Thu., 9/24
Brick Box Brewery
220 E Broadway Blvd
Tucson 85701
8 PM
August Minotaur
Zenzizenzo
Free!
Fri., 9/26
Sky Bar
536 N 4th Ave.
Tucson 85705
Zenzizenzo
Raven AndThe Acolytes
The Disconcertions
8PM
Free!
We're giving it away and have been working on some cool covers along with our own compositions. Maybe we'll see some heads at these shows!
Benson Highway Band had to slog through some serious storm-age on the way to Cottonwood, as well as on the way home from that sweet little Arizona town, but while we were at Queen B Vinyl Cafe the rain stopped and the vibes were high. A real cool time playing for some people and meeting the wonderful staff of a very cool establishment!
Below: the backline at Queen B Vinyl Cafe, top notch gear.
A bunch of shows coming up next week! Like, a lot!
9/16/26
Queen B Vinyl Cafe
102 Pima St.
Cottonwood AZ 86326
Pentagram String Band
Swamp Rats
Sean Whalen & the Benson Highway Band
7:30 PM
What will it be like to be the Special Guest?
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Demos here, of a duo that formed in 2020 and practiced at my house until June of 2021. No shows played for obvious reasons. It was stranger times. After this project collapsed I quit playing drums until Summer of 2022. It was kind of a bummer, the whole thing. Graphic by me.
This show almost didn't get completed. Raven and the Acolytes had to truncate their set that opened the night's musical portion at Che's Lounge. After about thirty five minutes they were told by the stage manager that a large storm cell was getting ready to pass right overhead and that all of the equipment was to be placed under tarp. Bummer too because they were sounding good and their drummer, John, told me that they had saved their most impactful material for the latter parts of the set.
The tarp situation lasted about thirty five minutes before it was decided that the storm cell had passed without going over 4th Ave. and that the live music could continue. Benson Highway Band played last and we had a fun time. Nathan Smith sat in on tenor saxophone for a cover of Hungry Heart and that was cool. It was also nice to Evan back on guitar. Very grateful for having had some people digging on our sounds.
Below are some photos of Sean Whalen & the Benson Highway Band, taken by Nathan. Thanks dude.
Sat. 8/29/26
9PM
Che's Lounge
350 N 4th Ave.
Tucson 85705
Sean Whalen & the Benson Highway Band
Alex Wilkerson & Them
Raven and the Acolytes
Free!
Found this graphic the other day. It's labeled "Ear Spray Stroma". This marks it as being related to a release by Ear Spray that Andrew Palmer had considered releasing on his Stroma label. Recall Andrew being really stoked on the idea. He was really into doing CDr's with potato cut printing on their covers. I'm not sure if Stroma ever got off of the ground, and Andrew no longer resides on this plane so other details will remain mysterious. This collage was hand assembled by yours truly. I was very excited by using vinyl lettering to get real clarity within the textual aspect of the work. The comic book graphics are from a Hindu devotional comic book that I found next to a dumpster at a San Francisco music rehearsal studio complex, the one near Army St. And yes I'm calling it Army St. now. The image is also a comment upon the treatment that Ear Spray generally got from the Brahmins of the Bay Area Noise scene so often. Take that, Brahmins!
