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Fun facts and figures you may not have known (or even cared to know for that matter)
about Brad Thompson and his band mates. For an added challenge try to keep up with the band roster and name.

1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010

1992

Dec 5 Rehearsals for Brad's new band begin. The band will rehearse with three different drummers, two different bass players & three different back-up singers before we even play our first gig scheduled for Jan 31.

Dec 15 Brad begins playing a solo gig at a little pub in Dallas called Chelsea Corner. It would be a regular Tuesday night gig for him until May '95.

Jan 31 Brad Thompson & His Undulating Acoustic Band play their first gig at Chumley's in Deep Ellum after the Super Bowl. Brad talks his friend Ronald Ward into bringing his big screen TV down to the club to attract a crowd during the game while the band sets up. Reggie Rueffer, Eddie Allen, Hilary Tipps, Norm Bergeron, Jim Vernon, Aden Bubeck & Brad all argue over which channel to watch while they play. They settle on Lifetime.

Mar 1 Brad sends resume to Sony Records A&R office in Dallas to be considered for a job. Doesn't hear back.

Mar 6 Brad takes "gig" as valet at a private hospital in Dallas.

April Band plays gigs around town - Karma Cafe in Denton, Poor David's Pub in Dallas, The Hop in Fort Worth, Chumley's in Dallas and Fatso's in Arlington where Brad meets the unforgettable Chuck Ebert. Chuck runs sound at Fatso's and will produce the band's first CD which comes out the end of ‘93.

Apr 10 Brad gives a tape of the band to Arthur Riddles, keyboardist for Dallas reggae band, Leroy Shakespeare and His Ship of Vibes. Thinks it would be "cool" to open for them despite his pronounced lack of dreadlocks.

May Brad let's go of the "Acoustic" in the name of the band and opts for electric guitarists Dwayne Bollmeyer and Chad Rueffer rather than the violin and piano. This is widely regarded as the beginning of the perpetually shifting band roster.

June 1 Chad R. offers to do the band a favor. His band Mildred was big at Club Dada not so long ago, so he figures he has some pull and can get the band a show there. Booking agent doesn't care for Brad, won't book him even though he really likes Chad.

July 1 Brad sends tape of band to his friends and Dallas' "next big thing" Jack and Carey of Jackopierce in hopes of opening gig.

July 4 Independence Day - band plays big, all day show at Starplex with groups like Joe Walsh and Steven Stills. The band is compensated with all the hot dogs they care to eat. They opt, instead, to eat Joe Walsh.

July 10 Band opens for Doyle Bramhall at Fatso's in Arlington, TX. Doyle Bramhall wonders what he is doing playing a bar called Fatso's in Arlington of all places.

Aug 4 Band plays Liberty Drug Norman, OK

Aug 7 BT & HUB begins a successful run at The Country Coffee House in Tyler, TX. Very intimate setting, especially with a six piece band, great time. The Coffee House no longer has live music. To this day Brad insists this is due mainly to "airline deregulation" and not the fact that he brought seven hyper musicians in to a very intimate (roughly the size of the average water closet) room and played loud songs about loud girls.

Brad Thompson & His Undulating Acoustic Band after a show in Tyler, TX
l-r: Gaye Stockdale, Hilary Tipps, Brad, Keith Claunch, Aden Bubeck, Chad Rueffer

Aug 8 Band plays J. Gilligan's Arlington, TX. The gods begin to frown . . .

Aug 11 Band plays The Hop Fort Worth, TX. The gods find this slightly amusing . . .

Aug 12-14 Brad plays lead acoustic guitar for Elizabeth Wills (incredible Fort Worth songwriter) on a three day run through Oklahoma. Forced to hitchhike home after Brad eats car keys.

Aug 19 Band plays Karma Cafe Denton, TX. Still a seven member band on a four-man stage in between the three-man sofa and the two-man bathrooms.

Aug 26 Band plays Chumley's Dallas, TX - no big screen TV this time.

Oct 3 Band opens for Frank Moreno of Mahogany Rush at Caravan of Dreams. Brad is joined by Al Mouledous on violin and Jerry Rossen on keyboards. Nobody, including paying audience members, is really sure who Frank Moreno is.

Oct 15 Brad plays solo before Jackopierce at Trees in Dallas. Meets Spyche who does a solo opener that night too. Several people claim to have witnessed clocks running backwards.

Nov 3 Liberty Drug Norman, OK w/ Keith Claunch-drums, Mike Brijones-bass, Brian Moore-guitar

Nov 4 Willie's in Stillwater, OK

Dec 20 Radio Active Recording Studios, Burleson, TX - The band begins recording a basic three song demo for cassette that becomes an 8 song CD later that year which would finally be completed in December ‘94. Before the CD is completed the entire band would quit (all at the same time) except for Aden Bubeck.

Jan 2 Liberty Drug, Norman, OK w/ Keith Claunch-drums, Aden Bubeck-bass, Dwayne Bollmeyer-guitar

Jan 3 Willie's, Stillwater, OK. Brad meets the band Medicine Show from Stillwater, they hit it off, hang out that night and they tell Brad about some clubs in Colorado that they play all the time. A flurry of phone numbers and club names are exchanged and Brad is on the phone to CO the next day. However nobody is home in Colorado so Brad has to leave a message.

Mar Sometime in March Brad meets up with drummer Keith at U.N.T. photography studio in Denton, TX to shoot cover for new CD. Keith is an excellent photographer. They experiment with a roll of infrared film and, after Brad suffers several radiation burns, a CD cover is born.
                                                                                                                                                                          

Mar 23 Brad begins work on design of new CD with graphic artists Terri Stone and Kristee Wooster. Terri scratches out a band logo on a bar napkin and scans it directly into her computer. Brad loves it. It's the same logo the band uses to this day as seen on two CD covers, countless T-shirt designs, bumper stickers, temporary tattoos, candles, etc.

Apr 22 U.T. Arlington, TX - band plays Earth Day Festival w/ Keith Claunch-drums, Kipp Green-bass Brad meets Michael Powell, then a history major and head of Progressive Student's Union, who would later become Music Editor for FW Weekly in ‘96.

May 28 Brad heads out a day early for band's Austin show to swing through Klein,TX (a Houston suburb) and find Lyle Lovett's home. Gets directions to his house from an antique dealer in town. Just when Brad pulls out of the antique store parking lot, Lyle Lovett passes him on the small country road going the opposite direction. Brad follows him to next major intersection. Then, feeling like the light they're stopped at could take a while, gets out and introduces himself. Lyle, very uncomfortable with Brad's presence at this point, does the neighborly thing and shakes Brad's hand, refuses the tape he (Brad) offers and speeds on his way.

May 31 Band plays Maggie Mae's in Austin,TX with help from friends of Keith Claunch's - a band from Michigan called Urban Voodoo Juice.

June 3 Band plays Cafe Brazil in Dallas, TX w/ Keith Claunch-drums, Aden Bubeck-bass.  #1-Brazilian Breakfast is awesome: two eggs over easy, chorizo empanada, topped with spicy cream sauce, cheddar cheese, rosemary potatoes and a jalapeno on the side. $6.99

June 30 Band plays Austin Cafe Brazil. I think it's closed now.

July 1-3 Three beer-soaked nights at Maggie Mae's in Austin, TX. Brad and Keith get into huge fight on the first night over something so important that neither one could probably remember right now what it was. The next two shows are indeed very tense for the entire band. Keith Claunch-drums, Dwayne Bollmeyer-guitar, Aden Bubeck-bass, Jerry Rossen-piano Future guitar player for the UB and former roommate of Jerry Rossen, Don Cento, seems to remember Jerry complaining at great length about losing his earplugs on this trip.

