Monday, April 10, 2006

Down by the Riverside

We did it! For the first time ever, none of us will be buying a ticket to the Friday night Beale Street Music Festival event...but we WILL be there! On Saturday, we won Rock 103's "Great Unsigned" local music competition and earned a spot performing on the same bill as legendary artists B.B. King and Big Star; notable pop acts like Train, Jason Mraz and Bryan Adams; and Memphis' own Oscar-winning Three 6 Mafia. We're slated to perform at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 5.
Thanks again to our dear friend and producer Posey Hedges (pictured above) who did an incredible job filling in for us on rhythm guitar. He learned how to play the songs in about an hour! Speaking of songs...here's what was included in the winning set:
NOTHING TO SEE HERE
GUMBALL MACHINE DIAMOND RING
KEEPING STILL
SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE
OTIS REDDING SONG
GREAT BIG COSMIC
IF I WANTED YOU
YEAR 55
Undoubtedly, our strong crowd response had an impact on the judges. Thanks to the many friends, family and fans who were there to support us and all of you who voted on-line to help get us there. We absolutely could not have done it without you. It was a great day. So, go ahead and pick up those Music Fest tix--we'll see you there!!

11 Comments:

At 9:35 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Congrats, y'all!

And great set Saturday (the extended instrumental lead-ins to several of the songs were a nice touch). Your sound translated well to the larger stage...I'm sure it'll continue to do so on the Even Bigger Stage next month.

 
At 10:34 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for being there to support us, David, and for writing such thoughtful comments!!

 
At 3:39 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rock on! Congrats fine sirs.

 
At 6:40 PM , Blogger Patrick said...

Congratulations!!

Lookin forward to finally seeing ya'll play!

 
At 8:09 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's awesome!!! I can't wait to hear you guys rock out on the main stage.

 
At 8:11 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Congratulations from Team Powers of Iowa City.

Really, thats great.

Team Powers

 
At 8:23 PM , Blogger Betsy said...

Oh man! I wish we could come for the big event! That's so great you guys! Can't wait for the next time we get to hear you.

 
At 1:55 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

I could REALLY go for some Bud Light right now!

j/k

Guys, that's great. Hope I can be there for the show...

 
At 2:55 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Look forward to enjoying a Budweiser product or two with you on May 5, Rich! Thanks so much, everyone, for your enthusiasm. Needless to say, we're tickled with this honor and great opportunity to share our music with more people!

 
At 1:51 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jeff,

I'm so proud of you guys!
From a bookstore, to the mainstage, wow! In six years, what a totally big step! I will go from singing in the classroom, to in my car, to "down by the riverside, baby!"

rock on, teach!

 
At 11:25 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for your enthusiasm, Lauren!!

 

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