4/20/19

Hickoids were back up in Denton with Hammel and Slobberbone at Dans Silverleaf. Since Denton is on the opposite side of the DFW metroplex it feels really far no matter how clear the roads are... the distance practically doubles when you make the drive home, after the show, late late at night. 

We were last, Hammel was first. He did basically the same set as the night before. That is not a complaint. That fucker is still killing it after all of these years. Still at the top of his game. No way to complain about that. 

Slobberbone did the same in the middle slot. KILLIN IT!! 

Since it’s their hometown club the majority of folks there were out to see them. So by the time we went on it was pretty thin... that happened last year when we played there with them. Oh well. It’s not like we are gonna cheat on our set and play half assed. Too dumb to know how. 

Near the end we did “Canada” and half way through I noticed a woman with a Rush shirt on! After she told me she was VERY happy. They love that Canadian rock everywhere! 

3/31/18

We were in Denton on this Saturday night at Dan's Silver Leaf playing with Slobberbone! Not just playing with them, they opened for us?!?!?! I was texting with Smitty earlier in the day and he said "the opener", not "the opener, Slobberbone" Or "Slobberbone's on first". None of that. I was shocked when they started setting up before us.

The drive up was easy, Easter weekend and most of the traffic was already where it wanted to be. I'd pre-loaded my cabinets in the freak but there was no need for them to make the trip. Bass players share!

They had a pretty kick ass set. The crowd was thick and really in to it. Brian (on Bass) hit both "Sailors Hornpipe" and "Yackety Axe" in the middle of tunes. Fuck! Yes!

Our set was ok. We weren't the tightest even though Smitty wrote up a set list before we went on. That might be the sixth time that's happened in my history with the band.

Anyway, the crowd dug us even though it slowly thinned out through the course of our set. At the end it was a dozen or so hard rocks and the members of Slobberbone staring at us. 

I like it up in Denton