July 4 Band returns home. Brad sets out for new drummer. Calls Rich Stitzel - he's playing percussion in Tropix, a local jazz fusion band that Aden also plays in.

Aug 2 Brad and Aden play private party for Montage Festival performers and staff. Brad meets fellow-white boy-rocker/songwriter Colin Boyd.

Aug 10 First gig with Rich Stitzel on drums is at Click's Billiards in Dallas of all places. Jerry Rossen plays keyboards. Nobody, including paying audience members, is really sure who Jerry Rossen is.

Aug 19 Band plays Starplex opening for Jackson Brown & John Hiatt. Aden, Rich, Jerry & newcomer Don Cento. Don plays this one gig with us and disappears. He returns in Jan ‘97 to be a "permanent" member of the band for a year. This disappearing - reappearing act of Don's will become a sort of albatross-like trademark. Also this gig was one of Don's first experiences playing slide guitar and quite honestly it sucked. But he's quite good now - really. Although he still has a tendency to disappear for a few months at a time.

Aug 25 Brad goes to see ex-band members Chad and Reggie Rueffer and Earl Darling at Club Dada in Dallas, TX. They've just formed a band called Spot who eventually get signed to Ardent Records.

Aug 26 Fatso's - Arlington, TX - Brad opens (solo) for Miss Molly & The Whips.

Oct 1 Band is booked at Maggie Mae's in Austin for the weekend and quite honestly they're dreading it (play some Stevie!!). The club calls and cancels their show at the last minute. Caravan of Dreams calls shortly after and asks them to open for Storyville that weekend. Are these two events connected? Actually, no, they are not.

Octr 19 Majestic Theater, Dallas, TX. Brad attends Michael Hedges / Leo Kotke show He (Brad) wears tan pants and a blue shirt.

Oct 29 Click's Billiards, Dallas TX - Band plays big Halloween show and costume party
Aden(Sheik) on bass; Rich(tourist) on drums; Brad(flasher) on guitar; Art Hayes(white kitty) on sax

Nov 19 Young Aden Bubeck marries the lovely Jacqueline Sprayberry. The groomsmen consist of A.J. Mathieu and members of Mattfield Green, Aden's other band at the time. Oddly enough Don Cento makes a cameo as groomsman and guitarist for MG. Brad catches a glimpse of Don out of the corner of his eye before he disappears again.

Nov 23 T-shirts arrive with CD cover photo on front (available in two colors - clear and transparent).

Dec 22 CD is finished. Over a year in the making. Order of 2,000 arrives, distribution agreement with Crystal Clear puts them in most record stores in the metroplex. JUST in time for Christmas.

Dec 23 Band plays the Rail in Fort Worth, site of the old Hop. This is keyboardist Jerry Rossen's last show with the band, and despite his virtuostic keyboard playing the band soon discovers that as an acoustic trio playing mostly rock clubs they get a musical "push" like no other without a soloist to lean on or an electric guitar to fill out their sound. They remain a trio until early ‘97 when they are joined by Don Cento (who has by that time learned to play slide guitar rather well) when his Halle-Bopp-like orbit manages to cross theirs again.

Jan 14 Border's Books & Music, Ft. Worth - Live performance to promote CD

Jan 28 North Park Mall, Dallas, TX - band plays pledge drive for KERA public radio for D/FW. We play with Colin Boyd and Matt Iddings band in the mall! Band meets future engineer/producer/bass player Terrence Slemmons.

Mar 1 J. Gilligan's Arlington, TX - A solo Brad Thompson plays the first of many successful Wednesdays at this lovely college bar.

Mar 9 The Rail Ft. Worth, TX - The band plays with New Potato Caboose on tour from D.C. They just drove in from Colorado and Brad hears more stories about the clubs up there. The band can't wait to go but it will be July before the tour finally comes together.

Mar 18 Barnes & Noble Bookstore Arlington, TX - Band plays yet another successful CD promo gig. Aden lands a day job at this particular bookstore some years later.

Mar 24 Dogstar Ft. Worth, TX - hip little dive where the band meets Velton Heyworth. He & Steve Susner own the Dogstar. In ‘97 Velton does some of the photography for the band's second CD "9,000,000 beats per minute" as well as all the bands' promotional shots.

Mar 30 Trees Dallas, TX - The band lands a date at this difficult club to get into. The band meets the resident soundman James who is very scary looking but is an excellent engineer.

Apr 5 J. Gilligan's Arlington, TX - Brad is now playing every other Wednesday here - the Jagermeister is flowing and flowing and flowing and flowing . . .

Apr 14 Barnes & Noble Arlington, TX - Playing bookstores is where it's at - CD sell like crazy and our underage fans can attend. Despite the furtive efforts of Brad there's no Jagermeister.

Apr 19 Fatso's Arlington, TX. Doyle Bramhall still doesn't understand.

Apr 20 Jim's Diner Denton, TX members of Mingo Fishtrap are in attendance. Aden, Rich and Brad probably don't remember this, but Don Cento was also there with the Mingo Frishtrappers. They were all drunk and sat right down front and made many witty comments.

Apr 21 UT Arlington, TX - Earth Day, 2nd year running. In a subtle ironic twist the band's set list is printed on paper made from virgin rainforest.

Apr 27 Trees in Dallas, TX

Apr 28 Richardson, TX - Wildflower & Music Festival. The band appears as two bluebonnets and one indian paint.

May 3 Arlington, TX - J. Gilligan's - Brad decides this gig is more than he can handle and brings the band on board for his Wednesday night gig.

May 5 Dallas, TX - Poor David's Pub - The band plays with Rich's buds Tin Man. That night Greenville Ave. floods and the club loses power. The show goes on literally "unplugged".

May 6 Tyler, TX Country Coffee House

May 19 St. Louis, MO - Principia High School & College. Rich attended this college back in the day so they asked us to come up. The band did an informal pop music seminar that afternoon and played an outdoor show that evening with college band Major Lingo opening. It rained but students quickly grabbed some tarps and held them over the band while they finished their set.

May 27 Dallas, TX - Stone Pony (SMU party bar also known as Stempy's, The Rhythm Room and Home)

June 6 Arlington, TX J. Gilligan's - Brad ends his solo Tuesday's three year run at Chelsea Corner in Dallas to move his band's Wednesday night gig at J. Gilligan's to every Tuesday night.

June 13 Arlington, TX - J. Gilligan's - The band meets Peter Link. Peter just graduated from UTA with a degree in radio broadcasting and really needs something to do right now. The band hires him on as tour manager, bus driver, roadie and occasionally Brad's stunt double for their first extended tour scheduled for next month.

June 20 Arlington, TX - J. Gilligan's - The band meets John LaChance and Danny Weaver, they show the band a song they wrote. The band loves it and adds it to their set list - "Day After". Coincidentally, Danny would buy the old Hop / Rail / Aardvark four years later. Brad tries to get him to change the name of the club to "The Day After" but he won't.

June 27 Arlington, TX - J. Gilligan's - Brad meets fellow songwriter and super frontman Andrew Dutton. They compare notes, talk hair and promise to call each other every Christmas.

June 29 Bryan, TX - Dixie Theater - The band plays a date with local favorites Headwest

July 13 College Station, TX - The Tap - Band plays with Headwest again at this very large, insane A & M frat bar.  The stage is just sheets of plywood resting on empty beer kegs, I'm not even kidding.

