Aug. 13 @ The Bunkhouse - Las Vegas, NV

So what can we say? Las Vegas is fuckin' Las Vegas!

We found our way from San Francisco to the big lights as the sun went down. Quickly, the lights of the strip showed us the way to our venue, the Bunkhouse. Our bartender Missy was quite kind and hooked us up all night with Jager, Pabst, and Sierra Nevada. Thanks to Pulsar for hooking up the show.........we had a great time.

This ended up our silliest, rawest, dirtiest, drunkest show we've played all tour. It's hard not to get caught up in the madness with this town!

We're looking forward to the video footage shot of our performance........and thanks for buying the cd.

Although my vocal was rough this night, i'm suprised i haven't lost my voice or stretched out my vocal chords too much. So far for some weird reason "Revisions Are My Life" has been rough on the voice lately. It'll pass soon for sure.

After the show we drove around and tried to find some trouble. Remember kiddos, this town can suck you dry. Be aware......sometimes even beware! We had a blast.......grabbed some late night snacks and hit the hotel sometime around 4 or 5......definitely a late night.

Totally stoked to have the hotel option. Glad to get good rest and be able to sleep in. Check out isn't until 2.....we're soaking that in until we have to jet to Phoenix.

Over and out for now....

David Olvera
unwedfathers

Aug. 12 @ the Plough and the Stars - San Francisco, CA

San Francisco was a great time......i love this city. It's Dave's homeland.....so we spent a lot of time with him showing me around his hood. We ran around town quite a bit and took in quite a few sites. We even had time to do laundry, which was awesome, because apparently to Bill Austin we're stinky motherfuckers. It was a pleasure meeting Dave's friend Ed who came out to meet us for some brews. This dude is awesome.......he ran around collecting tips for us, sold our merch, introduced us, bought us a shot.......nuff said. There was a couple of lovely ladies that came up from Fairfax to see the show, which is fuckin' awesome. Michelle, thank you for the beers and I hope to find your poetry and writings online... (sorry, i forgot the website). We sold a couple cds, got paid our guarantee, and had enough drinks to head out for the night. The show was totally fun and everyone seemed to dig it......especially the creepy asian dude that kept jammim' on Dave's shit.

Aug. 11 @ Peri's Silver Dollar Saloon - Fairfax, CA

So i have to say that me likey Fairfax. We had a pretty long drive from Eugene to get here, but it was nice and relaxing once we did. Dave's peeps came out........Pat, Mike, Bill, John and more. It was good to have friends out there. The show was pretty fun.........and we Julio, our lovely bartender gave us free Sierra Nevada all night long. We played about a 1 hour set, shot the shit for a bit, and then headed out. Peri's is a bar i ended up really liking. Cool inside atmosphere, a great patio outside with booths for relaxing, smoking, etc. And then in the back there's various things going on......even bbq pits you can use to cook up whatever you like as you enjoy their lovely brews. After the show we ended crashing with the legendary Bill Austin in San Rafael. Bill, it was good to meet you and thanks for the hospitality, the videos, and the pics. Sorry for stinking up the place with our tour stink! Hope your date went well. Until next time........next up is San Francisco.

Aug. 10 @ the Astoria - Eugene, OR

We strolled into Eugene sometime around 5:30 or so and made our way to the venue for a sec. We got the low down from the owner and such and were ready to get the show on the road. However, we were waiting around for 2 Portland bands to show up, the Hugs and 1776. So, with a little time to kill, we called up our buddy and honorary Unwed Father, Seth. Also, made an attempt to contact my old amiga Rosalee. We got a hold of Seth, who was waking up from a nap, and during our brief conversation demanded we eat food. With that said, we kicked back and had a beer while we waited for Seth. We were trying to get lodging, the band money, and more squared away, etc. Shortly after that Seth arrived and we decided to grub down at a Pho place in the city. The food was good and we were being silly in the restaurant.........Seth saw some friends and tried to get them out to the show. After filling ourselves with lots of food, we headed back to the venue and found that the little ones from Portland had showed up. I had to catch up on phone conversations as i finally had service again after a couple of days in Cali without it. After getting off the phone, i made my way into the bar to check out 1776.....i missed the Hugs while i was on the phone. 1776 was pretty good...they were young Portland kids playing a type of southern rock with guitar harmonies. Pretty good for some youngsters. I was really glad that Rosalee showed up. So good to see her! We had beers, Seth bought us lots of shots and our bartender kept feeding us Jager and such. It all made for a great night and we had a blast playing. I also met the other Dave from Commodity, which made this trip nice. Thanks to all of you for supporting us in Eugene and coming out. After the show the bartender, whose name i never got, hooked us up with more drinks and played us some great blues on the record player. We packed up our stuff and headed out to Rosalee's, where were able to crash for the night. That was a total adventure.......she built a fort in the backyard and it was fun to crash outside in the beautiful weather. Thank you all for everything and thanks for buying our cd. I hope you enjoy it!

