It's Our Year!

...and another lap around the sun brings us to the 13th year of the 3rd millennium...2013! The superstitious may worry about bad luck in a year ending in 13, so our team of researchers scanned the headlines from 1913 to see if musicians suffered any particular hardships that year.  Following were the major events:

• The 16th Amendment, the federal income tax (only 1%!!!), was ratified.  As this tax was based on "earned income", musicians weren't affected much.
• Henry Ford invented the assembly line, which became the basic songwriting process for bands like Boston, Nickelback & Coldplay.
• Gideon Sundback of Sweden patented the zipper and Mary Phelps Jacobs patented the modern elastic brassiere, both of which greatly enhanced the quality of life for both musicians and groupies. 
• Harry Brearly invented stainless steel, which made premature instrument corrosion due to spilled drinks and other people's vomit a thing of the past.

As you can see 1913 was a great year for musicians!  With our current CD and a number of really good new songs in the works, we're looking forward to 2013 being a great year for the band and our fans.  Our calendar is open the next few weeks so we can put the finishing touches on the new songs and come-up with a few more.  After that, we'll re-start the gigging machine in hopes of saving some dough for a follow-up CD.

Thanks again for supporting HWY 13 & local music in 2012, and we hope you have a happy & healthy new year in 2013.  Stay tuned for updates and, as always,...keep rockin!