite tunes I've heard from him yet.. Our New Orleans friends, Steve Eck and the Midnight Still, filled in the middle with some lovely, dark folk featuring guitar, banjo, and stand up bass. The next half of the evening was started by Tiziano(just underwent hand surgery? lets he hope gets well soon) and he pleased the crowd as always, Sew What played a few of our newer tunes, and I played a special all banjo set.
Sew What also played two art events in the latter part of the month. The first was during the Art Crawl at The Foundry, where our lovely Rachel T. sold her first piece of art, and the second was the Vaudeville for your Maudeville show put on by Bootown. The Bootown show also featured our new friend, Lucas, playing as Grandfather Child. Lap steel + fast drums + extra guitar = a foot stomping good time. The show also featured a comedy act, a bicycle riding act, and an awesome puppet show.
December to follow. Songs from the House Show are below. Be on the lookout for a Stitched Tire Compilation in the near future..
November -
We had our first show here at the Stitched Tire House and it turned out very well.. Broman opened up the night with a room full of laughter, Bigfoot and the Bear went up next with his first amplified set and tore it up, and Airon wowed us as always and played one of my favorite tunes I've heard from him yet.. Our New Orleans friends, Steve Eck and the Midnight Still, filled in the middle with some lovely, dark folk featuring guitar, banjo, and stand up bass. The next half of the evening was started by Tiziano(just underwent hand surgery? lets he hope gets well soon) and he pleased the crowd as always, Sew What played a few of our newer tunes, and I played a special all banjo set.
Sew What also played two art events in the latter part of the month. The first was during the Art Crawl at The Foundry, where our lovely Rachel T. sold her first piece of art, and the second was the Vaudeville for your Maudeville show put on by Bootown. The Bootown show also featured our new friend, Lucas, playing as Grandfather Child. Lap steel + fast drums + extra guitar = a foot stomping good time. The show also featured a comedy act, a bicycle riding act, and an awesome puppet show.
December to follow. Songs from the House Show are below. Be on the lookout for a Stitched Tire Compilation in the near future..
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Pluck Luck 2!!!
The second show in a delightful series of potluck house shows went down recently and it couldn't have been any better. This edition was hosted at the Patillo Family Home and featured Airon Paul Dugas, Ellis and Hart, Sew What, and Robert Ellis. There was endless amounts of wonderful food, just the right amount of lovable characters and some great music to boot.
Our favorite texas folk/country/blues wonder, Airon Paul Dugas, started the night with his tear jerking, throw you on the floor and stomp on your heart till there's hardly anything left mix of songs. Check him out this Friday at our house show and then Dec 4th at The Continental Club with Paris Falls as his backing band! Holy shit, that is going to be amazing..
Next up was the newly formed bluegrass duo, Ellis and Hart. This was, by far, my most favorite part of the night. Robert on guitar, Will on banjo, and my head spinning from the fast paced folky bluegrass. I hope so dearly to hear more from these guys in the future. They are both great guys and ever since I saw them I've been wanting to build a bass just so I could play with them(though they don't know it yet).
Sadly, I didn't get a chance to record our Sew What set due to me playing and getting caught up in all the commotion. My banjo skills don't even come near to Will's but I think we did quite a good job despite the little bit of practice we have had in the past couple weeks.. We will be playing at the house show this Friday as well.
Last up was Robert Ellis with his quiet, beautiful, moving tunes. He played a wonderful Gillian Welch cover and gave us a pleasant ending to another great night. I can't help but stare at his fingers when he plays, moving up and down the fret board with what looks like very little ease. I didn't get to record any of his stuff either but I hear he has a new album coming out soon, or it's already out??
Anyways, here's a few tunes from Airon Paul Dugas and Ellis & Hart. Please enjoy and come out this friday to our house show if you can. 1506 Caywood Ln. 7PM. Bring booze, bring snacks, bring your ears, and bring a friend..
Our favorite texas folk/country/blues wonder, Airon Paul Dugas, started the night with his tear jerking, throw you on the floor and stomp on your heart till there's hardly anything left mix of songs. Check him out this Friday at our house show and then Dec 4th at The Continental Club with Paris Falls as his backing band! Holy shit, that is going to be amazing..
Next up was the newly formed bluegrass duo, Ellis and Hart. This was, by far, my most favorite part of the night. Robert on guitar, Will on banjo, and my head spinning from the fast paced folky bluegrass. I hope so dearly to hear more from these guys in the future. They are both great guys and ever since I saw them I've been wanting to build a bass just so I could play with them(though they don't know it yet).
Sadly, I didn't get a chance to record our Sew What set due to me playing and getting caught up in all the commotion. My banjo skills don't even come near to Will's but I think we did quite a good job despite the little bit of practice we have had in the past couple weeks.. We will be playing at the house show this Friday as well.
Last up was Robert Ellis with his quiet, beautiful, moving tunes. He played a wonderful Gillian Welch cover and gave us a pleasant ending to another great night. I can't help but stare at his fingers when he plays, moving up and down the fret board with what looks like very little ease. I didn't get to record any of his stuff either but I hear he has a new album coming out soon, or it's already out??
Anyways, here's a few tunes from Airon Paul Dugas and Ellis & Hart. Please enjoy and come out this friday to our house show if you can. 1506 Caywood Ln. 7PM. Bring booze, bring snacks, bring your ears, and bring a friend..
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Stitched Tire House Show!!
Stitched Tire is putting on our first house show on November 14th. We've got a great line up and we want you to come share the evening with us..
Bigfoot and the Bear
Broman (silly songs from JD of Lenny Briscoe)
Tiziano Dominico
Steve Eck and the Midnight Still
Baby Hurricane (Rachel of Sew What on ukulele)
Cory Derden
Airon Paul Dugas
Our friend, Steve Eck, is on tour from one of our favorite places to hang out, New Orleans, and you should come help support all of us. 1506 Caywood Ln. Bring your own booze! Bring some snacks if you want! Come enjoy a great evening with great music. Here's a couple teaser songs...
Bigfoot and the Bear
Broman (silly songs from JD of Lenny Briscoe)
Tiziano Dominico
Steve Eck and the Midnight Still
Baby Hurricane (Rachel of Sew What on ukulele)
Cory Derden
Airon Paul Dugas
Our friend, Steve Eck, is on tour from one of our favorite places to hang out, New Orleans, and you should come help support all of us. 1506 Caywood Ln. Bring your own booze! Bring some snacks if you want! Come enjoy a great evening with great music. Here's a couple teaser songs...
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