Called Big Al today to cuss him out. "I'm the only one that can make records that good, you son of a bitch!" Everybody else should just put out "best of.." Cd's or something this year cuz Big Al has record of the year in '07 all wrapped up. "Not bad for a 60 year old man, huh?" he says to me. "OMG! it's unbelievable!"
"Shake That Thing" is like nothing you've ever heard before. Reminicent of Talking Heads but as funky as OutKast, he sings a really cool melody over top of the fattest groove in God's grey creation.
I've got the grooves down, now I just gotta figger out all of the arrangements..stops and turnarounds, blah blah blah.. Boring to you you guys, but I am seriously gettin' pumped for this gig. Bonnie Bramlett's daughter Becka is singing back-ups too..she is about as good as it gets..even as LEAD vocalist!
OK, I'm headed back downstairs to learn this shit. I've gotta lot a work to do between now and NEXT Sunday morning when I get on the plane to Ft. Lauderdale.
PLUS, finish mixing the live OakTeam thing before I leave(which, I must say..ALSO sounds AMAAAZING!). When it rains it pours!!
Pray for more great music in '07!! That's what keep us going, right?
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006
"I suck!"
Thass what you’d be sayin’ if you were listening to what
I was listening to right now. I’ve got the new Big Al Anderson
rock and roll record called “Pawn Shop Guitars” and it’s
beating me down into surrender. Currently unavailable, it’s
hit after hit, only 2 slow songs and my butt is shakin’ all over the house and in the car. Al sent it to me to learn for the Blues Cruise show. I know, I know..I suck! ‘Cause I have to sit around on a cruise ship headed for the Bahamas and Puerto Rico for 5 days and wait to play one single 75 minute gig to pay for my keep. But this new record of his is unbelievable, kids! My 17 year old even loves it. Even prouder am I, that I have been honored to sing upon this masterpiece. I ain’t lyin’!! The bitch rocks!
“Shake that Thing” is an undeniable dance party! I dare ya..upon first listen..try not to dance. It’s like just potato chips...bet ya can’t eat just one. My other favorites are “Have it your way”, “Drinkin’ on the Weekend” (..and not only because I sing on it!), “Something in the Water”, “World Came Tumblin’ Down”…and SHIT! All of the rest of’m!! ..and I suck also..’cause I gotta play these damn great songs somewhere near Puerto Rico, out by the pool, on a big ass boat and no paint jobs to worry about! So there! I suck! My wife says so anyway!
I was listening to right now. I’ve got the new Big Al Anderson
rock and roll record called “Pawn Shop Guitars” and it’s
beating me down into surrender. Currently unavailable, it’s
hit after hit, only 2 slow songs and my butt is shakin’ all over the house and in the car. Al sent it to me to learn for the Blues Cruise show. I know, I know..I suck! ‘Cause I have to sit around on a cruise ship headed for the Bahamas and Puerto Rico for 5 days and wait to play one single 75 minute gig to pay for my keep. But this new record of his is unbelievable, kids! My 17 year old even loves it. Even prouder am I, that I have been honored to sing upon this masterpiece. I ain’t lyin’!! The bitch rocks!
“Shake that Thing” is an undeniable dance party! I dare ya..upon first listen..try not to dance. It’s like just potato chips...bet ya can’t eat just one. My other favorites are “Have it your way”, “Drinkin’ on the Weekend” (..and not only because I sing on it!), “Something in the Water”, “World Came Tumblin’ Down”…and SHIT! All of the rest of’m!! ..and I suck also..’cause I gotta play these damn great songs somewhere near Puerto Rico, out by the pool, on a big ass boat and no paint jobs to worry about! So there! I suck! My wife says so anyway!
4 stars in Philly!
Many thanks to Eric Hartline, who sent me this great review of our
record in The Philadelphia Inquirer, dated Dec. 3, 2006.
As he does with the roots-rock supergroup The Yayhoos,
Terry Anderson plays the kind of bar-band guitar rock that
both the pop mainstream and the indie hipsters thoroughly
ignore these days. So we’re claiming it as “roots”: Somebody’s
got to help spread the word about such great efforts to keep
this authentic brand of rock and rock alive. This album ranks
with the best of some Anderson’s obvious heroes, including
The Faces, Rockpile and Al Anderson era NRBQ
(Big Al, no relation, co-wrote one song).
Terry Anderson, who wrote fellow Yayhoo Dan Baird’s
“I Love You Period” and “Battleship Chains” for Baird’s
Georgia Satellites, is a clever and funny guy. That comes
through on such colorful tunes as “Purple GTO”, with it’s
Chuck Berryish storytelling flair, and the twang-fired “$100
dollars a Week”. But he’s not just a jokester. The North
Carolinian also writes blissfully tuneful and heartfelt pop
songs, such as “Sunday Dress” and “Raindrops”. Put it all
together, and it adds up to simple genius—just not the kind
that gets a lot of ink anymore.
- Nick Cristiano
record in The Philadelphia Inquirer, dated Dec. 3, 2006.
As he does with the roots-rock supergroup The Yayhoos,
Terry Anderson plays the kind of bar-band guitar rock that
both the pop mainstream and the indie hipsters thoroughly
ignore these days. So we’re claiming it as “roots”: Somebody’s
got to help spread the word about such great efforts to keep
this authentic brand of rock and rock alive. This album ranks
with the best of some Anderson’s obvious heroes, including
The Faces, Rockpile and Al Anderson era NRBQ
(Big Al, no relation, co-wrote one song).
