St. Joe music scene isn't dead by any means. It's just the same people rotating the same bars, dividing the same crowds, and it's all big boy bands. There's little room for females or solo artists in this scene that's for sure. I've performed up and down music row but can't get a gig in my hometown unless I play for free....and I'm not doing it. That ruins it for everyone.
This recent article written by Shea Conner of St. Joe Live, in response to this article, may shed some light about St. Joe's music scene.
http://www.newspressnow.com/life/st_joe_li…
I've met these boys on several occasions and I can tell you that they're legit.
For the comment about the Music scene in Joe Town - it may have been that way for a very long time. Now it most certainly isn't the case. There are more bands, venues and people joining the movement here every day. It's powered by something that KC definitely doesn't have....Cooperation between bands and bar owners and the encouragement of everyone's creations.
They say it takes a community to raise a child, this is true. However, I also have come to believe that it also takes a community to raise a musician. Radkey is part of our family as well.
-cheers
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I played a show with these kids. They're more legit than many other bands I've billed with. Class acts, too. They have gained proper respect here in KC, and I wish them all the best.
i saw them opening for Fishbone and thought to myself, "damn. these dudes are pretty young to rock so hard."
needless to say, i was impressed
Holy Crap. Lead guy with the 'stache and 'fro looks just like Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy. /Random.
Best of luck you guys. The 'vous was a fun spot to play. Total shotgun dive, but people showed up and had a good time.
These guys are definitely worth seeing. I caught one of their shows in St. Joe where they blew a KC band (Maps For Travelers) off the stage. As ZB said, St. Joe's music scene is alive and well.
Check out www.tuningfork.tv if you have any dout about what St. Joe is musically. Musicans and fans of music unite nightly to show support for each other. Rather it be Open Mics, shows for local acts or touring acts (Omaha, Kc, Wichita, Austin, New York to name a few in the last few weeks) St Joe offers many different outlets for many different styles and tastes of music. By no account has it been cremated. And for the record St. Joe backs Radkey 110% they are an awesome piece to this towns puzzle. Do yourself a favor and spend a tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday or saturday night checking it out. You might be suprised to find out the only thing burning St. Joe down is the music scene.
You think KC has a dead music scene?-----Try ST Joe--Its already been cremated. I wish these guys all the luck in the world---hopefully they will escape the midwest.
If you could play in front of thousands of people and provide them with an hour and a half of bliss, wouldn't you sell out just a little?
cd release show is this friday at Davey's Uptown with The Uncouth and Deals Gone Bad
Im old enough (51) to remember TFL before they got into the cartoon soundtrack business. They played a gig at Ellijos at 18th and Grand in 1985 that was so loud that im pretty sure i suffered a touch of tinnitus. All they had for special effects was a fog machine and Wayne didnt really talk much between songs. The HEAR IT IS Flaming Lips era was best!!
Rob, get it together you neophyte! This sycophantic love affair with Wayne's antics just undermines Steven Drozd's hard work to make the band half of what it used to be musically. Feel free to dislike my comments, but don't mistake yourself for one second if you think you are talking to anything but a true FL fan.
Wow, nice job dicking up the comments section right off the bat. Kudos to you Bruce!
Hey Wayne, if you're so worried about the audience during your hamster ball routine, why don't you try something novel? I don't know...let's say that you actually try to play psychedelic music again. That would be a refreshing change of pace...and a hell of a lot safer for your audience.
Interesting article. As a longtime (ex?) fan of SC and Doughty, I've been mystified and really put off ever since reading Book of Drugs, along with his recent comments about the band. To be clear, if he never wants to play another SC song again, that's his choice alone to make. But why now? I've seen him several times in the past, and he included songs like "Wichita" and "Janine" in the set list. Now all of a sudden the band's like Voldemort - don't even mention the name? And why would he expect all of his fans to suddenly get that memo? Sorry Mike, you can tweet as many warnings as you want, but the fact is that some of your fans are always going to like the old band's songs, which puts you in a boat with EVERY OTHER SOLO MUSICIAN WHO HAS EVER BEEN IN A BAND BEFORE, EVER. The fans don't deserve outright contempt for liking something you voluntarily put out in the world. It's like a chef making you a cake, and then you eat it, and it he comes back in and says "What'd you eat the cake for, a**hole? I just made you a pie!"
Lordy. Dirty Dozens refers to a cutting routine as in "your Momma was so ___" . You got too many white boys on your staff..
Great write-up. Going to this show ourselves and hope do to a review: http://kclivemusicscene.blogspot.com
Re: “Band of brothers Radkey marches out of St. Joseph”
I am slightly offended, about the downtown being dead comment... They are working hard trying to bring it back! My younger sister has a vintage store, at 718 Francis, called The Lucky Tiger, they have everything from clothes to vinyl records, you should've checked that out before you wrote this article... They are planning to have a local band section to sell cd's, as well as, other things. They have had bands play acoustics, as well. He boyfriend also does stand up comedy and here is a podcast where The Pitch is mentioned, granted it takes 1 hour and 12 minutes to get there but you get the gist!!!!