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2006-10-19T21:21:00.000-07:00

2006-07-25T23:24:00.000-07:00

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with warm regards, Roman Candle

www.romancandlemusic.com

2006-07-13T19:14:00.000-07:00

Last night Nashville was a busy city. Rolling into town in our Burgandy van (dubbed Jack Johnson for the "flip-flop wearing good feeling" he/she inspires) we had plans for a sound check, maybe a burrito, Logan was even day-dreaming about spending way too long strolling the isles of the drum store while the rest of us sweated off lbs, in the van.... But before all of this could happen we had to meet some celebrities and watch some car theft happen at the BP. Skip and Timshel dorked out heavy when we pulled up to Grimey's and the Danielson Familiare was packing up after their in-store upstairs . We immediately approached their van and bumbled out something suave and uber-cool like "you guyzes music is , like, SOOOO amazing." He dug it. If you haven't heard their new album "SHIPS", check them out.
And the BP. Nick and Timshel went for a pre-show deodorant run and found more then they were expecting. Suspicions should have risen when we noticed that it was late enough (what?) or shady enough outside for them to lock the front doors and only allow you to request your purchase from a small hole in the plexi-glass to the right of the door. Just about the time that all of these "details" registered Nick heard the lady behind the counter say to a man behind him "That man is stealing your car." Sure enough, the man's blue Toyota truck was being driven out of the parking lot by someone else. It became obvious to us all (most unfortunately to the man in the truck) that the straight shift was a "surprise". The man made it across the main street and even managed to back it up with the owner hanging through the driver window punching his head off before he escaped out the passenger door, paused to wave at the police car and darted for the woods. A helicopter was involved.
Thank you so much to everybody who came out for the Nashville residency shows. You all came out with zeal, filled the room to the seems and rep-rezented, Big Time. We had a great time playing The Basement and look forward to seeing you all again next time we are back in town. We'll keep you posted.

2006-06-28T14:41:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to Nashville. We just got to the hotel after staying up late last night recording in Wilkesboro and alternating naps during our six hour trip,...just in time for a little FIFA. Real quick we wanted to post some pictures of the cd release show in Chapel Hill. More will be coming as well as a live stream clip from the Pourhouse ( we are just trying to organize some killer graphix by way of Dr. Matheny) so keep looking but for now here is a sample of what's to come. Enjoy!

2006-06-25T22:15:00.000-07:00

We are all doing our best here to rest up after a weekend full of shows. After the celebrations on Thursday night we played an in-store at Schoolkids in Chapel Hill and then we finished off the weekend in Raleigh where we joined our friends the magnificent Patty Hurst Shifter at The Pourhouse. Thank you so much to everyone who came out to single and multiple shows throughout the weekend. It was quite a way to celebrate and we thank all of you for coming out and putting on your party hats. We will be posting pictures from all the shows in the next couple of days so keep your eyes out for back flips and pyrotechnics. They happened so quick……
Also squeezed into the weekend we managed to pick up the phone around 12:30 a.m and hear Thad on the other line requesting Skip and Timshel back over at Logan and Nick’s to write a Christmas song for the dB’s Holiday album due out this 2006 Christmas. This was Saturday? By some sort of miracle the song was finished by 3:30 (despite multiple breaks by every band member to listen to/read aloud Wesley Willis Lyrics) and recorded the next morning before Thad headed home to Nashville.
This week we are very excited to be heading to Alabama and back to Nashville for our second night at The Basement. We will definitely be pulling some rabbits out of some hats so rally the troops and head on out.
http://www.nashvillerage.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060622/RAGE0202/606220326.
Most exciting for us though we will be stopping mid trip in Wilkesboro to get some recording done for Songs For An Empty Room.

2006-06-24T09:01:00.000-07:00

We wanted to write a quick hello to say thank you SO much to everyone who came out to help us celebrate this past weekend. We had such a good time and it was so much fun to see everyone out to celebrate with us. Thank you for making drives and putting on your party clothes, Ya’ll looked fiiiiine!

2006-06-07T16:39:00.000-07:00

What is amazing about rock and roll bands is that they can do ridiculous things and blame them on "the crazy life", for example...labelling the shows that you are about to play in a few days with dates from a previous month. We DID play a smoking show with Seth Kauffman and The Real Mothers in Asheville this past weekend, during this very month of June that we are currently living in right now. So... sorry for the miscommunication. loco. Thanks so much to everybody who came out anyways (how did you know?!) and for all of you all let me say this..HOW ABOUT THE REAL MOTHERS?!! Our pants have been officially blown off everyone. The show was incredible with everything from multi-instrumentation to live romance novel reading to MAD maraca/bongo playing. thank YOU to Seth and his Mothers.
The main event as it stands right now is our high security secret plans and rehearsals for the cd release party. We can't even really talk about it. So of course we thought we'd blog about it. s-yyyyke.
See you Hot-lantians this weekend,

2006-06-02T10:09:00.000-07:00

LAST SECOND SHOW CONFIRMATION!!!

