Amazing experience playing music I love!
Hello all!
BlairOutLoud has a fun week of gigs on the way this week, some SOLO acoustic stuff, one DUO event, one TRIO event.. and a full BAND private party! Just about every line-up gets crack at it this week, so I’ll be running around all over town, making things happen, and hoping to see you there! Check my Calendar for more info!
Receiving a much needed break this week is my new line-up that I now perform with called Jeremy Would Let Me Drown. We are coming off of a very busy week and 2 weekend shows that were a ton of fun, but involved a lot of work and travel to all make happen.
We performed at The Wing & Tap House Friday 12-8-23 in Marietta, GA to a full house and had a great time. Saturday 12-9-23, we drove to Murphy, NC to play at a place called Chevelle’s. The weekend was fun, but we not only performed, we also set up PA, lighting, and ran the whole production.
Jeremy Would Let Me Drown, finishing up at our show at Chevelle’s in Murphy, NC.
I’ve mentioned this project in a few of my blogs so far. It feels strange to talk about another band on the BlairOutLoud website, but since it involves me as their “front man” so to speak (I’m a co-lead-vocalist with the drummer Jeff Wheeler), my experiences, pics, and video are bound to land here from time to time.
I wanted to take a second to talk about the show last Friday at The Wing & Tap House in Marietta. The group made the decision to perform the whole first set of the night acoustically, in the style of like an “Mtv Unplugged” vibe. Personally, I remember how amazing those episodes were, back when you actually watched music on Mtv. And I remember watching bands like Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and others like STP or even Stevie Ray Vaughn. So this is what we did last Friday.. and of course JWLMD plays the music of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and Soundgarden, so as we performed that material there was that sense of awe and appreciation, remembering that time, and recreating live for our audience today.
Below is one of the videos edited from the show. This is “Got Me Wrong” from Alice In Chains. Let me know in the comments what you think of it! And use the link to see a few more that we uploaded to their FB Page. Thanks all.. Enjoy!
-Tom