Thank you to everyone who made Friday, April 22nd, the most special day in our one year existence! It truly was an epic day, beginning with a quick visit with Jason Repko at the KXCI 91.3 studio. Dan Sheffer from local television station Tucson-12 stop by as well to see what was going on. Tucson-12 will be putting together a feature on Fort Lowell Records to air at a later date.
As the afternoon rolled into the evening, Allie Baron (AKA: The Vinyl Baron) kicked off the party at Hotel Congress on the patio, while inside Dead Western Plains was getting set up to blow our minds (once again).
Zach Toporek was first on stage outside on the patio, starting the night with a solo set, and then joined by his band Young Mothers.
Our host, Zachary Elias Clark from KAMP Student Radio, welcomed the ladies from Los Angeles CA, Wet & Reckless, to the stage following Young Mothers. Again, Dan Sheffer from Tucson-12 was on hand to capture the greatness happening at Hotel Congress.
Inside Club Congress, our favorite DJ from KXCI 91.3, Jaime J, was getting the crowd warmed up with his sweet jams, followed by a mind-blowing performance by Dead Western Plains (AKA: The Men in White). Notice: even Dead Western Plains' drums were dressed in white!
Tracy Shedd kept the music flowin' outside on the patio immediately following Dead Western Plains; playing a few guitar gems, followed by her lovely work on piano. Did anyone else catch her cover on The Magnetic Fields' "Candy," or her rockin' poppin' cover of our own Death Kit's "I Can Make You Love Me?" No? Your loss man, they were both rad!
Speaking of Death Kit... holy jeeze! They killed it inside Club Congress! Believe it or not, we had never actually seen Death Kit live before, so we were just as curious as anyone else. But seriously, Death Kit was amazing! We are so happy both Death Kit and Wet & Reckless were able to drive out from Los Angeles CA to join us for this special event.
If you did catch Death Kit's performance inside Club Congress, you just might have missed a very special guest that just happened to stop by Hotel Congress for the celebrations... Howe Gelb! Due to Howe's busy touring schedule, we were not 100% sure he would be able to make it out, but very happy to have received a text from him at about 10:30pm saying "Just pulled up." For those of you that did catch Howe Gelb's performance, I am sure you will agree that it was quite a treat!
Jaime J delivered a very special performance as well inside Club Congress just before ...music video? wrapped the night up (as well as before Death Kit earlier in the night). He is not only an amazing DJ with an excellent taste in music, but he's a great performer who knows how to get the party started! ...music video? followed with another amazing set showing us that electronic music does have a heart and soul, and can be a lot of fun to watch being performed live. Our favorite is when they perform "I'm Afraid of Everything," their song from their Fort Lowell Records 7inch. (Sorry, we totally forgot to take a photo of ...music video? from the show last night, so Paul sent us this one from their CD Release Party at Plush from a few weeks ago.)
Lastly, we've have to take a moment to say "Thank You" to all of the great folks at Hotel Congress and Club Congress: David Slutes, Dan Hernandez, Dana Fehr, Zack (sound engineer for the patio), Elizabeth (the manager who took care of us all night), and Larry and the roller derby lady (the bartenders that kept the drink flowin' all night)! You all rock, and we love you all!
Thank you Tucson!
Thank you everyone!
~ Fort Lowell Records
