Sunday, December 30, 2018

12/22/18

We swished it up the other night in San Antonio. Joined at the Bang Bang Bar by our buddies from Bend, Dr Green Dreams and Austin’s own We Are The Asteroid.  

The drive down was nice and easy. The Holliday slump had traffic moving fast down the 35 corridor. Of course that means the crowd was guaranteed to be thin. Ehhhh.  I was still ready to kill it. 

The Green Dreams crew tore it up. Different drummer than when we played with them back when were on tour. I think he is based in Houston. Didn’t really have a chance to talk to him to find out...  but he complimented their style in a really nice way. 

We were next and had a good set. Not the best but solid. Had some folks up at the front for some of it and we rocked them all the way down the gangplank.  


I missed the asteroid.... had to head home to take care of a dog that was cooped up in the house too long!!!  Wish I’d stayed but we’ve got some shows with them coming up in Louisiana around carnival time. I’ll get to see them plenty then!

Saturday, December 22, 2018

12/21/18

Hickoids were in Houston last night. 
Fitzgerald’s is closing?!!!!  Zeldas too... talk about the end of an era. I played both back when I was only a solo act. Twenty plus years ago...  first place they ever miced the stage to make my stomp extra loud.  It’s gonna be gone....

There were bands upstairs and down. I showed up when Texicali was on. The Beaumont’s were after and Dash Rip Rock after them. Hicks last. 
 I dug all the sets I saw. Ours was not so hot...  it’s how it goes. We haven’t rehearsed much with all of us in the same room over last few weeks.  

Oh well. We gave them what we could and they seemed to like it.  


Gonna miss that joint.  

Friday, December 21, 2018

12/5/18

Another late-ass post...

Bigfoot at the Sahara with Danny B, again.  
Kinda the same as the other months we’ve done this, pretty sweet “problem” to have.  Playing in a band you love, in has a sweet monthly gig at a cool club. AND a world class guitar player opens for us and likes us!!
That become reality and it’s kinda weird how you can get acclimated to it. Something absolutely amazing becomes commonplace and part of your normal life. 

I could just be a spoiled child...jury’s still out. 

Thursday, November 29, 2018

11/7/18

Late late late....  no shocker there. 

Another month another first Wednesday with Danny B. 

They’d been playing for an hour or so by the time I got there. I can’t seem to make it early enough for their whole set. Pitiful me....

They were killing it of course, even though the crowd was thinner than in weeks past. Beto losing the election the night before  didn’t help attendance.  We knew that going in.  But Danny and his boys just got up and did it. Like always.  

We went up and hit the room with a few new tunes. By new I mean we haven’t played them in a few years. We’ve got a pretty huge list of tunes we’ve played over the years. Lots to pull from.  We added “Endless Sleep”, “They Can Only Fill One Grave” and “Pistol Packin Mama” this time. And the folks that made it out dug it. 


It was pretty solid all around. Just like it will be the next time. And....

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

10/14/18

While the last tunes were being played at the “real” ACL we had something brewing at the South Austin Museum Of Popular Culture. A Davy Jones cartoon retrospective with the proceeds going to a book of his work. 

It was pretty cool. Loads of gig posters (several shows I played) loads of comics from when he was in the army and a bunch of the normal Davy’s hilarious  bullshit. It was nice to see. 

Hickoids went up after Pony. We had a sloppy good set. But at some point I turned the bass up a little too loud and I made my cabinets vibrate off of each other throwing the head and the top cabinet to the ground, not the best but apparently nothing is fucked. I finished the set and did another after with no problems. 

Frontier Dan got up with us. As usual it was a blast with him. He is always so happy when he gets up with us.  Same for me.  


Bigfoot finished it off. We even got Cody up to wawa a solo on Whale for a little insiders treat to Jones. It was a really nice night. And I got to play for a couple of hours!

Sunday, October 14, 2018

10/12/18

ACL week two, day one

Hickoids were on at ABGB with a handful of our favorites for one hell of a night. I had to go back for some more dental work and I was (still am) on antibiotics... totally bummed I really like the beer at ABGB and I’m not “allowed” to have any....

