Catl European Tour Invasion Part 5

Catl European Tour Invasion Part 5

After getting picked up at the train station by our host Mark, we met him at the Deep Blues festival in Clarksdale, MS this past October. Mark and his beautiful girlfriend Andrea let us stay at their country home, and the hospitality was over the top.

Rosenheim is a smallish city and the Asta club where we played was one of the only games in town. The soundcheck was easy and I finally got an amp that was easy to drive - a fender Hot Rod Deluxe. The skin on Sarah's floor tom is getting stretched out and is starting to sound like she's hitting a piece of bologna. Sadly the only music store in Rosenheim didn't carry the right size so bologna it is!

Catl European Tour Invasion Continues In Part 4

Catl European Tour Invasion Continues In Part 4

We had 9 minutes to transfer to our connecting train to make the show on time and we made it! With all of our shit that we're carrying it was no small feat. We then proceeded to get drunk on the train once the hard work was over. Sarah ate a curry that wasn't bad. We arrived in Vienna and met up with our host Stefan. Super nice guy, who just happened to be the manager of the club we're playing at. We walked to the club in the rain and I ate a falafel from a Turkish food stand that was pretty tasty.

Catl Invades Europe On Tour and Lands In Freiburg, Tour Write Up Part 3

Catl Invades Europe On Tour and Lands In Freiburg, Tour Write Up Part 3

We left our friends Sabina and Frank in Cologne. I bought and consumed a delightful cheese sandwich from a local vendor and off we went to Freiburg which signaled the beginning of 8 shows straight. This will either turn us into the tightest, sloppy rock and roll band or we'll drop dead trying.

After arriving at the Slow Club and got ripped off by the cabbie. He's what you call in German - a dickhead (very similar to English). The club looked kinda non-descript from the outside, but what wonders filled its hallowed halls. Never have we been taken care of better than the people that ran this club. All the local beer and organic wines we could swallow, a beautifully prepared pumpkin soup and lasagna dinner and a place to sleep upstairs. I've seen some band crash-pads in my day and I wouldn't let a blind dog sleep in them. This place was gorgeous with a fully stocked kitchen, linens on the beds, a shower and fresh towels. Spotless.

Catl Invades Europe, Tour Write Up Part 2 While Rolling Through Belgium

Catl Invades Europe, Tour Write Up Part 2 While Rolling Through Belgium and meeting the good luck monkey.

So we got driven to Mons, which is an hour away from Brussels in two small cars with all our gear. I said "wouldn't one giant American-style car be enough?", and everyone hugged and laughed and lit their cigarettes.

We played downtown near their city hall where they had a beautiful giant Christmas tree surrounded by some very unsteady skaters. Apparently, we shouldn't expect any hockey threats coming out of Belgium.

Sarah and me prepped for the show by 'touching the good luck monkey' near the Mons City Hall. We reluctantly rubbed its shiny little noggin and wouldn't you know it, the show was killer. Thanks Mr. Lucky-Monkey-Man!

Catl Lands In Europe and Is Documenting The Invasion - Show 1 - Rock Classic

Watching bands tour from afar can be quite entertaining and we have decided to open up our news feed for bands on the label and bands that we really dig. This is cool way to document tours and for an expose into what it takes to move from show to show and all the great things that can happen along the way. Over the next few weeks our favorite Canadian blues rockers, Catl will be broadcasting about their current European tour. Have a read below:

Continental Is On Tour In Europe And Prepares For New Album The Spring Of 2016

Continental Is On Tour In Europe And Prepares For New Album The Spring Of 2016

2016 is lining up to be a great year and we are damn proud to have Continental Band on board with a brand new album for the late spring. Rick Barton and the crew are currently on tour in Europe so get out to see them live! 

