Kings & Queens

its been crazy. with just a few shows and tons of summer meandering going on. we did this covers thing at Coopers (our local bar that get’s full of real locals every weekend) (you know this town is like northern exposure crossed with twin peaks right?) – anyway, the covers thing was hilarious and seriously a little out of hand at times. we played some hectic material from ’sweet emotion’ to ‘blue monday’ to ‘cars’ to ‘enter sandman’ to ‘ she’s gone’. yes, that’s Hall and Oates. then ‘wyld tygers’ flattened everyone with ‘wind of change’ – crazy crazy nights people. a legitimate after show saw things get really weird later. i can’t go in to that here… so after no sleep we’re in traffic for 4 hours getting to the make out room in SF. That was not the best begining but you people who made it out for the sunday show kept us above water. thanks for that – despite the flaws and warts and all that mess of sound, so unique to that room, i loved playing that show. it also had the added bonus of witnessing Casual Fog and Two Sheds who are just completely on top of their game right now. Extra bonus was the Pleased reunion outside after the show. original 4 piece lineup. one place. one time only.

so to accompany the ‘great american stuff #1′ of last night (grilled cheese animal style with Ryan Donnelly and Jonathan Hischke at In n Out of Appian Way at 1am) tonight we went bowling in Sacramento with some very good souls… while there’s a sad sad world going on outside you can break free and hide in the crappy grease and friendly bonding of a bowling alley in the USA.

Our very dear friend Lee Bob Watson hosted a show at the Magic Theatre the other night was a joyous experience. Hanging out playing tunes with Dana, Adam, Thom and Lee & Michael is just good to do. We did acoustic style, full band. Smooth. Dig it.

So this week we’re playing some shows down in the city of San Francisco. It get’s cold there in summer. Anyway, here’s the details:

In an effort to not get too serious tomorrow (Saturday) we are playing a officially tongue-in-cheek covers show at Coopers up here in Nevada City. We’ve recruited the great Ehren Haas of Golden Shoulders for some amazing vocals and red hot guitar. Yes, we are known as Secret Weaponz.