Once again, we will be playing the Pond-House Freaks Halloween party. It may be the last chance to see us in 2oo9! Please email us to get your directions to the party!
-Dan
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Flogging Molly's
Yup. We'll be lucking the Irish at Molly's this St. Patrick's Day (Tuesday, March 17). We'd love to see all of you there. As y'all know, we aren't playing so often these days. This will be a chance to come hang out with us for a few hours and drink some green beer! Doors open before noon, but don't expect us to start jammin till 9 or so. Come on out!!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Home for the Holidays
As you may have noticed, the Natives aren't playing much during the holiday season. Having six members with six families spanning several states means that we, like most of you, are running around trying to do 74 things at once. Too many parties, too much food...Oh, what a problem to have. Weekends are prime real estate at the moment.
Don't think that we haven't been busy writing, though. To date, we have 9 new songs we've worked up or we're currently working on. We'll unleash many of them at our next show. Hopefully we'll set something up for January... the Corner Pub has been asking about us. I'll keep you posted.
We also have our upcoming New Years Party to get ready for. Complete with a midnight parade, this revel has been a hit for several years. If you are interested in attending, send us an email at the Native site and we'll get you an invite (assuming you're worthy!).
Happy Holidays!!
Dan
Don't think that we haven't been busy writing, though. To date, we have 9 new songs we've worked up or we're currently working on. We'll unleash many of them at our next show. Hopefully we'll set something up for January... the Corner Pub has been asking about us. I'll keep you posted.
We also have our upcoming New Years Party to get ready for. Complete with a midnight parade, this revel has been a hit for several years. If you are interested in attending, send us an email at the Native site and we'll get you an invite (assuming you're worthy!).
Happy Holidays!!
Dan
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival
Apologies for the last minute information. We didn't get the final word until this week.
Natives will play in the Go Texan Food Wine and Music area on Friday, October 10th. We should start about 7:30 (festival time... you know how that goes...) and play until about 9:15.
If you buy your tickets online, they are almost half price. I would suggest picking them up here, as well as planning which other acts you want to see:
Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival
Hope to see yall there!! -Dan
Natives will play in the Go Texan Food Wine and Music area on Friday, October 10th. We should start about 7:30 (festival time... you know how that goes...) and play until about 9:15.
If you buy your tickets online, they are almost half price. I would suggest picking them up here, as well as planning which other acts you want to see:
Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival
Hope to see yall there!! -Dan
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Corner Pub 808
"Time it was, and what a time it was, it was a time of innocence..."
WHAA?!?!
Things started out innocently enough when we showed up to play at The Corner Pub on Saturday the 8th. With our cover being upped to $10 (a standard for this venue), we prepared for the onslaught of jeers and flying fruit that was expected to come. Boasting a comp list of 70+, we hoped to build a small army with which to hold our hill.
Setup went smoothly. I actually sat and played Kirby on my DS while Missy (Brad's "better-half") did all the work. We all appreciate her coming out and running sound for a first time. With our six-piece rotating lineup, soundtech for the Natives can be quite the task. Did I mention herding rabid turtles?!?! Regardless, everything was up and running by the time it mattered.
We hit the stage with a more confident lineup than previous shows. Not only has time allowed us to gel a bit more with Booch (our "new" drumbadier), we've also been writing some fresh material. We boasted four new originals this show, and three of them weren't even disasters! Ok..."Maybe" wasn't totally new, but we've only played it once for a limited audience of our 100 closest friends. Oh...and I played it acoustically for a horrified crowd at the Woodlands Art Festival last year (Mary witnessed). We only prepared five cover tunes... a nice change from the fifteen or so we've been relying on. We've gotten some great feedback on "Devil's in the Details" and "Pass the Time", which we're really still exploring. "Titties go Down", an inspiring tale of hope and triumph in a world-gone-wrong, crumbled to noisy rubble before our very eyes. Thanks to all of you that didn't hurl chairs. We promise to polish this terd and have it smellin like spearmint in the upcoming months.
Among our many friends that showed up was J-Ross. This fine fellow wrote a nice review for us in the Conroe Courier. Here is an excerpt that discussed our show:
"Well the next night, Aug. 9, the Corner Pub celebrated its third anniversary with my favorite rocking funksters, the Natives Are Restless. Well they broke the attendance record for the club. At a $10 cover charge, the Pub took in $1,600 for the band at the door. Man, I’ll tell you these multi-talented musicians had the whole house a rockin’. What are the Natives like? Well think the Grateful Dead meets Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company meets the Funkadelics meets the Neville Brothers. Heavy percussion, rhythmic beats, varied vocals and multi-instrumentation are all trademarks of the band. Hopefully the Natives Are Restless will be at the Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival in October."