Oct 07 - Sepp-Arèe - Kinsau, Germany

Oct 08 - Flanigans - Schwabach, Germany

Oct 09 - Bart - Timelkam, Austria

Oct 10 - Glam - Feldbach, Austria

Oct 11 - Fun Club Bazzen - Náchod, Czech Republic

Oct 12 - Klub Ceská 1 - Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

Oct 13 - Rock Cafe - Prague, Czech Republic

Oct 14 - Subway to Peter - Chemnitz, Germany

Oct 15 - Stoned - Leipzig, Germany

Oct 16 - Wild at Heart - Berlin, Germany

Oct 17 - Klaue - Braunschweig, Germany

Oct 19 - Irish Pub - Coblenz, Germany

Oct 20 - BB on the Rockzz - Worms, Germany

Oct 21 - Café Jasmin Lounge - Frankfurt, Germany

Oct 21 - Lorbass - Gelnhausen, Germany

Oct 22 - Panic Room - Essen, Germany

Oct 23 - Life House - Stemwede, Germany

Oct 24 - The Waterhole - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oct 25 - Bar American - Middelburg, Netherlands

Oct 26 - The Garage - London, United Kingdom

Oct 29 - Cafe Extase - Tilburg, Netherlands

Oct 31 - The Clearing Barrel (early show) - Kaiserslautern, Germany

Nov 1 - La Taniere - Saint-Etienne, France

Nov 2 - Dynamo - Zurich, Switzerland

Whiskeydick Continues To Conquer While On Tour In Europe

Whiskeydick Continues To Conquer While On Tour In Europe

Keeping up with the fellas in Whiskeydick can be quite the task as they live on the road. They are currently on their second two month tour of Europe for 2015 and there is no end in sight for their travel plans, around their newest album, The Bastard Sons Of Texas.

Their latest album also continues it's domination on Itune's for seven weeks straight now and sat at the number one download spot for multiple weeks for the Alt. Country charts. Dig in, settle down and let the good time roll, with the Bastard Sons Of Texas. Check out some travel photos below and click the link to purchase their new album.

Whiskeydick Scores A Feature Review In Belgium For Their Latest Album, The Bastard Sons Of Texas

Whiskeydick Scores A Feature Review In Belgium For Their Latest Album, The Bastard Sons Of Texas

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"While Fritz 'n Johnson after a stopover in Iceland continued their flight continued to the Netherlands to be there on August 28 European release of their latest album' To The Bastard Sons of Texas' quarters Baroeg in Amsterdam, we high time to find our focus as shifting to Whiskey Dick, their new album and accompanying tour on the old continent.

At least 18 days peaked 'The Bastard Sons of Texas at number one on the iTunes Alternative Country Charts. Rightly so, because it 6'de studio album of this Texan bastard sons proposes at no time disappointed. Who ever saw the band live knows that the guys from Whiskey Dick quite a few have in the fingers and with their semi-acoustic guitars get the whole club moving. Typically, however, because as they say themselves, 'by the time we play our last issue is either the merch sold or the club empty. At humor lacking Fritz not to the country and hillbilly tracks to talk to each other during a live show, what the atmosphere extra benefits. Whiskey Dick is close to the people and warned chat with the fans do not. In short, Reverend Johnson and Fritz have become welcome guests in European clubs. However, the band did over there eight years before they played their first show in Europe. That this tour two years ago now, has been well received, we are absolutely not angry about. After every show we are already looking forward to the next, because the degree of addiction Whiskey Dick is very high. You have been warned.

'The Bastard Sons of Texas' lists 13 tracks on the cover, but it contains 14 which, as we are used from Whiskey Dick, compromise between drunken talk and sentiment. We immediately notice that the balance is restored between the two extremes, after the previous album 'From The Devil's Boots' still had a somewhat more melancholic undertone. On the new album is so uninhibited partying again, and we try to no longer count how many times words like "drunk, stoned, fuck, whiskey, devil, truck and Texas are reviewed. In terms of themes on this record will obviously nothing new, but why should that too. The formula has been working for ten years and they will not get bored, on the contrary. Always revolves around the circle: from liefdesverdiet to drink and drugs on Fuck The World, to then return to land with your feet on the ground and draw the lessons of life.