We got there and Jean Caffeine was finishing up. She was playing drums?!!  Never seen her do that before. They were also playing “Wimp” by the Zeros. Happy me!

Harvey was next and they whipped it.  Duh... he’s got a sweet ass band and they’ve brought it every time I’ve seen them.  No exception on this night. 

We were next and our stuff was fine. But then  the man, the legendary Frontier Dan got up!! We did five tunes with him. The last one was the “Arkansas Twist” and there was a dance contest!! Fun and funny as hell!! And it’s always fun when Dan visits. 

Pocket Fishermen finished us off. Yeah! Really great night. 


And week two night two. I’m not playing!! But I’ll be there. Loads of great stuff goin on!

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

10/6/18

Second night of ACL

I was feeling a hell of a lot better than the first night...  Not all the way there but dramatically better. 

I got to the White Horse and Churchwood was up. Killing it. Don’t know if it’s just the sound guy there (he is really fucking good) or if it’s just them, but it’s the most even I’ve heard a band sound in a long time. A few new tunes I haven’t heard, what a treat!

Western Star had a few new ones as well. Good to see the fellas. They had a killer set that also sounded clear and even (got to be the sound guy!!) 

We were up next. It was Tom’s birthday so he was well lubricated for our slot. No one fell but most of Tom’s gear had “problems” along the way...  I’ll leave it at that.  


We we were done I started feeling kinda crappy so I missed A Pony Called Olga and The Beaumont’s. I’m betting they killed it. Kinda the theme for the night. 

Saturday, October 6, 2018

10/5/18

First night of ACL

This is another one of those times where reality gets in the way of the music.  I had a cracked tooth repaired the day after the last Bigfoot show and I was felling pretty fucked for the beginning of the big fest.  Aging, reality... I’m over it. 

I have a novocaine allergy so I spent most of the day “coming down” from the shots they gave me the day before. The whole afternoon I was feeling like the inside of my tongue was itchy. And my gums and cheeks were either on fire or felt like they needed cleaning with a wire brush.  I picked up some better meds and hoped I’d make the show....

We were second of five and I took some pain pills and swabbed my teeth and gums with a numbing gel right before we went up. Not the best but it took care of me. 

Our set was a fucking mess.  We hadn’t seen each other since the tour so no real rehearsal.  The Empire Control room is a weird place to play anyway. The stage looks big but it’s not in reality. And there is a screen behind it with another few feet before the back wall so there is zero acoustic reinforcement.  Bass always sounds like crap in that situation. Also Cody fell down drunk right before the amp he was using fried a capacitor. It was that kinda night. 


White Horse tomorrow. 

Friday, October 5, 2018

10/3/18

Third one of these nights at the Sahara with Danny B Harvey. The crowd was noticeably thinner than the last time.... It is a Wednesday after all.  

I finished loading in at the end of Danny’s set. Wish I em saw more but I was running late. Sometimes it’s impossible to get moving. 

We set up and got at it. We seem to do fifteen-twenty songs a show in one long set. It feels good stretching out like that. We’ve also been rehearsing every month. Thats loads of forward movement for bigfoot!!

We were pretty sloppy for the first bit. Eventually a few new folks came in and we tightened it up a little. By the time we were  finishing up with “Harpoon Man” they were all up and staring at us. 

November should be great!


Wednesday, September 26, 2018

9/14/18

It was a rainy Friday night but the roads were pretty clear for the drive to Houston.  It’s Swishbuckler time again. Ahoy!

We were at Rudyards with the Poor Dumb Bastards. Our set was a messy ball of fun. We were a little all over the place, only one rehearsal since last year.... what do you want. Good thing the set doesn’t change much (or all!) 

Tommy is back so we are a two guitar band again.  It’s a thicker sound with two of us. And on occasion there are some harmony parts!!


We wrapped it up and PDB went on, they were playing the next night in Austin, see y’all then. We took off and made it home a little after three. 

