Gig’s Reality Blog

Thr Road to Sturgis Tour is here!!

Ξ July 15th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Band, Music, SwampShows, Whatever |

Hey everybody!

Yes It’s been awhile but here we go again! Since the last blog a lot has gone down in the SwampdaWamp camp. We finished the new release and have already released the new music video for the single Dance which you can see at www.youtube.com/swampdawamp or www.swampdawamp.com .

We have been playing a lot tightening up the show and having tons of fun while doing it!!

Now we are looking for street teams in all areas, if you’d be interested send us an email thru the website and we will get back with you immediately. All street team members receive shirts and cd’s among other swag and we will furnish you with flyers and things to pass around your town before we come in! Of course you get the VIP for all shows!! Shoot us an email for more info.

We have some cool contests coming up, some begin next week! One of them is to win a Spector custom 5 string Bass guitar worth over $5,000.00!! The bass that was used on the first album!

But I cant wait any longer to tell you the news!

We are going out for a 3 1/2 wk tour to Sturgis, South Dakota and back. We are in Sturgis for 9 days for 7 shows, but here is the really cool part.. we are filming the entire tour! It’s called “The Road to Sturgis”. A documentary about different cultures in different cities in parts of America, The whole event of Sturgis talking to all walks of life as well as the life of band on the road in 2008. We have some very cool shows in some very cool towns along the tour route. July 25 the band stops in to jam at the historic East Troy House in Wisconsin. Interviews with the owners, meet n greet the fans, the fans interview us, it’s going to be great!! Earlier in the day we are touring the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee!! Cool Stuff!!!

We are having big events at every stop along the way with spnosors like Jack Daniels and local Harley Davidson dealerships. If you own a dealership let us know.

Some of the contests I mentioned include getting to have dinner with band with a meet n greet at soundcheck to a pig picken in Minnesota!!! Depends on the tour stop as to the happenings!!

All of you, My Friends, please pass it on to your friends, we are encouraging anybody planning to go to Sturgis this year to meet us along the way or if you live in the areas of our tour stops come on out and hang with us!!!

Go to our website to learn more about the filming and special event locations!!

That’s it for now folks! I will be blogging more now than ever, I hope you stay in tune!!

Gig Michaels

In a Final Note:

Lose yourself in Music~~~~~ Live it with your Lover

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Blogging Again!

Ξ May 29th, 2008 | → 2 Comments | ∇ Band, Music, Politics, Relationships, SwampShop, SwampShows, Whatever |

Hey Everybody,

Yea it’s hit and miss with my blogs here lately but I’m trying to get back in the swing. So here I am about midnight on Thursday. I just watched the final cut of our first video!! Yes the one I have been hyping for to long!! The video for Dance is finished and will be hitting the web in a week or so. So yes I am pretty stoked at this moment. I just put in John mayer Trio to listen to while I write, very good stuff! Yes indeed I have a tumbler of Crown on the Rocks and am happy to be alive!

We’ve been through some shit these past few weeks keeping me from my normal frame of mind, but hey, tonight I am feeling like myself again for the first time in a while! We go through so many highs and lows that it’s hard to handle at times. Yea Yea big rock band has problems too!! LOL!! The price of fuel is making it very very hard to plan touring and among other things just the business itself is changing so rapidly it’s a daily headache.

But then I have these moments, like I said I feel great tonight and I’m happy to be blogging some good news to our friends!! So no POLITICS tonight! LOL!!

The past 3 months have been simply incredible for the band. The new 3 song promo for our upcoming album is now available an hitting radio everywhere we are!! LOL! The band as a unit is sounding and performing at an all time high and getting along like brothers as we should. We did a couple of shows recently with The Marshall Tucker Band, those guys are some of the coolest people around. We actually ended up on stage with them jamming at the last show. Doud Grey himself aske dme onstage with them, a career high!! Scooby and Cody ended up singing with them the same night onstage! It was cool comorader!!

So we are off to Covington Kentucky Saturday morning at 5 am~~ We have to trek up there in a Large Van because it’s a one off show!! Not real pleasant but worth it to jam at the Deadwood with Jeff Willis!! Speaking of tour bus travel, I am happy to to tell that Swamp is in negotiations now with a National sponsor for the tour!! Cant say who yet!! LOL!

Lots of stuff coming I cant say yet but I am going to commit to keeping you all in the loop as much as possible. Thank You for being a friend and fan of the band!! Share the Blogs!

In A Final Note;

To think you can is to do…