GENESIS OF THE BAND: (November 2005) Party at John's house...Joe and John pick up the axes and start trading licks - each one of them equally impressed with the other's musicianship and varied influences...casual talk commences on forming a band. Roger and Dawnie get together with John and Joe for an impromptu jam session - Beer, Jack and Medicine soon flow (as do the tunes!!)...they set a second date for a more 'formal' get together. John throws a song into the ring that he had written sometime ago - Joe throws some lyrics to that tune on the follow up 'rehearsal'..."MESCALITO" takes flight and that would be the band's first song. Nicole soon joins the band as their lead singer - songs start to take shape and a few private gigs soon follow...BofA in the July '06 Vegas heat!! (amps almost fry)...Halloween '06, Jack Skellington, A Witch, A Cardinal, Foxy Brown & Star Trek...talk of First Friday. Rick (thanks for the opportunity brother!) enters the picture and a quick gig is set up for DINO'S. (Mid November '06) No EP, no 'paying' gigs under their belt, no press coverage, yet THEY TOTALLY PACK THE PLACE!! Studio time (Thanks Ralph! ya' da man!) & a New Year's Weekend gig. (New year, new beginnings) More studio time & growing pains...EP "Sunday @ 5" completed. Tough decisions - change equals growth...Ruby joins the band as their new lead singer - new energy, new gigs! (March '07) First Friday in June '07 (two gigs in one night!), back to back Mickie Finnz gigs. More drunken debauchery at DINO'S. Dawnie departs the band for personal and professional reasons. Three steps back and a regrouping period...Jeannie comes into the fold as a keyboardist - she can also sing and work the axe as well! New direction, new movement, more change...Roger departs the band for personal reasons. John and Joe start writing new material and several drummers are interested in joining the band. Suzanne joins the group on the skins and breaths new life into the sound - excitement! Jeannie moves back to Texas...good luck : ) The band continues gigging, starting to record demos & actively searches for a lead singer/musician to complete the sound. Stay tuned, the story continues - 2008 is shaping up as a big LEMONVINE year...(Thanks to all the fans for joining us on this wild ride!!)
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"Mescalito" is based on the novel "The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge" written by Carlos Castaneda - definitely worth picking up!
DINO'S (1516 S. Las Vegas Blvd), first bar in Las Vegas NV to give the band a 'paying' gig.
"Sunday @ 5" not officially released as of this date - bootleg copies are out and about...
