Take Me Away: Show Recap

Hey Soul Mates,
what a successful evening. Thanks to everyone who came from far and wide to see our show. The turnout was good and the dancefloor was packed. The band was decked out in purple, magenta and black with matching boutonnieres (at Bryan's suggestion).



My brother, Nate was gracious enough to introduce us and we got right into Fall Out. We spiked the end of Bad Penny Blues with a taste of Kanye West's Gold Digger, which got people fired up. The energy was great for the whole set. We really enjoyed being able to play two Number One's back-to-back. And as I told the audience, it will be fun to play those songs to 80,000 people. It's always a wonderful feeling to hear 100 people sing your song back to you. Thanks for making a musician feel good, Soul Mates. I think everyone's getting the lyrics down very well. The front row in particular was belting 'em out on our current #1, Done Lost My Mind.

Now, the high point of the performance came toward the end when we tried our new cover song. And I'm here to tell you... the wave of energy that surged through the building when people realized we were doing Prince's Let's Go Crazy was amazing. It was the loudest screaming and shouting I've ever had directed at me (for a positive reason at least). So much so that for a moment I had a brain flutter and had to think to remember words I've been singing instinctually for 20 years. What a powerful audience. I think we pulled it off, 'cause you all had nothing but love for us after that. It sho helped that Bryan nailed the guitar parts like I knew he would.

For me the best part about playing Let's Go Crazy was that we followed it with our own song and the vibe didn't ebb at all. I guess we technically got 2 encores. But the official encore was Hold On, I'm Comin'. That's one of Doug's Mom's favorites and since she was there, it was fun to sing it to her. Plus Doug does an amazing job singing the backup on that one during the call and response section.

I hope all of you got your copy of the EP. It was a CD release show after all. We had a few left over, so we'll make those available to those of you who (ahem) didn't get one last night. I trust that those of you with the new gear will be representing RHS out on the streets of LA. Plus the EP will be on CD Baby shortly and of course, iTunes and the like. Please be sure to tell your friends and feel free to drop a testimonial or review here or on myspace. We'd love to get feedback from the people we made this record for.

We are still feeling out our show offers for the next two months. I'll be sure to let you know when we have something booked. We got some really sweet offers last night after the show. In the meantime, we'll get the pictures up soon & you can tune into iRadio to hear us on the charts. Oh, I did get to meet Jennifer Wicks from Indie Airplay. She's a supersweet gal and I can't thank her enough for championing our music.

Set List:
Fall Out
Bad Penny Blues/Gold Digger
Down By Love
Everything My Heart Desires
U Had The $
Sucka
Excommunication
A Talent For Loving
Done Lost My Mind
Let's Go Crazy (cover)
Everyone's Ingenue

Encore: Hold On, I'm Comin'

Have a relaxing Saturday y'all. That's my goal... for a few hours. The music doesn't rest, neither will I.
Love, Power, Peace

Our Public has spoken. Here are the final Evite Poll results.
#1 Which label should sign Rush Hour Soul?
25 Responses
[8: Virgin, 6: Motown, 4: Columbia, 4: Jive, 2: Island Def Jam, 1: Capitol]
Norm sez: "Any of them would be cool by me."

#2 Which hip-hop artist should RHS start beef with?
22 Responses
[9: Fat Joe, 8: 50 Cent, 3: Malcolm McLaren, 1: Oaktown's 357, 1: Shawn "Rappin Duke" Brown.]
Norm sez: "Thank goodness, it wasn't Fiddy!"

Tonight, Tonight Won't Be Just Any Night

Hey Soul Mates,
the last of the errands has been run; the last of the VIPs have been accounted for; the CDs are ready for you. Et cetera. Et cetera. We are ready to rock for you. I trust you are all ready to dance. It's going to be shoulder-to-shoulder at BB's. Everybody come so fresh and so clean.

My Dad has been in town with my brother the last few days. Yesterday was Dad's Birthday, so we celebrated in grand style. So, if you see my Pop at the show tonight give him a holler. So much preparation going on for our set tonight. We've been go, go, go. I'm hoping to take a short nap after lunch.

There's a dead heat on our evite poll. It's down to the wire which Hipper-to-the-Hopper we start some beef with. 50 Cent and Fat Joe are neck and neck. Someone should cast a deciding vote. Hey, Oaktown's 357 could still get on a roll and cream the competition. Even if you live out of town and you can't attend tonight you can put in your 2 cent (get it?).

Time to jet,
Love, Power, Peace

Entering The Charts At #1

Hey Soul Mates,
Our new single Done Lost My Mind has entered the chart on Indie Airplay at NUMBER ONE! Doug and I have been IM'ing this morning and we are so thrilled and blessed. Let's keep this ride going: Boogity-boogity-boogity!

Things in RHSville are really getting exciting. Last night, we had our final rehearsal before Friday's show. The atmosphere is super-charged. We are going to do a cover for you that I never thought I'd have the chance to play in this or any life time. But thanks to Bryan and Doug's versatility we are going to pull off a big surprise for you.

Of course, we'll be performing both sides of our chart-topping double A-side. Gotta run. But check out the Sept. 20 2005 Indie Airplay episode featuring our new #1. Be sure to come to the show on Friday to help us celebrate!

Love, Power, Peace

Radio, Radio

Hey Soul Mates,
we're just in from taping our performance/interview for Suite 108's Monday Show with Sara Routh. It was a successful evening. We had a lot of fun and our intimate live studio audience added to the atmosphere. Sara, the host, is a gas and the band got on famously with her.

We started the show with a semi-acoustic performance of our #1 single A Talent For Loving. Then we got into the interview. Everybody was particularly witty tonight. The topics of discussion ran from the origin of the group to movie quotes to the writing process to what the band was wearing to Bryan's dimples. You'll have to hear the podcast. Of course, I'll tell you as soon as it's available; although some of you will beat me to the punch. We ended up playing 3 songs during the show, depending on how it's edited. I'm going to let the rest be a surprise.

Pictures from the evening have been posted. So check them out. There's super-redeye on some of them. Sorry folks, dems da breaks.


Rush Hour Soul and "Monday Show" host Sara Routh.

Thanks to Sara, show producer Jakob Nielsen and the Soul Mates who were there. And if you weren't there, you may have received a shout-out, so listen up! We "trust" that they will have us back for a future show. Be sure to send the station your feedback after the episode airs.
Love, Power, Peace