July 15 Arlington, TX - Pike House (UTA) - The band plays their first frat party.

July 18 The band embarks on their first "official" tour crammed in Rich's Dodge Caravan with a full P.A. (and no trailer yet) and Peter Link at the helm. Whether or not the band would return from this Homeric adventure was a subject of widespread debate. Those who listened to the debate felt that Nixon won, while those who saw the debate on TV felt JFK won.

July 19 Breckenridge, CO - Alligator Lounge - We pull into town at nightfall with the odor of spent brake pads following us down the mountain pass and Little Sister (now Sister 7) blaring from the disc player and Peter Link at the wheel.

July 20 Colorado Springs, CO - First canceled show of the tour "I thought you guys were next week" We travel to Vail to see where Rich spent a reckless Summer and score a gig for this Sunday at the very impressive Garton's Saloon.

July 21-22 Manitou Springs, CO - Ancient Mariner, best bloody mary's you'll ever find.

July 23 Vail, CO - Garton's - we open for Uncle Mingo out of South Carolina or Florida or somewhere.

July 26 Aspen, CO - Legends - We play a party for these two guys that are supposed to leave the next day to bike (as in bicycle) from Aspen, CO to somewhere in Peru (as in South America).

July 27-28 Leadville, CO - Golden Burro, home of the Golden Burrito, Aden's favorite.

July 29 Denver, CO - Sopie Smith's

July 30-31 Redcliff, CO - A unique camping experience with Pete and his friend J.B.  Ask Aden about it sometime.

Aug 3 Manitou Springs, CO - Blue Manitou

Aug 4-5 Boulder, CO - The Outback - scary bar. We stay at the Pike House at the University of Boulder thanks to Peter’s connections.

Aug 10 Ft. Worth, TX - 8.0 bar - We play the big anniversary party. Outdoors, big stage, lights, electricity -the whole shebang.

Aug 15 Arlington, TX - J. Gilligan's - The band resumes regular Tuesday gig.

Aug 21 Dallas, TX - Trees - Brad is booked to play solo opener for Jennifer Trinin. Arrives to find out he's been taken off the bill at the last minute. Ouch. But hey, I get a free ticket to see the show!

Aug 24 Dallas, TX - Poor David's Pub - T.M.A. (Texas Music Association) showcase.

Aug 31 Ft. Worth, TX - 8.0 bar - band begins a regular Thursday night gig at this ridiculous but extremely popular downtown bar.

Sept 23 Dallas, TX - Brad & Aden play a KERA 90.1 concert at The M.A.C. w/ Barton & Sweeney from OK.

Sept 27 Brad sells his Taylor guitar because he doesn't care for the way it sounds live - buys another Takamine. Aden sells his bass because he doesn't care for the way it sounds live - buys a turtle and names it Sam. Rich uses a power drill to convince Aden to buy another bass because he (Rich) feels that the turtle doesn't have enough "bottom end" live.

Oct 15 Austin, TX - Brad, Rich and friends Peter, Terrence, Peter's brother Jamie and his girlfriend, and Marvin (Melvin?) attend Phish concert at Austin Music Complex. They spend a lot of time in the parking lot. Great show.

Oct 18 Dallas, TX - Poor David's Pub - Band plays with Fletcher from Denton, which includes college buds Art Hayes & Bill Shupp. (Ironically if one was to compare all the players that had been in Fletcher to all the player that had been in BT&HUB one would see a lot of the same names - ed.)

Oct 22 Chicago, IL - Rich & Stacy get married. Rich, Brad & Aden jump on stage and play a bit the night before in some crazy bar downtown called Weeds.

Oct 31 Ft. Worth, TX - 8.0 bar - Band begins a three year run as the Halloween band for the 8.0. The band later discovers that they are cursed on this night for the rest of this run.  From damaged gear to damaged relationships every year the worst that can happen... happens.

Nov 3 Arlington, TX - The Scoreboard - Ouch! the band goes and plays a sports bar.  We spot one of the guys from Pantera in the audience.

Nov 4 Dallas, TX - Stone Pony - w/ The Moon Festival

Nov 7 Arlington, TX - The band quits it's Tuesday night gig at J. Gilligan's and adds ten years to their life expectancy.

Nov 10 Arlington, TX - J. Gilligan's - The band isn't as smart as we thought.

Nov 17 Springfield, MO Bar Next Door - the band stays with a guy called "Dumper". Don’t ask.

Nov 22 Fort Worth, TX - Bronco’s - Band's first gig (and not their last) to ever get kicked out of for refusing to play any cover songs for this seriously lame crowd and even lamer bar. It goes out of business a few months later. Brad's future sister-in-law is in attendance, she helps load out equipment while Brad argues with the manager.

Nov 23 Fort Worth, TX - The Aardvark - Jon Davis has just opened this place at the site of the old Hop (or Rail). It's Thanksgiving night, a great time was had by all.

Nov 24,25 Dallas, TX - Chelsea Corner - The band stops in to play Brad's old stomping ground for two nights.

Dec 2 Dallas, TX - TCU Sorority throws a Christmas party and asks Brad and the band to play. Mercy.

Dec 8 College Station, TX - The Tap - This time we’re headlining.

Dec 13 Dallas, TX - The plays it's first night at The Dark Room in Deep Ellum, it becomes a popular spot for them for the next few years.

Dec 23 Ft. Worth ,TX - Aardvark - Brad and Aden back up Elizabeth Wills and do a heck of a good job.

Dec 31 Ft. worth, TX - Aardvark - New Years with the Undulating Band, Brad wears electric-blue crushed-velvet suit with (see 9m b.p.m. CD insert) Dr. Martin's wingtips. New swing craze sweeps the nation.

Jan 1 Fort Worth, TX - band departs on second tour of Colorado

Jan 2 Evergreen, CO - First canceled show of the tour - "Contract?"

Jan 3 Colorado Springs, CO - Rack n' Roll - favorite club of the band Jackyl among others, lots of wood to saw on.

Jan 4-8 Estes Park, CO - Band retreats to the heart of the Rockies to find inner peace and tranquility through countless hours of Freecell, Minesweeper and Solitaire on Brad's laptop and Aden’s favorite drink, the silver pillow juice.

Jan 10-11 Breckenridge, CO - Alligator Lounge - the band's favorite stop in CO until ‘99 when the band has a two-nighter booked and they "temporarily" close and forget to call us.

Jan 12 Leadville, CO - The Golden Burro, home of the Golden Burrito.

Jan 13 Dillon, CO - The Pioneer, where we first meet Mike O'Brian, God bless him. We spend hours talking about great artists that he’s worked with like Jorma Kaukonen.

Jan 14 Manitou Springs, CO - Blue Manitou

Jan 15 Band heads back to Texas for one week and then returns to Colorado for another week-and-a-half of touring. Logistics, logistics, logistics.

Jan 31 Vail, CO - Garton's - The band opens for MotherHips from Chico, CA

Feb 2 Denver, CO - Herman's Hideaway - open for Sweet Water Well

Feb 3 Fort Collins, CO - Tony's - It's negative 11 degrees when we load out.

Feb 5 Greeley, CO - Bear's - Greeley (smells)

Feb 17 Arlington, TX - J. Gilligan's (smells)

Feb 22 Dallas, TX - The Velvet E. (E. is for Elvis which they abbreviate because of a pending lawsuit with his estate that they later win.)

Feb 23 Ft. Worth, TX - Aardvark. Like a comfortable chair . . .