Terry Anderson, who wrote fellow Yayhoo Dan Baird’s
“I Love You Period” and “Battleship Chains” for Baird’s
Georgia Satellites, is a clever and funny guy. That comes
through on such colorful tunes as “Purple GTO”, with it’s
Chuck Berryish storytelling flair, and the twang-fired “$100
dollars a Week”. But he’s not just a jokester. The North
Carolinian also writes blissfully tuneful and heartfelt pop
songs, such as “Sunday Dress” and “Raindrops”. Put it all
together, and it adds up to simple genius—just not the kind
that gets a lot of ink anymore.
- Nick Cristiano
Thursday, December 28, 2006
2 nights before Christmas
Two nights before Christmas
When we went to bed
As sugar plums danced
in our younger son’s head
Our oldest was up
he’d been kept awake
by too much soda, ice cream and cake
Suddenly, he heard a whimpering sound
so through the dark house he began looking around
Someone was crying
when in fact it was me
I was having a dream as real as could be
Every detail of this nightmare intact
I dreamed that my child was killed in Iraq
But he opened our door and the hinges they squeaked
Assured he was fine I fell back to sleep
But for the parents of others who’ll never come home
Christmas now means they’ll just feel more alone.
When we went to bed
As sugar plums danced
in our younger son’s head
Our oldest was up
he’d been kept awake
by too much soda, ice cream and cake
Suddenly, he heard a whimpering sound
so through the dark house he began looking around
Someone was crying
when in fact it was me
I was having a dream as real as could be
Every detail of this nightmare intact
I dreamed that my child was killed in Iraq
But he opened our door and the hinges they squeaked
Assured he was fine I fell back to sleep
But for the parents of others who’ll never come home
Christmas now means they’ll just feel more alone.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Blow by blow
...for those who don’t know. I think I should probably give an account of what happened down to The Pour House on Christmas night for my birthday bash. There were a lot of faces missing (although about 170 paid) so as their friend I just wanted to tell’m what they missed.
Obviously, when you’re dealing with a bunch of drunks then you never know who’s gonna show up and who ain’t, which is why I paint for myself and don’t have a crew like my Dad did back in the day. That’s a story for another day. But when David Enloe called me 2 weeks ago and said “learn the live Faces version of “I Can Feel the Fire” from the “Five Guys walk into a bar..” CD” I knew there was no need to even listen to it, it wasn’t gonna happen. I just know David. Sure enough, he calls on the day of the gig and says “Uh, we stayed up late and partied and I ain’t gonna make it to the show”. So it’s raining outside and I get from him about what I figgered I would get, a no show. OakTeam guitarist and drummer Dave B. talked to Chip Robinson as we were doing soundcheck and I never asked what he said but obviously he had better things to do. I thought Scotty Miller was coming according to his Emails but it just didn’t work out for any of them. Three for three..all no shows. Greg Rice gets a pass. His folks live in Pamlico, NC (which is where he was) and we’ll take him whenever we can get him. So we were left with just the three of us, Dave, Jack and my very own self personally to do at least an hour and a half to entertain the peoples what came to wish me a happy birthday. Was I worried? Hell no, not in the least bit. We had done it before and will probably do it again. Big Daddy Dave should have invented the phrase, “Get’r Done” and Jack has never failed me. These guys wanna play, 3 piece, 4 piece or 5. Don’t make a shit to them. They are always chomping at the bit to rock and that’s what we was fiddin’ to do!
So we get our soundcheck done with master soundman, Jac Cain and Will and his band start pluggin’ into the direct boxes up front for their acoustic guitars. Will had told me that their singer, Corey knew “Can’t Touch This”, the MC Hammer song, so after they checked with “Folsom Prison Blues” I hopped up there and a called for it to see for myself. Will played the bass part perfectly and I had the beat. Corey nailed all of the lyrics for that sucka and it was funnier’n hell! It was really great and I wished we had done it during the show!
People gradually mingled in and about 8:30 Will, Corey and Dave did a quick 6 song set which was received with more than polite applause but even a few yips and yells in there too. It’s fun to see guys up there that can actually sing, especially when one of them is your son.
We took our time about getting the OakTeam show on the road, allowing for more time for the peoples to arrive. But the show finally did go on about 9:30 or so p.m. I had it in my mind, though we hadn’t discussed it , that we would do 2 sets. I purposefully did not eat dinner and DID ride my Schwinn Airdyne exercize bike for 30 minutes before leaving home. Both were good decisions. I learned from Dan that a full belly makes it TEN times harder to get up there and sing your ass off all night long. Duh! I guess if I would have just stopped to think about it…So anyway, to make a long story longer, we kicked it off like we do about 80% of the time with “Weather or Not”, the perfect song to start with out of the “Olympic Theme” song. We then went down the list pretty much like the new “live in the studio” set list does, “Killin’” next, “Mr. Bus.”, “Daddy had a Wreck”, etc. etc. We did about an hour of the favorites from all of the records, 18 songs or so, before ending the first set with “Price of an Education”.
We took about 30 minutes to talk to folks, change shirts and in the case of Big Daddy, smoke a few cigarettes. We started the next set without Dave and Jack. This was something that Will and I had talked about earlier and had only practiced just before soundcheck. Will played my high strung (using just the tiny strings from a 12 string set) Tele acoustic and I stood up there and sang one of my favorite songs from the second record, “Nothing on You”. I think it went well. I felt really comfortable AND confident with Will up there only forgetting one line in a song that’s full of’m. I thought it was one of the coolest things we did all night. The OakTeam boys came up and we did “Church Folks Comin’” and “37 Miles in Reverse”, the 2 that I play guitar on. After that it was a free-for-all, “Battleship Chains”, “SLUT”, “Can’t git the one you want” and then my friend Barry Herndon came up and played drums on “Purple GTO” as I sang and played with my remote controlled purple GTO that I got for Christmas. Dave sang a verse too. He has to help out on that one, it’s too high for me and just totally wrecks my voice for anything after it. I don’t know why in the hell I wrote it in that key!
