Dicking On

Well, The Dick Ellis Revival lives on. We've pretty much settled on the name, if for no other reason than the fact that we can't find any other name that we like better. A tip for all you kids in bands out there: if, after 10 months of searching, you still haven't decided on a band name, you're not going to find one. For godsakes, people make babies in less time. And name them!

My recent suggestion didn't go over very well. I don't know, I kind of like Courtesy Flush. Maybe a bit too punk.

Things are going pretty well, though. Our monthly Thursday-night residency at Grossman's continues. We played there this past Thursday, and it went pretty well, except that our Queen of the Keys, Bertie, was sick and couldn't make the gig. We really missed her. The beginning of "Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast)" suffered for it. But we soldiered on.

We've booked a real rehearsal space for Sunday night because we've got a big gig coming up. Next Saturday, November 5th, we're returning to The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, opening for the great gospel-blues-roots group, The Holmes Brothers. It should be a great gig. We're both drawing from the same well, so to speak: a mix of blues, soul, gospel, country, rootsy rock. We've designed our hour-ish set to be a compact, punchy run-through of our best stuff. At least half of the songs will be originals. I think it'll go over well with the Holmes Bros' audience. I'm really looking forward to it. Three hours in the rehearsal space tomorrow night and another in-home rehearsal later in the week, combined with the fact that we've been playing every month at Grossman's, we should be able to get it together nicely and do a good job.

And we've added a link on our website where you can check out our upcoming gigs.