Aug. 9 @ The Jewel Box Theatre - Seattle, WA

We ended up in Seattle, a city i have a blast in every time i'm there. We got to Seattle pretty early, which allowed us to take in some sites. Dave showed me the famous Troll and a couple of other sights. Seattle rules.....nuff said. As i've thought before, i could totally live there. After driving around a bit and watching several boats set sail, we headed over to venue. The Jewel Box Theatre is pretty amazing. It's a very intimate theatre inside of Rendezvous, a great restaurant and bar. We had a delicious hummus plate with cucumber and some fixings and some amazing mac and cheese. Very tasty......also, had a chance to take in some delicious brew.....Manny's pale ale. Good stuff!

Our friends from L.A. known as Charles played first. They were totally fun. You should check them out.......good peeps. The sound in the theatre was amazing and we had a great medium sized crowd to play to. We were able to see T-Bird for a sec before the show by the way.....that was nice. We did our thing on stage and headed over to Dave's friend Jill's pad afterwards. Thank you so much for letting us crash. We drank some cheap wine, watched some Extras and then passed out. In the morning we were able to grab some amazing breakfast and then head out.

Aug. 8 @ Rock Bottom Brewery - Portland, OR

Sooooooooooooo, Portland was sort of an off night. Although we had some good brews and some great nachos, the night didn't really turn out as expected. There was a large crowd in this place when the night started. However, the 2 acts that played before us took care of that for us. They played super long sets and by the time we came on, lots of the crowed had thinned out. However, we still had fun....met a cool cat from Eugene and made some tip money......enough to get us to the next town. Nothing super extraordinary happening on this night. We showed up, played a bit and then looked for a hotel. This ended up being the most annoying part of the night. We ended up being sent to a couple of hotels that were already booked, which wasted our time. Third time was a charm and we slept in really comfy beds. We got some good rest, that's for sure.

Aug. 7 @ Lil' Red Lion - Eureka, CA

So we jetted from Pat's pretty early....sometime around 8:30 in the morning. The drive to Eureka was beautiful.......lots of driving through amazing redwoods with windy roads and high altitudes.....at one point we were actually above the clouds and gave the illusion that we were actually flying!

Good times.....

Since we left so early, we managed to have time to stroll over to a beach in Trinidad.....which is 11 miles north of Eureka. That place is beautiful......totally surreal....

We took lots of pics next to huge rocks and the beautiful ocean. Dave made friends with 2 super cute doggies. After some time chillin' at the beach, we headed to the venue. We got there and loaded in, went to grab a slice of pizza, and then folks started showing up. Dave does a lot of business up here so we had quite a nice crowd. This was probably our biggest show yet........sold some cds and merch and made some decent money.

After the show, the bartender hooked us up with free beers, Willa bought me a couple of whiskey shots and the second half of the night began. We headed over to this really cool bar called the Shante. Good times....the place was pretty bumping. We closed down the bar down, found a place to crash, and engaged in a few more beers. I quickly faded........

It was one of those mornings.......

Step 1: eyes open
Step 2: ask yourself "where the fuck am i?"
Step 3: answer: "let's get the fuck outta here."

Dave and I took about 4 minutes to gather our things and scoot out the door.......and we were running late to hit Portland in time for our show. Thanks for the great night Eureka! Thanks to Suzanne, Bella, Willa, Mike, Ben, Will and the rest of the gang. Thanks for coming out.....

Off to Portland, OR to play Rock Bottom Brewery!