Will came up again next and blew everyone away with his drumming on “I Love You Period”. We had everyone doing the signs for the punctuations that Carina came up with 15 years ago. It was dumb and fun to see the crowd in unison making fools of theyselves, just like us! I fell out after that and went into my “I’m so punished!” soliloquy that lead into “Thunderbird”. That thing gets stupider and longer every time I do it. I never know what the hell is coming outta my mouth next when I’m rattling off about how the man is keeping me down and how I gotta self-medicate and the only way to make it through the day is well…basically get drunk on Thunderbird. Seriously, I got no clue what the hell I’m talking about up there. I just get the spirit, like a preacher. Next thing ya know you’re bombarded by the first 2 chords of the song....blang blang!...”got 2 quarts this mornin’..”
Outta that we hit “Check Please” 90 miles an hour and said “Goodnight!”. Then we ran off like rock stars or something. It was an Ass-Kickin’ of the highest order. But hell, we would play all night if they’d let us. It’s just too much fun, y’all.
BUT! I hadn’t had a drink all day and there was still time to celebrate my 50TH!!! Birthday. We jumped back out for “All Dressed Up” and Big Daddy finished the night up by singing “Turn it Up” from Tommy Stinson’s last record. LOVE that song!
It really couldn’t have gone much better. I would’a loved to have shared the stage with our other friends but I think this was the way it was meant to be. And we pulled it off.. like the troopers we are. No brag..just fact.
Obviously, when you’re dealing with a bunch of drunks then you never know who’s gonna show up and who ain’t, which is why I paint for myself and don’t have a crew like my Dad did back in the day. That’s a story for another day. But when David Enloe called me 2 weeks ago and said “learn the live Faces version of “I Can Feel the Fire” from the “Five Guys walk into a bar..” CD” I knew there was no need to even listen to it, it wasn’t gonna happen. I just know David. Sure enough, he calls on the day of the gig and says “Uh, we stayed up late and partied and I ain’t gonna make it to the show”. So it’s raining outside and I get from him about what I figgered I would get, a no show. OakTeam guitarist and drummer Dave B. talked to Chip Robinson as we were doing soundcheck and I never asked what he said but obviously he had better things to do. I thought Scotty Miller was coming according to his Emails but it just didn’t work out for any of them. Three for three..all no shows. Greg Rice gets a pass. His folks live in Pamlico, NC (which is where he was) and we’ll take him whenever we can get him. So we were left with just the three of us, Dave, Jack and my very own self personally to do at least an hour and a half to entertain the peoples what came to wish me a happy birthday. Was I worried? Hell no, not in the least bit. We had done it before and will probably do it again. Big Daddy Dave should have invented the phrase, “Get’r Done” and Jack has never failed me. These guys wanna play, 3 piece, 4 piece or 5. Don’t make a shit to them. They are always chomping at the bit to rock and that’s what we was fiddin’ to do!
So we get our soundcheck done with master soundman, Jac Cain and Will and his band start pluggin’ into the direct boxes up front for their acoustic guitars. Will had told me that their singer, Corey knew “Can’t Touch This”, the MC Hammer song, so after they checked with “Folsom Prison Blues” I hopped up there and a called for it to see for myself. Will played the bass part perfectly and I had the beat. Corey nailed all of the lyrics for that sucka and it was funnier’n hell! It was really great and I wished we had done it during the show!
People gradually mingled in and about 8:30 Will, Corey and Dave did a quick 6 song set which was received with more than polite applause but even a few yips and yells in there too. It’s fun to see guys up there that can actually sing, especially when one of them is your son.
We took our time about getting the OakTeam show on the road, allowing for more time for the peoples to arrive. But the show finally did go on about 9:30 or so p.m. I had it in my mind, though we hadn’t discussed it , that we would do 2 sets. I purposefully did not eat dinner and DID ride my Schwinn Airdyne exercize bike for 30 minutes before leaving home. Both were good decisions. I learned from Dan that a full belly makes it TEN times harder to get up there and sing your ass off all night long. Duh! I guess if I would have just stopped to think about it…So anyway, to make a long story longer, we kicked it off like we do about 80% of the time with “Weather or Not”, the perfect song to start with out of the “Olympic Theme” song. We then went down the list pretty much like the new “live in the studio” set list does, “Killin’” next, “Mr. Bus.”, “Daddy had a Wreck”, etc. etc. We did about an hour of the favorites from all of the records, 18 songs or so, before ending the first set with “Price of an Education”.
We took about 30 minutes to talk to folks, change shirts and in the case of Big Daddy, smoke a few cigarettes. We started the next set without Dave and Jack. This was something that Will and I had talked about earlier and had only practiced just before soundcheck. Will played my high strung (using just the tiny strings from a 12 string set) Tele acoustic and I stood up there and sang one of my favorite songs from the second record, “Nothing on You”. I think it went well. I felt really comfortable AND confident with Will up there only forgetting one line in a song that’s full of’m. I thought it was one of the coolest things we did all night. The OakTeam boys came up and we did “Church Folks Comin’” and “37 Miles in Reverse”, the 2 that I play guitar on. After that it was a free-for-all, “Battleship Chains”, “SLUT”, “Can’t git the one you want” and then my friend Barry Herndon came up and played drums on “Purple GTO” as I sang and played with my remote controlled purple GTO that I got for Christmas. Dave sang a verse too. He has to help out on that one, it’s too high for me and just totally wrecks my voice for anything after it. I don’t know why in the hell I wrote it in that key!