Well, we're not sure if J-Ross was seeing double or just being his usual-friendly-self, but the numbers in this article are a bit stacked in our favor. While we can assure you that we didn't break 1k, we appreciate the enthusiasm and support of this fine Friend of Conroe. To read his full article, look here.
The after party was awesome. Being a gentleman, I won't discuss the particulars in this forum. Rest assured, it was excellent and 4am came all too quickly. Gary took some great shots of the show, but was sure to drop the camera afterwards so no incriminating pics were snapped.
We will keep you posted as to our next date. Besides fishing for a slot at Catfish Festival, we don't have many dates on the near horizon. Please feel free to inform us of any venues that you would like to see us play. We also welcome any comments / criticisms of the show. If you have any good pictures from the show (or of the Natives), please send em in! Again, thank you all for being such supportive friends.
"Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph. Preserve your memories, they're all that's left of you." -S&G
-Dan, Native
WHAA?!?!
Things started out innocently enough when we showed up to play at The Corner Pub on Saturday the 8th. With our cover being upped to $10 (a standard for this venue), we prepared for the onslaught of jeers and flying fruit that was expected to come. Boasting a comp list of 70+, we hoped to build a small army with which to hold our hill.
Setup went smoothly. I actually sat and played Kirby on my DS while Missy (Brad's "better-half") did all the work. We all appreciate her coming out and running sound for a first time. With our six-piece rotating lineup, soundtech for the Natives can be quite the task. Did I mention herding rabid turtles?!?! Regardless, everything was up and running by the time it mattered.
We hit the stage with a more confident lineup than previous shows. Not only has time allowed us to gel a bit more with Booch (our "new" drumbadier), we've also been writing some fresh material. We boasted four new originals this show, and three of them weren't even disasters! Ok..."Maybe" wasn't totally new, but we've only played it once for a limited audience of our 100 closest friends. Oh...and I played it acoustically for a horrified crowd at the Woodlands Art Festival last year (Mary witnessed). We only prepared five cover tunes... a nice change from the fifteen or so we've been relying on. We've gotten some great feedback on "Devil's in the Details" and "Pass the Time", which we're really still exploring. "Titties go Down", an inspiring tale of hope and triumph in a world-gone-wrong, crumbled to noisy rubble before our very eyes. Thanks to all of you that didn't hurl chairs. We promise to polish this terd and have it smellin like spearmint in the upcoming months.
Among our many friends that showed up was J-Ross. This fine fellow wrote a nice review for us in the Conroe Courier. Here is an excerpt that discussed our show:
"Well the next night, Aug. 9, the Corner Pub celebrated its third anniversary with my favorite rocking funksters, the Natives Are Restless. Well they broke the attendance record for the club. At a $10 cover charge, the Pub took in $1,600 for the band at the door. Man, I’ll tell you these multi-talented musicians had the whole house a rockin’. What are the Natives like? Well think the Grateful Dead meets Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company meets the Funkadelics meets the Neville Brothers. Heavy percussion, rhythmic beats, varied vocals and multi-instrumentation are all trademarks of the band. Hopefully the Natives Are Restless will be at the Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival in October."
Well, we're not sure if J-Ross was seeing double or just being his usual-friendly-self, but the numbers in this article are a bit stacked in our favor. While we can assure you that we didn't break 1k, we appreciate the enthusiasm and support of this fine Friend of Conroe. To read his full article, look here.
The after party was awesome. Being a gentleman, I won't discuss the particulars in this forum. Rest assured, it was excellent and 4am came all too quickly. Gary took some great shots of the show, but was sure to drop the camera afterwards so no incriminating pics were snapped.
We will keep you posted as to our next date. Besides fishing for a slot at Catfish Festival, we don't have many dates on the near horizon. Please feel free to inform us of any venues that you would like to see us play. We also welcome any comments / criticisms of the show. If you have any good pictures from the show (or of the Natives), please send em in! Again, thank you all for being such supportive friends.
"Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph. Preserve your memories, they're all that's left of you." -S&G
-Dan, Native
Thursday, August 14, 2008
NARblog
Welcome to the new Natives Are Restless blog! We want to keep you updated on the latest happenings with the band, and this seems like the best way to do that. So welcome, and we hope you enjoy your stay!
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