Feb 24 Dallas, TX - Dark Room. Also like a comfortable chair although this one is a bit more expensive.

Mar 1-3 Springfield, MO - Bar Next Door. Like a very old shoe.

Mar 8 Little Rock, AR - White Water Tavern. Like a public inquest.

Mar 9 Ft. Worth, TX - 8.0 bar. Like a really annoying, high maintenance, idiot stripper.

Mar 17 Arlington, TX - J. Gilligan's annual St. Patrick's Day Block Party. On the outdoor stage Brad scales the speakers out front much to the dismay of soundman Alan Davis. It is a rock and roll moment.

Apr 2 Hot Springs, AR - Gators - A long sad tale that involves, among other things, a toothless and de-clawed bear named Toby retired from the wrestling circuit, a traveling male strip show called "American Hunks" and a missing overnight bag belonging to Brad Thompson. Come back when you have more time and we'll tell you the story.

Apr 18 Ft. Worth, TX - The band plays a party for Fort Worth's new alternative magazine the FW Weekly.

Apr 27 Ft. Worth, TX - Brad is asked to open for his hero Michael Hedges at Caravan of Dreams, then he is asked not to. It seems Hedges does not allow openers. Brad does get to go to the show for free and Hedges signs his guitar.

Apr 30 Arlington, TX - The band meets with Michael Powell, music editor for the FW Weekly, to do a full length article on what a bunch of hard working fellows we are.

May 11 Dallas, TX - Band plays outdoors at the Quadrangle with Brave Combo.

Jun 17-18 Carrolton, TX - Nomad Studios - The band spends two days laying rhythm tracks for their 2nd CD, which is long overdue. They chose Nomad because the way the drums sounded in their main room, big and boomy. Terry Slemmons engineer/producer/tape splicer. Gary Long assistant engineer

Jun 23 Ft. Worth, TX - Flying Saucer, Brad begins a regular Sunday night gig here and continues it until the summer of 2004...eight years!

June 24-26 Denton, TX - Reeltime Audio - The band begins laying guitar tracks. Brad experiments with recording his acoustic guitar in a number of ways: Mic'd, direct to the board, direct through his acoustic amp, distorted through a Matchless amp, out of tune in a pickup. Terrence Slemmons producer/engineer, Eric Delegard assistant engineer

July 8 Brad reorders his '94 CD!!

July 12 Monroe, LA - 6th St. Grill - Aden takes a fifty year-old trombone off the wall and plays it. Watch that spit valve buddy!

July 16-18 Denton, TX - Reeltime Studios- More guitar tracks, this time Brad plays Aden's Gibson SG through a Matchless amp. Clark Erickson comes by to lay down some screaming B-3 organ. Then we begin doing vocals.

July 19-20 Springfield, MO - Bar Next Door

July 22-23 Denton, TX - Reeltime - Still doing vocals, and some percussion. Memorable Terry Slemmons quote: "If you guys can’t sing your own harmony parts then you need to hire professionals to do it."

July 29 The band embarks on it's third tour of Colorado this time adding on a week-and-a-half to the trip to play the West Coast which holds great portent.

July 30 Evergreen, CO - Little Bear

Aug 1 Breckenridge, CO - Alligator Lounge - We headline the club's third year anniversary party.

Aug 2-3 Salida, CO - Victoria Tavern - The band enjoys pickled eggs, a bar food staple here at "The Vic".

Aug 5 Greeley, CO - Bear's

Aug 6 Fraser, CO - Crooked Creek Saloon, Brad's voice goes out, Aden sings rest of the night.

Aug 7 Boulder, CO - 'Round Midnight - Sugar Loaf Station from NY opens the show.

Aug 8 Vail, CO - Garton's - We open for Zuba from Boulder

Aug 9-10 Telluride, CO - Fly Me to the Moon

Aug 13 San Francisco, CA - 1st canceled (postponed, really) date of the tour. "You guys are here next week." "Oh?!"

Aug 14 Palo Alto, CO - Q's Cafe - Band spent the night in their van outside of the club, they're looking really good at this point.

Aug 15 Santa Rosa, CA - The Old Vic - The band enjoys fish and chips, steak pie and bangers and mash at this authentic British pub. The band plays with Dishwater.

Aug 17 Chico, CA - LaSalles - Our second night to play with Dishwater (don't call them Dishwalla) from San Diego.

Aug 20,21 Band travels North of Eureka, CA to camp in the Redwoods for two days.

Aug 22 San Francisco, CA - CoCo Club - tough gig, Rich's wallet gets stolen and Aden snaps the neck off of his new Warwick bass. This night is inspiration for the song "Harder". See Recordings page for lyrics.

Aug 24 San Francisco, CA - The Paragon

Aug 25 San Francisco, CA - The Infusion

Aug 26 Santa Barbara, CA - The band visits the U.S. office for Warwick basses and Seymour Duncan. They replace and repair Aden's bass neck for free and treat us all like rock stars with a tour of the facility. Actually, when we first walked in there they thought Aden was the bass player for Hootie & the Blowfish. They were expecting him that afternoon. Anyway, we head home a much happier bunch.

Aug 27 Los Angeles, CA - We stay at Aden's relatives' house before making the long drive back to Texas. We get a visit from our good buddy Don Cento whom we haven't seen in years. Says he's thinking about moving to Texas . . .hmm. The band sure could use a guy that’s good with the computer, whoops I mean on the guitar.

Sept 9-13 The band is finally mixing their CD with Terrence Slemmons at Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas. They're booked there all week.

Sept 12 Dallas, TX - Velvet Elvis - The band is booked with Zuba, the group we met this Summer in CO. However, the band cancels at the last minute due to a migraine headache Brad was having from mixing all week with Terrence Slemmons.

Sept 14 Arlington, TX - Banana Cabana, a dreadful name for a bar but we play it anyway, it's a show organized by Jean Dalton of Buddy Magazine, whom we adore. We play the most rocking acoustic set ever, Aden runs his upright bass through his wah wah and distortion pedals. dude.

Sept 16 The band’s unhappy with the mixed version of the CD that they did with Terrence. The recorded tracks sound fine, just the mixing is not what they expected. Terrence says he's "burned out" on the project and with studio work in general. The band’s out of ideas and money so the CD project gets shelved until early next year.

Sept 20 Wichita Falls, TX - The Beer Garden

Sept 27 Ft. Worth, TX - Another Berry St. Festival, we play at the Aardvark with Terry Rasor, Fletcher, and Simon and his big stupid guitar.

Oct 4 Dallas, TX - Rehab Lounge - Eesabel's Uncle opens for us. Their guitarist Kevin Grove sits in on a few tunes with us. A year-and-a-half later we ask him to join our band.

Oct 17 Ft. Worth, TX - We play the Square Room for the first time.

Oct 20 Ft. Worth, TX - Texas Brewers Festival - also on the bill, Beef Jerky

Oct 31 Ft. Worth, TX - 8.0 bar - another Halloween in Sundance Square, another cursed evening for the band.

Nov 2 Ft. Worth, TX - Borders Bookstore. We play an outdoor gig with Little Jack Melody and Colin Boyd.

Nov 8 Dallas, TX - Dark Room w/ Frankly Scarlet opening. Something happened to this gig because I (Brad) don't remember playing it.

Nov 27 Dallas, TX - The Dark Room w/ The Enablers opening

Dec 12 Dallas, TX - Bronco Bowl Arena- Brad does solo opener for the Doobie Brothers in front of a crowd of 2,500. He is projected on three different screens above the stage. Weeks go by before his head returns to normal size.

