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About Me

The Toughtimes had been in the making for some 5 years. Original members Anthony Estrada and Nick Santos-Carter founded the band, picked up a couple drummers along the way, and settled on their main skin man Todd Searles. These three guys crank out the funkiest, toughest, raw and heartfelt music one could have only hoped to hear at points further south in all the hole-in-the-wall jukes, or for that matter the Midwest (Chicago and Detroit, namely, where they draw a lot of influence and material from) until now. The Northwest is ready for some of that greasy gritty back-alley music that moves and grooves.... You can say our music is "Urban Americana". Idea Soldier Sounds International is proud to present THE TOUGHTIMES! For booking info call Anthony @ (253) 228-3683. And yes, we will play your house party for beer, soda (bring soda, because Ant can’t drink) and snacks.

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Music:

Member Since: 4/18/2007
Band Members: Anthony D. Estrada (aka Ant)- guitar and vocals "Little Nick" Santos-Carter- bass Todd G. Searles- drums ***OUR NEW PROSPECT*** Wes Bowens- second guitar (coming this summer)
Influences: We wear them proudly on our sleeves- The Meters, L.C. Roby, Byther Smith, The four Kings (B.B., Freddie, Albert and Earl), Thee Midniters, Magic Slim and the Teardrops, Booker T. and The MG's, Link Wray, TSU Toronadoes, Dyke and the Blazers, Left Hand Frank, The Fabulous Counts, Earl Hooker, Lee "Shot" Williams, Syl Johnson, Booba Barnes.... And it just don't stop......
Sounds Like: a booty-shakin' money-makin' situation guaranteed to rock the nation!
Record Label: Idea Soldier Sounds Int'l
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Wall- our kind of place!

We just played a gig in White Center, and let me tell you... It ain't nothing "White" about it. This, of course, is a plus to us. With my fiancee and our new second guitarist Wes B with us, we hit up ...
Posted by The Toughtimes on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:20:00 PST

The seperation of church and state....

In the midst of all this election madness, it sickens me to see bands telling you to vote for this and that. While this IS America (I hope), I don't think it's our place as musicians to push our belie...
Posted by The Toughtimes on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:28:00 PST