I Wanna Go Hot Rockin'

How-Dee Everybody!

We here at Drunk On Crutches HQ are pleased to announce our latest show.  D.O.C. is gonna be bringing rock n' roll good times to the Eagle Rock Music Festival on October 2nd.  We're super excited about playing with all the cool artists that are going to be there.

You can check out the poster here for the artists and get more information at the official website, HERE.

We'll tell ya more details as they happen...

You Can Always Go Downtown...

Hey All,

Feel free to end your Labor Day weekend with a hot rock show.  Two other super cool bands are also playing (I suppose that means we are implying that we are super cool...deal with it.)  And now for the details: September 7th at La Cita in Downtown LA.  Also playing are Whispering Pines and Welldiggers Banquet.

Oh Did we mention that the show is free???  It's win, win, win, man.  Oh, and if you need more info on La Cita, just click here

Salvation And Such...

Hey All,

We are back from the tour and things were great.  We met some really cool people and played some really cool places.

On that note, we are playing Silverlake Lounge later this week.  Thursday to be exact.  You can get tickets and information here.  Joining us will be Sons Of August and Lila Nelson.  Like the poster says, there will be cocktails and dancing.

Also, the photo in the poster is from Austin, Tejas, taken by Chuck H W.  You can check out a bunch of his work here because it's great.

Tour Dates!

So Drunk On Crutches is hitting the road!  More will be announced soon.





6/30          Tempe, AZ                     Red Owl
7/1            Chandler, AZ                  McCool's
7/4            Austin, TX                     Headhunter Club
7/5            Austin, TX                     The Hole In The Wall
7/8            Birmingham, AL             The Nick
7/9            Atlanta, GA                    WonderRoot
7/10          Calhoun, GA                   The Elks Club
7/12          Knoxville, TN                 WDVX's Blue Plate Special
7/13          Cool Springs, TN             Dan McGuiness Pub
7/14          Franklin, TN                   The Bunganut Pig
7/15          Memphis, TN                  The Buccaneer
7/19          Lincoln, NE                    The Point After
7/21          Denver, CO                     Bender's Tavern
7/30          Los Angeles, CA              The Hotel Cafe
7/31          Los Vegas, NV                 Freakin' Frog

Two nice reviews...

Hey All,

We got a couple of nice reviews in the last two days!  The first is courtesy of hyperbolium.com.  Eli had some really nice things to say and gets what we're doing.  The second is from the blog Last Year's Girl.  She wrote about "Songs That Make You Feel Like Everything Will Be OK."  "Apt. 16" was included on list...and maybe it's because the song actually says "everything will be ok."  Did we mention that Last Year's Girl's name is Lisa-Marie (and is from Scotland)?  That rules.  All ladies named Lisa-Marie are welcome in the D.O.C. world!

Semi-Shameless Self Promotion...

Hey All!

So remember the interview we did last week?  Look below this post if you have short term memory loss.  Anywhoo, Brandon Lemons has a new online magazine called...wait for it...Lemonade Magazine!  The pages actually turn, so feels like a REAL magazine.  I was gonna say it feels like The Matrix, but I never saw that, and even at this point, isn't that a dated reference?

Not only is there a review of "People. Places. Things." in it, but there is also a write up on Drunk On Crutches itself.  Did we mention that the ever so lovely Sally Jaye wrote the review?  Before you start crying foul and saying, "Where is the unbiased journalism?" she was surprisingly negative in her review!  Just kidding.  It's an "Artist On Artist" review and it lends an interesting perspective on things, especially since she was there quite a bit as the record was being made.  So she knows the deal. 

So you should head on over there and check out all the cool articles and reviews.

Oh and before we forget...rock show.  June 2nd.  Hotel Cafe.  Do it.

Throwing Lemons Interview

So we did an interview with Brandon Lemons of Throwing Lemons!  Hear Jen's deepest thoughts on parfait and music!  Your views on either subject will never be the same again!

Check it out below...

Throwing Lemons with special guests Drunk On Crutches! from Brandon Enyeart on Vimeo.

Back In The Hotel Cafe Groove...

Hey There,

So, we're comin back to the Hotel Cafe on June 2nd!  It's a KCRW sponsored show with The Living Sisters (featuring Inara George, Eleni Mandell, and Becky Stark), John Gold and Penelope Fortier.

Come out have a drink and check out all the beards that will be playing on stage.  We go on at 10:30...

Also, check out our cool 1960's inspired poster!

Test Your Language Skills!

Soooo, how's your Norwegian?  We got an email the other day entitled "Totally incomprehensible review..."  Turns out we got our first international review!  It's a music blog based in Norway that focuses on "Good American Rock."  Check out the review HERE, and learn more about the blog and it's author after the jump!

New Review

I woke up this morning to a nice review in my mailbox.  A cool blog called Beat Surrender.  They cover all kinds of rootsier music, much of which we enjoy here at D.O.C. HQ.  It's a really nice blog with tons of stuff there.  You can find the review HERE.

Free Song!

Hey all!  So we now have our mailing list up and running.  Why join?  So you can get a free song!  It's from a live thing we did in February.  Being the recording dorks that we are, we taped it.  Being even more dorky, we didn't record the performance off the console, we went full Grateful Dead bootleg style and put a mic on the PA speakers! It actually sounds good and you might hear a few more tracks from that night in the coming weeks.

But anywhoo...sign up here (just below the Amazon link on the right) or on the Facebook page or even the Myspace page if you want to go retro.  We'll keep in the loop with all the happenings of Drunk On Crutches.  As soon as you enter your info, you will get a download link to grab the song.  Easy as pie!  Mmmm, pie.