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

9/5/18

Off of tour and back to reality. Bigfoot has that monthly at the Sahara lounge. And it’s with Danny B Harvey!!!

I got there and he was ripping that tele up. No shocker there. Pretty much what he does. The rhythm section was two totally different dudes this time. Didn’t get to meet either of them.... oh well. They had a hell of a set.  

We went up and did it.  No rehearsal so things were a little seat of the pants. But we pulled it off. Sometimes that edge is what makes it. Pretty sure that’s what happened here. 


It feels like Bigfoot’s been needing something like this for a while. I think the monthly could make us stronger, faster and more powerful than ever...

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

8/26/18

After a nearly eight hour drive we made it to Marfa. We were the only band on the bill at the Lost Horse Saloon and it was a set up and play kind of an affair. Decent joint! Nice and muddy the kinda joint that I didn’t expect to see in Marfa (non-artsy, just regular!) I’m really happy we played there. 

We were exhausted. And you could tell...   A fried was there and he said we would “get up” for the songs but we’d drop back down in between.  But he said we would get up more and more with each tune. To the point where we were killing it near the end. Last show of the tour, we were all out. 


After we loaded, sat around shooting the shit for a while. Then we made the night drive back to our respective houses. Nearly nine hours later I made it home. Tour over. Now sleep. 

Sunday, August 26, 2018

8/25/18

Pork Torta opened up for us last night at Hotel Congress in Tucson. Pretty great night even though we were exhausted by the eight hour drive from LA. Hotel Congress is where Dillinger got caught. it’s  a cool place and is probably the oldest building in another rapidly gentrifying downtown. 

The “Torta” had the double amp setup. A full bass and guitar rig on each side of the stage.  They set up in a line with the drummer dead in the middle. Both the guitar and bass played brown SGs and they rocked it. High energy, punchy stuff. Really fun and a lot of sound from a three piece. 

This place had a curtain that goes up at the start of the show and back down at the end.  This was perfect for our intro music. It’s a minute long and at about 45 seconds in the curtain came up. The Hickoids. Looking more professional than we ever will be. 


Marfa tomorrow. 

Saturday, August 25, 2018

8/24/18

Here we go. This was the big one, LA with Pat Todd. I’ve been waiting for this show for months. 

Pat and the Outsiders are one of my favorite bands ever. No bullshit. Just straight forward rock and roll. And what a good fucking set.... they blew it away. The five of them really play as one piece and they don’t let up. Each tune backed up against the last. Bam Bam Bam. 

The crowd really ate it up. It’s the Outsiders hometown, they have that built in advantage. But they don’t cut any corners with the rock. I don’t know if they could. 

Pat does this thing (seen it more than once) where he tells the crowd three songs left, two....  At the end of the last one he even counts down the choruses, 3...2...1... It’s as if he’s saying “you only have this much time left with us. Enjoy it.”

We went up and the place was still packed. We hit them hard. Best show of the tour. My mic was right at the end of the stage and it kept falling over but two different dudes were catching it and popping it back up. Stagehands who paid cover!, I love LA!


Tucson tomorrow. 

Friday, August 24, 2018

8/23/18

Well Ventura was last night... played at a place called the Red Cove. Jackass was the lie we and they had a really nice set. I like seeing dudes like this rocking it. And it was the first upright bass I’ve seen all trip!!

We went up and hit it pretty hard. The crowd seemed to enjoy our set. When we finished up I packed up my crap , leaded it in the van and headed to the hotel. I heard what happened. They didn’t pay us...  Don’t know why and I don’t really care. The fellas went back and eventually got three-fourths of what we had guaranteed. But...


So a note me to all touring bands (and area bands that probably already know this)   Don’t play the Red Cove in Ventura. You may be wasting your time and get ripped off!

Thursday, August 23, 2018

8/22/18

Last night Fang opened for us in Santa Cruz at the Blue Lagoon. It’s a joint in the strip mall section of downtown. An attempted “normalization” of the city. Bizarre that someone in the city council thought a master planned shopping area was a good move in a surf town with a boardwalk. Seems counterintuitive. 

