Holliday Road: 04.06.2013 - The Venue

Looks like I'm a day or two late - sorry.. it's been one of those weeks. I've been incredibly busy with the business side of SDR and this is the first bit of down time I've had since the show! Sorry!

What a great night! This past Saturday night, I'm proud to say that Sand Dollar Rodeo was the first band to play The Venue at GBC Music in Gun Barrel City. It was their grand opening and they had us and August & J in for the night.

I can't say enough good things about the place and the people. Dino has a great place with a concept I really like. By day, it's a musical instrument store. Then at night... the lights go down, the cocktails come out and the volume goes up. Nice sound and lighting. Nice staff. Really friendly folks in the crowd. It truly was a pleasure to play there and I wish them nothing but the best of success. If you're a band passing through the area and are looking for a stopover between the larger cities (Gun Barrel City is not), I would highly recommend checking into The Venue.

I can't really pinpoint any specific highlights of this show as we enjoyed it the whole time. It was so nice to be able to play our show as it's intended to be and the crowd was very receptive. Also, it's always fun sharing a bill with August & J. They are nice guys, good music - check them out over at www.AugustandJ.com . Oh, wait, there was a highlight I do remember... the gas station next door had Bud Light Chelada and excellent chicken salad sandwiches - GBC Valero Rocks :) Oh, and another... it was the first show we've had since the CD came out - and we sold some - that was kind of cool!

Ok, kids... this weekend, we return to the Keller Tavern for an outdoor show. Despite the hail storm, we had a good show at Keller Tavern last time and are really looking forward to throwing you guys a party outside this time! Fingers crossed for no rain - talk to you then!

Stay gold,

Roy