Residency Diary: The Steelwells, Part Three

Residency Diaries are exactly what they sound like: the thoughts, musings, and scribbles of rock bands as they host a series of month-long shows in various Los Angeles venues. This month’s R.D. entries are from The Steelwells, whose sunshine crush of melodic indie rock and pop can be heard every Monday night for free in January at the Silverlake Lounge.

By Joey Winter (vocals/ acoustic guitar)

Let me get this out of the way quickly here. This Monday night with us, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band (awesome!!), Mississippi Man (Boom Killa!!), and Eugene & the 1914 (Ninja Assassin!) all at The Silverlake Lounge.  Be there.

OK, I’m going to answer a few questions that keep coming up. Whenever someone asks about our residency at Silverlake Lounge the most popular question seems to be “How do you make that long drive from Orange County?”  Which we all find pretty funny when it’s a quick 40 minutes to get there.  The only thing that is not so much fun is going to bed at 2:30 am and waking up at 6:30 am. Yeah not fun.

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January 25, 2010 | Filed Under Concert Reviews, Exclusive Features, Residency Diaries | Leave a Comment 

Residency Diary: Mississippi Man, Part Four

Residency Diaries are exactly what they sound like: the thoughts, musings, and scribbles of rock bands as they host a series of month-long shows in various Los Angeles venues. This month’s R.D. entries will be from Mississippi Man, whose barroom brawl of guitar-driven ’60s rock and folk-tinged Americana can be heard for free every Monday night in November at the Silverlake Lounge (presented by KXLU and The Fold).

By David Knight (guitar/ vocals)

“Hey man can we borrow an amp?” “Vox or Fender?” “Always Fender like Dick Dale.” Pre-show banter that we’ve been forced to start because we’re short an amp. Four speakers short-circuited all at once and left us stranded with one amp, two guitars, and a bad taste in our mouths. Now we have three new speakers and almost have a fourth. We’re going to celebrate once that reverb drenched tone eminates from our Super once again. Up next, Mississippi Man playing surf rock. It’s going to be huge. Until then, we’ve been lucky to play with the coolest dudes who are willing to loan us an amp for our set. I think we’ve only blown a couple of them.

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November 30, 2009 | Filed Under Exclusive Features, Residency Diaries | Leave a Comment 

Residency Diary: Mississippi Man, Part Three

Residency Diaries are exactly what they sound like: the thoughts, musings, and scribbles of rock bands as they host a series of month-long shows in various Los Angeles venues. This month’s R.D. entries will be from Mississippi Man, whose barroom brawl of guitar-driven ’60s rock and folk-tinged Americana can be heard for free every Monday night in November at the Silverlake Lounge (presented by KXLU and The Fold).

By David Knight (guitar/ vocals)

So it’s the third night of our residency at the Silverlake Lounge and it’s getting heavy. The cat from The Color Turning has some serious chops and here we are with 5 bands laying it down. That’s a hell of a lot of music for one night. I’m getting antsy from watching. Sitting below that weird balcony on that grimy staircase just watching.  I already watched Moostache and Threadspinner and now I’m ready to jam but instead I’m subjected to more music. Is it cool for a musician to get a bit tired of hearing music sometimes? Maybe Michelangelo didn’t lose his eyesight by accident. The bands are good though, heavier than usual but that’s alright by me.

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November 23, 2009 | Filed Under Concert Reviews, Exclusive Features, Residency Diaries | Leave a Comment 

Residency Diary: Mississippi Man, Part Two

Residency Diaries are exactly what they sound like: the thoughts, musings, and scribbles of rock bands as they host a series of month-long shows in various Los Angeles venues. This month’s R.D. entries will be from Mississippi Man, whose barroom brawl of guitar-driven ’60s rock and folk-tinged Americana can be heard for free every Monday night in November at the Silverlake Lounge (presented by KXLU and The Fold).

By David Knight (guitar/ vocals)

We must have done something right on the first night. Maybe it was the way we talked to people. Maybe it was the music. Whatever the cause, people came. Wonderfully detached and strung up, some of them looking for the very thing that the big, glowing sign above the stage read. Salvation. I think I may have found it there on a few occasions but, as always, it slipped away when I left. And tonight, were we expected to bring this to people who had never seen us before? People who didn’t know us, didn’t know that we, like them, are all searching for the same thing. Music is such a beautiful curse.

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November 16, 2009 | Filed Under Concert Reviews, Exclusive Features, Residency Diaries | Leave a Comment 

Residency Diary: Mississippi Man, Part One

Residency Diaries are exactly what they sound like: the thoughts, musings, and scribbles of rock bands as they host a series of month-long shows in various Los Angeles venues. This month’s R.D. entries will be from Mississippi Man, whose barroom brawl of guitar-driven  ’60s rock and folk-tinged Americana can be heard for free every Monday night in November at the Silverlake Lounge (presented by KXLU and The Fold).

By David Knight (guitar/ vocals)

A guitar with a story. A real war guitar that’s seen a lot. It reads “Gibson” on the headstock but it speaks with real knowledge.  Shakey Graves is picking up on that knowledge as he delicately strums and sings with an eerie connection to the past. What a way to set the tone for the first night of our residency at the Silverlake Lounge. A real hard-working, soulful guitar. I need one like that.
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November 9, 2009 | Filed Under Concert Reviews, Exclusive Features, Residency Diaries | Leave a Comment