Fang tore it up but the PA was all screwed up so you couldn’t hear the vocals at all. Not the lead or the backing...  You could kinda hear what Sam was saying between songs but even then it sounded like shit. They still whipped it.  

We went up and the crowd was still pumped after all the Fang. We gave them what they wanted. After the show I was talking to this guy who said one of the PA speakers came on when we had fifteen minutes left in our set.  He told me that was the first time he heard my vocals all night....


Ventura tomorrow. 

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

8/21/18

Our day off was full of driving. Left Bend around 11 am and didn’t hit San Francisco till about 10:30 that night.  And the smoke... saw a bunch of warn out firefighters at one point. Brutal job.  

Our show was at the Elbo Room. We played here with the Grannies the last time we come through. Dramatically better turnout this time. Most of the folks were there to see Sluggo’s new band REQD.  It was their first show. They did a really nice job for the first time out. Especially since it’s such an ambitious project. Two guitar, bass, drums, two back up singers, a fiddle AND a horn player. Lots of folks up there can’t be easy to keep that together. 

We kinda kicked it. The full day in SF had us all rested and feeling good. I spent my time getting lost and walking the hills. Just what I wanted. We also got to see all the Grannies, love those dudes.  


Santa Cruz tomorrow. 

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

8/19/18

We took off from Portland and made the drive to Bend. We’ve been rolling through smoke from the west coast fires since Boise but it got thicker than we’ve seen it on this drive. 

The openers at the Volcanic Theater were Dr Green Dreams. We saw their last two tunes when we pulled up to the donut shop the day before. This time I actually got a chance to listen to them. Good shit. I love a three piece that puts out that much sound. Sign of people who know how to rock together. 


We had a solid set for twentyish folks. They looks really happy the whole time. Really good sounding room too. Probably the best we’ve had all tour. I kinda expected that, when we set up they had a real power strip on the stage. A guaranteed improvement in sound for $30. If only more places did it. 

Sunday, August 19, 2018

8/18/18

After the show at Slim’s we got some breakfast near the motel. Pulled up to a Denny’s and a load of people were outside waiting on rides. But not everyone... a couple of ladies were working the crowd and a number of other folks were tweeking, hard. 

We all took note and headed inside. Then there was this dude. He was wearing a tracksuit, backwards ball cap and he was squatting on the floor.  Then in one move he jumped up, spun around and started drumming on the bottom of a picture frame and he started laughing like a maniac.  He ran outside and disappeared. It was really surreal until Cody noticed there was a wet spot where he’d been squatting....  Slapped back to reality quick. We got back in the van and moved on.  

I slept in the freak. The motel was looking pretty methy and we would all feel better if someone took the hit. It was a noisy but uneventful night. 
...

Next morning we drove to Portland for the next two shows. First was at voodoo donut too (2?) in the parking lot. Those folks are so nice to us. And the free coffee, donuts (and secret band beer!) will keep us coming back. 

Smitty was talking about doing the one song set of “Stop it Your Killing Me”.  It’s something we’ve talked about doing on and off for a while. But while we were about to start I was looking at the forty or so faces that were so happy to see us and I just couldn’t do it to them....  I liked them happy.  

Second show was at Dante’s downtown. Surrounded by dumpy bars, strip clubs and fancy new big city, gentrifyin buildings  Portland has a ton of shit going on. We were after the Lucky 13s and they were on it. We also played after another band of Bradley’s earlier in the day. He is doubling up on killer sets. 

We went up and the crowd was decent. Hell of a time even though we were all running on fumes. At this point in he tour it’s gonna take something huge to derail us. We got nothing but momentum. 


Bend tomorrow. 

Saturday, August 18, 2018

8/17/18

Back at Slim’s Last Chance in Seattle. What a great joint and the folks there are always kind and generous. And we had our best show since the first time we played there. When folks are that nice you want to give them everything you can. 

The stage is a rickety beast and it was sucking the low end out of my bass. It was twice as loud when I went up high than it was when I played in the ‘regular’ region. And my amp was putting it out, all of the clipping lights were on.  The stage was absorbing the vibrations from the box. Physics meets reality. Lance said the drum kit was bouncing all over the place the whole set.  Oh well. 