December 20, 21 Galveston, TX - Yaga’s

The Undulating Band
l-r: Rich Stitzel, Don Cento, Aden Bubeck, Brad (photo: Velton Heyworth)

Jan 6 Ft. Worth, TX - After being tracked down in Missouri picking cotton, Don Cento wanders down to Texas and rehearses with band. He can draw real good and sometimes he’s funny so we decide to keep him.

Jan 7 Arlington, TX - The band becomes a partnership with a real bank account and everything. They (Brad, actually) decide that weekly meetings are in order to keep a businesslike attitude and so it begins that every Monday afternoon Brad bores the band to tears about quarterly statements, blah, blah, press releases, blah, blah, CD sales, blah, blah, band debt, blah, blah, fig newtons, blah, blah...

Jan 8 Ft. Worth, TX - We start a weekly gig at the Square Room every Wednesday night that will last through the end of May. During one especially intense jam session on one of these nights Brad can recall Rich abandoning his drum kit for a moment only to return seconds later in his van pulled right up to the front door of the club pounding out some sort of clave pattern on his car horn in the key we were playing in.

Jan 16 Denton, TX - We return to Karma Cafe after many years to promote a Rick's show coming up next week.

Jan 23 Ft. Worth, TX - Aardvark w/ Larry from Austin

Jan 25 Denton, TX - Rick's w/ Mingo Fishtrap and Funky Brewster.

Feb 3 Ft. Worth, TX - Mixing/recording resumes at Fat City with Mike Daane as producer/engineer and Ford Brittan assisting and we continue until late May.

Feb 9 Ft. Worth, TX - Aardvark w/ Derek Trucks, a young, incredible slide guitarist we met while in Colorado last winter.

Feb 14 Dallas, TX - Dark Room - Valentine’s Day w/ the band, Jim Squires Band from Ft. Worth opens.

Feb 20 Austin, TX - Pearl’s Oyster Bar

Feb 21 Dallas, TX - Club Clearview

Feb 24 Dallas, TX - We play a private luncheon for Dallas Area Rapid Transit (that’s DART) Very strange gig, we’re rocking out at noon in the lobby of some office building in Downtown Dallas.

Mar 4 Ft. Worth, TX - J.J.’s Blues Bar - The first annual FW Weekly Music Awards, the band doesn’ t win anything.

Mar 8 Denton, TX - Rick’s w/ Mingo Fishtrap

Mar 15 Dallas, TX - Rehab Lounge - Brad opens for William Topley. He (William Topley) has a very large & impressive tour bus.

Mar 22 Dallas, TX - Dark Room - Our friends from Denver, CO Sweet Water Well, open for us.

Mar 29 Brad marries the lovely Janel Taylor from Fort Worth, TX. Mingo Fishtrap plays the reception.

Apr 3 Dallas, TX - Dark Room - Riddle Me This from Denton opens

Apr 5 Azle, TX - The band plays a private party with Malee Thomas at a very fancy house outside on a trailer bed after the big race at the new Texas Motor Speedway. He had his own pond with ducks.

Apr 12 Ft. Worth, TX - Split Atom w/ the Townies

Apr 14 Grapevine, TX - The band gives a successful "pop music clinic" for Grapevine High School Music Director Danny Prado’s music appreciation class. Several students join the band for a ska tune.

Apr 17 Dallas, TX - Brad plays with local songwriters Ed Lively & James Hinkle at Blue Cat Blues. Brad suffers from a bad case of the blues for the next few days.

Apr 24 Ft. Worth, TX - Flying Saucer - The band plays The FW Weekly One year anniversary party w/ Hillbilly Cafe.

May 2 Lubbock, TX - We play with local favorites Spilling Poetry at the Depot Beer Garden.

May 4 Dallas, TX - Bronco Bowl Arena - The band opens for Boz Scaggs, who plays an impressive show. Brad makes off with Boz’s capo and he is unable to play his encore number without it. To this very day it is a sore subject with Boz.

May 8 Waco, TX - Burger’s & Blues w/ Sonnier Brothers from Houston, TX where it’s 4:20 all the time.

May 16 Dallas, TX - Greenville’s newest bar The Pound. Elizabeth Wills opens

May 23 Downtown Ft. Worth, TX - The Zone outdoor concert series w/ Sister Hazel, Chalk Farm and The Undulating Band.

May 29 Fort Worth, TX - Fat City Studios - Mike Daane, Ford Britain and the band finish mixing the new CD. Remember the new CD?

June 5 Dallas, TX - The band meets with Aaron Ave Records at a lawyers office and a three year licensing deal on our upcoming recording is drawn up. Brad has to be woken up several times during the meeting.

June 11 Arlington, TX - Digital editing is completed at Patrick McGuire’s studio before we send it off for mastering in L.A.

June 13 Denton, TX - Rick’s w/ Mingo Fishtrap and Funky Brewster. Don Cento proceeds to get his groove on.

June 23 Arlington, TX - The band will soon depart on their tour of the Rockies and the West Coast. Supervision of all the printing and manufacturing for their CD is now being handled by Matt Key at Aaron Ave. Records. Go Matt!

June 26 Fort Worth, TX - Aardvark - It’s white-boy lead singer night. Kevin Aldridge from Brasco, Matt Thompson (no relation) from Quickserv Johnny and Brad play solo sets.

June 28 Lubbock, TX - Hub City Brew Yard.

June 29 Colorado Springs, CO - Manhattan’s - the band opens for the very loud Robin Trower. Trower Power!

June 30 Greeley, CO - State Armory - Still smells the same, lots of pretty girls though. If you don’t know the smell we’re talking about just picture thousands and thousands of cows. Now picture the amount of poop they produce. No disembowel all those cows. Now take the mess you’ve made and throw it in an incinerator to dispose of it. Breathe deep.

July 1 Durango, CO - The Loft. The longest drive in the history of touring, we must have driven over five mountain passes. Aden is removed from his job as navigator then thrown into a deep cavern.

July 2,3 Colorado Springs, CO - Ritz Grill. Don falls in love... again

July 4 Boulder, CO - Nick’s

July 5 Aspen, CO - Double Diamond - Terrence and Mel from Arlington pop in to groove with us.

July 6 Denver, CO - Soapy Smith’s

July 7 UT, NV - The band drives through desert all night and makes the second longest drive known to mankind. Stop on Hwy 50, "Loneliest Highway in America" Don and Aden lay down in middle of highway and count shooting stars for several hours while Rich and Brad search for suspected gas leak in van.

Don, Aden and Rich with yellow frisbee, which was lost in the canyon below moments after this picture was taken (somewhere in Utah)

July 8 San Francisco, CA - The Last Day Saloon - The band plays with The Gourds from Austin, TX and Carolyn Wonderland & Her Imperial Monkeys from Houston, TX.

July 9 Santa Rosa, CA - Santa Rosa Brewing Co. Brad leaves his amp stand there.

July 10 Santa Rosa, CA - Barnes & Noble Booksellers - The gig inside at the cafe is relatively sedate so we grab the acoustic guitars and some percussion pieces and head outside to play for tips. It’s Thursday Market and the street is packed with fresh vegetables and fruit vendors, dancers and all sorts of stuff. Great time.

July 11 Fresno, CA - Club Fred - We never get to meet Fred, but we get to play with local band Squid and eat homemade tamales. A.J. flies in to San Francisco that night so we drive back up and meet him at his hotel and we all take showers (separately).

