There was this one gig that wasn't a gig.
But if you described its elements as a list, it sure does read like one. The fiddle player was there, along with both founding members, a...
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Jeffro
Oct 10, 20222 min read
DEEP-FRIED HOOTENANNY
There was this one gig that lasted 8 hours long and caused the Texas power grid to fluctuate slightly. From the moment we loaded in to...
Jeffro
Jul 1, 20222 min read
THE BODARKS' NEW NAME: KILL BUCKET!
There was this one gig where we considered rebranding ourselves as a hard-core "death-folk" band and calling it KILL BUCKET while on the...
Jeffro
Feb 26, 20224 min read
THE END OF A BODARKS ERA
There was this one gig where a ménage à trois spontaneously erupted on the upright bass. It was during an extended jam-band version of...
Jeffro
Dec 29, 20213 min read
THE MAN WHO BET ON THE BODARKS
There was this one gig where a bottle of whiskey was wagered over whether we could bring down the house at the new Hotel Vin in old-town...
Jeffro
Jun 4, 20214 min read
NOT LONG AGO, AT A GIG FAR FAR AWAY
There was this one gig we ventured to on the outer reaches of the galaxy - somewhere between Kansas and Nebraska - where the fine folks...
Jeffro
May 13, 20213 min read
THAT GIG THAT BECAME A SONG
There was this one gig where a Bodark had to spend the night in jail afterwards. Let's just say he/she mighta had a bit too much of the...
Jeffro
Dec 29, 20204 min read
10 REASONS 2020 DIDN'T TOTALLY SUCK
There was this one gig we had to cancel because 3 of us got hit by the COVID Train. That pretty much put a wrap on the Year From Hell for...
Jeffro
Nov 25, 20202 min read
FIRST THANKSGIVING IN TEXAS, NOT PLYMOUTH!
There was this one gig where a bunch of European fellers got together with some Native Americans and shared a meal. Nah, I ain't talking...
Jeffro
Sep 20, 20203 min read
FINALLY, A REMEDY! COMING 10-10-2020
There was this one gig scheduled for late December where we were to provide a musical remedy to some of the most harmful symptoms of the...
Jeffro
Jul 23, 20203 min read
THE GHOSTS OF WESTERN KANSAS
There was this one gig we played in a haunted Kansas hotel where there'd been a suicide and an attempted murder. Built in the late 1800s,...
Jeffro
Jun 21, 20203 min read
A WRONG TURN IN ARKANSAS
There was this one gig where a wrong turn in the Ozarks found us in a quaint little town called Leslie, which is yet to be discovered by...
Jeffro
May 14, 20202 min read
MUSIC OF/BY/FOR THE PEOPLE
There was this one gig that Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger attended in Seattle in the early 1940s at which there was song swapping, beer...
Jeffro
May 3, 20205 min read
FROM SEEDS TO SONGS: MAKING MUSIC IN QUARANTINE
There was this one gig that never happened, in the spring of 2020... Actually, there were a whole buncha gigs that didn't happen, thanks...
Jeffro
Dec 15, 20193 min read
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT" WANTED TO SHOOT US!
There was this one gig where we were asked to audition for the America's Got Talent TV show. One of the producers called, saying he...
Jeffro
Dec 1, 20192 min read
CALL SECURITY! OZZY'S IN THE HOUSE!
There was this one gig where Ozzy Osbourne crashed our party. It was our big album release shindig for the new Live Americana record. Our...
Jeffro
Nov 7, 20193 min read
DON'T LISTEN TO THIS ONE IN THE DARK
There was this one gig we did for a True Crime podcaster who had caught wind of our tune, "The Ghost Of Alma Kelmer." I'd written the...
Jeffro
Oct 27, 20192 min read
HAPPY HOEDOWEEN
There was this one gig we played as characters from "The Wizard of Oz." Funny thing was, when we came up with the idea for our Halloween...
Jeffro
Oct 23, 20192 min read
THE SONG THAT GOT US BOOTED
There was this one gig where we were told to stop playing and leave immediately. You see, we had a little time to kill before our shindig...
Jeffro
Sep 12, 20193 min read
A FRISCO TRAIN WRECK
There was this one gig where we played nearly nothing but train songs: "I hear that train a'-comin'...," "I'm going off the rails on a...
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