The big headliners were the Accused (AD). Never seen these guys but I loved the hell out of them.  They are hitting Austin in December and I’ll be there. Can’t wait to see them again. 


Tomorrow we double up in Portland. 

Friday, August 17, 2018

8/16/18

Victoria BC was a hell of a lot of fun. We were last of three at this pretty strange club called the V Lounge that was over a strip club and part of the same building that holds a restaurant, liquor store and our hotel for the night. 

The inside looked like it was either out of an off strip Vegas casino or an ‘80s porno set. Huge stage with fake plants and TVs behind it. So bizarre and pretty damn cool!

Out set kinda killed, most everybody there was there to see us and we gave them everything. They ate up the Canadian medley and all of our standard shit and they wanted more. 

After the show I sat in the room drinking my liquor store purchased beer until I couldn’t any more. 


Seattle tomorrow. 

Thursday, August 16, 2018

8/15/18

After the show in Boise we drove all night to Vancouver. This was the longest drive of the trip so we had to hit it.  

The border took a little while to get through. Had to hang in a building while the freak was searched. They went through some of the bags and Cody’s jacket (big laugh from all of us when we saw that leave the van!) My cord bag was all over the place when I opened it for the show.  Everything was in there but they don’t pack like I do. No big deal, it only took them a few minutes to realize we are just a band out on tour.  

We played in the gaslight district at a place called Pub 340. I was told its been open since the 1890’s!!  What a cool joint. Nice and dark and it felt like we were under the building in the bowels of Vancouver. 

And what a nice crowd!! We really needed it after the last couple of shows. It gets hard playing for just the other bands. It doesn’t matter how cool they are, it’s a little demoralizing.  

We did the “Oh Canada” tribute and they loved it.  I was worried it wouldn’t work but they ate it up!!  At the end when we launched in to the Rush we’d been hinting at the whole medley, a guy in front of me started nodding like crazy and started screaming “fuck yeah!!!” They love all of that up here.  


Victoria BC tomorrow!

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

8/14/18

We were at the Shredder in Boise last night. Pretty cool place and easily the best openers we’ve had all tour.

Mantooth was first. Pretty sweet rock and roll with one of the most animated singers I’ve seen in a while. Totally on his game and the band was right on top of him.  

Jimmy Vegas and the Phobes were next. Basically straight forward country rock with a sweet little edge.  Fuck yeah.  

I don’t know much about the Boise music scene but if theses guys are any indication of what it’s like there they got a lot of talent in that town.  

Our set was ok. Everything was a little slow maybe because we go too much rest on our day off. Maybe because three of us got hammered the night before.  Doesn’t really matter, there were six people who weren’t in the other bands they saw us play. 600% increase over SLC!!


Vancouver tonight!

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

8/12/18

Well... we played Salt Lake City. It was a pretty big venue called the Metro. Really nice place with a huge stage, a real PA and a green room. 

And a crowd that consisted of one paying customer, a few folks from the other bands and the three person staff.  

We played pretty good considering. It’s kinda hard to get excited when there are a dozen people in a room that holds 800.  


That’s how it goes sometimes. Boise is next. 

Sunday, August 12, 2018

8/11/18

We made it all the way to Denver and to Cody’s sisters house around 9am. She fed us, then I took a long shower and slept. Started feeling human again. 

Eventually we all woke up and headed down to check out the Streets of London Pub. Across the road is the Denver location of Voodoo Doughnuts and they had a couple boxes of love waiting for us!! And, and there was a dispensary next door... Double yes!!

The crowd was a little light but spirited. It took us a bit to get up and moving but we were hitting it pretty hard by the end. 

After we went back to the family home. Got to clean up again and get another pile of good sleep. 


SLC tomorrow.  

Saturday, August 11, 2018

8/10/18

There we were, in the freak driving to New Mexico. I was sleeping just fine for a while... Until I woke up covered in sweat, feeling cold and hot at the same time. Not good. I knew what was coming andI knew why and that it was gonna happen soon.  Like get the van off the road and open that goddamn door!!!! Now!