The opening track 'Whoops I Was Drunk "is a very playful song with an equally playful animation attached to it, both representative of the carpe diem content of Whiskey Dick. A lot of pranks, as in the title track 'The Bastard Sons of Texas', 'Fast Life' or 'Goddamn I Need Some Whiskey', with this last number with matching whiskey voice is played. In between the moral of the story Restless, Heart Broke And Stoned 'broken heart' Memories Of You 'and the amorous soul in' One More Day '. Leaves us with a few tall stories about 'Edna and Earl' and 'Crazy Uncle Blue' to naturally conclude that the gentlemen 'Truck Drivin' Blood '. The property is easily listenable tunes and your willy nilly cheerful. 'The Bastard Sons Of Texas "is actually the ideal location for anyone who stepped on the wrong side of the bed and then finds that the coffee is on. Whiskey Dick saves.

The European tour starts as I said on 28 September in Amsterdam and ends on October 24 in the cosiest pub in Deinze. In between there are numerous shows in smaller and larger clubs, at home and in neighboring countries. Options enough as the tour calendar shows, and so no one has a valid excuse for Whiskey Dick miss this time. Put that checkered shirt already finished and get those cowboy boots out of the closet. See you there!"

Whiskeydick Begins Their Fall 2015 European Tour

Whiskeydick Begins Their Fall 2015 European Tour

AUG. 28 - Baroeg - Rotterdam, Netherlands
AUG. 29 - Last Minute Festival - Den Helder, Netherlands
AUG. 30 - TBA - Germany, Luxembourg
AUG. 31 - Ebrietas - Zürich, Switzerland

SEPT. 1 - Ebrietas - Bern, Switzerland
SEPT. 2 - Chat Noir - Roujan, France
SEPT. 3 - Parc Central - Andorra La Vieja, Andorra
SEPT. 4 - Old Skull - Barcelona, Spain
SEPT. 5 - TBA - TBA, Spain
SEPT. 6 - Satelite T - Bilbao, Spain
SEPT. 7 - Don Floro - Aviles, Spain
SEPT. 8 - Honky Tonk Bar - Acebal, Spain
SEPT. 8 - Rocket Bar - Oviedo, Spain
SEPT. 9 - Café Cultural - Ourense, Spain
SEPT. 10 - Babylon - León, Spain
SEPT. 11 - Crazy Factory - Burgos, Spain
SEPT. 12 - Stonehead - Vitoria Gasteiz, Basque Country Spain

SEPT. 14 - TBA - TBA, Portugal
SEPT. 15 - TBA - TBA, Spain
SEPT. 16 - Wurlitzer Ballroom - Madrid, Spain
SEPT. 17 - Le Bukowski - Donostia, Basque Country - Spain
SEPT. 18 - Les Runes - Bordeaux, France
SEPT. 19 - Rodeo, Cowboy Up - Waardamme, Belgium
SEPT. 20 - Free Riders MC - Knokke, Belgium

OCT. 13 - Scruffys - Stuttgart, Germany
OCT. 14 - Bacchus - Geel, Belgium
OCT. 15 - Craufurd Arms - Milton Keynes, UK
OCT. 16 - The Anvil - Bournemouth, UK
OCT. 17 - The Masons - Swansea, UK
OCT. 18 - The Caledonia - Liverpool, UK
OCT. 19 - The Library - Oxford, UK
OCT. 20 - Quakerhouse - Darlington, UK
OCT. 21 - Bannermans - Edinburgh. UK
OCT. 22 - Bad Apples - Leeds. UK
OCT. 23 - Big Red - London, UK
OCT. 24 - Elpee - Deinze, Belgium

Whiskeydick European Tour 2015

Whiskeydick European Tour 2015

The rowdy ones from Texas known as Whiskeydick are tearing up stages all over Europe and in their wake of acoustic metal destruction have been garnering a massive response from fans. It is damn great to see one of the hardest working bands we know, broadcasting their message far and wide and kicking ass every night. Whiskeydick does their talking from the stage and proves once again, that its all about the songs and a vibe that is as well worn in as your favorite pair of boots.

Rory Kelly Gets Up Close and Personal With His Fans

Rory Kelly's Triple Threat en directo en SalaSon (Cangas do Morrazo)

Spain Has Found A New Guitar Hero In Rory Kelly

Rory Kelly on tour in Spain, June 2014 - Photo: Javier Fernandez Menendez

Rory Kelly Has Just Conquered Spain, Next Up, More Of Europe

Have beer, will travel. Rory Kelly on tour in Europe

Word on the streets of Madrid to Barcelona and onto Burgos is that Rory Kelly is starting to truly cultivate his European crowd. After being recognized on the streets of Barcelona and then playing multiple sold out shows in a row, the hard work and dedication is starting to pay off. Huge congrats to Rory, Pops, Billy and Nancy for getting across the pond and bringing their brand of Southern Rock to the hungry audiences.