July 12 San Francisco, CA - Harry Denton’s - We get thrown out of this place for not playing any "cover music" but not before Brad gives a few monkeys in suits with earpieces a good talking to first. We still get paid. We have some fans here in S. F. which enables us to load out our gear rather quickly.

July 3 Santa Barbara, CA - Toes Tavern - We play our best show of the tour, to bad no one was there to hear it. Some svelte foreign girl purchases our three-song demo tape and asks us why it has "only three musics" on it. Don falls in love again.

July 14 Los Angeles, CA - Molly Malone’s - We play this crazy, packed Irish bar with a rock band called Soaked (not Soak) and this thrash-Celtic group called Flogging Molly.

July 15 Los Angeles, CA - The band’s only day off. A.J., Aden and Brad attend a live taping of the pilot episode of Vibe. This is Quincy Jones’ late night talk show thing. They get bored and crash the set of Price is Right which was just down the hall. Security escorts them off of the studio lot and they go eat a chicken taco on Sunset Blvd.. Rich eats Tofu sandwiches with his uncle and Don takes a nap.

July 16 Los Angeles, CA - Jack’s Sugar Shack - Coolest place around, too bad we played like we just met that afternoon. We play with a band from New Jersey called Dear Liza, and a local group called The Mariettas.

July 17 San Diego, CA - Cane’s - It’s punk night at Cane’s and we’re on the bill. Our friends Pat & Kim Kellick are there. So is Aden’s aunt, but we’re all aching to get back home so we head out straight after the gig and we don’t stop until we’re in Texas. A. J. and Aden are driving, Brad, Don and Rich dive into the coolers and proceed to drink all the beer we’ve accumulated over the last three weeks.

July 19 Ft. Worth, TX - The band arrives home safely and the CD’s are done. We set our sights on next month’s CD release.

July 31 Austin, TX - Pearl’s

Aug 4 Ft. Worth, TX - Aardvark

Aug 15 Ft. Worth, TX - Split Atom Cafe

Aug 16 Ft. Worth, TX - Pour House - Rockyards, we headline this Ft. Worth music showcase w/ Bowling For Soup, Krinkle Root, Woodeye, The Mudcats and Brasco

Aug 21 Dallas, TX - Dark Room - Dallas CD Release party, we come out and play a completely acoustic version of Mr. Madison on the staircase. Then we turn it up and play a rollicking hour and a half set and blow the monitors.

Aug 28 Ft. Worth, TX - 8.0 on the patio - Rented stage and lighting, a roped-off VIP area - we do it up for our Ft. Worth CD release. Several hundred people attend, awards are given for MVP during the recording process and local power pop group, Daddy’s Soul Donut follows our set whilst we mingle, sign autographs and pose for photos. All the pretentiousness of a real CD release party.

Aug 29 Dallas, TX - The Zone / 93.3FM office building - Brad and Matt Key have an appointment to talk to the music programmer at this "songwriter friendly" station about playing some of the band’s new CD.

Sept 3 Fort Worth, TX - The Aardvark - The band plays every Wednesday for a month.

Sept 4 Fort Worth, TX - Sundance Square - The plays an outdoor show with Gene Loves Gezebel, The Bottlerockets and Jackopierce. Pretty.

Sept 5 Denton, TX - The Groovy Mule

Sept 6 Dallas, TX - Montage Arts Festival

Sept 11 Fort Worth, TX - Pour House w/ Daddy’s Soul Donut

Sept 16 Fort Worth, TX - Brad and Don attend a Taj Majal show at Caravan of Dreams. They’re really there to check out the opener from New Orleans, Anders Osborne and Theresa Anderson. They totally rock and after their set Brad and Don go backstage and hang out with them and their dog. They share some songs and beer and make plans to play together soon.

Sept 18 Dallas/Fort Worth, TX - Media Blitz. In the course of one day the band performs live on Dallas’ Fox 4 Morning TV show, does a live remote for the Zone 93.3 FM at lunch and then plays a free outdoor concert that evening in Fort Worth’s Sundance Square.

Sept 25 Dallas, TX - Trees in Deep Ellum.

Oct 9 Fort Worth, TX - Split Atom - Gootaloonia performs it’s one and only show ever. Gootaloonia (don't ask us where we got that name) is not a misprint it is Don Cento and Brad from The Undulating Band and Kevin Aldridge from Brasco.

Oct 10 Dallas, TX - Cedar Street Pub - The band plays an outdoor concert with Mary Me Jane and Dog’s Eye View.

Oct 15 Fort Worth, TX - Brad begins playing every Wednesday night at the Pour House in downtown with songwriting buddy Andrew Hailey.

Oct 17 Dallas, TX - Club Clearview - The band headlines an evening of music showcases called "Wake Up Dallas!" for the city’s first annual North Texas Music Festival.

Oct 31 Fort Worth, TX - Early that morning a son is born unto Aden and Jacqueline Bubeck named Skylar Lane. That very evening Aden joins the band in playing their traditional Halloween gig at the 8.0. This would be the band’s third and final year to play this event.

Nov 13 Fort Worth, TX - Sundance Square - Outdoor show with Fool’s Progress (formerly Acoustic Junction) and Little Feat.

Nov 20 Dallas, TX - Trees w/ Austin’s beloved Vallejo and local strange-rockers Drive By Orchestra.

Nov 20 Fort Worth, TX - Wreck Room - w/ Will Gillham opening.

Nov 23 Arlington, TX - J. Gilligan’s - Brad and Peter Link play a special Christmas show for the city of Arlington.

Nov 27 Grapevine, TX - The band plays for 93.3FM the Zone at Grapevine Mills Mall. The things you’ll do for radio.

Dec 28 Arlington, TX - Aaron Ave. Records annual Christmas party. None of the Undulating Band attends.

Jan 6 Don Cento quits the band exactly one year from joining and heads back to MO. to pick cotton and do some other things that we can’t really mention here.

Jan 23 The 102.9 FM - The band plays live on this really goofy but popular morning show.

Jan 31 Ruston, LA - Rabb’s Steakhouse - Mushroom Groovy turned us on to this gig. We give an insightful radio interview on Louisiana Tech’s KLPI located in a mobile home out near the campus before the show.

Feb 5 Dallas, TX - Curtain Club w/ Boa Drape and Fort Worth’s own Woodeye.

Feb 6 Fort Worth, TX - Wreck Room w/ Brasco, Fort Worth’s answer to Radiohead.

Feb 20 Waco, TX - Scruffy Murphy’s

Feb 26 Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Live - The band competes with Buck Jones, Overflo and Nick Brisco for a spot on this Summer’s H.O.R.D.E. Festival. The Undulating Band wins by audience vote and is scheduled to play Starplex Amphitheater in August. They also get some cash which is good.

The trio competes for a shot at the H.O.R.D.E. Festival at Deep Ellum Live - Dallas, TX

March 3 Fort Worth, TX - The Second Annual FW Weekly Reader’s Poll Music Awards. The Undulating Band gets five nominations and takes Album of the Year for 9,000,000 b.p.m. and Brad gets Songwriter of the Year. He’s speechless, no really... it was bad.

March 6, 7 Colorado Springs, CO - The Ritz

March 8 Boulder, CO - Nick’s - The band checks out G. Love playing next door at the Fox Theater.

March 9 Dillon, CO - The Dam Brewery

March 10 Silverthorne, CO - Stray Dog w/ some punk/reggae band from New York.

March 11 Breckenridge, CO - Alligator Lounge

Mar 13 Wichita Falls, TX - 3rd Base - The band is treated to one of the finest chicken fried steak dinners they have ever tasted. Brad is too busy throwing hissy lead singer fit to join them. Does Brad remember what the fit was over? Of course not.

