07.08.09

Hello Friends,

So I never thought I would live in the rain forest but the weather around New England is giving me a taste of what it might be like.

I recently had the pleasure of playing the first official gig with Ryan Ordway and The Full Band in Wolfeboro NH for 4th of July weekend. The crowd seemed to really connect with Ordway's catchy originals. We also played a handful of classic tunes by the Beatles, the Band and Tom Petty to name a few. Ordway, a New Hampshire native assembled the band with help from guitarist Ryan Hommel, my close friend and musical soul brother from Amherst Mass. Hommel and I work together on lots of other projects including backing Seth Glier. Alex Chakour holds down the bottom end with his classic P-Bass and completes the Full Band. We are excited for the next string of shows and will be going into the studio to track the new material that we are co-writing with Ord sometime in late August. Check the calendar for upcoming dates!

In other news I've been recruited to drum with a high energy rock outfit named Auto Climax Control. Featuring the valley's own Chris Croteau: Lead vox and rhythm guitar, Kurt Fedora: thunderous bass, and Joe Boyle: face melting lead guitar. I've been really wishing for a solid riff-tastic band over the years and I'm glad to have gotten the call. We are currently rehearsing the material and working on arranging some new tunes as well. A.C.C. will be booking the late summer and into the fall.

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you at the shows!

-Sturgis