Rory Kelly Announces 2014 European Tour

Rory Kelly will be unleashing his new album in June of 2014

Rory Kelly is about to embark on a European tour this May through June 2014 hitting much of western Europe including Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium. Stay tuned for all the dates.

Turning A Ball Bearing Into A Custom Knife

Doing anything that involves craftsmanship takes time. Since the internet has taken over our lives we can pour for hours over other folks projects and work to best understand the work they are creating. After a few searches around youtube I found this inspiring video about knife making from a dude over in Europe. I was sold as soon as I read the title of the video: A Knife From An Old Bearing. 

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Old ball bearing taking shape as a finished knife

Leather handle is of great quality

Trollsky Custom Knives workshop

Trollsky quenching the knife after coming out of the oven

Billy Don Burns, Review From Drifter Country in Europe

Feature review of Billy Don Burns on Drifter Country, European country music blog

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"In April of this year I wrote that the new album of Billy Thurs Burns discussed here would be. With this; Nights when I'm Sober's been two months. But first a brief introduction of Billy Burns Thurs. For those who remember the movie Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges remember, the movie would use version of the life of Mr. Burns can be. Glory, addictions, women and even more addictions, it was all gone in the way of life of this man. Besides varying success as a musician, Billy Don with big names from the country scene worked. Early 90s he produced an album for Johnny Paycheck and artists like Willie Nelson and Sammy Kershaw covered songs from him. And now appears an album with the label Rusty Knuckles. Nights when I'm Sober (portrait of a Honky Tonk Singer) is a fantastic album. Twelve songs beautifully produced, clear sound and a mix that the different layers in the music coming back. Expected on this album with no Honky Tonk Upright Bass but rather country as we know him from the Outlaw Movement seventies. The album begins with Honky Tonk Singer, a melancholic sounding ballad with beautiful fiddle and guitar licks. Born to Ride is a song which no doubt will be used again in a road movie, the text is narrative, the guitar solos sitting against a cliché, but for me, the song intact. It Would Kill Mama is tightly played, and more upbeat compared to the rest of the songs. Nights when I'm Sober is primarily a narrative album with Billy Burns Thurs lets hear what he is worth. Fantastic that Rusty Knuckles him this space. I sincerely hope that this is the beginning of more ........."

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Billy Don Burns new album Nights When I'm Sober... Portrait Of A Honky Tonk Singer

Need To Help Out Your Tour, Enlist Copperheads

Truth is stranger than fiction. We recently drew a copperhead for a new graphic based on a voodoo altar and now they want to go on tour, by showing up at our back door. Rory Kelly, needs to lay down some leads and sooth the beasts! The Voodoo Magic is working way too good!

Copperheads, Voodoo and Rory Kelly - Good times coming up for his tour in Spain

Rory Kelly October 2012 European Tour Poster

Just finished up the final elements to Rory Kelly's October European Tour Poster. Below are the dates and damn are things lining up great for the band.

Rory Kelly European Tour 2012

10.03.12 - Zaragoza - La Ley Seca
10.04.12 - Monzon - Serjo's Zona Rock
10.05.12 - Barcelona - Rocksound
10.06.12 - Castellon - Pub D'Leyend
10.07.12 - Estepona - Louie Louie
10.08.12 - Cadiz - Supersonic
10.10.12 - Cangas - Salason
10.11.12 - Vitoria - Helldorado
10.12.12 - Barakaldo - Edaska Rock Club
10.13.12 - Madrid - El Juglar
10.14.12 - Calella - Rock&Apple

Baron Samedi And A Voodoo Altar Sketch For Rory Kelly's European Tour Poster

Been crankin' away in the design lab with all sorts of new merch coming out for quite a few of the bands we work with. Check out the tour poster sketch of some voodoo we have conjured up to help make a damn great tour for Rory Kelly. The south is full of mysticism and folklore and what could be better than a copperhead slithering through an altar wrapped in a bone necklace. We hope to make Marie Laveau proud.

