BlairOutLoud invited back to the Chili Cook-off!
Join me at Tipping Point Brewing Company in Blue Ridge, GA on Sunday October 6th for a fundraising event to support the North Georgia Legends Baseball Team. Every year the Legends organize a Chili Cook-off, and invite me to come provide some great acoustic rock to entertain the attendees! This is my third time back and I'm very excited!
Hello all..
My friends Pamela and Wes McClure are at it again this year, fundraising for the North Georgia Legends Baseball Team! This will be my third year invited back to perform for their Chili Cook-off competition, happening Sunday October 6th, 2024 in Blue Ridge, GA at Tipping Point Brewing Company starting at 3pm.
Here’s a pic from last year’s event with me posing with some of the team.
Details about this year’s event found below (click the flyers to expand):
Blue Ridge has several great restaurants and shops, stuff to do for the whole family. Right inside October it should be great weather, sometimes warmer, sometimes cooler, so come prepared! Good luck if you enter the competition, or maybe you’ll win the YETI cooler filled with lots of surprises.
I’ll be providing some great acoustic rock jams to set the soundtrack for the day. Would love to see you there!
- Tom
BOL Update Week of 2024-05-13 - Shows and Announcements!
THIS week.. an array of killer acoustic shows with BlairOutLoud SOLO and DUO.. but Friday night, Jeremy Would Let Me Drown is performing it’s material acoustically for you at The Wing & Tap House in Marietta. We would love for you to be there. NEXT week.. BlairOutLoud BAND is debuting at The Well! All of this in the video update. Thanks all!
Hello all!
The BlairOutLoud BAND has an exciting show lined up for next week in Cumming at the City Center Complex at The Well! May 25th, come see us throw and seriously fun rock and roll party!
THIS FRIDAY.. Jeremy Would Let Me Drown is unplugging and bringing you an intimate acoustic set! We will be down a member due to family emergency, and we’ve decided instead of cancel the show, we could still have some fun and bring you some great music acoustically. We hope you will come and enjoy your evening!
All of this and a little more in the video here:
Fall SOLO and DUO Events!
Post #2 related to Fall Events! Post #1 highlights great BOL BAND and JWLMD Fall Events.. this post will focus on some of the BOL DUO and BOL SOLO events coming your way! Enjoy!
In my last post from Oct 2nd, I highlighted some great events coming soon for BlairOutLoud BAND and Jeremy Would Let Me Drown. If you’d like to see my post about those events CLICK HERE!
This post today will focus on some exciting BlairOutLoud SOLO and DUO events scheduled for the last quarter here in 2023.
First up.. a double header DUO day:
Saturday October 21st: BlairOutLoud DUO - Que & Brew 2023 - Taylor-Branner Park, Smyrna, GA
Ticket Link: https://www.livesaferesources.org/event/quebrew2023/
Saturday October 21st: BlairOutLoud DUO - Moon Roof Bar - Rome, GA
Sunday, October 22nd: BlairOutLoud SOLO - Chili Cook-off at Tipping Point Brewery - Blue Ridge, GA
Saturday November 4th 2pm: BlairOutLoud DUO - Rocco’s Pub - Jasper, GA
Saturday December 2nd: BlairOutLoud DUO - Mac McGee Roswell - Roswell, GA
Friday, December 15th: BlairOutLoud DUO - Center Street Tavern - Acworth, GA
Friday, December 29th: BlairOutLoud SOLO - 6S Brewing - Duluth, GA
Now of course, there are lots more gigs, so to get the full list scroll to the bottom of the HOME page and check out the calendar. Updates come as fast as I can get them up, so check back often!
Overall… we have a fantastic fall line-up of Solo to Full Band gigs coming your way. Great fall weather is coming, and we look forward to see you out there!
BTW: Tag BlairOutLoud on social media when you can with photos and videos! We love to see what you captured, and if it’s good quality, we can use it in future promotions for the projects.
Thanks all!
-Tom Blair
Wrapping up Feb 2023.. Monster month!
Feb 2023.. one for the books! Wrapping up a great month with a killer last week.. many great acoustic events around town and a slamming electrified Friday and Saturday night! All details and a video inside.. check it out!
BlairOutLoud has had a fantastic start to 2023! January kicked things off, but February really picked up the pace! Here’s a quick review of the past week and some stuff coming up mark your calendars for!
I’ve had lots of great acoustic shows all over town (new spots for me as well) with great responses all around. I think the warmer weather has definitely gotten everyone in a “we are done with Winter, ready for Spring” kind of mood. If you’ve been getting out, supporting venues, and supporting live music.. to you I say.. THANK YOU!
