| 7/24/08 |
| This weekend we'll be playing in Eugene, Oakland, And Talent, Or. Check the "shows" page for details! |
| 7/02/08 |
| Friday, July 11th @ 6:00pm join us outside at Liberty Plaza in Downtown Oregon City for an all-ages set complete with food and beer! Then, follow us to Kelly's Olympian in Downtown Portland for show #1 of The MastanMusic Hour Club Showcase Concert and Webcast Series featuring The Dirty Birds, Hillfolk Noir, and yours truly! Click here for press release. And, Saturday, July 12th it's on to Players in Bend, Or. w/ our new friends The Low Arts! |
| 6/20/08 |
Be sure to make it down to Jubitz Truck Center this Saturday, June 21st for The Rose City Round Up! There'll be killer bands from noon to 1:30am and more hotrods than you can shake a dipstick at! |
| 5/25/08 |
Thanks again to everybody who made it to the cd release party last Saturday, it wouldn't have been the same without you! Mike D & Thee Loyal Bastards, Drunken Prayer, Hazel Irene Dickinson, Sam Densmore, Jess Kieras, Jeremy Wilson, and Jennifer Lynn, were all amazing! Also, there's a bunch of new stuff up on the "Shows" page including a trip through Seattle and Stanwwod this weekend!
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| 2/16/08 |
| It's official, the street release for the new DCC album "When Hearts Break" is on Tuesday, May 20th and the release party is at Dante's on Saturday, May 17th! We'll let you know the details as they happen. Now, this Thurday, Feb. 21st catch us at Dante's for a blockbuster Low Dough Show with Eddie Spaghetti and Gerald Collier! |
| 11/08/07 |
| Go to www.mastanmusic.com/podcast/ now to hear The MastanMusic Hour Episode 36 Featuring The Dry County Crooks! Listen as we preview songs from our upcoming cd "When Hearts Break", learn about our labels' launch party November 18th @ The Doug Fir Lounge, and even check out a live video single taken from the podcast! |
| 8/28/07 |
| We're tracking the new cd as I type this and it's going great... sounds like amonster. Hey, don't miss us this Thursday, August30th as we team up with old friends Power of County,The Koozies, and Spigot at Dantes (1 SW 3rd Portland,Or.) for a Mike Thrasher Presents Low Dough Showthat'll knock your socks off. |
| 6/08/07 |
| We're very excited to announce that Tuesday, June 12th we'll be opening for Johnny Cash's legendary band The Tennessee Three at Dante's, 1 SW 3rd St. Portland, Or. A must see! |
| 3/11/07 |
| Looks like we're studio bound in July to record the new cd, so the release can't be that far behind! Also, there's a bunch of new shows and pics up, so have at 'em. Wanna see some clips from our appearance on PDX-49? Either check out the videos @ www.myspace.com/thedrycountycrooks (are you our friend yet!?) or search them on Youtube. |
| 2/08/07 |
| If you live in the Portland area, be sure to watch PDX49 from 5:00pm-8:00pm Thursday, Feb 8th as we will be the featured artists for "Music Week" on The Entertainment Zone. If you don't know, that basically means that there will be 5 or 6 bite-size segments of us talking and playing in between Simpsons episodes. Thank you very much Darcy & Chloe, it was a lot of fun! Also, we'll have new pics up in the next couple days from our recent show w/ The School of Rock. |
| 10/17/06 |
| Before iTunes there was EMUSIC. These are real MP3 files that can be played on any computer or device, not just Apple stuff. To download songs from The One That Got Away or Wrong Side Of The Tracks on EMUSIC, just click! |
| 9/26/06 |
| Sorry for the late update. If you live in Southern Oregon and are planning on going to the show this Saturday in Ashland, it's moved to Talent, Or. just a few miles down the road (as I understand). Details are on the "Shows" page as well as a bunch of new shows including this Friday in Eugene |
| 6/28/06 |
| If you want to find The One That Got Away or Wrong Side of the Tracks on iTunes, just click! Also, the "jukebox" down and to your right now has a new selection of live and unreleased material, so dig in. |
| 5/10/06 |
| If you haven't met him already, kindly look to your right in the flashing picture box and say "Hi" to Johnny B, our new bass player. He's 5 shows in and fits like a glove. Also thanks to Vanished Twin Photography for the new bio pic. Tons of new stuff on the shows page and plenty more to come. |
| 3/15/06 |
| Don't miss Howies' final show w/ us this Thusday March 23rd
@ Dante's w/ Soledad
Brothers and The
Heartless Bastards! We fire things up at 9:30pm. You can get tickets
at www.ticketswest.com
or at (503) 224-TIXX. We'll miss ya, baby. Also, The Rick Emerson Show is back on the Portland airwaves noon to 3:00pm weekdays on 970 AM, so if you're not already on board, here's your chance! |
| 1/18/06 |
| A quick thanks to Portland General Eclectic on KBOO 90.7fm for co-naming "Light's Just Right" & "True Vine" as the 14th best song (s) of 2005. It was freaky and flattering to see us higher on a list than Willie Nelson, Ween & Maceo Parker. Thanks again! |
| 1/3/06 |