Below are the tour dates and a cool video we found with some interesting visuals and homage to Baron Samedi. If voodoo and Black Magic is an interest, read on below with more info on Baron Samedi. Just remember though, voodoo magic only preys upon the weak of mind...



10.03.12 - Zaragoza - La Ley Seca
10.04.12 - Monzon - Serjo's Zona Rock
10.05.12 - Barcelona - Rocksound
10.06.12 - Castellon - Pub D'Leyend
10.07.12 - Estepona - Louie Louie
10.08.12 - Cadiz - Supersonic
10.10.12 - Cangas - Salason
10.11.12 - Vitoria - Helldorado
10.12.12 - Barakaldo - Edaska Rock Club
10.13.12 - Madrid - El Juglar
10.14.12 - Calella - Rock&Apple

New tour poster for Rory Kelly in the works

More on Baron Samedi from Wikipedia

He is usually depicted with a top hat, black tuxedo, dark glasses, and cotton plugs in the nostrils, as if to resemble a corpse dressed and prepared for burial in the Haitian style. He has a white, frequently skull-like face (or actually has a skull for a face) and speaks in a nasal voice. However more recently he has been portrayed rather differently. Now the the image of a dark-haired, light-skinned young man is seen as Baron Samedi. This new adaptation stays true to tradition wearing a fitted dark suit, but there are differences. The dark glasses, nasal voice and cotton plugs have been removed. Replaced with slight facial hair and earring on his left ear. The most notable change, Baron Samedi seems to have traded in his top hat for a fedora. 

Baron Samedi illustration featured on FunnybookBabylon.com

He is a sexual Loa, frequently represented by phallic symbols and is noted for disruption, obscenity, debauchery, and having a particular fondness for tobacco and rum. Additionally, he is the Loa of sex and resurrection, and in the latter capacity he is often called upon for healing by those near or approaching death, as it is only Baron who can accept an individual into the realm of the dead.

Baron Samedi spends most of his time in the invisible realm of voodoo spirits. He is notorious for his outrageous behavior, swearing continuously and making filthy jokes to the other spirits. He is married to another powerful spirit known as Maman Brigitte, but often chases after mortal women and men. He loves smoking and drinking and is rarely seen without a cigar in his mouth or a glass of rum in his bony fingers. Baron Samedi can usually be found at the crossroad between the worlds of the living and the dead. When someone dies he digs their grave and greets their soul after they have been buried, leading them to the underworld.

Baron Samedi illustration by - johnnymc.deviantart.com

As well as being master of the dead, Baron Samedi is also a giver of life. He can cure any mortal of any disease or wound, if he thinks it is worthwhile. His powers are especially great when it comes to voodoo curses and black magic. Even if somebody has been afflicted by a hex which brings them to the verge of death, they will not die if the Baron refuses to dig their grave. So long as this mighty spirit keeps them out of the ground they are safe. He also ensures all corpses rot in the ground to stop any soul being brought back as a brainless zombie. What he demands in return depends on his mood. Sometimes he is content with his followers wearing black, white or purple clothes or using sacred objects; he may simply ask for a small gift of cigars, rum, black coffee, grilled peanuts or bread. But sometimes the Baron requires a voodoo ceremony to help him cross over into this world.

Reno Divorce, At Le Tigre In Northern France

Word on the street is that Reno Divorce has been killin' all the stages they came across in Europe. Here are some photos from club Le Tigre in northern France's city of Reims. This is a damn great venue and a great place for a show to catch if you are in that area of France. All the great photos were taken by Gnikoner.

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Tye of Reno Divorce at Le Tigre in Reims, France May 2012 © Gnikoner

Tim and Brent of Reno Divorce at Le Tigre in Reims, France May 2012 © Gnikoner

Tim and Brent of Reno Divorce at Le Tigre in Reims, France May 2012 © Gnikoner

Reuben of Reno Divorce at Le Tigre in Reims, France May 2012 © Gnikoner

Tye of Reno Divorce at Le Tigre in Reims, France May 2012 © Gnikoner