THIS SONG MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE
There was this one gig in Deep Ellum where a mob strolls in with marching-band gear while we're on break and proceeds to busker in the...
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Jeffro
Aug 30, 20192 min read
FREE HOOTENANNY - GET IT WHILE THE GETTIN'S GOOD
There was this one gig where we recorded a live album and then decided to give it away for free.... Actually, it took more than one gig....
Jeffro
Jul 23, 20192 min read
MAKING A SCENE
There was this one gig each of us played in different bands. All part of the Whistlestop Jamboree - a whopper of a music festival put on...
Jeffro
Jul 8, 20192 min read
STAGE ON TOP OF A GRAVE
There was this one gig we played on top of a man's grave. Probably the far-outest venue yet for us Bodarks. It was at Chelsea's Corner in...
Jeffro
Jun 24, 20192 min read
BODARK BABIES
There was this one gig Shelly played just before birthing her second child. Talk about ol' fashioned German work efficiency - I mean,...
Jeffro
Jun 16, 20193 min read
HAVE A PARTY IN YOUR BIRTHDAY SUIT
There was this one gig where we busked half naked in the bathroom of the pub where we were celebrating our annual Bodarks Birthday Bash....
Jeffro
Jun 13, 20193 min read
PLAY "PIANO MAN" OR I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!
There was this one gig that ended in a bar brawl, a swarm of cops, and our fiddler having to be escorted to her car. It was St. Paddy's...
Jeffro
Jun 9, 20192 min read
LAST SCAM STANDING
There was this one gig that never happened. After the Shiner Rising Star contest and the Wakarusa battle of the bands, we thought we were...
Jeffro
Jun 7, 20192 min read
THE SPOON LADY
There was this one gig where some lady jumps on stage with a pair of spoons and a clarinet...and changed The Bodarks forever. Now, if you...
Jeffro
Jun 5, 20191 min read
CROWN & COOKIES
There was this one gig we did squeezed below deck on a catamaran for the Dallas Yacht Club. These sweet people insisted that the band was...
Jeffro
Jun 4, 20191 min read
A BIG FOLKIN' DEAL
There was this one gig where we knew we'd finally moved beyond the "friends and family" level of fandom, where we looked out at a room...
Jeffro
May 30, 20192 min read
SHAKE MY TAMBOURINE
There was this one gig where we were almost disqualified from the Shiner Rising Star contest. This was a Texas-sized battle-of-the-bands...
Jeffro
May 29, 20192 min read
A HOOTENANNY IS BORN
There was this one gig - our first as The Bodarks, actually - at a Little Elm lakeside dive called Schmitty's. I'd played there with...
Jeffro
May 28, 20191 min read
TWO GIRLS, ONE BAR
There was this one gig where the real show was not on stage, but out in the audience, as we watched the Café Málaga crowd (now called...
Jeffro
May 22, 20191 min read
WHAT'S THAT SMELL?
There was this one gig where we got the bright idea to busker in the bathroom during break. You can get some fat reverb in bathrooms, you...
Jeffro
May 15, 20191 min read
SHELLY'S TABLE-TOP SOLOS
There was this one gig where Shelly surprised everybody by hopping on a table during her "Crazy Train" fiddle solo. Tips were especially...
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