I got everything out and I missed the van entirely. After a few minutes we were able to hit a gas station so I could really clean up. And give the guys a minute...

You never know when something is going to be cooked in bacon grease. Life of a vegetarian in the road. I’m pretty sure the “special German pancake” was. And now it’s on the side of I-30.  

We made it to Santa Fe and holed up with a friend of Toms for a bit. Then we went on to The Mine Shaft for the show. It’s in a little town called Madrid. A place with no cell reception. Weird, but cool little town. 


Bunch of folks stayed for the whole set and we tore it up pretty good for them. Hell of a lot of fun. After we loaded and drove to Denver. No throwin up, just a lot of sleeping in the van. 

Friday, August 10, 2018

8/9/18

First night of the actual tour we were at Lola’s in Ft Worth. I’m really glad we made the gig, it wasn’t looking like we were gonna at a few points. I was supposed to be the last pickup on the way out of town but the freak’s alternator bit it when they were just north of SA. It added fiveish hours to the SA fellas day while Cody, Lance and I sat around bullshitting. 

We pulled up to Lola’s when Blood of the Sun was on (missed Mos Generation entirely...). Two full stacks, keys, bass drums and a singer. They were an onslaught of sound and on fire! Really powerful shit. 

We did pretty well. Didn’t drive everyone off that fast. Pretty full for the first half. It thinned out after that but the folks who stayed were the hard rocks. 


In typical touring Hickoid fashion we packed it up, hit a pancake place and got on the road to miss the heat on the drive to the next show in New Mexico.  You sleep in a van, boy!

Monday, August 6, 2018

8/4/18

That was a little more like it. Hickoids were at the Bang Bang Bar saturday night. A place I’ve never been before. It pretty big and nice inside. And it’s in an area of town that makes you remember San Antonio is one huge fucking city.  

We were on our game here. The night before we’d started half of the tunes too fast. And WAY too fast in a couple of instances. Not to mention we weren’t really doing our best with accuracy...  Last night was different. We had those tempos and (most) of of the notes correct. 


Glad we got this second tune up show before we head out! Needed it. 

Saturday, August 4, 2018

8/3/18

Hickoids were at the Lost Well last night. I got there right when All Monsters Attack we’re going on. They were tight as hell and it sounded really good in the room. Like better than I’ve heard any band sound in there. I found out that thei soundcheck they did was a half hour long... not sure who was behind that. Really doesn’t matter, they sounded great. 

The Beaumont’s from central Lubbock Texas were next!! It’s been months since we played with them. I’ve missed it!  They did “The Boots Stay On” and I’m guessing the reaction wasn’t quite what they wanted so they did it again!?!?!? Possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever seen them do. And I’ve seen them do a lot of funny shit over the years. 


Our set was decent. The highlights were Wade Driver getting up for a couple and we did our “Canada suite”. Five songs from Canadian artist chopped up and ruined by Hickoids. We’d done a fair amount of work in it and the reaction was pretty lackluster. Won’t be the last time... SA tomorrow!

Friday, August 3, 2018

8/1/18

Walter got a message from Danny B Harvey, looking to put Bigfoot on a bill. He has a new trio and a standing gig at the Sahara Lounge on Wednesday nights. They tear that shit up.  

Really tight. They hit a bunch of styles and they nail the hell out of them. Impressive shit. 

Our set was decent. Once we got two thirds of the way through we were hitting it pretty good. Ninety minutes is a little longer than the average Bigfoot show... Guess we were taking a little time to warm up. 

We finished it off, then were “asked” to do one more. Lots of yelling from just a few makes you feel good! Bill stepped down and Danny jumped in and we played a little Wolf to kill it off.  


Tuesday, July 31, 2018

7/21/18

Hickoids were up lthe Other Saturday night. Big show at the Empire Control Room we were  second of four. 