This past week was one of my busiest of the year so far! 5 gigs.. 🤘😝
Starting out at Lola’s in Roswell last Wednesday with a full house.. everything seemed to be coming together for a busy wonderful week.. and it did NOT disappoint. Thursday at Los Magueys Marietta.. I have such an awesome group of regulars that really support me and love when I stop in over there every two weeks.
Friday the TRIO was over at Guston’s Grill in Acworth, GA. We had my friend Derrick Gaddis filling in on bass and he absolutely killed it. The house was packed when we arrived and we had to load-in through the big garage door just to get our equipment inside. It was a little cold and rainy, but the crowd was on fire that night. We threw a whole bunch of stuff at them from Black Crowes, to ZZ Top, to Metallica, and a little Motorhead at the end of the night. They ate it up and we truly had a great time. Great tips and atmosphere.. THANK YOU ACWORTH!
Saturday, my wife joined us as the BAND made our return to perform at Good ‘Ol Days in Cumming, GA. We made a splash there last October, and they invited us back to bring the party!
It’s typical in the 1st set for the room to warm up to who we are and what we are doing there… but 2nd set was bananas! The crowd picked it up a notch, and the video below highlights some of the best parts of the night. Enjoy!
But wait there’s more…
I had one more thing happening on Sunday afternoon.. I debuted my SOLO show at Stillfire Brewery in Suwanee, GA. This was an interesting experience to say the least.
First of all, this area is fantastic. The town of Suwanee has really put a ginormous effort into creating a “town center” area with a park, shops, restaurants and StillFire Brewery all within walking distance.
There were tons of people there.. it was great weather, and this really brought a lot of people out in this area for sure. But.. this Brewery also had a Girl Scout Company there inside selling cookies all day to the patrons.. umm okay. So I played in front of like five 6 year olds dancing around an being crazy for over an hour… Not something I expected at a Brewery 😆.
But it was truly a great day.. people tipped well and the Brewery liked what I did.. gonna try and get some more events there later this year!
Everyone have a fantastic week!
-Tom
Thanks for reading.. Here’s a quick glance at some events coming soon:
Finishing out a fantastic month!
Happy Halloween! We are finishing out a fantastic month! Here’s a look back at some of the action captured at the various events we got ourselves into this past month. Rock-tober was a fun one! THANKS ALL!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN.. GREETINGS from all of us at BlairOutLoud!!
BlairOutLoud would like to say THANK YOU to all the venues, private parties, fans, and friends that have made October 2022 one of the best months of the year for us!
October feels like the last big push for all the “stuff” that you wanted to accomplish in ‘22… Not that we don’t have some great stuff still to come in November or December! But it feels like you wake up on Nov 1, and the world starts spinning so fast that you really just have to hold on to something, and ride out the storm until January 1. Do you ever feel like that? The holidays are a mess and I just smile and take it..LOL.
However, this is a solid time in the next few weeks to be planning and prepping for ‘23! We are already contracting, and confirming some interesting events for next year, and the BAND has been brainstorming lots of new material to debut next year for the fans. Should be a killer year! More on all of that in future posts!
For now.. here’s a look back at OCT 2022. What a month! Again.. THANKS TO ALL for the support! Here’s to the Holidays and on to a strong and bright 2023!
-Tom Blair
BlairOutLoud BAND rockin’ at Rosati’s Pizza Pub Friday Night October 7th, 2022.
BlairOutLoud BAND at MS Society Event at Wild Leap Brewing Oct 8th, 2022.
Amanda, Tom, and Tom at MS Society Bike Ride Fundraiser at Wild Leap Brew Oct 8th, 2022.
BlairOutLoud TRIO packing the house at MacCrackens late night Oct 8th, 2022.
Packed house at MacCrackens “Crack Outback” with BlairOutLoud TRIO Oct 8th, 2022.
BlairOutLoud DUO, Amanda and Tom Blair jamming at Center Street Tavern Oct 14th, 2022.
Horsemen’s Run Neighborhood “Oktoberfest” Gathering, BOL BAND setting up in a gazebo!
BlairOutLoud BAND performing for the Horsemen’s Run Oktoberfest Event in Fayetteville, GA on Oct 15th, 2022.
Gazebo rockin’ on Oct 15th, 2022.
Amanda and Tom Blair on stage at Grazing Here, Oct 21st, 2022.
BlairOutLoud BAND having a blast entertaining the crowd at Grazing Here Oct 21st, 2022.
BlairOutLoud DUO performing for ‘Que & Brew Festival sponsored by Livesafe Resources on Oct 22nd, 2022.
BlairOutLoud BAND burning up the stage at Good ‘Ol Days in Cumming, GA on the evening of Oct 22nd, 2022.