| Recently we recorded a version of Social Distortions' "Don't
Take Me For Granted" for Portlands' king of all media, Rick Emerson,
and his now just released DVD "Bigger Than Jesus, The Diary Of A Rock
'n' Roll Fan." Listen to it here,
and while you're there buy a DVD set, it's awesome. On myspace? Go to www.myspace.com/thedrycountycrooks and be our friend! |
| 11/11/05 |
| Your pals need help! We just placed in the top 10 out of 580 for the Chain Whipped Magazines' Unsigned Band Contest, now it's up to the people to decide who gets a bunch of new gear! Click here to go vote. It's set up pretty weird, my advice for a non-infuriating voting experience is: 1) Push the play button. 2) Click to the left between the "RATE" arrows for a one star rating and to the right for a five star (I'm sure you can figure out in between). 3) Repeat. You can hit play before the song is over to move on to the next, but I suggest you rate it first, you must do all 10 for it to count. |
| 10/6/05 |
| Our new friend Bryan actually drew these on cocktail napkins during a show @ The White Eagle a couple weeks ago. No shit! |
| 8/25/05 |
| This Fri. Aug. 26th we'll be playing 3 sets @ The Portsmouth
Club, so if North Portland's your turf you're in business. On Saturday we
head a lot further north to say goodbye to the coolest bar your ass has
ever been to, Maddogs' Stanwood Inn. This'll be the last show ever there,
so we're stoked to be a part of it... Should be insane. Click here
to see the schedule for the upcoming MusicfestNW, which we'll be taking
part in on Sat. Sept. 10th. |
| 7/23/05 |
| Check out the new pics of us @ The Doghouse,
Dante's, shooting guns near The Flying "M" Ranch and even a shot
of the new van. Freakin' sweet! -Paul |
| 6/22/05 |
| If you live in Portland and have Concast Cable, you can see
an hours-worth of our cd release party from a couple weeks ago every Tuesday
and Thursday @ 5:00pm on channel 11 through July! If you live in Milwaukie
click
here for a schedule, and Oregon City can click
here, you want to look for "Milwaukies Best Music Vol. 6".
Also, thanks to Sabala's Mt. Tabor, Williamette Week, Budwiser and everybody
who came out to the show the other night, it was great. -Paul |
| 5/25/05 |
| First of all, thanks to Brian Blair of The Oregon Music Guide
for putting together the cancer benefit show we played in Salem last Sat.,
great show! And of course thanks to everyone else that we've worked w/ over
the last month except for maybe the people in customs at the Canadian border.
But now, it's time to focus on what's really important... The release party for the new cd "Wrong Side of the Tracks" @ Dantes this Fri. May 27th! This night also features Big John Bates and the Voodoo Dollz as well as the return of The Flapjacks, so missing this would be pretty fucked up. Sat. May 28th will be the Eugene release of sorts as we rock the Wetlands w/ our pals The Koozies. -Paul |
| 3/25/05 |
| It's official, release for the new cd, "Wrong Side Of
The Tracks" is on Friday, May 27th, and the party's @ Dantes.
It's sounding really good, so we're definately stoked. Don't miss Honky
Tonk Tuesday (March 29th) @ Sabalas
Mt. Tabor, we're playing w/ The Clementines and Fistfull Of Cash. -Paul |
| 2/28/05 |
| See you @ The Devils Point Friday, March 4th when Mission
5 and yours truly make a big mess of the place. Did I mention it's my birthday? -Paul |
| 1/31/05 |
| Yamhill, Or. will be the setting for shows on
Feb. 4th & 5th as we're headed to The Flying
'M' Ranch for a weekend of rock-related debauchery and clean living
gone wrong. After that it's into the studio we go to lay down tracks for the new cd, which with all things allowing should be ready for release sometime in April. We'll keep you posted as stuff happens. -Paul |
| 12/01/04 |
| Don't miss this Sat. Dec. 4th @ Beulahland (118 NE 28th, Portland, Or) as we bring w/ us our good friends Porphyria, and from Eugene, The Koozies. A must see! |
| 11/29/04 |
| Check out the new review from NW Radio here. |
| 11/15/04 |
| Vics... goddammit. Saying goodbye sucks but at least the
final show was totally bitchin'! And you know it's a party when Jen Lane
and the Barfly bus
show up, too. In the basement we've been spending a lot of time working
on new material lately, which is good, because it looks like we're going
into the studio in Feb. to record the new cd. Can't wait. There's some new shows up, and check out new pics from our first trip to Maddogs Hotel Tavern, in Stanwood, Wa. -Paul |
| 10/6/04 |
| Sorry about any messages that didn't get posted. The board is fully operational again, so let 'er rip! (Unless you're from Paxil or the like, in which case I hope all your dicks explode from getting so big). |
| 9/29/04 |
| We've had a bunch of great shows the last few weeks, our
thanks to Chris and everyone @ the Portsmouth Club, Johnny and the gang
down @ Johnny B's in Medford (cool place!), Ray, KEXP and the rest of our
friends @ the Shanty in Seattle, and the Musicfest NW people along w/ Slabtown