AUG. 6 @ THE BLACK CAT - PENNGROVE, CA

So we headed out from Santa Barbara after another night with Sneady-D! We love that boy.....it was hard to say goodbye. We made a quick jaunt over to the bay area before hitting Penngrove, Ca. On the way to the venue we pooled over for a free air show-compliments of the Blue Angels. It had been a long time since i'd seen them in action. They were practicing their acrobatics along the highway.......where we stopped to get buzzed by them. Definitely worth it......great airshow.....got some cool pics and video footage. I also pissed in an empty plastic bottle of tea. "Now that's brisk!"

After our little airshow stop, we made our way over to the Black Cat where Dave's long time friend Pat came out to meet us. The place was pretty small, but we made a little money and were tipped nicely by one of the kitchen workers.....she threw a little green in their for the road. Too bad she ran off so quickly. I would have liked to thank her in person, instead of just in between songs.

A cute little gay couple really like us......we had fun. After that we headed out to Pat's, where we were crashing. It was definitely nice to finally meet him and we were very grateful to have a place to crash.

The night ended up with Dave and I being slightly faded and drinking beers sitting on swings in a park next to Pat's. Pacifico for me! Yay!

Do you like things Sneady? WE DO!

THIS IS HILARIOUS! WE LIKEY...


WHAT, ARE YOU LIVING UNDER A ROCK DUMMY!?!

THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST SONG EVER!

Aug. 5 - Long Beach, CA @ The Blue Cafe

After keeping it Sneady all night long, Dave and I managed to get some really good rest. We spooned in bed all night long as we were sharing the futon in Roger Snead's living room. I love that little boy so much.....most definitely took care of us. Roger knows a lot about film......a human database......so we saw a couple of flicks.....checked our email, did a little promotional work......(a few days ago i had a hilarious phone interview with the Amarillo Globe News....we'll shall see how that turns out later in the tour).....Dave went to the beach. I slept a little more.....got up and showered......ate some Sneady snacks.....mine consisted of cheese and chicken breast sandwich. I also took in some fruit-bananas and plums with some apple butter. Yummy! Yummy!

After our lovely "chillin" experience, we left Snead Manor and headed to the LBC to play the Blue Cafe in Long Beach. Apparently a few days before, they had a private party for the Dogg Pound. "Snoop Da Loop!".....

We got to the venue and unloaded........all that good stuff. Talked to Chris the promoter.....which is a really cool cat that lived in Austin for quite some time. We had some good conversation. After loading in, we headed out to the Rock Bottom Brewery for 1/2 off appetizers and beers you can't get anywhere else.....i love brewerys. I had the best red ale i've ever had! mmmmmmmm

After stuffing out faces and sharing the largest plate of nachos i've ever seen, we headed to the stage. It was kind of a slow night at the bar, but we had a great time playing. Really kick ass sound system and awesome stage. Some nu-metalish band played after us. Couldn't really figure them out.....sounded like they were Rage sometimes and other times sounded like they were trying to do weaker Glassjaw with AT the Drive-In. All in all a good night.....

We left the Blue Cafe, picked up some Stella and some Sierra Nevada so that we could head to Sneady's. And that's what we did...we headed up to Santa Barbara again for one of our last tastes of the Snead. We hooked the household up with Unwed Fathers wifebeaters, cds, and t-shirts.

In the morning Roger made us breakfast which cosisted or a bagel, coffee, eggs, feta, and chicken breast. Very tasty! new recipe!

So, we left shortly after that.....and began heading to the Bay Area.

We're in San Fran now.......just passed the cementary that's in Harold and Maude! We play the Black Cat in Penngrove tonight and will hook up with Dave's friend Pat for lodging and good times. We're doing great with that so far. Great places to stay every night and showers every day. Hi-Five!

Aug. 4 @ Cafe Muse - Hollywood, CA

So it was wonderful to cross in California, roll down the windows and feel a very cool breeze. I love crossing state lines and feeling the temperature change. Oh yeah, on the way we randomly stumbled upon the General Patton Museum. So we stopped and grabbed some food at the gas station next to it and strolled in to take some photos of tanks in the desert. Silly, silly! After hitting L.A., we made our way to Santa Monica Blvd and our venue for the night-Cafe Muse. It's a cool little place and Crystal, the owner, is really sweet. This ended up being a really intimate cafe. So we didn't even run through the p.a. and also sat down to play, which we don't do very often. I fell in love with the super slow version of "Sometimes the Hurricanes Don't Stop" that we played last night. Good times..........