April 3 Ruston, LA - Rabb’s

April 4 Memphis, TN - Rhodes College "Rites of Spring" - The band plays a big outdoor show with Gran Torino from Knoxville, TN and The Smithereens. We get our name printed on a T-Shirt and everything.

April 5 Memphis, TN - Newby’s

April 10 Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Arts Festival - We open up for Johnny Reno who comes out and plays his sax with us. Three months later he steals our bass player, Aden from us. We're just giving him a hard time, we love Johnny.

April 13 Arlington, TX - UTA - The band plays a free concert in the University Center.

April 16 Fort Worth, TX - Main Street Arts Festival - The band headlines the Convention Center Stage.

April 21 Dallas, TX - The band’s second appearance on Fox 4’s Good Day Dallas. They play Wild.

April 25 Richardson, TX - Brad performs at the Richardson Wildflower Festival with songwriter Colin Boyd. Unrehearsed, they sing harmonies on each other’s songs and it is truly a magical moment.

May 6 Arlington, TX - Rich and Brad play a free outdoor concert at UTA with just an acoustic guitar and an African D’Jimbe drum.

May 14 Fort Worth, TX - Aardvark w/ Brasco. Tone Sommers of the Robert Ealey Band sits in and plays some incredible blues guitar.

May 23 Downtown Fort Worth, TX - Blues-a-Palooza - Two day blues festival headlined by Robert Ealey. Robert came out and did a little blues number on the drums with the band and then some 10 year-old kid came out and played guitar on the U.B.’s Harmonica Song.

June 15 Fort Worth, TX - Flying Saucer - 3 year anniversary of this popular beer bar. The band played with the Mudcats, Houston and Route 420. Relentless jamming followed.

June 25 Houston, TX - Satellite Lounge with teen sensation the Honeyrods from Nashville, TN. By now Brad has convinced Kevin Grove to join the band. He fills the electric guitar position left by Don C. earlier this year. He also plays mandolin, pedal steel (through a distortion pedal) acoustic guitar and he sings. Yeah!

June 30 Dallas, TX - Snake River Saloon - The Ticket (sports radio 820am) "Guys Night Out" Very strange night for a band with absolutely no interest in sports, except for Aden - he seemed to know what was going on. There were no women at this gig at all. Rich was demoted to tambourine when Mike Rhyner took over the drums.

July 7 Houston, TX - Mystery Manor Theater - Brad was special guest for this songwriter concert hosted by Ken Gaines.

July 12 Dallas, TX - West End Taste of Dallas - The band plays with Boa Drape and Grand Street Cryers. Brad takes this opportunity to congratulate Tim Locke, the lead singer of G.S.C., on all their successes - big chance to schmooze, you know, one rock frontman to another. Tim, not quite sure who Brad is, asks him when the deli tray will be arriving.

July 14 Denton, TX - Dan’s Bar - Brad does another songwriter night, this time with host Jeff Glover, Brandon Jameison from the Sutcliffes and Donny Ray Ford.

July 23 Fort Worth, TX - Caravan of Dreams - The band plays a free show after a Mark Cohn concert for the Zone 93.3 FM. Aden takes "heavy metal" bass solo interspersed with Led Zeppelin licks.

Aug 19 Dallas, TX - Fox 4, "Good Day Dallas" - Our third appearance this year, we go all acoustic this time mainly because we’re tired of dragging our amps up there at 7:00 in the morning.

Aug 20 Dallas, TX - Curtain Club - We play with the bands Homebrew and Hush. Hush has a beautiful girl named Carolyn Braun as their lead singer. Brad and Carolyn were in their first band together in the 8th grade. We were called Stonehenge - Don’t laugh. Coordinated outfits, lots and lots of bandanas, big hair and two lead guitar players because that's the only way to do it if you're going to play the Scorps all night. The full rock-n-roll deal, man - it was great.
Terrence Slemmons or "Slembones" has now become our new bass player. After 5 1/2 years with the band Aden has gone to greener pastures swingin’ with Johnny Reno. They have a record deal and their Thursday night gig at the Red Jacket in Dallas is one of the hottest things going. Aden plays the next two gigs with the band because Brad says he has to.

Aug 23 Dallas, TX - Starplex Amphitheater - We open the H.O.R.D.E. Festival with Fiji Mariners, Alana Davis, Cowboy Mouth, Fastball, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Barenaked Ladies, Ben Harper, Robert Bradley & Blues Traveler. Free beer, deli tray and people to carry your gear. 30 whole minutes of rock n’ roll stardom.

l-r: Aden Bubeck (bass), Rich Stitzel (topless drummer), Brad, Vance Van Donselar (percussion),
Kevin Grove (elec. guitar, pedal steel, mandolin), A.J. Mathieu (guitar tech extraordinaire) opening up the H.O.R.D.E. Festival in Dallas, TX

Sept 19 Fort Worth, TX - Rich and Brad play the Magnolia Street Arts Festival.

Sept 24 Waco, TX - The band is filmed before a live audience for The Texas Music Cafe. Kind of like a little Austin City Limits aired on PBS (KERA in Dallas every Sunday night). Our show airs sometime early Spring ‘99 and then goes into syndication.

Sept 26 Hurst, TX - TCJC East Campus - Outdoor show with Hillbilly Cafe and some other band.

Sept 26 Mansfield, TX - Hometown Festival - We play on a flatbed trailer. Not the first time, certainly not the last.

Oct 2 Dallas, TX - Flying Saucer on Greenville Ave. - Outdoor show with Carfire and Brave Combo. Rains come right after our set, we rescue B.C.’s equipment but they don’t get to play.

Oct 5 Fort Worth, TX - Brad departs on solo tour with help from ex-Sony Publicity Guru Kyle Harris and some of Jackopierce’s regional contacts. Travels by himself for three weeks playing some crazy gigs, showering at truckstops and sleeping in his truck in Wal-Mart parking lots. First stop - Houston to see dear friend Chris Snyder. We hang out and eat some stir fry.

Oct 6 Baton Rouge, LA (home of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog) - Daiquiri Cafe

Oct 7 New Orleans, LA - Brad plays Tulane University’s Ratskellar that day and the Neutral Ground Coffee Shop that night.

Oct 8 Columbus, MS - Stagedoor Coffeehouse

Oct 9 Oxford, MS - Henry Cafe. Brad swings on over to Proud Larry’s later that evening and gets to open for Sister 7 just because he know their drummer Sean Phillips. Smooth, huh?

Oct 10 Nashville, TN - Flying Saucer grand opening - Outdoor festival w/ Brave Combo. No rain this time.

Oct 11 Atlanta, GA - Dottie’s - Brad plays with 50 Million, a really wild band from San Francisco, CA.

Oct 12 Atlanta, GA - Eddie’s Attic - Famous songwriter place, you know Indigo Girls, Shawn Mullins, etc.

Oct 13 Black Mountain, NC - Grey Eagle - Brad plays dueling banjos with local banjo player. How fitting.

Oct 14 Clinton, SC - Presbyterian College - Brad plays college coffeehouse (Inklings) with local duo opening.

Oct 15 Durham, NC - Duke University - Brad plays the campus bar (The Hideaway) outside and freezes his butt off.

Oct 16 Durham, NC - Duke University - Brad plays the massive Clock Tower Quad beneath the spectacular University Chapel. He has a little run-in with some smart-mouth Lacrosse players but starts throwing some lead singer attitude around and they back down.