Party People...
We confirmed a show at the Evening Muse in Charlotte for this Saturday (5/3). If you're around you better be there. We just got back from AMAZING shows in NYC and Nashville. Thanks so much to everyone who came out for those. Also this sunday 5/4 we are playing the Grey Eagle in Asheville. We're really looking forward to seeing all of you up there. This will be the maiden voyage for SS Roman Candle in Asheville...we're excited about it!!

xo,
-RC

2006-06-02T10:07:00.000-07:00

Friday, June 02, 2006

Nashville to Chapel Hill

Before we forget we wanted to give a shout out to all of the new inhabitants at 6** Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn for letting us come in with our blow-up mattress brigade and sleep over after our show. We all suffered through that night of no air conditioning together, flat on our backs with mouths open, trying not to move. Ever-clever Nick outsmarted us all and moved to the roof.
Also, one detail that can NOT be left out of our NY trip is the amazing breakfast we had at The Maritime where Keegan keeps the peeps in check. If you are from the area you already know and if you are not, get in there for breakfast and get ready to have your face blown off. We had to be carried out on carts.
Last nights show in Nashville was totally Ry-CHUS. Thanks so much to all of our new friends that came out. We were so honored to share the bill with Miss Dawn Kinnard and Thadonius Punk. This was our first time hearing Dawn and she took our breath away..

Also, a big shout out to Anonymous Bandmember for farting in the van during a heavy rainstorm while he was in the very back seat and all of us were trapped in the rest of the seats, with the windows up.

And last but not least, at the request of that lady in the strappy platforms and velvet windsuit at the Sheetz in West Virginia, Nicks digits are on the way.

2006-06-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

New York to Nashville

Hello from Nashville and thank you so much to everyone who came early and stayed late to watch us be Sparrows with Keegan and then again to play as Roman Candle late later. The shows were so much fun and we loved seeing everyone..props for support. If you missed the atomic 'splosion we will be up again in July for similar family antics and we hope you can get it together by then.
Nashville tonight for everybody so hopefully we will see you out there. Good talk.

2006-05-22T19:21:00.000-07:00

All of our fans’ suspicions were confirmed today. We’ve been hearing for months that Usher (author of yeah, etc.) has been keeping up with your pals at roman candle to find where we shop, what we roll, etc. well today in Atlanta, Usher himself came out of hiding at a clothing store in little 5 points. He followed us into several clothing stores (must have admired our ridiculously modern and trend-setting band fashion sense) and eventually forced us to loudly reject a photo-op. He tearfully returned to his Ferrari.

We have blown through Columbus, GA and Atlanta so far this weekend and thanks to everybody who came out because the shows have been fantastic. Another shout out for Java Jive. We waited the 50 minute drive from LaGrange on Sunday Morning just to get in there for those tasty omelettes. Apparently the Veggie is the best way to go (Nick) although anything with a bisquit on the side will do.
A very different kind of shout out for the Candleberry Suites which provided us with Sean of the Dead-like delinquents welcoming us up the drive and keeping a good eye on our van throughout the night. In their favor though, they also provided was a double showing of Return of the King. Usher wishes.
The picture above is us outside Krispy Kreme just before we got the customer of the month award.

2006-05-14T22:29:00.001-07:00

The writing to the left means thanks in a language none of us can identify for certain. However thank you is the main message we have for you tonight. First off Happy Mothers Day - and obviously thanks to all the mothers out there (and in roman candle). Also - thanks to all who traveled near and far (people from CA, OR, OK, NY, Scotland and London were in attendance last night) to get your hand stamped at the 506 last night. We haven't had that much fun making music with friends in a long time, and we would like to thank all who came out to join us. What an honor. we had so much fun. We're such fans of Thad and Keegan that it was even more fun to watch their shows from the stage as it was to play. If you have been living in a hole and have never heard these individuals, do your self a favor and check them out. It was amazing last night to hear people singing along to unreleased songs by Thad, Keegan, and us. The internet is a weird an fantastic place.
For all you New Yorkers, we have added a new show at the Sin-e Club in the East Village (150 Attorney St.) on May 29, with Keegan DeWitt opening. As far as performing as "the sparrows" we will undoubtably be up to the same mischief we were last night. If you know anyone in Georgia, let them know that we're coming to blaze a hot trail of something through their town this week. we are at the Loft in Columbus on Saturday and Smith's olde Bar in Atlanta on Sunday night. We also added a new show in Asheville NC on June 4. we will be accompanying Seth Kauffman and the Real Mothers (connection to Mother's Day? maybe.) on their cd release party.

