Special Night

Great night at Rock for Vets with a packed house at the Hiawatha and every band on their A-game.  If the Hiawatha gig was any indication, we should be close to raising the goal of $10,000 combined with the bowling & pool tournaments.  One highlight was Danno's son Dillon joining us on bass for a smokin' hot rendition of What Burns Inside.

Dillon will be joining the National Guard this summer after high school graduation, so it was an honor to jam with a fine young man about to serve his country, while helping to raise funds for those in need who have already served.  Lest we forget, Dillon also designed the cover for the new HWY 13 CD......well-done sir!

Speaking of which, the finished CD's are due to arrive this Monday so we will have them on-hand for sale at our next gig Saturday night, May 12 at the Northside Saloon in Racine with Lyden Moon.  If you can't wait that long, most of you reading this know how to get a hold of one of us, so get a hold of one of us.  If you don't know how to get a hold of one of us, get a hold of someone who does know how to get a hold of one of us, and have them get a hold of one of us.  If all else fails, contact Kevin Bacon because he's only 6 degrees of separation from knowing someone who knows how to get a hold of one of us.

Either way, thanks for all who saw the show last night, hope you can make it to the Northside Saloon on May 12 and keep rockin'!!!

  

Rock for Vets!

The band is gearing-up for the 3rd Annual Rock for Vets this Saturday night the 28th at the Hiawatha Bar & Grill in Sturtevant.  What makes this event special is you not only get to help the vets, you get to thank the vets for the freedom & security we enjoy from their sacrifice. There will be a lot of vets there and we can't wait to shake their hands, thank them for their service and rock their world for a night.  This is a call to action for HWY 13 fans...If you can make it there...make it there!!! 

Adding to the drama, the new HWY 13 CD is mastered & the cover art was sent for production. Will the CD-maker deliver in time for Rock for Vets...or won't they?  We probably won't know until that day, so there's only one way to find out...get your ass down to the Hiawatha that night!

Now let's suppose...just suppose...you're not a HWY 13 fan and our highly-polished live act isn't enough to get you off the couch watching reruns of reality shows about spoon collectors, or celebrity canasta on ESPN 8...The Ocho.  The whole lineup is amazing:

• Downstairs 6:30-7:30: Fall Hazard (Masters of Alternative/New Rock)
• Upstairs 6:45-7:45: Woody (Masters of Classic Rock)
• Downstairs 7:50-8:50: Zicomatic (Classic Rock & Originals Super-Group)
• Upstairs 8:05-9:05: Mean Jake (Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Legends)
• Downstairs 9:10-10:10: Bull Frog (Rock With Heavy Artillery...Keyboards)  
• Upstairs 9:25-10:25: HWY 13 (Possibly The Best HWY 13 Cover Band Ever)
• Upstairs 10:45-???: Razor's Edge (AC/DC Anyone?!?)

If this doesn't get you off the couch to help the vets, then you deserve programming like Clog-Dancing with the Extras.  Why stay home eating junk food watching Parking Wars marathons when you can work 5 lbs off your hips, thighs & buttocks climbing up & down the stairs bumping into people of the opposite...direction...to see all these great bands?  

Well, this horse is about dead so I'll stop beating it now.  Have a great weekend, keep rockin' and hope to see you at Rock for Vets. (Sorry.....nothing more dangerous than a mortally wounded horse.)

First Sale!

Long-time friend Randy Mich gets bragging rights for making the first purchase of our HWY 13 CD, even though copies aren't available until late April.  The encouraging thing was he actually paid the $13 after hearing the CD, and no adult beverages were involved at the time.

In another stunning development, our official web site has moved to...

http://www.reverbnation.com/hwy13

Click on the link for songs (including some previously recorded hits), pictures, videos, gig info & other news you can't afford to miss.  This blog will continue as a running diary of our exploits, but the old HWY 13 Facebook page is basically KAPUT going forward.

Kudos go to Danno's son Dillon for a job well-done on the new & improved HWY 13 logo and the new CD's cover.  Using the pics from last week's photo session with Jen Le of Jen Le Images, Dillon designed a great cover that visually captures the feel of the CD and the band.  Next week we should have a better idea when the CD's will be delivered, so have a great week, stay tuned for more updates and Keep Rockin'! 

Image is Everything

Because HWY 13's previous publicity photos were mainly unflattering mug shots of us in various levels of inebriation after a sweaty gig in a rough neighborhood, we decided to have some professionally photographed shots taken on-location at a place that better represents our band's dignity...a failed & crumbling industrial facility in a rough neighborhood.  At least we were clean & (relatively) sober this time.

If a picture paints a thousand words, what can we learn from this one above?

1. None of us has a clue what to do in front of a camera.
2. The photographer should get hazardous duty pay.
3. Danno dropping the spare tire represents his dramatic weight-loss.
4. Never play the goal posts for a 50-yard field goal in a football game using tires.

Seriously, Jen Le of Jen Le Images did a great job on our photos and showed a lot of patience working with a group of guys that would rather not be getting their pictures taken.  We picked some good studio & outside shots for the CD cover and with some editing & text we should be ready to send it to the CD-maker for production.


Hope everyone had a happy Easter, stay-tuned for future updates and keep rockin'.   

Amped-Up

Had band practice Sunday and we listened to the new CD all the way through as a group for the 1st time.  After a few minutes of mutual back-slapping on a job well done, we agreed it's about ready to be mastered for production.  Next step for us is to get a good group photo taken and figuring-out the CD cover's design.

Our last posting gave kudos to the Orange Tiny Terror amp used on the CD, but I was remiss in pointing-out that it was only used on Tim's guitar work.  Dino's guitars were played through his trusty 100-watt Marshall amp & cabinet.  Not enough power you say???  The amp only goes to "10", so Dino also used a booster amp to give his Gibson Les Paul Custom's sound that extra push.  I'm not sure what the total amp draw was, but we did notice the neighborhood's lights dimmed a bit up & down Douglas Avenue when he powered-up.

We're getting closer to having our CD ready, so subscribe to the blog for automatic notification of new posts.  If not, you'll have to keep tripping through Facebook's new format fiasco for updates on the CD's progress, future gigs & other important news...like Dino's amps' effect on your monthly electric bill.  Have a great week and keep on rockin'!