Oct 17 Charlottesville, VA - Brad plays some really great coffee house on The Corner, but he can’t think of the name of it right now.

Oct 19 Nashville, TN - Brad plays the famous Bluebird Cafe. Runs into a motorcycle gang from Fort Worth and we hang out all night.

Oct 20 Starkville, MS - Flo & Eddie’s - Last show of tour (sigh). 10 hour drive home (bigger sigh).

Oct 24 Dallas, TX - Barley House w/ the band, now called The Brad Thompson Band.

Oct 25 Austin, TX - Steamboat 1874 w/ Brasco

Oct 27 Aden & Jacqueline move in with Brad and Janel for two months while they’re in-between houses.

Oct 30 Fort Worth TX - Aardvark w/ pal Andrew Hailey and his new original band.

Nov 20 Dallas, TX - Liquid Lounge. The band is now officially called Brad Thompson no more Undulating Band.

Nov 21 Fort Worth, TX - Satellite Dish - The latest addition to the Fort Worth club scene and a very happening place. Brad unfortunately takes several antihistamines (on accident) before the show and is not himself.

Dec 3 Denton, TX - Dan’s Bar

Dec 17 Waco, TX - Scruffy Murphy’s

Jan 2 Ft. Worth, TX - The annual Undulating Band Christmas dinner with members past and present. Stitzel, Bubeck, Cento, Slemmons, Grove, Thompson.

Jan 7 Dallas, TX - Fox 4 Morning Show. Brad solo, plays Never.

Jan 22 San Angelo, TX - Steel Penny Pub

Feb 1 Ft. Worth, TX - Brad’s bud Danny Weaver buys the Aardvark. Brad starts solo Wednesdays.

Mar 10, 11 Chicago, IL - Cigarette Manufacturer who sponsored Brad’s H.O.R.D.E. appearance flies him to IL to discuss some important rock and roll stuff. They stick Brad and some other musicians from around the country behind one way glass and ask them to "speak candidly about their H.O.R.D.E. Festival experience." The whole trip is really weird but we get to hang out in the V.I.P. Room at The House of Blues that night and then later at Kingston Mines for two stages of live blues bands and bufffalo wings 'til 4am so it’s all good.

Mar 24 We audition new bass player, Jeff Plant. Hip, lanky dude that Rich met at a jazz gig. We hit it off smashingly. He’s also in Citizen Lane, a Denton funk, lounge band.

April 2 Ft. Worth, TX - Aardvark - Band plays with Mike Hosty Trio from OK.

April 13 Denton, TX - Dan’s Bar - Songwriter night with Brad, Eric Keyes from Riddle Me This and Mark David Manders. Quite a diverse line up I must say.

April 23 Ft. Worth, TX - Wreck Room - Band plays w/ Mattie Girl and Sugarbomb.

May 5 Dallas, TX - The Palace - Brad opens for Martin Sexton from New York who puts on a great show, just him on acoustic and a drummer.

May 21 Fort Worth, TX - Caravan of Dreams - The band headlines this now defunct club.

June 5 San Angelo, TX - Steel Penny Pub

July 10 Fort Worth, TX - Wreck Room w/ Lewis from Dallas.

July 11 Dallas, TX - The band plays Taste of Dallas

Aug 7 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room - Brad does solo opener for Jay Quinn Band and Cary Pierce.

Aug 26 Abiline, TX - Bob's

Aug 27 Alpine, TX - Railroad Blues Bar (One of the finest clubs in the state of Texas)

Aug 28 San Angelo, TX - Steel Penny Pub

Sept 1 Band departs on Colorado tour with Lane Eubank (a.k.a Citizen Lane) opening all the shows (at this point we're sharing the same band) Kevin Afflack as guest electric guitar monster, and our good buddy Kip Siewert is traveling along taping all the shows.

Sept 2 Steamboat Springs, CO - The Tugboat

Sept 3,4 Salida, CO - Victoria Tavern September 5 Breckenridge, CO - Blue Spruce Inn

Sept 6 Evergreen, CO - Little Bear - Memorable Kevin Afflack quote, "I think I'm crushing the band's groove, maybe I won't sit in with you guys tonight"

Fueling Moby (that's our van's name) in Manitou Springs, CO (check out the price of gas!)

Sept 7 Fraser, CO - Crooked Creek Saloon

Sept 8 Denver, CO - Herman's Hideaway - Memorable club owner quote "We've pretty much stopped booking out-of-town acts altogether."

Sept 11 Dallas, TX - Club Dada - We return to Dallas and Lane is now the headliner and we do the opening slot.

Sept 15 Aden Bubeck's wife of 5 years, Jacqueline Bubeck is killed in a car accident. She leaves behind a son, Skylar (2 years old) and a daughter Marvel (6 months old). Aden eulogizes his wife in a funeral service just three days later. Dozens of area jazz musicians perform at the service.

Oct 11 Dallas, TX - Positively Texas - Band does live studio performance of "China" and "Wild"

Novr 12 Fort Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater - Benefit concert for Aden Bubeck and family raises several thousand dollars. Hosted by local radio celeb Mark Davis from WBAP 820am and performances by Tropix, Johnny Reno, Brad and the band.

Dec 8 Memphis, TN - Rhodes College - Brad plays solo at this private college

Dec 9 Nashville, TN - Flying Saucer - Brad solo

Feb 4 Dallas, TX - Club Dada - Band plays w/ Tunji from Austin and Bindle from Fort Worth

Feb 26 Nashville, TN - Flying Saucer - Brad and Rich take their new drum and guitar act to Nashville and guess who just happens to be in the bar that night. None other than Chris Cornell former lead singer of Sound Garden and future lead singer for Audioslave. Seems he appreciates our bold little act and the Jeff Buckley cover we attempted to play. He and Buckley were really tight friends. We talk a bit afterwards and find he's on a solo tour starting next week there in Nashville. He invites us to be his guests at the Dallas show next week.

March 5 Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Live - Brad, Rich and their buds Greg Luce and Cameron attend the sold out Chris Cornell show with all access passes. His manager calls for us after the show so we go backstage and "hang" for a while. There's cigars, St. Pauli Girl beer and the coolest looking bunch of people you've ever seen in your life. Brad gets Chris to sign his guitar next to Michael Hedges' signature and then gets this big, sloppy, sweaty hug from him.

April 8 Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Arts Festival.

April 13 Dallas, TX - Club Dada - We record our live show for an upcoming CD project. Live to 16 track digital tape then it's off to our trusted friend Mike Daane's house for editing and post production and just a tiny, tiny bit of overdubs.

May 20 Fort Worth, TX - Hannah Ruby enters the world, Brad and Janel are parents for the first time.

June 15 Fort Worth, TX - Caravan of Dreams - Brad enlists the help of Kevin Afflack and his electric guitar to open for Cary Pierce now working on a solo career.

June 16, 17 Salida, CO Victoria Tavern - FIBARK Festival, white water rafters and kayakers (-ists?) from around the world converge on the Arkansas River.

July 8 Fort Worth, TX - Caravan of Dreams - Brad gets help from former bassist Aden Bubeck and future drummer Jeff Howe on this last minute show.

July 9 Dallas, TX - Taste of Dallas

July 15 Fort Worth, TX - Brad opens for Mike West and Myshkin from New Orleans at the Jefferson Freedom Cafe. They're friends with Brad's hero Anders Osborne who lives in New Orleans. Anders CD "Which Way To Here" is really good.

July 21 Nashville, TN - Flying Saucer

July 22 Memphis, TN - Flying Saucer