Will came up again next and blew everyone away with his drumming on “I Love You Period”. We had everyone doing the signs for the punctuations that Carina came up with 15 years ago. It was dumb and fun to see the crowd in unison making fools of theyselves, just like us! I fell out after that and went into my “I’m so punished!” soliloquy that lead into “Thunderbird”. That thing gets stupider and longer every time I do it. I never know what the hell is coming outta my mouth next when I’m rattling off about how the man is keeping me down and how I gotta self-medicate and the only way to make it through the day is well…basically get drunk on Thunderbird. Seriously, I got no clue what the hell I’m talking about up there. I just get the spirit, like a preacher. Next thing ya know you’re bombarded by the first 2 chords of the song....blang blang!...”got 2 quarts this mornin’..”
Outta that we hit “Check Please” 90 miles an hour and said “Goodnight!”. Then we ran off like rock stars or something. It was an Ass-Kickin’ of the highest order. But hell, we would play all night if they’d let us. It’s just too much fun, y’all.
BUT! I hadn’t had a drink all day and there was still time to celebrate my 50TH!!! Birthday. We jumped back out for “All Dressed Up” and Big Daddy finished the night up by singing “Turn it Up” from Tommy Stinson’s last record. LOVE that song!
It really couldn’t have gone much better. I would’a loved to have shared the stage with our other friends but I think this was the way it was meant to be. And we pulled it off.. like the troopers we are. No brag..just fact.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
wishes do come true
Just a quick update to let everyone know, if you wished me a Merry Christmas and a Happy Birthday then your wishes came true. Thanks to all that came down and made my Birthday Party one of the best EVER! Despite the best efforts of those who were supposed to join us on stage but chickened out, Troopers Big Daddy Dave Bartholomew and Jack Cornell helped me stomp a mudpuddle in the asses of the almost 200 friends and fans that came. What an amazing evening! I had folks come up and say "I've had a really shitty Christmas this year...until now". That always makes you feel good.
Shout out to my son, Will and his band also. They were great and Will did a great job coming up and playing guitar and drums with the OakTeam.
I really appreciate the gifts of fine wine and moonshine too!
Monday, December 25, 2006
love to all..
Much love and happiness to all my friends and fans who bought the records or helped me make the records or sold the records or downloaded the records or burned the records or played on the records or thought about buying the records or bought a record for someone else or told somebody about the records or wrote about the records or played songs from the records on stage with me or with their band or booked a gig for me or danced at a gig or just came and took a drink with us at a gig or dropped somebody off at a gig or camped out waiting for the gig. Have a great and most importantly, SAFE Christmas! See some of you tonight, I'm really looking forward to it!
RIP..JB.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Baby T-fiddy!
We're counting down the minutes. I was born 12:21am EST 12/25/1956, so there's just a few hours to go till my birthday is official. I ain't sweatin' though..50 is the new 30, right?
t-fiddy sign
Last night down at Top of the Hill, that great bar just down the road from me, I was hanging with Bill Lyerly and the boys and some light bulbs went off over my head..and I come up with the official "t-fiddy" sign...
Saturday, December 23, 2006
party schedule
OK..here's how it fiddin' to go down...
Christmas night 'bout 8:15 @ the Pour House in Raleigh, Norf Cackalacky my son's NEW band, Harbor View (NOT screamo!!! and NOT an apartment complex, but a trio of really good singers singing really good pop tunes!) will do about 6 songs and take it up to about 8:45 or so. And then, before David Enloe gets too drunk we'll do a quick Woods set which includes watching David trying to tune his guitar a lot. Then my friend, Chip Robinson will do a few tunes before he gets too drunk to remember the words. Then The OakTeam will rock like ass for an hour or so straight without breathing. Sometime during the OakTeam set Scotty Miller will jump up and join in. So there ya go, now ya know..
Also a quick update on the "live in the studio" (complete with live push-button studio applause!)OakTeam thing. We're almost done with mixing and hope to be COMPLETELY finished by Jan. 6th when I leave to get on the Delbert Blues Cruise thingy to play drums with my hero Big Al Anderson (no relation).
I'm just hoping that I don't get talked into going to that AA meeting they have every morning! (What a disaster that would be!)
We're also talking about doing a karaoke...excuse me..KaraOaktEAM version of the new "live" recording. Stay tuned..should be stupid!..and isn't that what it's all about?
Christmas night 'bout 8:15 @ the Pour House in Raleigh, Norf Cackalacky my son's NEW band, Harbor View (NOT screamo!!! and NOT an apartment complex, but a trio of really good singers singing really good pop tunes!) will do about 6 songs and take it up to about 8:45 or so. And then, before David Enloe gets too drunk we'll do a quick Woods set which includes watching David trying to tune his guitar a lot. Then my friend, Chip Robinson will do a few tunes before he gets too drunk to remember the words. Then The OakTeam will rock like ass for an hour or so straight without breathing. Sometime during the OakTeam set Scotty Miller will jump up and join in. So there ya go, now ya know..
Also a quick update on the "live in the studio" (complete with live push-button studio applause!)OakTeam thing. We're almost done with mixing and hope to be COMPLETELY finished by Jan. 6th when I leave to get on the Delbert Blues Cruise thingy to play drums with my hero Big Al Anderson (no relation).
