jisham Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Just found out my band has been asked to compete for an opening slot for the Outlaw Jam on Aug. 1 in Maryland, headlined by Bad Company. Other bands are Candlebox, Blue Oyster Cult, Black Stone Cherry. There's a battle of the bands tomorrow at Baltimore Harley Davidson apparently. Some how the promoter of the Outlaw Jam found us and made contact yesterday afternoon. We just confirmed this morning we are one of six for tomorrow's contest. We made it clear to him we only do covers and he said it didn't matter because he was pretty blown away by our YouTube videos. I think the other bands only do originals so we'll just do our thing and if it works, it works. We're seriously psyched regardless as bikers LOVE us. So, we play a gig in Southern Maryland tonight. Baltimore Harley Davidson around 1 p.m. tomorrow. Then another gig tomorrow night. Nuts. I'm starting the Tylenol right now. Outlaw Jam Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic1974 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Awesome, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledhead44 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Kick Ass! Congrats and Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfbiv Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Super news, Jaye!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff R Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonote049 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Very cool...good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason01 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamerHokie Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 A friend asked me if I wanted to go to that show, hope you get the slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jisham Posted June 25, 2010 Author Share Posted June 25, 2010 A friend asked me if I wanted to go to that show, hope you get the slot.We'll see. I've always thought these battle of the band things are kind of a joke but I guess you never know. We only play 20 minutes so it certainly can't hurt. It's just too bad it's not on a day when we don't play the night before as I suspect I'll get in around 3:30 a.m. tomorrow then have to be at the HD dealer at 11 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevieconlon Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottcrud Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Hope you get it. Would love to open for BOC, hell, i'd just like to see them play... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMN Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crwth145 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Knock 'em dead, Jaye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbaVO Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Nice to see things workin' out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serial Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 BOC was my first concert and still one of the best shows ever. Great news and hope you get the slot-judging by the clips you posted, other bands had better be pretty damned good to knock you guys out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jisham Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 Just got the call....we won! Holy shit. I can't believe it. We were ALL dragging ass cuz none of us got home until 3 a.m. or so this morning from last night's gig, then got to the Harley dealer around 11 a.m., where we found out the "battle" was on a trailer bed with NO roof/overhead covering and it was already 90 degrees. We went on second, played four tunes and all promptly left because we have another gig tonight. Wow...I'm shaking all over and feel like a teenager. Fuck!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 congrats! man, i bet the guys in the original bands were pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m chops Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Excellent! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Submariner85 Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Congrats. That's great news. I don't know Black Stone Cherry but I really like all the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialk Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Hot f'n dog, Jaye! Congrats, and pics will be a must for this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervous Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I love these stories. Every once in a while good old hard work gets rewarded. Congrats and savor the experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elduave Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Excellent! I'm gonna drag Chris up there and bring the Purple guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevieconlon Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jisham Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 Thanks everyone. Man...I'm BEAT tired physically and emotionally this morning after three gigs in 24 hours, but wow. We're all still kind of pinching ourselves about the Outlaw Jam and getting to play with the big boys. We're supposed to get more details later this week as to how long we'll get to play, etc. Very cool indeed. Here's a live shot from Friday night's gig at Memories in southern Maryland -- a cool little roadhouse bar that has a really nice house sound and light system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnieZ Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Congrats!!ArnieZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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