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Pennyjar

"Cowboys would kill us..."

About Me

5 Years into this shit and we still have 3 of the 4 original members. Not to bad for a band playing the least beloved of all musical styles, "Alt.Country". Whatever that means now.
In 2003 we released our first album "Hell or Highwater", it has since sold out of its enitre two print runs (yep kiddies we sold that bastard out twice). For about the last year or two we have been working on a follow up. We have about 20 new songs in the can for a record that we really want to put out this year. But we say that every year. This might be the year though, just so we can thank Alice in the liner notes.
We just lost our dear drummer Patrick McGraw to the wild plains of Arizona and the comfort of a woman. We wish him well and are proud to announce that the throne will be taken up by Mr. Chad Nichol of Swilltones fame.
We still haven't played a show that followed the planned set list the entire evening. We are prone to playing songs we don't really know in the middle of our set just because it seems like a good idea. Sometimes we get too drunk to play well and usually those are our best shows.
See ya Soon

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/9/2004
Band Website: pennyjar.com
Band Members: John Rhoadarmer - Bass, Keys & Vocals Patrick Hayes - Vocals & Guitar Steve Watson - Guitar & Vocals Jenny Watson - Harmonica,Vocals, Guitar Chad Nichol - Drums
Influences: Uncle Tupelo , Mother Hips , Old 97's , Minibar , Drag the River , the Replacements , Slobberbone, Grant Lee Phillips , Gram Parsons , X , the Clash , Supersuckers , the Faces , Wilco , Let it Bleed era Rolling Stones, Chicken Shit Outfit, Dinosaur Jr.,the Avett Brothers, Son Volt , The Bottle Rockets , Whiskeytown , Jackpot , the Refreshments, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Golden Smog , Neil Young and Crazy Horse ,the Muses (RIP), Elvis Costello , Limbeck, Paul Westerberg , Ryan Adams , Hank Snow, Drive By Truckers, Shurman , Bob Dylan , the Byrds ,Gillian Welch, the Jayhawks , Cracker

And the music of our beloved Alumni - John Usilton, Patrick McGraw, Steve Hoffman and Jon Clarke and David Radmacher

Sounds Like: Americana , Roots Rock , Alt.Country (whatever that is..) , New Depression (2nd wave No Depression ?) , Uncle Tupelo , Whiskeytown
Record Label: Until Bloodshot comes a callin' we say "Fuck No!"
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Upcoming...

Got some more work done with Mr. Brent Spiegel at the recording studio. At this point we are further along in the process then we have been before so that is nice. But our world doesn't stop spinning ...
Posted by Pennyjar on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:55:00 PST

Basic Tracks Done

So in day two at the Studio we managed to get the remaining tracks down. Drums and Bass are now done for:Take it AwayDevil I KnowWasting TimeHow Ya Got 'EmSo the foundation is laid and now the rest of...
Posted by Pennyjar on Tue, 27 May 2008 05:37:00 PST

Starting the Record

So we put in some hours in at ye olde studio today. We laid down Drum tracks ( and some Bass tracks) for a few songs:Want You AroundRoosterCaliforniaI'll Be SorryGood YearDressCaught in the SwitchesLe...
Posted by Pennyjar on Sun, 25 May 2008 07:05:00 PST

Here We Go (again)

Once again we will try our had at actually recording album 2. Good god I hope it works this time. We are rolling tape starting tomorrow at Fast Trax Studios in SLO with Brent Spiegel. When Brent was ...
Posted by Pennyjar on Sat, 24 May 2008 11:00:00 PST

Paso DTB, A short Break, In the meantime....

A big beautiful "Thanks" to everyone who made our deut at the Paso Robles Downtown Brew so spectacular. We had a great time up there. Although we should remind you that it is Red Eye Junction that giv...
Posted by Pennyjar on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:18:00 PST

It’s A Hard Knock...

So right now we’re kicking down a few doors and tryin to set up shows all over the place. Also looking at putting together a new booking demo in order to help that situation out. Steven had to m...
Posted by Pennyjar on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:24:00 PST

Before the Cold

Howdy allWell it's been a bit of a break for us here, unless you count the "Oxblood Yellow" shows in December and January. Those weren't really pennyjar shows though, but they were hella fun. Anyhow, ...
Posted by Pennyjar on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:22:00 PST

Pissin’ Rain

Well it's gonna start with the wet season here soon. i always like it when the rain starts up. Keeps all ya bastards from hanging out on the patio smokin' while we play the night away. Something about...
Posted by Pennyjar on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:54:00 PST

Video Clip of the "Stupor" group

Chad from Red Eye Junction was kind enough to post this video of the multi band jam of "Dead Flowers" from our DTB show a month or so back. All Pennies are present except Jenny for some reason.Stupor ...
Posted by Pennyjar on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:56:00 PST

Hells Yes

The Hooovers show was a doozy folks. Really. Not only did we twang it up, not only did we bang it up but we did it all with a Bass player who was three (or four) sheets to the wind. We were joined on ...
Posted by Pennyjar on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:02:00 PST