2006-05-11T20:38:00.000-07:00

Mahalo Nashville. We want to send a big thank you out to everybody who came out to the Exit Inn last night for the show. It was a great room and we were very exited to see so many old and faces. Shout out to The Hip Zipper in East Nashville.. they got major bling at that placce. You should all check it out. We played a great show last night, had margaritas on the Pat-yo, and then headed to Thad’s house to meet the most amazing little Martin guitar to hit songwriting history. It is a beaute, given on permanent loan to Thad from a friend and, as Thad would say, has songs pouring out of the sound hole so quick you have to grab them all and stuff some back in there. This was definitely a highlight of the night and we are VERY eager to get that thing out of the case back in Chapel Hill and put it to use.
We drove the first leg of our trip back last night reaching the Biltmore Estate somewhere near 5:00a.m. just early enough to brush our teeth, pull up the covers, roll over, and then get dressed again. Thanks to Nick, we missed our wake up call but made it t the phone for his staggered announcement that it was NOT 7:30 but was instead 8:30 and would we like to meet down by the van and get going. We DID miss the breakfast buffet but we DIDN’T miss the weirdo guy floating like a merman in the hotel lobby pool with a train of M. Boltron locks and a speedo. Good morning.

2006-05-10T11:00:00.000-07:00

And we are on the road again, trying to get back to center and cause some electric mayhem. Tonight we are in Nashville playing the Exit Inn with a bunch of bands with names like "rain dancer" and "magic flute parade" but we are VERY excited to be here and we expect to destroy. Above and beyond we are most excited to head back to chapel hill for the craziness that will happen on Saturday at the 506 with Thad and Keegan. I f you don;t know about this than you should wake up and sniff it because this show is bound to Blast off. Keegan DeWitt is flying in from NY for two nights (Wilmington and 506) of head spinning, mouth dropping , but shaking music. We have been pumping up for weeks for these shows. Skip is on the Metrex and Nick and Timshel have been drinking nothing but Muscle Punch.
By the way, Jeff Crawford is revisiting his alma mater this weekend. He has his "mouseters" you know.
Great talk. See you out there.

2006-05-09T00:28:00.000-07:00

Why modern radio is a-ok.
The following “story behind the song” portion of our broadcast was recently written by Skip in response to the emails we get asking when and where we were when we wrote this or that song. The one we’ve been getting the most emails about recently is “why modern radio is a-ok”

Skip: This song was accidentally inspired by Thad Cockrell (as many things are). Thad was over at our house one night checking his email and Timshel and I were making supper for the three of us. We had been listening to a bunch of records, and I put on the Neil Young’s “Comes a Time.” We’d never listened to this record with Thad before, and as soon as track one, side one came on, Thad froze up. He looked pretty confused, and a little misty if you know what I mean.
He said “Oh what are you doing? You can’t put this thing on without giving me at least a week’s warning – I fell in love to this record (!)
It turns out that this was Thad and his special lady’s main album -- The same special someone who was the eventual broken-heart-inspiration behind the lion’s share of songs on Stack of Dreams and Warmth and Beauty. Jackpot. As far as insensitive moves go, I had rolled snake eyes and not known it. Needless to say I put on something else. We felt pretty bad about the whole event, and probably made some lame jokes about how many couples we’d known that had fallen in love to Cinderella and Scorpions tapes (Ourselves included in this list naturally).
A couple of weeks later I was brushing my teeth and I got this song in my head. I don’t remember exactly what I had been thinking, but probably something along the lines of how emotionally stable Thad would be if he only listened to the Z100 radio stations. Anyway I wrote this song that night and played it for Thad that weekend at one of our shows. Lyrically, it is a recollection of a conversation between two friends. If you have been coming to our live shows, you might have notices the lyrics have changed a little since we recorded the demo that is on our myspace page.
Thanks to all who write in and ask about these songs. we'll post more of these as the record release approcahes.

