Fastball is happy to be joined by new bass player, backing vocalist, Bruce Hughes. Here Bruces' got my back onstage at Antone's , Home Of The Blues, Austin, TX. 2/4/08Bruce joins us after many years in music; He was the bassist of indie/jam prototype Poi Dog Pondering and now plays with us! In his band the Resentments, Bruce plays alongside Texas music luminaries, "Scrappy" Judd Newcomb, Steph...
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Interesting week. Only a few highlights. A lot of discovery to do with some of these unknowns. We'll see what comes of it. Silversun Pickups - SwoonDeath Cab For Cutie - The Open Door EPMetric - FantasiesDay26 - Forever in a DayBuddy Guy - The Definitive BuddyIda Maria - Fortress Round My HeartEasy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub BandBernie Williams - Moving ForwardJohn Doe - Cou...
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First of all, my apologies for the stupid title. Yesterday was very interesting indeed as gigs go. As I said yesterday, we would be playing a set before the Austin appearance of Barak Obama at the Backyard. Well that's just what we did! No, that's not our high powered manager on the stage with us. That's a secret service agent, I think his name is Darrell. He was very nice and did not smile. ...
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Finally back to use my Mog account to further my mad ambition! Miles Zuniga and I have begun producing a weekly podcast to be heard on the Fastball website. Special guests so far have included the fabulous Mike McCarthy (producer of killer records for bands like Spoon, ...Trail Of Dead and Fastball) and David Brown (former reporter for NPR's Marketplace and currently host of Texas Music Matters...
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Miles Zuniga and I went back to Ben Margulies' Montecito, CA studio to write some more songs for a new Fastball album. It was a fruitful venture and an enjoyable experience all around.We were also taped for VH1 last week for the upcoming ??100 Best Songs Of The 90's?? that should air in the fall. We will be recording and touring again in the next few months.I think I wrecked Ben's copy of ??Sgt...
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Now we're in Austin, out in the country, really, at Mark addison's Aerie Studio. Making more Fastball songs.None of this stuff belongs to me; I love to play other people's guitars and hate to load in my own gear! The Aerie provides me with full service; the engineer is a much better musician than I, so sometimes, after a glass of wine or two I can get him to play guitar solos and invent keyboar...
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FASTBALL LIVE IN LAREDO, TX, 10/5/07 Today, Sat, 11/17/07 at 3 pm, Fastball will play a set before the Austin appearance of Democratic Presidential candidate, Barak Obama. I'm not sure yet whom I'll be voting for but I sure am not a hater of Barak! I have already seen him speak with my girlfriend and my daughter last year along with 20,000 others. It should be a hoot! Yes, we've been quite bu...
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We're back at the Aerie Studio in Austin recording new songs for upcoming album. Things are going well, this photo is from last week at my house working out the details. I love the stuff we're doing and it feels like this is an important moment in my life! Tony, Joey, Miles
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Fastball played in the hometown of singer Miles Zuniga this past weekend. We had a wonderful time hanging out with A Flock Of Seagulls and La Gunns. The people were so friendly and really treated us like royalty, putting us up at La Posada Inn. We actually had a press conference with Flock of Seagulls at the hotel friday afternoon! We also signed many autographs and took photos with locals lumi...
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Back in March, during the SxSW Film Festival, I caught Fastball at The Saxon Pub in their hometown of Austin, Texas. They always seem to put on a great show there, and this one was no exception.I made audio and video recordings and my friend Shelly also filmed the show. I put the recordings together and it turned out pretty nice. Here's an example. (Hint: Click on the Permalink below to see it ...
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Fastball, famous for their hit single "The Way", is back on the music scene with a new album, Little White Lies. Set to be released in the spring of 2009, Little White Lies is the group's first album in five years. They have recently updated both their official website and myspace page, in preparation for the new album's release. Currently all of the songs on the band's myspace page appear to b...
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