here in Portland. Got a great review for the Musicfest, too. Check it out
here. This weekend Conans Pub (shows page has details) is hosting "Bands Against Bush" this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The very idea of George W. Bush getting re-elected sends shivers down my spine, and looking at recent polls it has become clear that everybodys' support is going to be absolutely necessary at every level if we're to keep that from happening. We'll be playing @ 9:30 sharp on Saturday, and would love to see everyone there. Also, Sat. Oct. 9th we'll be doing an all-ages show in Hillsboro @ Four Seasons Bowl. Details as always are on the shows page, and yeah, you can bowl while you rock. -Paul |
| 8/23/04 |
| Let me just start by saying thanks to Bob and Tami, Haymaker,
and EVERYBODY else @ the Stanwood Hotel who completely blew our minds last
week! This place is the coolest, and the best part is we're going back for
a big show w/ Richmond
Fontaine on Sat. Sept. 4th. Rock on, Stanwood! For the 2nd year in a row we were auctioned off to Brendan & Christy White to play an annual block party to benefit the Providence Montessori School where Vinny and Lans' daughter Hazel attends. The party was on Sat. and the rain started coming down hard. Undaunted, our hosts put on an awesome display of perseverance, umbrellas were piled into forts, tarps and bungee chords were made into a makeshift pavillion and the party went on without a hitch. Kudos! So what's coming up? This Sat. Aug. 28th it's "An Evening w/ The Dry County Crooks" as we play 3 sets @ our ol' stompin' grounds, Dr. Johns' Pub in Oregon City, and Sun. Aug. 29th it's "The Battle of the Bands" @ Meow Meow in SE Portland. The "Battle" is all-ages and starts @ 6:00pm, so if you're under 21 this is your big chance as we don't play all-ages shows that often. See ya there! -Paul |
| 8/12/04 |
| Just
got the news that we'll be playing the Musicfest
NW on Sat. Sept. 11th @ Slabtown in NW
Portland, more details to come! In the meantime, we've got a rocker weekend
on our hands as we head up to Washington w/ stops in Olympia & Stanwood.
Details for those and others are on the shows page. Check out the pics page
for some new photos from recent shows @ The Devils' Point & Barracuda.
Keep cool! -Paul |
| 6/17/04 |
| So much to talk about but first things first, last
night I got to witness my hometown heroes the Detroit
Pistons close out the NBA finals by completely dismantling the evil
L.A. Laker empire . I mean they killed them! Craig Kilborn just said that
in a last ditch effort to get rings, Gary Payton and Karl Malone tried to
work out a trade to Detroit at halftime. I love it! But the party doesn't stop there, Happy birthdays to Howie and Vinny, and congratulations to our friends Chris & Lori Jo who just tied the knot last Saturday @ Hornings Hideout, where we were 1/3 the entertainment along w/ So Fine and Herkemer. That place is so cool! Coming up on Thursday, June 24th is the funnest party your ass has ever been to, it's the Rick Emerson Listener Party V: What Happened to my Pants? @ Barracuda, 9 NW 2nd & Burnside, in Portland. This kicks off at 8:00pm sharp and features Storm & the Balls, the Tim Riley Factor and yours truly. We've been huge fans of Ricks show for years, and I've never missed a listener party, so I'm really stoked about this. If you've never listened, you're missing out on far and away the best radio show in town, shame on you. Also, Fri, June 25th is an awesome country bill @ Duffs Garage, 1635 SE 7th, in Portland. We close it out after Matt Brown and Moonshine Hangover blow your minds! See you there! -Paul |
| 5/19/04 |
| Things are going well, got some cool new songs. I love it
when the newest stuff is the best stuff. Among the assload of gigs (check
the shows page) coming up is a FREE 3 setter @ the Devils' Point on Fri.
May 21st, tell a friend and we'll see you there! -Paul |
| 4/22/04 |
Get ready to rock this weekend - Fri. dcc plays the Arnada in the couv and Sat. a special appearance @ the beatles tribute/ethos benefit - www.peteyjcool.com/beatles.html - 9 bands play fab 4 - 3 bucks. See our show page for more upcoming events & for the love of god get on our email list. See ya @ our next gig! Cheers! -Howie |
| 3/30/04 |
| Check 1, 2... Check 1, 2... Here we go, introducing the new
home site for the Dry County Crooks. First off, thanks to our old webmaster
Patrick Maes for everything, it's very much appreciated. Second, thanks
to Scott Chapin of Think Tank for kicking so much ass getting the new one
up, wow. Congrats to the Holy Hell Yeahs who through highly suspect behavior beat us in the "Maneuver in Vancouver" last Thursday, and big thanks to the Koozies for having us down to Luckeys in Eugene on Friday, real cool. Sat. April 3rd we're playing Conans' Pub here in Portland w/ Herkemer, the Yawns & Glassine. You'd be very foolish to miss this one! Check the shows page for more, and be sure to sign up on the mailing list so we know who you are. Thanks for stoppin' by! -Paul |