I'm just hoping that I don't get talked into going to that AA meeting they have every morning! (What a disaster that would be!)
We're also talking about doing a karaoke...excuse me..KaraOaktEAM version of the new "live" recording. Stay tuned..should be stupid!..and isn't that what it's all about?
"T-fiddy"
Through the almost 50 years now that I have been gasping for my next breath, I’ve been called a lot of names. From “Sorry ass” to “Sumbitch”, I’ve heard’m all. Hell, I started off with a name I didn’t want. Even last night at my Dad’s Christmas party I was having to answer to ”Randy”. Uuugh!
Most folks call me “T” or “TA”. Big Al calls me “Little T” (get it? Big Al..Little T?)
But in this new age Hip Hop generation, I’m a want for a hip new name that all the peoples of the world can git wid. I need a name that defines me, one of them names
that says…dumbass, washed-up rock star.
So now, having 50 years under my belt, I’m gonna give myself the moniker….you ready?….”T-fiddy”.
It’s perfect! Immediately you and I know that the 50 year old Terry is who you’re referring to.
So for the next 50 years I’m not gonna answer to any of those other names (unless they apply at the time!).
It’s “T-fiddy” from here on out! You got that?!
Most folks call me “T” or “TA”. Big Al calls me “Little T” (get it? Big Al..Little T?)
But in this new age Hip Hop generation, I’m a want for a hip new name that all the peoples of the world can git wid. I need a name that defines me, one of them names
that says…dumbass, washed-up rock star.
So now, having 50 years under my belt, I’m gonna give myself the moniker….you ready?….”T-fiddy”.
It’s perfect! Immediately you and I know that the 50 year old Terry is who you’re referring to.
So for the next 50 years I’m not gonna answer to any of those other names (unless they apply at the time!).
It’s “T-fiddy” from here on out! You got that?!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
gifts!!
Apparently, some of you didn't realize that I was KIDDING when I posted my address for gifting purposes. The Trudes, Mark and Linda, sent me this wonderful (and very expensive!) bottle of tequila. And today I received this gift basket FULL of goodies (including 3 THREE bottles of wine!) from some damn fool down in West Palm beach, FLA named Monty Warren! These gifts we're a fantastic surprise. Honestly, I was shocked! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart..but y'all is CRAZTHY!!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
from Steve in KY.
BEST LIVE SHOWS for 06 (in no order):
1. Terry Anderson & the OAKT, High Life Lounge, Lexington, Ky. 1/28/06.
Small crowd but we still got our asses kicked anyway.
2. BR549, the Dame, Lexington, Ky. 2/21/06.
If you like country music make it a point to catch these guys.
3. Chris Knight & Scott Miller & the Commonwealth, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, Tn. 5/4/06.
No comment needed.
4. Joe Ely, some freakin comedy club, Louisville,Ky. 6/5/06.
About as good as a solo show can be, to me, anyway.
5. Vibekillers, Hank Sinatra, & Phil Lee, the Pour House, Raleigh, NC. 6/10/06.
There's not many people that I'd drive 500 miles to see, but evidently Chip Robinson and Phil Lee on the same bill, are two of em. Gettin to hang out with two of my idols WAS the shit. Great music, great time, and I liked Hank Sinatra to boot.
6. Malcolm Holcombe, house concert, Winchester, Ky. 7/28/06.
Malcolm from five or six feet away, all evening. Great.
7. Bob Dylan, Applebys Park, Lexington, Ky. 8/15/06.
If he keeps touring until they have to wheel him out on stage, if he sings in a whisper, and plays organ with one finger, I'll still go see him and like it.
8. Yayhoos, the Dame, Lexington, Ky. 8/16/06."
Always really good.
9. Drive By Truckers & the Drams, Brown Theatre, Louisville, Ky. 10/21/06.
I was first row, center stage, for this one. Other than permanent hearing loss, I enjoyed the hell out of it.
10. My Morning Jacket, Louisville Gardens, Louisville, Ky. 11/22/06.
Home town band who traditionally plays Louisville on the night before Thanksgiving. Always good.
-Steve (in KY.)
1. Terry Anderson & the OAKT, High Life Lounge, Lexington, Ky. 1/28/06.
Small crowd but we still got our asses kicked anyway.
2. BR549, the Dame, Lexington, Ky. 2/21/06.
If you like country music make it a point to catch these guys.
3. Chris Knight & Scott Miller & the Commonwealth, Mercy Lounge, Nashville, Tn. 5/4/06.
No comment needed.
4. Joe Ely, some freakin comedy club, Louisville,Ky. 6/5/06.
About as good as a solo show can be, to me, anyway.
5. Vibekillers, Hank Sinatra, & Phil Lee, the Pour House, Raleigh, NC. 6/10/06.
There's not many people that I'd drive 500 miles to see, but evidently Chip Robinson and Phil Lee on the same bill, are two of em. Gettin to hang out with two of my idols WAS the shit. Great music, great time, and I liked Hank Sinatra to boot.
6. Malcolm Holcombe, house concert, Winchester, Ky. 7/28/06.
Malcolm from five or six feet away, all evening. Great.
7. Bob Dylan, Applebys Park, Lexington, Ky. 8/15/06.
If he keeps touring until they have to wheel him out on stage, if he sings in a whisper, and plays organ with one finger, I'll still go see him and like it.
8. Yayhoos, the Dame, Lexington, Ky. 8/16/06."
Always really good.
9. Drive By Truckers & the Drams, Brown Theatre, Louisville, Ky. 10/21/06.
I was first row, center stage, for this one. Other than permanent hearing loss, I enjoyed the hell out of it.
