Second Set Here We Come!

Those of you who have been nice enough to come out and hear The Lollards play may have noticed that we haven't learned any new songs since December. Steady gigging and the production of our EP, cross the river (available for sale! just drop us an email!), has kept us busy practicing the existing hour + of tunes.

With several weeks until our next gig, though, we finally have time to add to the REP-PRO-TWA. Last night Jon busted out four new originals...and plans were hatched to add a few covers as well (we know, we know...the kids luvs da covers...ah the pain of being an artist...)

We'll be busting out a good HOUR AND A HALF of music for the Oshkosh Half-Marathon...though no one running in the race will hear more than a minute or two of it.

The Local Tavern

Slightly more than a handful of good friends and a room full of "regulars" joined us last night at The Local Tavern for our first (of many?) "unplugged" shows. It was a heck of a good time and Jon managed to only break one string all night.

Thanks to The Local for supporting local music along with local beer...special thanks to our loyal legions of fans for coming out on a weeknight and helping to fill the room.

Aside from the Oshkosh Marathon April 14th...we've got Madison shows at Cafe Montmarte and The Dry Bean in development for April and May...and a possibly ill advised, but well paying, free show at Vilas Park May 18th 5-7pm (yes, it's true, we'll sell our souls for money, pizza, and beer...judge us if you must). Details when we nail em down.

Go Eastward Young Man!

Third time heading to southeast Wisconsin was the charm, and despite a fierce driving rain on Friday night, Jonathon of The Michael Fairchild Band skillfully chauffeured The Lollards to our gig in Brookfield at Original Coffee. With Michael and Jon laying down in the back of the van on top of the equipment, it felt like we were really ON TOUR! A small crowd gathered for the opening set with Jonathon and Michael playing acoustic...and a few friends stuck around for a greatly modified second set by us Lollards (Higher Ground anyone? Sure, why not? Yes sir, you never know what kinda Tom Foolerly The Lollards are gonna whip out at a live show!)

Gary at Original Coffee was fabulous to us...please go support this guy's business because he is working really hard to promote the musicians that he hosts...we look forward to an outdoor show at Original this summer!

This Thursday we're back in Madison at The Local Tavern on King Street (former home of The Flatiron Tavern). We'll start around 9pm-ish and play for an hour. It's free, relatively early, and on an active bus line...so no excuses!

Strike Two

The Wisconsin winter seems hell bent on preventing The Lollars from participating in The Battle of the Bands. Friday night blowing and drifting snow caused us to cancel our participation in the show at The Rave in Milwaukee.

We are hoping for better weather next weekend when we head to Brookfield to Original Coffee for our first two set show (gee, guess we need to work up a second set...)

The Klinic, chapter 2

Last night's performance at The Klinic (our second) was pretty typical. As the doorman commented, "only yer old ladies" showed up. Well...to be precise...two "old ladies" and two friends of the "old ladies". Still...that was four more people than The Mad Science Project had.

We were able to play our entire set plus an impromptu encore of one of Michael's original tunes (a Lollards world premiere...like really, Jon and Dar had never played the song before)...which was great practice for Friday's Battle of the Bands show.

The only glitch of the evening...Jon's "new" tube amp, ungrounded as it is, continues to shock him through the vocal mic. With the amped up power of The Klinic's PA, the shock was too dangerous to endure. A quick trip back to Jon's to retrieve Afro Jack solved the problem, though, and we were still able to hit the stage at just 5 minutes after 11pm.

We will never leave Afro Jack at home again...it was a tragic miscalculation.