Faire de la musique en période d’Avent, ça consiste souvent à jouer sur un marché de Noël pour des gens qui se les gèlent en sirotant du vin chaud. Pas de « Douce Nuit » pour Dusty Rodeo : nous avons choisi de faire venir les gens Lire la suite . . .
Étiquette : slap-bass
Three gunners at three brewers / Trois mercenaires aux Trois Brasseurs
On that october evening, we, three gunners, turned up again at Three Brewers. This time, not the Echirolles shop but the one in Saint Priest in the greater Lyon area. The brewery was celebrating the new season beer. New season, good reason! A good reason Lire la suite . . .
Rodeo at altitude / Rodéo en altitude
Picture courtesy of zacdanslesbois.canalblog Last saturday night we took the combo high to perform at an altitude of 3800 ft.! The place is La Gélinotte, a small cafe/restaurant near the Freydières Lake in the Belledonne massif. We could have even used the mountain echo to Lire la suite . . .
Rodeo on a pick-up truck / Rodéo à l’arrière d’un camion
Performing on a pick-up was usual for bands in America in the 50’s. That’s what we did at The 3 Brasseurs brewery/restaurant in Echirolles last thursday evening, on the pick-up truck parked inside the brewery. The TV sets in the room were broadcasting the basket-ball Lire la suite . . .
Freewheelin’ at the Café Vélo / En roue libre au Café Vélo
Freewheeling ? Actually never when you’re on stage. We always sweat our notes, twanging, slapping and sliding out. But this time we stopped at the Café Vélo, a cyclists’ place in Grenoble as its name clearly states. It’s intended to be a shelter for cyclists Lire la suite . . .
Double trouble / Un weekend pour deux (concerts)
We’ve performed twice this weekend. Friday was our first time outside the city since 2013, back to where our music comes from : country! We were warmly welcomed at Le Relais des 7 Laux in the small village of Froges, at the bottom of the Lire la suite . . .
Between bar and restrooms / Entre le comptoir et les toilettes
Between bar and restrooms, that’s often where everything happens for musicians. The stage or at least the room left for musicians to perform, is traditionally positioned there. The drunk guy who’s heading for the urinal by radar will inevitably collide with a guitar neck. At Lire la suite . . .
Storming of the Bastille / Prise de la Bastille
We stormed the Bastille of Grenoble, instead of the Parisian one, on the 5th August instead of the 14th July in order to cheat the enemy. Unplugged, we’ve offered our bio and green country, blues & rockabilly although we were performing close to an old Lire la suite . . .