Five Years

As you regular readers know, our show at Borders on Saturday night marked the 5th anniversary of Ted and Jeff's first date (uhh..er..gig!) together. It was January 6, 2001. We've told the story many times before, but we really had no intention of forming a band at that point in time. I had played at Borders once in April 2000 (before Ted returned to Memphis), and I booked this next one a couple of months in advance. I asked Ted if he wanted to join me, and we went from there.

As I recall, we only rehearsed once or twice. We did a handful of tunes together (maybe 8 or 9), and the rest of the night, we just traded songs back and forth. As it turned out, we enjoyed doing it so much that I don't think we ever really talked about whether or not we'd continue. It was just understood. Ted was coming off a successful run with Resident Clark, and I felt like I was starting to get somewhat of a handle on the songwriting thing. So, we both still had the desire to play, for sure. With very similar work schedules that kept us busy up to 12 hours per day often times, it was pretty easy to schedule rehearsals. There were few options!

Five years later, here we are (with our comrades Casey and Marty), playing our semi-annual (or so) Borders gig. It was a fantastic night--probably our largest Borders crowd ever. Once again, the store sold out of CDs, and we had to dig into our own stock. Good problem to have! Thanks to all of you who made it out. We played for close to 2 1/2 hours and unveiled several new tunes that we're really excited about. We had a solid core of friends, family and fabulous folk-rockin' fans--many of whom sang along all night and even danced in the cafe! We had a great time, and we thank you for sharing it with us! Here's what we played:


IN THE BOOKS
KEEPING STILL
ROSEMARY
DON’T YOU STARE
GREATEST DAY
HEAVYWEIGHT
DAMAGED DOLLAR
BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN
SO MUCH CLEARER
PERPETUAL AFTERNOON
JAY-C’S BROKEN RADIO
CHANGED
WHAT THEY MEAN
IT TAKES SO FEW
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH
TEENAGE HEART
NOTHING TO SEE HERE
GREAT BIG COSMIC
YEAR 55
HARD TO FALL
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
I’M ONLY SLEEPING
BACK FROM LITTLE ROCK
TOP OF THE WHEEL
IF I WANTED YOU
SUBURBAN ROCK ‘N ROLL DAD
THE RIGHT COMBINATION
GUMBALL MACHINE DIAMOND RING

Due to Ted's pending nuptials and honeymoon, we'll be on hiatus from live performance until March 18 (I know...this doesn't really sound like a "hiatus" for us, as much as just our normal span between shows), when we'll play The Vault in Memphis for the first time. We look forward to seeing you then! In the meantime, we'll be working out new songs in the rehearsal space and counting on you to spread the word about the record. Keep checking this blog for weekly udpates. Thanks for your continued support!!

P.S. - A full set of photos from Saturday night will be available via our Web site, www.centralstandards.com.