Big news in the land of All the Way Rider. We are saddened to announce the departure of guitarist, Bill Collins, from our rock band. Bill has decided to relocate to the windy city of Chicago to pursue his professional goals in recording engineering and we wish him the best of luck in all endeavors. Bill has been a fantastic cohort for these past few years and has contributed a lot to our musical brotherhood. As you'll see in a few months, he brought a lot of great riffage to our forthcoming record, "The Eagle's Revenge" and he's leaving us with some big and vacant shoes.
We have been contemplating our future since learning of Bill's intentions in late December and have decided as a unit that we will move forward as a three piece. We are crotchety old men and the prospect of seeking someone of like mind, like schedule and like ambition is probably more trouble than simply spending that time and energy practicing to get up to speed as a trio. We've been rehearsing up a storm recently as a three piece and conglomerating two guitars into one. We are pretty dang sure that you're going to approve.
We have a few shows around the bend that are going to be excellent. Hope to see you there! Sunday, December 30, 2007:
Hi there. We're in a semi-hibernation as Jeff Halland mixes our new record. We are very much looking forward to posting the release details on this website as soon as we have them. Until then, check the shows page. We've begun to book some Feb and beyond shows to stay warm.
Happy new year. Monday, October 29, 2007:
Well, my friends, another summer and fall have flown past. Our new record is very, very close to being completely recorded. The legendary Jeff Halland will step in at that point to man the mixing console, and we are all incredibly excited at that prospect.
We just returned from a great roadtrip. We played with some new friends in LaCrosse, WI: a fantastic band by the name of Porcupine. After that, we pointed our trusty van, Desmond, to the land of Lincoln for a night of fun with our pals Deconstructing Jim. Look at these hams:
The drive was long, but the times were good. We kept track of the records we listened to on our voyages. The batteries of Jer's Nomad needed a charge after each trip, for that is how much we love to rock. Anyway, without further ado, here is the list:
Gopher Hockey until we were out of radio range
Porcupine Tree "Fear of a Blank Planet"
Jawbox "Jawbox"
Heart "These Dreams: The Best of Heart" (key selections)
Longmont Potion Castle "Volume 5"
Rush "Moving Pictures"
Soundgarden "Badmotorfinger" Isis "Panopticon"
Mew "And the Glass Handed Kites"
Smashing Pumpkins "Siamese Dream"
Motley Crue "Girls Girls Girls" and "Shout at the Devil" (key selections)
Clutch "Slow Hole to China" and "The Elephant Riders" (key selections)
Quicksand "Manic Compression"
Calla "Strength in Numbers"
Genesis "Invisible Touch"
Kingfield "Letters Post Mortem"
Rage Against the Machine "Renegades"
Lionel Richie "Hello" and Van Halen "Panama" (on rural radio while searching for a Vikings station)