Dress up was first. Some pretty raunchy punk with a whole lot of penis out in the room. Lance and I were talking outside and Tom came up to us and said “that guy is just wearing a guitar.”  Lance and I sighed and went inside for a minute. 

Tom was right... Penis. 

We went on next and the crowd was really in to it. But they weren’t there for us. They came for Piñata Protest!!

Alvaro has really killed it over the years. He is busting his ass for that fine rock and roll music. It’s been cool watching him climb. The current lineup is really tight and on fire! No shocker there. 


Cunto finished us off with all of that Cunto sweetness. Those silly ass songs done so seriously... kills me. I’ve said it a hundred times, any band that sings “We fucked a polar bear” will always make me happy.  

Friday, July 20, 2018

7/15/18

Bigfoot played a nice little party the other day. The house was way the hell north of Georgetown in a neighborhood that was on a golf course. I was driving Bill and we were getting more and more worried the closer we got. 

“They are gonna hate us aren’t they?”

“What are we in for?!”

“Is this some sort of ‘murder a band’ scenario?!!!”

I mean, we were playing in a neighborhood on a golf course. That isn’t the usual Bigfoot thing!!

I rang the doorbell and was greeted by a big, bearded dude covered in tattoos. Right behind him was three pinball machines and two full sized arcade games. We are safe. This is gonna be a lot of fun. 

We did two sets and only padded things out a little here and there. You’ve got to when you are (usually) a one set band. But the four of us have been playing together for so long that we have a ton of material. Two sets are relatively easy for us. 


After we packed it up, got paid and headed back to Austin. These kinda shows can be a real downer. This one was the exact opposite of that!

Saturday, July 14, 2018

7/12/18

Bigfoot and the Beautiful Delilah’s were at the Hard Luck again. We did this show a few months ago when it was winter. That was a rough gig, my hands were frozen and I could barely play. This was pretty much the opposite. Middle of July and we started a half hour after the sun went down. It’s what you want when you moved to Texas because you like heat!


We had a fun set. Trey was all warmed up after his playing with the Delilah’s so we kinda had a leg up. The crowd was a good one. Very receptive to the Bigfoot thing.  No shocker there, a good twenty five percent were friends and the rest of the folks just wanted a good time.  Hard Luck is that way. Not a stuck up poser bar. Just folks wanting no bullshit and a good time.  A good place for Bigfoot. 

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

6/30/18

Nearly a week ago the Hickoids had a show at the Buzzmill down in San Marcos. I got there and Cody was setting up with Chief Fuzzer. They had a short but kick ass set. All three of them really tare it up. 

The Smoking Cucarachas went on before them... I found out after I showed up that they were on the bill. Shit. 

Next up was Fully Crazed from Canada! We are hooking up with them when we head out in August. They came down to test the waters. Fully enjoyable pile of agro sweatiness. Our time in Canada should be just fine. 

Our set was pretty good. Rusty as fuck but we brought it. A skate club had their reunion that night and they went full on. 

1 Saw a dude get hit in the head with a glass. 
2 Dude in a wheelchair was being spun around the “dance” area in front of the stage in time. 
3 A guy did a full face plant on the concrete, came back covered in bandages for the last few songs. He was totally unphased. 
4 Right at the end there was a fight and it ended with this gal punching a guy in the head over and over. Not a clue what started it. 


After I packed up and headed home. Beaumont’s were playing nearby but I didn’t have it in me at that point. Too much excitement already. 

Monday, May 21, 2018

4/22/18

o late... 

It was Fredstock again and the Hickoids were playing last. This was the first year the "stock" was a part of Fiesta, the huge, month long party that takes over the middle of San Antonio. Pretty cool deal for SA University. And they deserve it, this is a realy nice party.

Just like last time It was on a decent size stage that was ten feet up and had some seriously rickety stairs. The bass and drums were backlined so Lance and I had it easy with just a couple of trips up and down. But the other dudes...

Our set was ok. Relying on monitors is not a Hickoid strength, but we gave it all we could and the crowd liked it. All that really counts. We'd play this event every year if they asked us (ahem...). It's a nice way to spend a Sunday.