2006-05-01T22:40:00.000-07:00

All the way to merlefest I don't think i'll miss you much. Three knockout moments we need to share with the people from this weekend are (we only got to go for sat. and half of sunday) - 1) sitting at the foot of the cabin stage drinking a hot coffee hearing Gillian Welch and David rawlings sing a new song of theirs (in unison!) for an amazing 5 minutes. Then hearing them cover "White Rabbit". youch. 2) watching all the Cailtin Cary Thad Cockrell sets we could manage. Having just returned from their european tour, they were in fantastic form, each show topping the last - fantastic-o! As usual we highly recommmend that Begonias record to everyone and EVERY one. If you' haven't heard it yet you can either go get it now, or wait until David Lynch puts "please break my heart" in his next movie, and then it will be very chic to go listen to "that begonias record that was underappreciated back in 2005". 3)Watching Doc Watson and the Nashville Bluegrass Band play their gospel set on sunday morning. Doc is 83 and still, without question, plays a set that never fails to silence and inspire the crowd and every other musician who has played the stage during the weekend. Incredible and beautiful and always the biggest treat of Merlefest. All in all we had a great weekend and even manage to squeeze in a minute or two for some pics with a couple unruly fans (see pic). Thanks to all who came out to Tyler's to see us play with THe Old Ceremony. We were very excited to finally get to play with TOC. Django (Haskins) is a primo singer and songwriter (a rarer combination than one might think), and the band he has gathered is such an amazing group of musicians. It goes without saying that they were fantastic and won many friends.

2006-04-25T22:15:00.000-07:00

Greensboro NC. the Gate city. We just got back from playing a brand new venue called the Flying Anvil with Patty Hurst Shifter (who have a fantastic review-photo in this month's UNCUT magazine - look out). We were the 2nd band ever to play there, and the first band to knock over both drums and fancy overhead mics onstage during a song (sorry, Skillet). To anybody who lives near the g-boro area, we at roman candle suggest you get out and support this club. It's a good place and it's run by good people. By the way we will be playing there again on May 25 and we'll be playing with Patty Hurst Shifter again on June 24 at the pour house in raleigh. The crowd this evening (as well as roman candle) was fortunate enough to have Mr. Thad Cockrell grace the stage to help sing "i can't even recall". Though we are not playing merlefest this year properly, some of us will be up there - watching Gillian Welch, and others -- but especially to see Thad and Caitlin (Cary) take over the main stage on saturday.
Special thanks this special evening go out to Kent Bennett for running a knockout light show (we thought we were opening for Whitesnake!) and to Skillet for grabbing our box of cd's - after we left them at the venue, like the absolute business professionals that we are.

2006-04-23T22:04:00.000-07:00

Athens to Charlotte, etc. I dig a poodle by Charles Haltry on the devee. Phase 1 in which roman candle covers I dig a pony Saturday night in the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte. But before we get there let's enjoy a quick recall of the 40 watt. Our first time to play in Athens and man did it rain. Not only weatherwise, but also in a figurative sense - Figurative in the same sense that Phil Hoffman's character (in Along Came Polly) is making it rain while playing basketball. - the rest of the movie is forgettable, but this scene of trash talk is primo). Our number one fan for the evening went unanimously to our new friend Sarah who drove six hours from jacksonville FL to see us play -- and had to drive back for work in the morning. wow. we were very grateful for this public display of affection (and as if that wasn't enough to win the green jacket, she made that whole trip only because she is a dedicated my-spacer who happened to discover our band while looking for new music on myspace). Pictured right is us with Sarah backstage at the 40 watt. What an amazing room by the way. Needless to say, we had a great time playing a couple shows with Mr. Will Hoge & friends. We woke up saturday morning, found out that "The Grill" in Athens only serves breakfast until noon, and tried to learn "i dig a pony" in the van ride from GA to Charlotte.
As for the Beatles Tribute on that night, it was an amazing thing to witness. The "green room" for the 30+ musicians who were performing in the 4 hour spectacle, was one of the happiest little dressing areas we've ever seen. People standing in corners quietly practicing "she's leaving home" on the ukelele, or strawberry fields on one acoustic guitar. It was an unbelievable testament to how amazing that body of music is. For all you Thad Cockrell - Caitlin Cary fans out there (and boo to you all who are not), they are back in the country as of today from their european tour. Among other things, they played a sold out London show at the borderline and taped a BBC2 special with bob harris that will air this thurdsay on radio 2. and finally The Old Ceremony played a premium acoustic set - interview on wxyc tonight. we will be supporting them at the tyler's outdoor show on Sunday. food, prizes, kids under 10 get in free...