10. My Morning Jacket, Louisville Gardens, Louisville, Ky. 11/22/06.
Home town band who traditionally plays Louisville on the night before Thanksgiving. Always good.
-Steve (in KY.)
church ladies or rock and roll?
50 years down and 50 to go!
There will be NO unexcused absences for this year’s TA Birthday and Christmas Bash @ The Pour House, Dec.25th, 2006 (start time 8pm). Your only hope is to send a representative in your place or to mail me (from another state or your hospital bed) your crybaby explanation on a piece of legal paper, signed and notarized. Otherwise, I will personally send 2 old church ladies to pray with you during the football game and stink up your bathroom.
Last year we had 250 people rockin’ and rollin’ with us. Think about it, church ladies or rock and roll?…church ladies or rock and roll? The decision is pretty simple.
There will be NO unexcused absences for this year’s TA Birthday and Christmas Bash @ The Pour House, Dec.25th, 2006 (start time 8pm). Your only hope is to send a representative in your place or to mail me (from another state or your hospital bed) your crybaby explanation on a piece of legal paper, signed and notarized. Otherwise, I will personally send 2 old church ladies to pray with you during the football game and stink up your bathroom.
Last year we had 250 people rockin’ and rollin’ with us. Think about it, church ladies or rock and roll?…church ladies or rock and roll? The decision is pretty simple.
From the Yayhoos..
In case you're NOT on the mailing list..
Hello friends,The Yayhoos want to thank you for everything this year.The Yayhoos have had a blast bringing you their new record and bringing more than a few live shows to more than a few towns this year.Before we wave goodbye to 2006 here's some late breaking newsfrom Keith, Terry, Roscoe & Dan.Keith plays one of his rare solo gigs at Banjo Jims in New York City at 8pm on Dec 20 www.banjojims.com/Terry celebrates his birthday on Dec 25 with an annual hometown show in Raleigh at the Pour House olympicasskickinteam.com/Roscoe and his Trio with Keith on guitar will play at the Lakeside Lounge in New York City on New Years Eve www.ericambel.com/Dan will be relaxing through the holidays. (The idea of Keith working so hard has him plain tuckered)The Yayhoos will see you next year overseas. (details of the Feb tour trickling in...)
Thanks much.Visit www.yayhoos.com for info and lots of stuff
Hello friends,The Yayhoos want to thank you for everything this year.The Yayhoos have had a blast bringing you their new record and bringing more than a few live shows to more than a few towns this year.Before we wave goodbye to 2006 here's some late breaking newsfrom Keith, Terry, Roscoe & Dan.Keith plays one of his rare solo gigs at Banjo Jims in New York City at 8pm on Dec 20 www.banjojims.com/Terry celebrates his birthday on Dec 25 with an annual hometown show in Raleigh at the Pour House olympicasskickinteam.com/Roscoe and his Trio with Keith on guitar will play at the Lakeside Lounge in New York City on New Years Eve www.ericambel.com/Dan will be relaxing through the holidays. (The idea of Keith working so hard has him plain tuckered)The Yayhoos will see you next year overseas. (details of the Feb tour trickling in...)
Thanks much.Visit www.yayhoos.com for info and lots of stuff
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Donna Hughes
Due to a last minute cancellation and their disdain for rock music,
Hideaway BBQ gave us a self-absorbed singer-songwriter who, for the purposes of this blog shall remain nameless. When we walked in on the 30 or so lobotomized patrons it was clear that my wife and I were in the wrong place. Her poster seemed harmless enough, a very natural, innocent, downhome cutie that looked the part of potential. What we were hypnotized by for the next hour or so was something very different. This Rounder recording ARTIST with the hideous laugh was the reincarnation of a very young Aunt Bea, a doughting grandmother waiting to happen.
Her songs, reminiscent of Marie Osmond and Debbie Boone, were depressing mountain campfire tunes about killing yourself, trying to get the mule to pull the plow outta the ditch and love gone bad. They violated my soul and my very reason for living. I felt sorry for the dude who accompanied her. She talked about how he was a three time mandolin champion so I know he could have gotten a better gig.
There were good moments in the evening too though, like when she forgot the words to her songs, when she told really bad jokes that no one got (even herself) and when she couldn’t tune her guitar and had to spend some quiet time away from the mic to trade it for another.
This may have been the club for her, maybe singing for the after church crowd, but I think a better place would be that little Opry house in Smithfield, NC or maybe a small room off of the big one in Myrtle Beach or maybe there’s an opening at Dolliewood, who knows. But check her out, you’ll have you a good ‘ol time….
…or go right out and kill yourself.
It was, in the word of someone else unhappy about being there, “Brutal!”
Hideaway BBQ gave us a self-absorbed singer-songwriter who, for the purposes of this blog shall remain nameless. When we walked in on the 30 or so lobotomized patrons it was clear that my wife and I were in the wrong place. Her poster seemed harmless enough, a very natural, innocent, downhome cutie that looked the part of potential. What we were hypnotized by for the next hour or so was something very different. This Rounder recording ARTIST with the hideous laugh was the reincarnation of a very young Aunt Bea, a doughting grandmother waiting to happen.
Her songs, reminiscent of Marie Osmond and Debbie Boone, were depressing mountain campfire tunes about killing yourself, trying to get the mule to pull the plow outta the ditch and love gone bad. They violated my soul and my very reason for living. I felt sorry for the dude who accompanied her. She talked about how he was a three time mandolin champion so I know he could have gotten a better gig.