We played for tips and met some really cool lesbians from Dallas that had recently moved to L.A. They got a kick out of "These Trees" and were really nice. Since it was so intimate in there, we just kept taking breaks between songs to learn more about and talk to them. All in all.....a good time. We heard from our friend Roger Snead, who offered to put us up for the night in Santa Barbara. We decided to do that while trying to keep in Sneady in his hood. Actually, this turned out to be really good with us. Roger is a good friend that we hadn't seen for a while. I love friends...........he had a huge bowl of pasta ready for each of us and greeted us with hugs, love, excitement, and a 12 pack of Beck's. Since the ocean is a short walk away, we strolled out to it at about 1 a.m. and listened to the waves and caught up. So good to see Roger. We're chilling in his crib as i type this. Our plan is to shower, hit the beach for a sec, then make the trek over to Long Beach for the show tonight. We'll be playing the Blue Cafe, which just had a private party for Snoop Dogg and The Dogg Pound Family. The fuckin' LBC! ha! more to come......and at some point i need to pick up 9 volts and a damn usb adapter for my camera so that i can start uploading some freakin' pics........adios for now.

David Olvera
unwedfathers

Aug. 3 @ the Copper State Tavern - Glendale, AZ

So we strolled out of Hell Paso and headed to the Phoenix, Arizona area.....specifically the west side, known as Glendale. Now, when i was in Games and Theory, we definitely hit the Phoenix area a few times.....and i never really dug it much. It's hot as fuck, somewhat depressing, lots of dirt, hot as fuck....oh wait, i said that already! IT'S HOT AS FUCK! yeah, yeah, yeah.....WAH-WAH right...? But, no kidding...it's hard to breathe here during the summer in the daytime.

Anyway, so we dealt with the heat and then the sun came down......nice!
We headed over the Copper State Tavern.

So, this place was definitely interesting.......not necessarily in a good way. We found out we were the only band playing.....and that we were playing to like 7 people....that's bar staff included. After some sound issues with the banjo (not our fault,the sound guys don't really know what to do with it) we began our set. It was fun to play.....and our two biggest fans i think were cast members of the movie Gummo. Dave, the owner of the place, that's right 3 Daves in the place now, offered us free pitchers of beer.....which was a choice of Bud, Bud light, or Coors light. We decided to take a chance with Budweiser, which i'm sure neither of us has had in years..........after half a glass i remembered why. After the show we managed to sell a cd and quickly decided we should jet. So we hit up an Irish pub for last call and i drank Blue Moons while Dave enjoyed some scotch on the rocks. We ran into a guy that fancied himself a comedian, talked to the bartender a lot.....who was probably the only guy we met that night that had an IQ higher than 50. Although, Dave the copper state owner was definitely in command over at his place......it was a funny group to be in charge of. After the bar, we checked into our hotel and called it a night.

Aug. 2 - El Paso @ Bombadier's

We left Austin, TX on Sunday, Aug. 2 at around 10:30 a.m. and headed out to our first show of the tour in El Paso, TX. After about an 8 hour drive we arrived at the scheduled venue: Hiney's Bar and Grill. Dave and I got there pretty early......somewhere around 6pm or so. Ready to stretch our feet, we got out of the tour vehicle, which is for now known as THE SPOOK because of its shiny black coating. After stepping in to the venue, we realized it was very much like El Paso's version of a Hooter's. As we began laughing at the situation, we decided we definitely were ready for our first beers of the trip. So we stroll up to the bartender, who's wearing nothing but extremely short, tight, spandex type shorts and a tiny red tank top, and ordered ourselves some 24 oz. Fireman 4's on draft.