2006-04-21T17:34:00.000-07:00

Last night Nick was sleeping soundly, a smile spread calm across his face, dreaming about the flames that flew from the Chatanooga stage last night. The rain had stopped, all five band members were tucked in to rest (Logs and Nick had lost the coin toss and were respectably sharing a pad), not a creature was stirring. Until Logan got friendly. First a single Logan arm was thrown across the shoulders of an unsuspecting Nick. Nick’s eyes dart open. He laughed to himself and wiggled Logan’s arm back to his side of the bed. A moment passed. And then, a second snuggle attempt. The arm again, this time more gently, with intent to spoon. Nick laughs harder and wiggles free for the second time. Several moments pass and Nick is almost back to sleep. And then the King Tut. The tip top of them all,..The Leg. Saaaa-Wiiing and tuck. Ahhhh. Covers fly, exclamations of warning and surprise, we laugh, we cry, we share memories, we all pass out back to sleep.

We are currently on the road from Chatanooga to Athens. So far, we have only taken two U-turns, seen one man driving a convertible with fingerless driving gloves, stopped off to purchase five pairs of leather, fingerless driving gloves (brandishing them immediately), and we have even had time to eat breakfast at The Cracker Barrell. Mmmm, mommma. Things are looking good. So, if you are in Athens tonight or have a friend or grandparent who likes easy listening music, send them out to the 40Watt …cause we’ll be there. And it is bound to be awesome.

2006-04-19T21:43:00.000-07:00

thanks to all of you who wrote in so quickly (in a matter of hours!) with thoughtful and articulate suggestions on which song(s) we ought to cover on saturday. A few of the suggestions were creepily accurate to what we were already chatting about in the privacy of our own burgundy van. To you people we say "mind your own business". For everybody else though we do say thanks and a few of the suggestions (you know who you are) will probably work their way into a live show here and there soon, even if we can't do them all saturday.
(Talking emails) Often we get folks writing and asking “how/where did you write this or that song, what were you listening to (or not listening to), while writing it, etc.” As our record release is coming up, and we’re playing the entire album (a couple of smoking tracks at a time) on our myspace page, we’re going to try and tell the circumstances under which some of our songs were written via this blog.
For starters: as a general rule, all songs were written with all of us wearing berets, non-stop, just like all French people do. Apart from that, the stories get more individual. Keep a look out, and we'll post these things as we can remember them. Happy Easter, by the way, to all the people. And last things last - that song "Back 4 Good" by Take That. Delicious.

2006-04-18T22:07:00.000-07:00

Upcoming this week for Roman Candle..shows, shows, and Beatles covers. what? Beatles covers? YES. This week we are very excited to play a couple of shows with Will Hoge. One in Chattanooga and one in Athens. Know anybody in either of these towns? Better give them some fair warning before we blaze a hot trail of heartbreak through their backyards. sizzzzle.

Also, our friend Joe from The Evening Muse in Charlotte has asked us to come through on our way home and join in on the Beatles non-profit Tosca extravaganza at Spirit Square in downtown Charlotte on Saturday eve. We are very excited to be a part of this concert, to play with some great bands, and to play in such a great room(pictured above)..however..WE NEED YOUR HELP. Have any blaring opinions about Beatles covers? Dying to hear us croon and crash over one of your old favorites? Let's have it. Please send us an email at romancandlemusic@gmail.com Do your good deed to day and direct RC towards those golden musical numbers..... Pah-leeez.

2006-04-12T22:56:00.002-07:00

If you look out your left window you will see a picture of us from our recent show at the casbah in Charlotte. This picture comes at you courtesy of our dear friend (and fine photographer) Daniel Coston. If you look out your other window, you will see the album cover for keegan DeWitt's record entitled " & the Sparrows," which we here at roman candle recently produced (and Chris Stamey mixed).
Keegan and Chris will be playing in NY at Tonic on May 7, for all you New Yorkers. Not to mention he will be coming to NC for two shows in May, joining us and Thad Cockrell for our Wilmington and Chapel Hill shows (at the soapbox and local 506 respectively). This photo on keegan's record was taken in wilkesboro during our hot recording sesh. We recorded 13 songs in 5 days (one of which --"anyone but you", keegan wrote in 10 minutes in the studio, and we recorded in 10 minutes, so the whole song from conception to "the can" was under 30 minutes - yikes that was hot). and to think we could have been upstairs watching Emeril. Has anyone seen Fiona Apple's new-ish video which features (wilkes county native) Zach Galifianakis up in every body's face? Not to show hometown bias, but if the world had a brain the late show with Zach would be playing everynight 2 or 3 times in a row. That was one of the best and shortest lived shows ever to grace the tv screen. Boo Vh-1. Boo. By the way, we play at the Brewery in Raleigh tonight. The Choosy Beggars are sharing the bill with us, which should be a treat for all. click here to see Z.G. in Fiona Apple's video. Also Zach's website