There were good moments in the evening too though, like when she forgot the words to her songs, when she told really bad jokes that no one got (even herself) and when she couldn’t tune her guitar and had to spend some quiet time away from the mic to trade it for another.
This may have been the club for her, maybe singing for the after church crowd, but I think a better place would be that little Opry house in Smithfield, NC or maybe a small room off of the big one in Myrtle Beach or maybe there’s an opening at Dolliewood, who knows. But check her out, you’ll have you a good ‘ol time….
…or go right out and kill yourself.
It was, in the word of someone else unhappy about being there, “Brutal!”
Friday, December 15, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
RSS
RSS stands for Random Stupid Shit, remember that for future reference.
Last week I was killing myself working late, painting the ENTIRE inside of a house for some people as a surprise Christmas present from their daughter. It was a bitch too cause I could hardly move in that joint. I was like a little rat crawlin' behind stuff to get to the walls. But lucky me, I only fell down once! They came home and were so surprised and pleased that the 'ol lady started crying.
I was working somewhere in Cary, NC today and looked in the driveway next door and noticed that someone had keyed the dude's pick up truck. Evidently he REALLY pissed somebody off cause on the side in REAL BIG LETTERS was "K K K" I think I might would get that fixed pretty soon. That's just me.
Speakin' of pissin' somebody off, dude down the road must have done somebody bad wrong. He's got a bea-Yoooo-tiful house and (most of the time) perfect yard and every time he gets that grass groomed just right..somebody comes over with a four wheeler and does doughnuts in it, tearing the shit out of it. That's not very nice.
And here's what PISSIN' ME off! They charged the gestapo that killed my (unarmed!) first cousin once removed on Monday and on Tuesday they overturned the indictment against said killer and let the son of a bitch go, saying it was a clerical error! Welcome to America kids! George Bush's America!
Last week I was killing myself working late, painting the ENTIRE inside of a house for some people as a surprise Christmas present from their daughter. It was a bitch too cause I could hardly move in that joint. I was like a little rat crawlin' behind stuff to get to the walls. But lucky me, I only fell down once! They came home and were so surprised and pleased that the 'ol lady started crying.
I was working somewhere in Cary, NC today and looked in the driveway next door and noticed that someone had keyed the dude's pick up truck. Evidently he REALLY pissed somebody off cause on the side in REAL BIG LETTERS was "K K K" I think I might would get that fixed pretty soon. That's just me.
Speakin' of pissin' somebody off, dude down the road must have done somebody bad wrong. He's got a bea-Yoooo-tiful house and (most of the time) perfect yard and every time he gets that grass groomed just right..somebody comes over with a four wheeler and does doughnuts in it, tearing the shit out of it. That's not very nice.
And here's what PISSIN' ME off! They charged the gestapo that killed my (unarmed!) first cousin once removed on Monday and on Tuesday they overturned the indictment against said killer and let the son of a bitch go, saying it was a clerical error! Welcome to America kids! George Bush's America!
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
HBD!
Happy Birthday Dan!
It's good to know someone else my age who is doing their "rockin'" somewhere other than the front porch!
It's good to know someone else my age who is doing their "rockin'" somewhere other than the front porch!
Monday, December 11, 2006
address
I can see you all sitting there writing out your Christmas cards and thinking..
"Damn! I sure wish I had Terry's address cause I sure would like to send him a card or a bottle of my favorite liquor or wine!" OK, so here it is..
Terry Anderson
PO Box 642
Bunn, NC 27508
Please make all checks payable to: Terry Anderson
For packages/presents (bottles) and things of that sort:
TA
102 Nash St.
Bunn, NC 27508
Looking forward to hearing from you, and have a damn good Christmas!
"Damn! I sure wish I had Terry's address cause I sure would like to send him a card or a bottle of my favorite liquor or wine!" OK, so here it is..
Terry Anderson
PO Box 642
Bunn, NC 27508
Please make all checks payable to: Terry Anderson
For packages/presents (bottles) and things of that sort:
TA
102 Nash St.
Bunn, NC 27508
Looking forward to hearing from you, and have a damn good Christmas!
TCB
I think we can all agree that the greatest performer of the last 50 years was Elvis Presley. Elvis lived by the mantra..TCB or Taking Care of Business. I gotta say that ever since I've adopted it as my own my life has improved by leaps and bounds. I learned to stop drinking while I'm performing and it immediately made the difference between crappy gigs of me forgetting lyrics and great gigs with me being alert and spot on from song to song...TCB. And, just like last night, I was getting too drunk on wine so I switched over to tequila to sober up a bit...TCB. In every phase of my life it has made the difference for the better and has catapolted me into the superstar I am today. I just hope that I don't croak like 'ol E, while he was..you know...
taking care of business. Thanks Elvis!
taking care of business. Thanks Elvis!
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Christmas Spirit
When Jeff Carroll asked me to contribute a song for the Christmas CD, “Have a Holly Raleigh Christmas” I begged off. Weeks later he called back, “C’mon man, I need you to do a song for this thing”. “OK, lemme see what I can come up with”, was my reply. And the only thing I could come up with was a remake of my song “Daddy had a Wreck”. So “Santa had a Wreck” made it on the CD and became the favorite of many. So now Jeff asks if we can do a live thing. Hmmmm, lemme axe the boys….”Sure, any chance to play” was pretty much the response I got. So Jeff E-mail’s me a week or so ago and wants us to play a low key in-store type deal to promote the CD. Well, yesterday we did it and it was a blast! And I can now say that I am officially in the Christmas spirit! Who wouldn’t be after playing such hits as “I Can Give you Everything (for Christmas)”, “Git yo ass up da Road (and git me a present, Bitch!)”, “Why don’t you come over here and help me drank this Eggnog”, (all I want for Christmas is a..) Sunday Dress” and that song that goes..”It’s been raining since last Santa-day, that was the day that you came back…”, I forget the names of these songs, sorry..Playing in front of the Capital city Grocery was a lotta fun! Maybe we’ll get on the grocery store circuit!!
