THE ORANGE is a neo-psychedelic band from Denton, TX consisting of members: Scott Tucker, Kirk Livesay, Jason Jessup, and Melissa Tucker. Sign up on the blog for updates, exclusive events and free tickets to see THE ORANGE. www.theorangemusic.com
Ladies and gentleman. The date is September 20th and the past few weeks have been a whirlwind of music, good weather, bad weather, books and Rock n' Roll antics. First off, I have to thank everyone for helping us have such a fantastic run of sold out shows lately. It's been crazy. We've been playing 3 new songs that are coming out on the new album and the response has been fantastic. Mr. Moneymaker, Valium and I Want A Girl have really received a wonderful reception. We are still working on the new record with Eric Delegard at Reel Time Audio in Denton and we couldn't be happier as a band. Yes, our shows are wild and you never know what's going to happen either during or after and ORANGE gig but that's just Rock n' Roll and honestly we embrace it. The Bowling for Soup guys were all sweethearts and very nice to play with. Trees was top notch and the crowd was electric. Various clips of THE ORANGE playing our set have been posted on YouTube by different audience members. Pretty cool stuff too. To check them out just type: "THE ORANGE DALLAS TREES" under the search engine and a few different ones should pop up. Also our new Tshirts and hoodies seem to be selling pretty well. Even I have to admit they are the coolest Tshirts this band has ever produced. Over the course of the past few shows we have also had some professional photographers come and shoot us and what they have done has been great. Thanks to Jana Moore, Gabe Guevara and Jenna. Here are some of our favorites.
Photos by Jana Moore
The night we played at Trees, Eddie Henderson and our buddy Dave Ramsey filmed the show and put together this really great video of various clips and songs from the gig. Not a bad little piece of video editing if I may say so myself.
After this weekend I received a book in the mail that had been ordered for me as a gift. The book is entitled, " Bit Of A Blur" by the English band Blur's bass guitarist, Alex James. The book is fabulous. I can't put it down. I recommend it to anyone who ever wants to play in a band or is currently in a band... ever. I've really grown to think that Blur is probably one of the three best bands of the 1990's. Their story is fascinating. Whether or not you like Blur's music you should read this book.
Last but certainly not least I have had several Emails from fans and friends that are just now discovering THE ORANGE and want to know where to buy or download our music. The link to our last EP is right below. Simply follow the link to itunes and don't be fooled by the other Orange bands! We're the only one worth buying a record from!
We were hanging out last night around Deep Ellum and went to a few art openings and came across this awesome sculpture titled, Inside by 500X Gallery Member Jonathan Snow. The amount of detail inside the head is really stunning. There is a miniature diorama of a hallway with doors and working lights and everything. You can interpret the hallways of the mind whichever way you want, it's just really cool. Go check it out if you have a chance. It's even better in person. I think the group show runs until the end of the month. The sculpture is priced upon request. www.500X.org
Do you love Trees as much as we do? If so, this is one concert you don't want to miss! The Orange has been asked to help celebrate the 3 year anniversary of Trees re-opening with Bowling For Soup. Tickets are only $3 and it's near sellout capacity! Follow the link to get your tickets before they're all gone.
Want to look as swanky as the members of THE ORANGE did at the House Of Blues last Friday? Then come hang out with us and pick up new threads this Thursday night at Fashion's Night Out! We'll be at a bar in Northpark Mall, come see if you can find us!
Hell yea! We want to extend a special thanks to everyone who came out and celebrated with us Friday night to the point that we reached maximum occupancy at Foundation Room. It certainly was a night to remember. We hope everyone got home safe after that wild show, especially those who drove in from out of town. We also want to apoligize to all who couldn't get in the door for one reason or another. Email us if you were not able to get up to the room and we'll put you on our VIP list for the upcoming Trees show. Here are some choice pictures from the event!
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If you have hung out with me once in the past 3 years you probably know that I'm a bit of an anglophile sporting Paul Smith suits, rambling on about Damien Hirst or Oscar Wilde and listening to pretty much nothing else but English music. Of that music there is one band that will always hold a special place in my orange heart..that's right Blur! It's funny to me when I talk about Blur to an American the only song they recall is Song #2, a song written as a joke in a 30 minute jam while waiting for new speakers to be delivered to their studio. I specifically remember asking a "hip" DJ to play Blur once and getting a nasty, "Blur, Really? I don't have any Blur." retort before spinning the everlasting Justice jangle, D.A.N.C.E. My point is for god sakes Blur's fucking great man! The groups work outside of Song #2 is nothing less than brilliant. Blur just releasing a 21 disk box set full of goodies that I'm waiting to purchase on July 31st. Here they are about to play the Olympics Closing Ceremony and here is Blur rumored to never play another show after this. The concert is set August 12th around London, thousands of miles from where I will be quietly weeping and wishing I was at Hyde Park. Here is the lowdown fellow britpop champions:
The newly reformed rockers will be headlining a special gig to mark the closing ceremony, however they insist this is only to please their fans. Blur have spoken out about their dislike of the Olympics' commercialism (PA) Frontman Damon Albarn told The Sun that he found the emphasis on branding and advertising at this year's Games to be 'depressing'. 'I'm just anti the capitalism of it all. We're not doing the gig for the corporate side of the Olympics, we're doing it for the human beings,' he said. 'It feels like you're drowning in commercialism at the moment. It's depressing. But I am into the table tennis so I would like to get some tickets for that. It would be an inspiration to see it at that level,' the singer revealed. His bandmate Dave Rowntree admitted he'd scored tickets to a show jumping event, however Grahan Coxon said he was worried he'd have to miss out on the diving competition, despite booking seats. 'I've got tickets for the diving but that's the day before we go to Margate for a gig. We have a massive rehearsal so I don't think I can go,' he grumbled. Blur will be taking to the stage at London's Hyde Park on August 12th alongside The Specials and New Order. And here are a few of my favorite Blur songs...Besides Song #2!!
