G O R I L L A M A N S E: February 2012

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

In the beginning...

...there was a candlelit living room, delicious tacos, and about 30 people sitting on the floor intently listening to a handful of songwriters.

The shows started small. We made a big ol' dinner for everyone and transformed our living room into a cozy listening space. The shows grew super fast. Before we knew it, more and more musicians were asking us to play and the audience kept expanding.

Here's a sampling of some of the rad performers that have played GorillaManse shows thus far:

* Nic Walker

* Jordan Moser

* Lex Land

* Robert Steel

* A Band Named Pluto

* Matt Burnett

* Dan Grissom (Some Say Leland, McMercy Family Band)

* DB Rouse

* Lige Williamson

* The Jake Levinson Band

* Susquehanna Hat Company

* Ralph White

* Darrin Kobetich

* Clint Niosi

* The Can Kickers

* Pine Hill Haints

* Dry River Yacht Club

* Trevor Smith (Asylum Street Spankers, The Bluegrass Outfit)

* THAT Damned Band

* The Inheritance

* Shakey Graves

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Check out our feature piece on KUT!

A candlelit dining room afterhours. Blueberry pancakes. Three local musicians with one major thing in common: they were all either supporters or employees of Bouldin Creek Cafe.

I'd been talking to the owner of Bouldin Creek Cafe, Leslie Martin, for several months about throwing a guerilla style show in the middle of the night. She dug the idea, thankfully, and Adam and I agreed to make it our first official GorillaManse show after his return.

Three musicians played that night: Ralph White (Precious Blood), Adam Kobetich (Susquehanna Hat Company) and Shakey Graves.

It stormed like crazy. It was a pretty amazing thunderstorm, honestly. In the recordings from that night's sets you can hear the rain through the open windows and an occasional clap of thunder.

We had no idea that KUT had arrived with recording equipment and the intention of creating a story around the show. Big thanks to Haley Howle and Texas Music Matters for a great piece about GorillaManse and our good friend, Shakey Graves.

We hope you'll check out the show, 'cuz it's pretty great. Click "download". We're at the 27 minute mark.

G O R I L L A M A N S E on KUT!