Thursday, May 30, 2013

Jimmie's Chicken Shack doesn't like Phish?! + a BIG announcement

Shane and I went to go see Jimmie's Chicken Shack play in April of this year.  Remember that band?  They had one pretty rockin' single in the 90's called "Do Right," ...everyone thinks it's called "What Do I Do Right?" ...come to think of it there's a bunch of songs that people have mistaken the names for based on the chorus, like "Baba O'Riley" (not "Teenage Wasteland") by the Who....

Anyway, I digress.  Back on track:

So we went to their show at the Pour House in Raleigh after our gig.  We were curious to check them out live because Shane had loved their album growing up, and we had worked with Steven Haigler on our last album, who had also produced an album with Jimmie's Chicken Shack.  In short, they ROCKED.  We laughed, we cried, we shouted the F Bomb at the tops of our lungs when he demanded it, and generally got silly with the band after their show.

Here's the good part, the twist, the heat, if you will...
I had been recording earlier parts of their hit "Do Right" and when he kept singing this "We Are the Champions" part, I had to film it, that's when they ended it and he gave us his real opinion on Phish and the Grateful Dead.  Check out the video to see what he had to say about Phish:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG5tTPa3BZw)
Personally I'm sad Jimmie doesn't seem to like Phish as much as I do, but personally everyone is personally entitled to their personal opinion, and that's what makes someone personally a person.  What?  But seriously...I do happen to dig Phish as a band, and I do my best not to even participate in the Grateful Dead vs. Phish debate, because they're fundamentally incredibly different bands. I plan to elaborate on this in a future post...

In other news, this week we have confirmed our next big full band show in Raleigh, NC.
August 30th, 2013
The Pour House Music Hall
...get excited, more details coming soon......facebook event too.

This week in WindsorLand:
TONIGHT! Thursday, May 30 - World of Beer (North Hills) - 9pm
Friday, May 31 - The POUR HOUSE After Work Series (totally unplugged) - 5-7pm (early!)
Saturday, June 1 - The Hibernian Pub in North Raleigh* - 10pm

Check our site to see where you can come see us play some acoustic stuff all around Raleigh in the next few weeks.

*Yes, that's right, they have built a brand new Hibernian and it's up in North Raleigh at 8021 Falls of Neuse Rd. They just started having live music there, and this will be a first time for us too, so come up with us and see what it's all about.

ta ta for now,
Brandon

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Windsor Oaks on the Radio Today at 5pm + Crazy Chance at 120mph

Happy Thursday,
Brandon here. Windsor Oaks Band.  Gonna make this one brief because I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off preparing for today's Windsor events...

#1:
Big day on the Windsor front.  We're going LIVE on the radio in just a few hours, on NC State's esteemed radio station 88.1 WKNC.  The cool thing is you can stream it live wherever you are, whether you're near Raleigh's radars or not.

We get interviewed and play on the radio TODAY at 5pm Eastern Time.

iPhone and Droid free app is called TuneIn radio.
And this works too:    http://tunein.com/radio/WKNC-FM-881-s30302/

AND if you're in Raleigh...tonight we go to Tir na Nog, for their famous "LOCAL BEER - LOCAL BAND" series!  We've waited a long time for this, and we finally get to rock the Nog!  And we're going to play full band-- drums, electric guitars, and our good friend MIKE SEDITO on BASS!! Tonight.  Sarah Shook and the Devil goes on first!

#2:
Earlier today I went for a ride with my friend in his Camaro.  Since I've always felt our song "Crazy Chance" makes me think of driving fast and motorcycles and jet airplanes and Top Gun, we took it out and we hit 120mph!!!***  It was amazing.  Such an exhilarating rush.
***Mom, I knew you were going to freak out when you read that so, DISCLAIMER: Professional driver on a closed course. Don't try this at home.

PS
Because I'm in a pretty good mood about all this (endorphins still swirling in the insane in the membrane), I want to give you that opportunity too.  So go ahead and download "Crazy Chance" for FREE (for the next 3 days only! and Alex is going to shoot me), blast it on whatever device you're working with, and get on the highway and drive as fast as is legally allowed in your area.  You'll see what I mean about the exhilaration.  Windsor Oaks Band.  Take a Chance.

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This week in WindsorLand:
Tonight- Tir na Nog for LBLB - 10pm - downtown Raleigh

Friday, May 10- Fox and Hound - 10pm - North Hills

Saturday, May 11- Luxury Box - 10pm - North Raleigh

Sunday, May 12- Napper Tandy's - 6pm - downtown Raleigh

Wednesday, May 15- LIVE on the internet for BreakTime 1X15 - 5:15pm