Oh, and did we mention there are buttons?

Photos and Songs from The Hotel Cafe

Hey There,

We all had a great time at The Hotel Cafe last Friday!  Thanks to Brother Sal, Jamie Drake, and Miss Willie Brown for playin' with us.

Here are a few photos taken by the amazing Andy Baxter.  Andy came all the way out from Georgia to see the rock show and boy are we grateful, because his pictures are awesome.

Also, the show was taped right off the Hotel Cafe console, courtesy of John Wells.  Here are a couple of tracks to listen to from the Drunk On Crutches "Official Bootleg."

"Oh Well"


"We Like It" (Featuring Sally Jaye & Jamie Drake)

New Review & Show Reminder!

Hi Everybody!

We got a new review of "People. Places. Things." courtesy of A FIFTY CENT LIGHTER & A WHISKEY BUZZ.  That is quite possibly the best name of a blog that I have heard in some time.

Also, Friday is the record release show at The Hotel Cafe.  Brother Sal, Miss Willie Brown, and now Jamie Drake are also playing.  A great lineup for a great night!  Get your face rocked off.

Some words on "People. Places. Things."

So this great website called Americana Roots got a copy of our record and had some nice things to say.
Check it out HERE.

Hear some more songs...

Hey All,

Drunk On Crutches has been included on the new Americana Rock Mix podcast.  You can hear a couple songs from us and a whole bunch of other stuff as well.

Just click HERE to listen and download.

Record Release Show!

Ok, so we know that the new album, "People. Places. Things." has been out for a minute, but Drunk On Crutches does not believe that the laws of time and space apply here.  March 26th at the Hotel Cafe is the place to be.  The awesome Brother Sal and Miss Willie Brown will also be playing.  More soon to be announced as well. 

New Photos!

Here are some more photos from the recent shows at The Hotel Cafe.  Our friends Sally Jaye and Brian Wright were kind enough to join us on stage for a few songs.

 

Photos by Jessica Holmes of Jessica Holmes Photography. Thats Right, Jessica Holmes.

More after the Jump...

Live At Crane's Tavern, Feb 9!

Hey There,

Drunk On Crutches will be playing with Jamie Drake at Crane's Tavern this coming Tuesday.

For all the information, click here.  Jamie goes on at 10 pm, D.O.C. at 11 pm.

Acoustic Show...

Hey Everybody!

Drunk On Crutches will be playing an acoustic show on February 1st at Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica.  Sally Jaye and Jamie Drake will also be playing and they are both awesome.

You can get all the information at the Dakota Lounge website.  All the fun stuff starts at 8 PM.

New Pics From The Hotel Cafe

Hey All,

Our friend Jimmy Fusil was nice enough to take some photos at the show the other night.  The show went really well and we all had a great time.

Jamie Drake was nice enough to come down and sing harmony on "Caroline."

 

Rock Show Jan 17, Ya'll.

Come out and have some fun on your long weekend!  It's a great lineup and we go on at 10 pm.

1st Show Of 2010: Hollywood, CA - Jan 17th, 10 PM - The Hotel Cafe

Hello friends, lovers, enemies, trouble makers, music makers, dancing partners, and all the other lovely people that just can't be defined...not yet anyway.

Happy New Year! We hope it's been a good one for you so far...so far so good in D.O.C. land as our new record just came out and we'll be playing our first show of the year on Sunday the 17th at 10 o'clock at the Hotel Cafe. It's a really special show for us...we have some amazing guests that will be singing and/or playing with us that you all know and love...so come on out. We'd love to see you there.

For the full line up go to hotelcafe.com.

The Start Of The Beginning...

Yay!

So if you haven't figured it out already, the Drunk On Crutches new long playing record is now OUT!  As you can see here on your right, there are plenty of options on how to get it.  You want full fidelity and kickass artwork?  Get it on CD direct from us.  You want portibility of the Mp3?  Click the link for iTunes or Amazon Mp3.

This record is result of just over a year of work.  Since we work with other artists making THEIR records much of the time, we would work in bursts.  Then, when we would think we were done, Jen would announce that she'd written another song...and dammit, the song would be so good that it would kick off one of the songs we felt wasn't up to snuff anymore.

Above and beyond all of this, we really wanted to use this post to give our respect to the people that played with us on this record.  All these people are amazing musicians and they really brought their "A" game to take the songs to the next level.  We always knew something good was about to happen when someone would say, "Oooh, I've got an idea!"  So, we would push the bottle to side, grab a mic, and get to rocking.  Here are those people that helped us make "People. Places. Things." even more special.

• Curt Bisquera:  Drums
• Paul Duncan:  Vocals
• James Fletcher:  Drums
• Rami Jaffee:  Organ, Piano, Accordion
• Sally Jaye:  Vocals & Claps
• Fil Krohnengold:  Vocals & Piano
• Jake Notehelfer:  Vocals
• Harris Pittman:  Bass
• Bob Thomson:  Bass
• Mitchell Townsend:  Guitar & Mandolin
• Brian Wright:  Vocals, Harmonica, Wurlitzer
• Adam Zuckert:  Drums
  

There will be much more to come this year...mostly the rocking of your face off.

-Jen & Andrew

Drunk On Crutches Sampler!

Hey All,

With the record coming out next week, we have a nice little sampler/player here for you to check out some songs.  Unlike other sites, this player plays the songs in full CD quality.  Feel free to check out the songs and tell us what you think!