ROCK-tober on it's way!
ROCK-tober is on its way; lots of great events with every line-up that Tom is involved in! The FULL calendar including weekly solo acoustic events are posted at the bottom of the HOME page, but here in this blog entry are some highlighted announcements that we would love for you to come check out. Have a great October Atlanta.. see you around town!
Friends and fans.. we’ve got a great month on the way!
BlairOutLoud SOLO, DUO, TRIO, BAND, and Jeremy Would Let Me Drown events all over the map! We are very much looking forward to the cooler weather, lower humidity, and fall festival events that this time of the year brings.
Below are some highlighted gigs that we are looking forward to (with DUO and up line-ups) check the bottom of the HOME page for the full schedule including various SOLO acoustic gigs happening every week!
(click the flyer to go to the event page for more info)
I would like to take a moment to thank all of you that have come to the shows, shared the events, and showed your support all year long. BlairOutLoud, this website and social media platforms, being foremost about promoting my personal events, is starting to expand to promote mine and Amanda’s events, even in other bands (that will be the next blog entry).
If you didn’t see the recent news, Amanda Blair has now joined Nü Wave ATL and will be performing various dates with them to finish out 2024, and several loading up for 2025! This past year, I have been very involved in Jeremy Would Let Me Drown and will be pushing harder than ever with that group moving into 2025 as well.
In order to accommodate new journeys with these bands and other original projects that we want to pursue.. we will be ramping down the TRIO and BAND events moving into next year, like.. down to zero. We will most likely reserve these line-ups for private events only, and you will see a harder push to promote SOLO and DUO gigs, as well as something new that’s brewing. Let’s just say.. for fans of heavy music.. our goal is to bring a metal band line-up into the BlairOutLoud Family. More on that soon!
Again.. thank you for all the support.. and let’s have a kicking ROCK-tober!
-Tom
Last week of August 2024.. how was your summer?!
Shows this week include a BlairOutLoud TRIO event at Guston's in Acworth! There are several other great acoustic events on tap as we close out an awfully hot summer here in the ATL. Thanks for the support, and hopefully we see you out to an event this week, and we hope you have a safe and fun Labor Day Weekend. Thanks all!
Well folks, it has been quite a year so far. Up until August, my personal year was flying by so fast, and it’s been hard to keep up with it all. August was a looong month though. Go look at a calendar, August this year has almost 5 full weeks! (Great for income if you are a monthly budget person btw).
On tap for this last week of August is a killer TRIO gig at Guston’s Grille in Acworth, GA on Friday the 30th. Guston’s recently renovated and put in a decent little stage and sound system! I played there for SOLO acoustic last week and the new PA sounds great.
On bass we have Jake Kitchen back to jam with Darren Goot and I for this gig. The three of us teamed up at the end of July for a bike night event and had a blast. Jake is a great bass player and down-to-earth cool dude, and I will have him jam in the Trio or Band any time I can get him.
I’ve got some great acoustic shows this week, including a visit back to Rome, GA at The Moon Roof Bar on Wednesday to get thing kicked off this week. Below are the shows this week before Labor Day on Monday.
Come see me this week, and have a great Labor Day weekend as we start to turn the page on this awfully hot summer, and welcome the Fall Events! More on that soon!
-Tom
Real quick: Let me mention an additional show that I’ll talk more about next week. My grunge project Jeremy Would Let Me Drown has an amazing event coming up on Sept 7th at Gate City Brewing in Roswell, GA.
3rd Annual Brewery Symposium at Wing & Tap!
BlairOutLoud TRIO will be performing for the 3rd Annual Brewery Symposium at Wing & Tap! What makes this particular date interesting.. is that Jeremy Would Let Me Drown is actually playing at the same venue later that evening! It’s a 2 for 1.. really a 2 for 0.. and we’d love for you to be there!
Hello all.. hope you are finding unique ways to stay cool on this ridiculously hot summer that we’ve had here in the ATL.
I’ve got TWO events on ONE particular day (at the same location!) that are going to be fun.. a bit of a challenge for me and the drummer.. but fun nonetheless and we’d love to see you there!