In typical fashion, after a bit of beer, we stepped out for a smoke on their patio. Still no sign of the promoter...........therefore, we decided to kill some time talking to some of the locals. 3 mexicanos and their chubby female friend came out to the patio and joined us. They quickly began to explain to us that they were rolling on Ecstasy. They all worked for the Reliant call center........if you don't know about Reliant, they are a huge energy provider in Texas including areas of Houston, El Paso, Pasadena etc. Also, they are responsible for Reliant Stadium, where many concerts are held and home of the Houston Texans. Anyway, so these kids are completely rolling hard and talking about the party scene in El Paso in all it's glory. Ha!

We bullshitted with those cats for a while, still waiting on the promoter. Finally, he shows up......a gentleman by the name of Charles Hurley. The first thing he tells us is that there's been a problem with the venue and that the show is actually going to moved to another place Bombadier's. This actually turned out being better for us. It's Hell Paso.......it's tour.....that shit happens. So we were lucky enough to catch our new friends Papermoons from Austin, TX as we were leaving for Bombadier's..........otherwise they wouldn't have known the show had moved and would have been completely shit out of luck. Bombadier's ended up being a really fun show......Papermoons were awesome. If you've never heard them check them out here: http://www.myspace.com/thepapermoonsband

After they played, we went up and did our thing...........as all the jager bombs and Dos Esquis started kicking in. Needless to say, we had a lot of fun. The end of the night found with a collection of drunken musicians from all the bands getting together and singing strange covers of Tool's "Sober", Knockin' On Heaven's Door, some Black Crowes and more........totally fucking silly! We'll be posting pics really soon...........all in all a good show.......lots of good peeps, some friends in the audience, met some new ones, sold the new record, and got paid. Gotta love guarantees........pics coming soon. We'd like to thank and give a huge shout out to Vito Gonzalez, who is my brother from another mother, for coming out and bringing friends. Also, thank you so much for letting us crash on your couches and the drinks. We woke up hungover and began heading to Phoenix............the hottest place on earth!

TOUR DATES

Unwed Fathers
“Nothing a shot can’t cure!” Summer Tour 2009

Aug 2 2009 @ Hineys - El Paso, TX
Aug 3 2009 @ Copper State Tavern - Glendale, AZ
Aug 4 2009 @ Cafe Muse - Hollywood, CA
Aug 5 2009 @ The Blue Cafe-LB - Long Beach, CA
Aug 6 2009 @ the Black Cat - Penngrove, CA
Aug 7 2009 @ Lil’ Red Lion - Eureka, CA
Aug 8 2009 @ Rock Bottom Music - Portland, OR
Aug 9 2009 @ The Jewel Box Theatre - Seattle, WA
Aug 10 2009 @ The Astoria - Eugene, OR
Aug 11 2009 @ Peri’s Silver Dollar Saloon - Fairfax, CA
Aug 12 2009 @ The Plough and Stars - San Francisco, CA
Aug 13 2009 @ The Bunkhouse - Las Vegas, NV
Aug 14 2009 @ The Old World Brewery - Phoenix, AZ
Aug 15 2009 @ The Gallery - Portales, NM
Aug 16 2009 @ the 806 - Amarillo, TX

And so it begins.........

Hello True Believers,

David Olvera with Unwed Fathers here..........coming to you from the yellow brick road to the west coast. We're about to hit the desert on the way to California as i type this. Today is Day 3 of the Unwed Fathers "Nothing a Shot Can't Cure" Summer Tour 2009. We started this blog for those interested in keeping up with us as we make our trek across the west side of nation. We'll be posting pics, blurbs, and nonsense about our travelings around the country. It's already proven to be an adventure. Feel free to check back as often as you'd like. This blog will be ever changing. For the moment, i'd like to have you know that i forgot 2 very important things:

1. my sleeping bag. (got a pillow though)
2. the usb adapter for my camera that allows us to upload pics easily.

We've taken a shitload of photos......However, we aren't able to post them up quite just yet due to the forgotten adapter. That's what happens when deadlines finishing the record, stickers, buttons, t-shirts, etc. keep you from being able to concentrate on the little things. But....we got it all done and are now ready to rock the west coast with all our might! That's the way it has to be and that's the way it's gonna be. So, with that said, we'll try to upload pics as often as possible and share a little love and stories from the road. If you made it this far then, we truly appreciate you hanging out and supporting us in full as we do this.

As always you can find out more details, get more info, check out our tour dates, and listen to our tunes at: www.myspace.com/unwedfathers







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