"FULL MEASURE" The Band

Since one of the reasons for developing this blog site was motivated by the fact that I recently joined a new band I suppose I should tell you a little bit about us. We are dubbed "Full Measure" due in part to it's members coming back from the darkest recesses of "hard" life and "hard" luck. All of us have come back from the brink of death and our own self-destruction, and the main constant for all of us is that music has always been the one thing that has been critical to our existence. Music, for all intents and purposes, has lead us to hell and back and everywhere in-between. By the time we found each other we were just playing for therapeutic reasons and had no expectations from each other regarding our abilities. (Cool thing is we still don't) There is no specific direction, no perfection, no hopes of fame or fortune, we just feel glad when a club says "yea, sure you can play". Recently we were offered to fill a position as a House Band for the Silver Spoke located on 1400 Saltillo Road of of Hwy 77. We felt like we were given the "Key to the Highway" (Thank you Clapton!) We play whatever we can put together which is turning out to be quite a bit of stuff. We consider ourselves "classic rock" and try to get the arrangements close to the originals, but since we have all played for years, I have to confess, we usually put our own spin on things. Still most of it is recognizable. The material includes songs from The Beatles, Clapton, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Neil Young, Jackson Browne just to name a few, plus some good old fashioned blues, rock 'n' roll, as well as a few of our own that we are playing around with. The members are as follows: Adam "Atom" Seward, only because when he stops fooling around being critical and lets it go he blows it up on that guitar of his, plus the fact he starts doing the cutest little dance move when he starts to tear it up.(Makes me grin every time). Mark "Thumper" Backencamp due to the fact that he gets so exicited he starts double kickin' that bass drum so fast he reminds me of the rabbit from Bambi. (The look on his face is priceless!) Then we have Mr. Erik "the Dork Man" Delaney as front man and lead vocals. The only reason I call him Dork Man is because he is still green and some of the things he says and situations he gets himself into are just downright "Dorky". He however is the right man for the job and does what a front man should do...he makes the ladies melt. His vocals for the most part are spot on and he is only getting better and stronger in his position with this band. And last but not least you got me, Kristin "the Chevy" Ford, reason being is that I have been told I play a mean bass for a "broad", hence the name Chevy...I may have been born a Ford, but I got me the heart of a Chevy. All things considered we have a ton of fun and take requests from the audience so that we will at least try to have them before the next gig. So far our crowds are small due to the fact that no one knows us yet, and I can't help but feel the financial situation with the economy is playing it's part, but "it's all good." The Following is a List of our Schedule in case any of you who read this blog are interested in catching a show sometime. By the way the Silver Spoke has the best Pizza and Chubby Burgers I have ever tasted, and the owners are just good old-fashioned laid-back folk that are in the business of allowing people to blow off some steam and have a good time.

GIGS

May 2009
May 1st - Silver Spoke 1400 Saltillo Road, Lincoln, NE. 8:30 pm - 12:30 am
May 2nd- The Point After 1011 W. Dawes Ave. Lincoln, NE. 9 pm - 1 am
May 3rd - Auld Center Antelope Park, Recovery in the Arts Concert Lincoln, NE. 1-5 pm
May 15th - Silver Spoke 8:3o pm - 12:30 am
May 16th - Sidewinders 17th & 'O' st. Lincoln, NE. (time to be announced)
May 29th - Silver Spoke 8:30 - 12:30 am

May 14th- Radio spot on KZUM to be announced.

June 2009
June 12th - Silver Spoke 9 pm - 1 am
June 13th - Bob's Tavern 6212 Havelock Ave. Havelock. 9 pm - 1 am
June 26h - Silver Spoke
These are the postings for now, but just so you know the Silver Spoke is pretty much every other weekend through September.
Will also get the time posted for the radio spot on KZUM as soon as I know the time slot.