CD Release Party!

One quick flip of the calendar away is our Collision Course CD Release Party.  Put a big fat circle around Saturday April 5, set your GPS for a 9 pm arrival at McAuliffe's Pub on the south side of Racine (3700 Meachem Rd.) and be our guest for a full night of smash-mouth original rock & roll from HWY 13 and The Biscanies.  The featured attraction, of course, will be our live rendition of all the the new CD's songs, plus most of our first CD and some covers from our rotation.  

Opening for us are The Biscanies, another local 3-piece band of original hard-rockers. We've gigged with them a couple of times before and we look forward to hearing their high-energy act as much as we look forward to rocking their high-energy fans.  We make a great one-two punch and thanks, as always, to J.J. at McAuliffe's Pub for providing a great venue for local, original music.

Commerce-wise, we'll have a full supply of Collision Course and HWY 13 CD's on hand so you can take us home with you in the figurative sense, as our wives/significant other would never allow it in the literal sense.  Even if they didn't care we'd be tired, sweaty, 66% inebriated and looking for something to eat.  You're way better-off taking HWY 13 home in CD form so you can hear us on your favorite sound system under perfect studio conditions, and without all the smells & dirty dishes from the real HWY 13.  We'll also have HWY 13 koozies on hand, free with a CD purchase!   

Thanks again for tuning-in to the blog, hope to see you at McAuliffe's for the CD Release Party on April 5th, and keep rockin'! 

          

CD Baby!

As mentioned in several recent posts our second album, Collision Course, is now available either from the band members locally, or through the link below to our album's page on CD Baby.com, where you can buy the CD or download the album for $9.99, or download your favorite songs for $0.99 each.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hwy132

In addition, we're pleased to announce we'll be having our CD release party Saturday night April 5 at McAuliffe's Pub, 3700 Meachem Rd. in Racine.  Opening for us will be The Biscanies, another great local band with a growing list of original rockers.

What you'll get with this CD are nine original rock & roll songs, each with their own distinct feel.....from punk beats (Tourniquet and Collision Course) to rockabilly (Nothing But Blue and Wildkat).  We even included a murder ballad (Murder One) with a special guest appearance by Geff Crowell, former lead singer of our predecessor band, Blind Ambition, on harmony vocals!  Our long-time fans will also appreciate the inclusion of two classic HWY 13 songs (Sacrifice and She's The One) from the Rick Shepard/Johnny Stehlik era, that were never recorded for an album.  That leaves Dark Horse, a heavy swing beat song about swift (and punishing) justice in various forms, and Poke The Bear, an up-tempo rocker about maintaining domestic tranquility......or not.

All this goodness was professionally engineered, recorded and produced by Chris Wisco at his new & improved studio at Belle City Sound.  We can't say enough about the great work Chris has done on both our albums including the first one, HWY 13.  On this one, he kept the overdubbing to a minimum so it sounds like the new power trio lineup we've become.  We also want to thank our good friend and former band-mate, Tim Thilleman, who was with us and helped when the new songs were evolving.  Well played sirs!

So check-out the new album and be the first one on your block to score your own copy. Played loud enough and often enough, it'll scare all the unwanted critters out of your house and help keep property taxes low in the neighborhood.  Thanks again for tuning-in to the blog and keep rockin'!