The group doing our thing at Good ‘Ol Days.
Three guitar attack.. well.. one keytar, one guitar, and one bass guitar slaying on stage at Good ‘Ol Days Oct 22nd, 2022.
Tom from BlairOutLoud was invited to play to raise money for the North Georgia Legends Baseball Team at a Chili-Cookoff Event in Blue Ridge, GA on Sunday Oct 23rd, 2022.
Finally getting back to Marietta Wine Market to play for folks on the Marietta Square on Oct 29th, 2022.
Revisiting the BlairOutLoud Promo Video
This morning I was reviewing my 2020 BlairOutLoud Acoustic Promo Video. I have to say, it still feels very relevant.. I love the energy and the flow of it. Today I’ve decided to put it back out into the world, and I would love it if you shared it to others or a business that you would like to see me play next!
There are several pages around the web representing BlairOutLoud and all the breakout groups that I’m involved with now. I’m proud of the progress that we’ve made with the brand, but we’ve got a lot to look forward to as we expand into new markets, and find new opportunities.
Earlier this morning I was looking through some of my promo material, and I reviewed my 2020 Promo video for BlairOutLoud SOLO acoustic show. I remember how easy it was to throw that together (although I worked hard on making everything flow well), because the particular gig that I used for the video samples was an amazing gig with great audience participation and support. It was filmed at Hixtown Brewery in Villa Rica, GA. If you are ever in that area, drop by, and tell them that Tom Blair sent you!
Anyway, today I’ve decided to repost this video here in the blog.
Two things:
Can you open up YouTube from the video links and go to my YouTube Page and subscribe to my channel? (or Click Here To Subscribe) I don’t get to post nearly as much as I would like, but I’m hoping that I can narrow the focus of that channel in ‘22 and provide some fun content.
Share this video with contacts, websites, venues, etc that you think would enjoy it! Maybe there is a new spot that you know about that has live music… Maybe I can get my “foot in the door” there?
I would appreciate it if you could help me spread the word. Many restaurants and venues have acoustic nights on the weekdays but bring bands for weekend events.. It’s possible that I could find SOLO acoustic opportunity first and then create the opportunity to bring the DUO, TRIO, or full BAND to new spots all next year!
As always.. I SO APPRECIATE everything that you do to help us grow and continue doing what we can to entertain around town. Enjoy the video! Leave me feedback.. either here on the blog.. or in the comments on YouTube! THANKS!
-Tom Blair
Happy Fall Ya'll
Happy Fall from BlairOutLoud. Lots of great events recently with BlairOutLoud DUO and TRIO! Wanted to say thanks to all involved and all the fans that supported our efforts. Lots more fun stuff to come, and new ‘22 dates will be added soon! Here are a few galleries from some October Events that I wanted to share! Thanks!
Fall Greetings from BlairOutLoud!
Hope you are yours are having a fantastic season!
Sports fans are ecstatic about the Braves winning the World Series. Vaccines and other measures are fighting back covid exposure. The weather has been rather nice lately around Atlanta… honestly it’s hard to not be happy about the fall and where we are here currently in 2021!
I just wanted to give a little gratitude today for all the great support our friends and fans have given us at all our recent special events! I highlight a few below and have a few pics to share. Enjoy!
Before I sign off.. Check the calendar at the bottom of the Home Page for lots of upcoming events to end out the year! Soon enough, I’ll be adding some 2022 dates.. so stay tuned!
Thanks all
- Tom Blair
Tom and Amanda Blair, the BlairOutLoud DUO performing back on October 23rd at the Que & Brew Event, a fundraiser for LiveSave Resources.
- The weather was great (actually a little hot during the middle of the day). There were breweries and bbq companies there competing and serving up their best. There were 3 musical groups and we took the middle slot to entertain the crowd. I had participated in this event in 2019, and was asked back in 2020. After a postponement to 2021 and a location change, this was an amazing event and we really appreciate our chance to participate!
BlairOutLoud TRIO recently performed a killer Halloween Event in Franklin, GA on October 30th. Our friend Kevin Williams, who has been a seriously awesome supporter of BlairOutLoud all year long, invited the TRIO to jam for his massively huge Halloween Party! Other acts included the band Sunset Strip and a few other acoustic late night performers. It was an amazing event, and we were very happy to be a part of it.
- Tom Carling (bass player) had the idea for us to wear Star Trek shirts.. so here we are wearing the colors doing our thing.
Join Tom from BlairOutLoud for a fun evening at Los Magueys Dallas location! Come grab some tacos, killer margaritas, and enjoy some great live acoustic music starting at 6pm! Bi-Weekly Thursdays.. CHECK THE DATES!