Friday, December 08, 2006
oh shit!
I almost forgot! The OakTeam is playin' an afternoon gig tomorrow (Sat. Dec. 9) at 5pm. We're gonna do a stripped down hour long set at Capital City Grocery to benefit whoever that Christmas CD thingy benefited. So here's my question..anybody know where that place is?
80's bands
I've been looking for something to make me laugh this week and it finally happened when Joenathan sent me this link featuring 80's club bands. What's funny is I know some of these people. You'll never find me in a picture with this much hair!
http://www.ronnierogers.com/80sclubbands/index.html
http://www.ronnierogers.com/80sclubbands/index.html
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Magic!
After working all day in a house where I should be paid for more as a moving man than a painter, I was pretty beat when I got back over Jack’s studio last night. Like I said, the results from the previous night’s recording were mixed. Monday night was more of a “rememberin’ session” than anything else, but last night we were all business. At 8:30pm we yelled to the back of the house at our favorite engineer, “Hey Jon, you ready?” and following his undecipherable response we kicked in to the first song and never looked back until the last one was done. Hell yeah! Magic! “Was that ALL of’m?” The hour went by so fast, and in the dust 18 songs were left wondering what had just hit’m. A quick switchover for our live in the studio encore put Dave behind the kit and me on guitar. When all was said and done we had recorded 20 great tracks for your enjoyment in less than an hour and a half. All were done at good tempos too, not too fast as they can get at times in front of a live audience. I’m hoping you will be as excited by last night’s recordings as we are. Just think of it as an awesome sounding board tape.
Available soon.
Available soon.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
live in studio
Well, the OakTeam followed through last night on plans to record the live show in the studio so the peoples of the world can eventually hear what we sound like at the gigs. We haven't played in about a month so it was a little rough around the edges sprinkled with moments of brilliance.
We'll do it again tonight until we get it right. It's gonna include 20 of my favorites and hopefully yours and be available quite cheaply by download only, hopefully sooner than later. I'll play guitar and Dave on drums on "37 Miles in Reverse" and "Church Folks Comin'" just like live. Other goodies include "Boyfriend 2", "Weather or Not" and "Yesterday Clyde Virginia". Stay tuned.
Many thanks to those offering thoughts and prayers to my cousin's family. Believe me, they need all the support they can get. The murder of their child is nothing short of outrageous and you haven't heard the last of this story.
We'll do it again tonight until we get it right. It's gonna include 20 of my favorites and hopefully yours and be available quite cheaply by download only, hopefully sooner than later. I'll play guitar and Dave on drums on "37 Miles in Reverse" and "Church Folks Comin'" just like live. Other goodies include "Boyfriend 2", "Weather or Not" and "Yesterday Clyde Virginia". Stay tuned.
Many thanks to those offering thoughts and prayers to my cousin's family. Believe me, they need all the support they can get. The murder of their child is nothing short of outrageous and you haven't heard the last of this story.
Monday, December 04, 2006
not enough tears
Lord, if you've got any more weekends like this one, just keep'm. Since we heard the news on Saturday morning we have been walking around in a daze and with heavy hearts for my cousin and his family who's son was murdered by sheriff's deputies Friday night.
Apparently, they have a new way of serving of warrants in New Hanover County. First, they surround the house with about 20 officers, then one guy goes up to the door, kicks it in and then starts shooting the first person he sees, once in the chest and then in the head. Then they kill your dog.
This kid was one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. I'm not going to say that he wasn't involved in the assault that he and his roommate were being served for but everyone that knew him knows that he wouldn't hurt a fly. But who knows, kids get together and think up dumb things to do every day. I DO know that he didn't NEED any of the things that were (allegedly) stolen from the victim. My cousin is a trial lawyer and has done quite well for himself and his family. And I also know that no matter what he did, he deserved his day in court and he didn't get that. He was tried and executed by the arresting deputy.
We as parents constantly worry about our kids getting in cars with other kids and crashing or getting terribly sick or some other horrible tragedy but something like this you never see coming, it's just unimaginable.
http://www.wral.com/news/10449139/detail.html
Apparently, they have a new way of serving of warrants in New Hanover County. First, they surround the house with about 20 officers, then one guy goes up to the door, kicks it in and then starts shooting the first person he sees, once in the chest and then in the head. Then they kill your dog.
This kid was one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. I'm not going to say that he wasn't involved in the assault that he and his roommate were being served for but everyone that knew him knows that he wouldn't hurt a fly. But who knows, kids get together and think up dumb things to do every day. I DO know that he didn't NEED any of the things that were (allegedly) stolen from the victim. My cousin is a trial lawyer and has done quite well for himself and his family. And I also know that no matter what he did, he deserved his day in court and he didn't get that. He was tried and executed by the arresting deputy.
We as parents constantly worry about our kids getting in cars with other kids and crashing or getting terribly sick or some other horrible tragedy but something like this you never see coming, it's just unimaginable.
http://www.wral.com/news/10449139/detail.html
Friday, December 01, 2006
merc pix
Mr. James Sigman of NJ has some Mercury Lounge pictures that he would like to share with the class..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsigman/sets/72157594399585013/
Thanks James!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsigman/sets/72157594399585013/
Thanks James!
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