It seems another time of upheaval is upon us, one of my favorite band on earth to see, to work for and to know has hit hard times.........
Hi, this is Virgil from Suburban Home. I wanted to give all of you a little more news on Drag/Jon and the Rocky tour. I just got off the phone with Dave and am waiting on a call back from Jon so without getting into specifics(he said/she said shit), it is true that Jon has left the tour. The remaining members (Chad Price, Dave Barker, Chad Rex) are motoring on and playing both the Drag the River sets and playing with Rocky Votolato. There is no official word on exactly what will happen after this tour.
I will be sending out a more official statement which will be in our newsletter/website tomorrow (tuesday). I am so super bummed about this as Drag the River are one of the greatest bands that we have ever worked with and it really seemed like their momentum was gaining. Maybe it is the Suburban Home curse as the Gamits also died as they were gaining speed. Expect us to do our best to report from both sides of the story on the suburban home site.
Please do your best to ignore rumors as I am sure a lot of things are going to be said on this topic.
thanks for everyone's support on this.
Your friend through music,
Virgil Dickerson
www.suburbanhomerecords.com
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And now the update:
I have spoke to both Dave and Jon twice now. At this point, it is definite that there will be no Jon Snodgrass on the rest of the tour. Drag will continue to play as a 3 piece and as Chad will be the only vocalist, he will only be doing his songs.
As far as what happens after this tour, there is no official news at this point. I would like to think that after everyone has had time to think about it, things will work itself out. Drag are just way too good for this to be the end. They have an entire album recorded and let me just say that it will blow people away.
I also just got news of an out of this world tour that Drag will hopefully be doing in May.
Regardless, we will do our best to keep everyone posted.
Your friend through music,
Virgil Dickerson
www.suburbanhomerecords.com
Rock and Roll is an odd bitch sometimes, I hope this does not mean the end........kind of troubling...........
I have not ruminated on a semi sober SXSW yet maybe tomorrow after the dust settles.........
Hi, this is Virgil from Suburban Home. I wanted to give all of you a little more news on Drag/Jon and the Rocky tour. I just got off the phone with Dave and am waiting on a call back from Jon so without getting into specifics(he said/she said shit), it is true that Jon has left the tour. The remaining members (Chad Price, Dave Barker, Chad Rex) are motoring on and playing both the Drag the River sets and playing with Rocky Votolato. There is no official word on exactly what will happen after this tour.
I will be sending out a more official statement which will be in our newsletter/website tomorrow (tuesday). I am so super bummed about this as Drag the River are one of the greatest bands that we have ever worked with and it really seemed like their momentum was gaining. Maybe it is the Suburban Home curse as the Gamits also died as they were gaining speed. Expect us to do our best to report from both sides of the story on the suburban home site.
Please do your best to ignore rumors as I am sure a lot of things are going to be said on this topic.
thanks for everyone's support on this.
Your friend through music,
Virgil Dickerson
www.suburbanhomerecords.com
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-------------------------------------
And now the update:
I have spoke to both Dave and Jon twice now. At this point, it is definite that there will be no Jon Snodgrass on the rest of the tour. Drag will continue to play as a 3 piece and as Chad will be the only vocalist, he will only be doing his songs.
As far as what happens after this tour, there is no official news at this point. I would like to think that after everyone has had time to think about it, things will work itself out. Drag are just way too good for this to be the end. They have an entire album recorded and let me just say that it will blow people away.
I also just got news of an out of this world tour that Drag will hopefully be doing in May.
Regardless, we will do our best to keep everyone posted.
Your friend through music,
Virgil Dickerson
www.suburbanhomerecords.com
Rock and Roll is an odd bitch sometimes, I hope this does not mean the end........kind of troubling...........
I have not ruminated on a semi sober SXSW yet maybe tomorrow after the dust settles.........