The Wing Cafe & Tap House in Marietta, GA is holding its 3rd Annual Brewery Symposium, as they’ve titled it. They are excited to host 4 specific Breweries in the area that have products that they will be debuting and discussing.
This event is on Saturday afternoon, August 17th, starting at 2pm. They will have a Q&A session with the brewers on stage (outside in the alley way of Wing & Tap), and then there will be music starting at 4pm…. featuring BlairOutLoud TRIO!
$1 per pint will go to benefit FIRST RESPONDERS via the Terry Farrell Firefighter’s Fund
Here’s our flyer.. click on it to take you to the FB Event for directions!
Now here’s where it gets interesting..
Jeremy Would Let Me Drown was already scheduled to play at Wing & Tap that evening 8-11 inside on the stage.
So.. Jeff Wheeler, the drummer for JWLMD, is playing drums in the BlairOutLoud TRIO sets (with Gary Stone on bass) outside 4-7 for the Brewery Symposium event. And then… Jeff and I will be moving our equipment inside to then perform a couple of JWLMD sets inside later that evening.
Basically.. if you come to this event.. you’re getting a TWO for ONE.. however both shows are FREE.. sooo, you are actually getting TWO great band events for free.. or the price of food and some brews! 🍻 Pretty great right?
BlairOutLoud TRIO will play a killer mix of classic rock, 80s hits, and 90s alternative that we think you’ll dig. And then later that evening, Jeremy Would Let Me Drown is bringing you the best of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and Soundgarden to the stage!
It’s going to be a great day/night. We would love to see you there.
Thanks for reading this far!
-Tom Blair
Happy 4th of July!
Jeremy Would Let Me Drown is celebrating July 4th week on Saturday the 6th at Wing & Tap! Here’s a look at a few other highlighted events for July! Happy 4th everyone!
Hello everyone, thanks for tuning in for a second. I’ll be brief, but I did want to make sure to wish you and your loved ones a safe and fun 4th of July! I can’t believe that we are half way through 2024 already but time flies when you’re having fun! 🤘😎
THIS SATURDAY the Jeremy Would Let Me Drown project is doing its thing at Wing & Tap House in Marietta: Saturday July 6th at 8pm.
Most of you know of my involvement with this band, but in case it’s your first time and you came to see what’s going on with BlairOutLoud, I’m also the co-vocalist for this act that pays tribute to three iconic bands of the 90s: Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice In Chains. If you like those bands, you’ll love our jam-packed sets of radio hits as well as a few rarities. Come check it out this Saturday!
Now on to BlairOutLoud news:
We welcome Tom Carling back to the stage to jam with the TRIO on Friday July 19th at Guston’s in Acworth. Carling, Darren Goot, and I were the long-standing trio called Leonard Koggins Trio (I had originally joined as a later member of their project). In ‘21 we had changed everything over to the BlairOutLoud label, so LK3 named events ended at that time. Fast-forward to ‘23, after Carling had bowed out of BlairOutLoud to jam with some other groups, he occasionally still offers to fill in when the opportunity arises, so here we are! Come see this iconic TRIO do its thing July 19th!
BlairOutLoud DUO are debuting a new venue this month:
Friday July 26th, Amanda and I, the BOL DUO, will be making our debut at a venue just off the Marietta Square called Hamp and Harry’s!
BOL Vid Update with guest Amanda Blair!
BOL Vid Update with Amanda Hill Blair! Wait.. does Amanda play guitar too? We also reflect on some fun recent DUO gigs, and discuss this week's events!
How was your weekend?
Amanda and I had two fantastic DUO shows at Center Street Tavern and Los Magueys in West Marietta! We are very thankful for everyone that came out to support us. Both nights we saw a host of people that we haven’t seen in some time.. so it was great to connect with family and friends.. and fans. THANK YOU!
Enjoy this week’s update.. Amanda picked up the guitar and started picking out some Bob Marley.. I forgot that she knew that riff on guitar!
Check below the video for events for this week that we are excited about.
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.
Fall Greetings from the BlairOutLoud camp!
We had a great weekend.. beautiful weather here in metro Atlanta, GA. Some killer shows and LOTS coming up this month to highlight.. check it out!