2006-04-10T09:36:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much to all of you who came out to the Local 506 last night, it was great to see everybody! We had a great time and it was an amazing treat to hear you all singing along and finally be back up playing at home again. Thanks also to Thad and company. Always good to have the modern Elvis of country music to share the mic with (how about him touring with Willie Nelson this summer?! ShaBAMB!) We are looking forward to blasting off into the ATMOSPHERE of knock out rock and roll in the next few weeks. We hope to see everybody again soon at the next coming shows.

2006-04-07T22:17:00.000-07:00

Charlotte to Hot-lanna
There is officially a new Starbuck’s off the Highway in Salisbury, NC, which to all people traveling through to Charlotte to rock and roll shows or onto grandparents in western North Carolina, is a bodey. We stopped in twice on each pass through Charlotte for bathroom breaks, Tazo tea (complete with “the mumbled chantings of a tea shaman”..have you ever read the back of those tea bags? Inspiring.), and exclusive access to Alanis Morisette’s new acoustic CD.
We had a great time in Atlanta and thanks to everyone who came out to dance, dance, dance. We all give major props to the band who played before us called “The Booze.” Unfortunate name, fantastic music, very cool hair, and two (count em TWO) members in vests.
Thank you also to Rock Kills Kid and all of their generous fans who were kind enough to let us share the stage for both Charlotte and Atlanta shows. Very nice people and music. We dug it.
Did you know that in Atlanta you can find…
the first ever Chick-fil-a known to locals as The Dwarf House. Open 24 hours and complete with mini-door for small people entrance. Jeff entered first (6’2”).

Also,….

Roman Candle gratuitously recommends: Java Jive off “Ponce”(Atlanta natives abbreviation for Ponce de Leon Ave.) for good coffee, amazing scrambled eggs, and an impressive vintage stove collection.

As well as,…

“The Warren”, a members only bar where (no joke, you have to swipe a card to enter…) we all varnished our members only jackets and tagged after Russell for the night, complete with a great view of the city and chairs made out of twigs with velvet cushions.

2006-04-05T22:30:00.000-07:00

Let us offer this up to the good people if the world - our record has an official release date: June 20, 06. WOW. we have been anxious to deliver that tidbit for a long time. Mark your calendars, break your piggy banks, celebrate however you see fit.

Casbah: (VARIANT FORMS also Kas·bah; Arabic dialectal qaba, from Arabic qaaba, to cut up) 1. A castle or palace in northern Africa. - also "fortress" 2. often casbah The older section of a city in northern Africa or the Middle East. 3. A dark club in Charlotte of south tryon where 5 members of roman candle, (with etymology filling their heads) "cut up" the stage, warm hearts, break hearts, make friends, influence people.
Good evening Charlotta. This picture to the left is exactly what the queen city skyline looked like tonight from the stage. I had to ask a couple of our roadies to hold off on warming on baths in liquid gold (the view was too fine to turn away). Truthfuly we had a great time tonight at the Casbah. I wonder how many "Casbah's" there are in this country. my guess is several (we may have played at 4 or 5 of them). the venue name must be tempting for a club owner who wants his club to be "edgy" or inevitably "rocking". At this point in the program we have to send a warm thanks and congratulations to Jim Pearson (cousin of roman candle) who is back from flying air force planes in Iraq and just had a baby boy. Thanks are in order no only for his presence at the show night (with a party in tow), but for letting us know that the President of the of U.S. is going to be in Charlotte tomorrow morning and that they are shutting down over 170 exits and the interstates for security. which means we have to be out of dodge earl-y in the morning, if we want to be in atlanta by our sweet load-in.Thanks again to the many who came out for our show tonight. We had a primo time. -- and with less technical problems than our last show at the casbah in 2002. During the sourse of the show, Skip broke all the guitar strings on all his guitars and had to run out of the club (while the band kept rocking those smooth jams), unlock the trailer to our van (in the parking lot) and get another guitar to come back to the stage and finish a song. Thank goodness we were in the middle of our traditional cover of "fire on the mountain".