Taking It To The (Canal) Street!

Aug 17, 2009 -- posted by Charley

It's been a while since we've spoken, has it not? Then let us catch you up to speed!

Back in June we played our last show with Evan Davell on guitar at Canal Street Tavern. Things just weren't clicking like they used to within the band. As time goes on motivations and priorities tend to shift within all of us, so when Evan told us he wanted to bow out of the band we had nothing but respect for his decision and parted on great terms. We're still great friends with Evan and hopefully we'll still be seeing him out at our shows.

Since then we've been preparing for our next EP with our new guitarist, Josh Gwin. He's been a friend of us all since before we were Orange Willard, so it's exciting to add that element into the mix.

Our original plan was to hold off on live shows until after we started tracking the EP this coming Labor Day weekend. But what can we say? We're a live band and miss the stage!

We got a phone call from our good friend, Todd Clemmer. He and his band, the Takeback Kings, needed an extra act for their Canal Street gig on Friday, August 21st. Though it was last-minute, the timing couldn't have been much better for our schedules.

Canal Street was the first venue to give us the time of day when we first started playing live shows and we have a lot of history there. Not only was it the location of our last show with Evan, but it was where we played our FIRST show with Evan, where we released our first CD (Todd played that night with his other band, Clemmer), where we played our only show without our frontman, where we struggled through and eventually won the Dayton Band Playoffs. It's also where we were introduced to Zach Deputy (check him out).

Todd Clemmer has also been a big supporter of us, just as we've been supporters of his projects. We couldn't think of a better way to introduce our newest member and get an extra boost before heading into the studio.

We hope to see you all there!