Odds and Ends

* Added two more set lists to the Live page from this week, and also added a handful of dates from the distant past to the archive. If you can document any dates that were played either full-band or solo, email me at tim dot saunders 4 1 at g mail dot com.

* The Discography page is now in LIVING COLOR! Check out the album covers from all but the long lost first album.

* Another show at the B.O.B. coming up this Wednesday. These shows have been a great break for the work week. No cover charge!

* Ven a casa pronto, señorita Sapphire! Los muchachos están comenzando a mirar cada funny otros.

Founders, February 27, 2010

Set list

Called My Name
American Evening
Nobody's Baby
Insult to Injury
Crosstown
My Machine
Cute With A Knife
Look Me Up Sometime
Love's Still Wild
Alone With Him
Going to see Michelle
(break)
CIA Operative
All You've Got
Sunshine and Glory
Love's Alright
I'll Never Look For You Again
All Again

Really, really good show at Founder's last night. Despite Miss Sapphire's absconding to Mexico, the band put on a tight and energetic set to a packed house. Lots of new folks caught the band, and standing in the audience I could see people being won over with each successive song. My Machine continues to own everyone and everything in it's path. Dex was more than up to the task of providing backing vocals and harmonies in the absence of Miss Sapphire.

The B.O.B., February 24, 2010

First off, Natalie was not played during the show, as best I can remember. For certain it was not the closer.

More importantly, Baby Don't Be Leaving Too Soon made it's full band debut! If you'll remember back in December 6/7ths of the band played it at the Kent-Ionia Labor Council show, but Miss Sapphire was absent for that set. Coyote director Joel Potrykus was on hand for the set, and he appreciated hearing it for sure. Love's Still Wild and Alone With Him were again segued, to maximum effect, and My Machine continues to be a powerhouse tune. Very good crowd on a night when the roads were less than optimal. Special thanks to Bryan Yonkers for lending his trombone skills intermittently throughout the set.

Cosmetic Changes

You may have noticed some minor tweaks to the site today. I've added pages to the top of the main page and removed some spaces on the right. All of the links are now at the top of the page, as well as the discography. The members page will grow to include pictures and a biography. I've also added a live show archive which will display dates and set lists. This year's shows are pretty complete, and I'll work on adding some of the back dates as time goes on.

PLEASE check out the links section. I made a MASSIVE update for Known Associates on Wednesday. I'm trying to add as many local bands as I can to that list, and I'd appreciate any links that I may have missed.

Oh! There is also an RSS feed for those who'd like to subscribe for updates. And I activated my phone to update the site via text message. So that should be a real disaster at places like Founder's when I feel the need to emphatically describe how well (or poorly, zing!) the band is playing.

The B.O.B., February 17, 2010

My first trip to see the band at the BOB tonight, and it's just as awesome as it looks on paper. Good turnout. Nice energy from the band tonight. The Love's Still Wild segue into Alone with Him made another appearance and rocked. I noticed that a lot of non-regulars were bobbing along with Nobody's Baby and Kitty Hijinks, but is that really a surprise at this point?

Some adjustments from the set list...When You're Lost wasn't played, and neither was American Evening. Some of the later songs were played in a different order. All Again was the closer.

No recordings tonight.

Jammies XI, The Intersection, February 16

Congratulations to the band for winning Best Alternative or Electronic Album for The Incident at Primrose and West!




photo courtesy mLive


photo courtesy mLive

Set list:
Love's Still Wild
Alone With Him
My Machine

They really put on an amazing set, with Wild flowing directly into Alone. Very cool. A high energy, almost visceral set. Everybody was listening and into it. Great crowd, great vibe. Looks like GRTV was there to tape the set and the evening in general, so I'll look into getting a copy of that uploaded and embedded soon.

Congrats to Drew Nelson for winning Album of the Year!

At the end of this report, you can hear the band performing "Alone With Him."



A complete list of finalists and award winners.

John Sinkevics with a write-up and a YouTube clip with a few moments of Love's Still Wild. Can't argue with the lead pic from his blog article.



Bowery, congratulations on your two Jammies!

Jammies XI this Tuesday!

Just a reminder that Chance Jones is scheduled to perform late in the set at this years Jammies XI, the annual WYCE local music awards show at the Intersection. Smoke-free again this year, the cost is NOTHING. That's right, it's a FREE show! All of the information that you seek, including who's playing when, can be found at this helpful blog posting.

Here are the various Jammies award nominations that the band is connected to:

Local VARIOUS ARTISTS Album
A Winter's Tune 2008 Independent (I don't think Chance Jones was on the album, which I haven't been able to find anywhere, but Chance Jones did perform at this)

Local Record Label
Friction Records

Local Contemporary Duo or Group
Chance Jones - The Incident at Primrose and West

Local Alternative or Electric Album
Chance Jones - The Incident at Primrose and West

Best Local SONG
Chance Jones - My Machine

People's Choice Award
Chance Jones
Vote HERE to select Chance Jones among others...

Chance Jones (2003)

01 - Who Asked You?
02 - Call It What You Will
03 - Forms of Freedom
04 - I Haven't Seen Her Since the Election
05 - It's This Town
06 - You're So Good
07 - I Hope It Ain't Over
08 - Lady 8th
09 - Looking After Me
10 - She's Alright For Me
11 - Drive Her Home
12 - The Elias Proposition
13 - Rock n Roll World
14 - Departed

Recorded in Grand Rapids, this debut album is more of a collection of songs that Chance was playing live at acoustic open mic nights. While following albums were constructed with an album concept in mind, this collection of songs almost read like a demo session. Recorded over two 2-hour sessions, the songs are just Chance and his guitar, with some harmonica and sparse piano overdubs. When Chance went to live in New York shortly after this was recorded, 50 copies of this was pressed and sold by the gentleman who produced the recording around Grand Rapids. Chance had one copy for himself, and gave that copy away, leaving only a digital copy in his own possession. Once the computer hosting that copy crashed, the album was "lost" for a while. Fortunately, Casey Rich, now living and teaching in Shanghai, was able to upload an mp3 version of the album back to Chance. Some efforts are underway to contact the gentleman that recorded the album to see if he has the original master tapes and what his feelings are on distributing this to those that want to hear it. "Looking After Me" and a tease of "I Haven't Seen Her Since The Election" both figure into current set lists. Unfortunately no surviving cover art exists (at least to this blogger's knowledge).

Many thanks to Casey Rich for his help in recovering this first album!

The B.O.B., February 10, 2010

ScottyRock comes through again with the set list pic.

The B.O.B., February 3, 2010

The power of the Internet allows me the opportunity to upload the set list just moments after the show ends. It also allows all of you to see this:



Oh, yeah. Customized belt buckles.

ScottyRock, we are now FOUR beers indebted to you for the last photo. Possibly five.