So..
it has been a minute since I posted here. I had big plans to keep this blog updated moving into Spring, and you can look back and see some evidence of that, but summer busy-ness and our day to day personal and performance schedules just took off. It’s about all I could do to just keep up the calendar of events updated.
But I personally have been working to redo my own daily goals and after shifting some priorities around, I’m going to try and post here on Mondays, every Monday if I can, a quick little review of my weekend. I feel like I promote my events as much possible, then I perform, and then just start promoting something else and move on. Sometimes I don’t take the time to look back and reflect on what was great, what was bad, what I could have done better or what I should maintain in the future… It’s a healthy part of the overall plan, and I don’t want to ignore it anymore.
So…
Let’s talk about the weekend!
Left to right: Amanda Blair, Tom Blair, Darren Goot, and Tom Carling. BlairOutLoud BAND performing at Rosati’s Pizza Bar in Cumming, GA on Friday October 7th, 2022.
Friday night October 7th, BlairOutLoud BAND played at Rosati’s in Cumming, GA. We pulled out all the stops.. lined up a killer two-hour solid set. We were having so much fun, the two hours came quick for me, and my bass player Tom Carling was chatting in my ear.. “hey this is last song” and I was surprised.
Amanda Blair plays keys, flute, keytar and takes some lead vocals as well!
The band rocking out with Amanda Blair on flute for one of the tunes.
Amanda Blair blew everyone away (like she always does) on the flute when we played tunes like “Can’t You See”, “ROCK In The USA”, and “Baker Street”. We do a “Foo’s”cover version of Baker Street and instead of saxophone, Amanda plays the flute to “sing” out the main melody in the instrumental theme of the song before each verse.
This show was a blast.. a little low on attendance. The folks that were there tipped us well (Thank you Cumming), and sang along and cheered after each tune. We love playing at Rosati’s and I hope that the ownership with give us some more fun dates in ‘23 to do it again!
On Saturday, October 8th, BlairOutLoud BAND was invited to perform at an MS Society Biking Fundraiser Event on in LaGrange, GA at the Wild Leap Brewing Company. The weather was amazing, and we performed on a huge amphitheater stage. We had a good time rocking for all those in attendance. Shout out to Crestpointe Entertainment Group for getting us this opportunity.
Left to right: Tom Blair and Tom Carling performing at Wild Leap Brewing on Saturday October 8th.
Drummer Darren Goot performing at Wild Leap Brewing on Saturday October 8th.
From left to right: Amanda Blair, Darren Goot, and Tom Blair performing at Wild Leap Brewing on Saturday October 8th, 2022.
The MS Society sponsored a Bike ride fundraiser and Wild Leap Brewing Company hosted the event. (This picture was taken when many people in attendance had walked back up to the main road to greet the last of the final biking participants who were just arriving.)
That evening, the BlairOutLoud TRIO headed back to Marietta, GA to perform on the backside of Johnnie MacCrackens (called The Crack Outback) just off the Marietta Square. This was an insane night.. there were soo many people there rockin’ out with us. We’d like to give a quick shout to our buddy Will Daniel for filling in on drums. It was a total riot.
Left to right: Tom Blair, Will Daniel, and Tom Carling squeezed in the middle of a ton of friends and fans rockin’ out at The Crack Outback.
Friend Nick Jijon sent me this shot from video that he got from the show!
Somewhere in the middle of “Enter Sandman” lol. Tom Carling on bass.
Fill-in drummer Will Daniel
The BlairOutLoud train rolls into another week of killer gigs, including a return to Fayetteville, GA to perform for a neighborhood Oktoberfest Festival that they put on every year. Check out the calendar at the bottom of the HOME page for all the events coming up! Below are a couple of highlighted special things for the next few weeks.. click on the pics to link to the event if you are interested.
Thanks for supporting us around town.. and thanks for the interest in the Private Events! WE LOVE THESE and if you are interested in booking us click the button below and lets set something up!
Upcoming stand-out events for October below.. everything else coming CLICK HERE.
Tickets Here: https://www.livesaferesources.org/event/quebrew2022/
This is a BBQ Fest hosted at Tipping Point Brewery in Blue Ridge, GA. I’ll be there 3-6pm!
Thanks for reading! Leave a comment if you like, and come say hi on social media! Have a great October everyone!
- 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!