Had one of the best weekends of my 44 years.... and I don't remember much of it.Nuetralboy/SGFY, Tumbledown and Drag the River all kicked a whole lotta ass!! Go buy Drag the Rivers new record"you can't live this way" today....one of the most beautiful records..I am a huge fan. Chad and Jon are the 2 of the best songwriters in this US of A....I really can't write much about the shows with my friends..I got Cuervo'd out. sang my ass off and enjoyed some of the best bands around today. My guts kinda hurt now and things are still blurry. You had to be there.
D

Had a GREAT show with Rocky V last Thursday!! Then more kickassery with Power of County on Saturday and Sunday...I had a spiritual awakening in those 3 days......I really love doing this thing I do! And I truly love the people involved. I feel its time to push it forward...

Rocky and Mrs April are decent,warm people,down to earth as they come. I got mad love for POC boys. I'm digging in, playing bass for them...I'm just getting better...it moves you in other ways backing other songwriters up.

Been letting go of a lot of baggage...time to grow man,as a person,writer,git player ya'know. Fear just seems to float away.At least it did today...I'm OK.

can't wait to see my homeboys from FT Collins ( Drag the River) this weekend..if your in Portland or Seattle come on out.

D

Man played The House last night with Power of County and did a solo set!! This place is amazing best club thats not a club in the country...The Radio Nationals did a reunion set!! Jeez...Speed Mop also knocked it out of the park...they sure have gotten SUPER kickass in the last coupla years..and thanks Dan for the sound..Chuckanut Drive was awsome as were Williston....They are my favorite drunklen hillbillies as of late....the food was King Crab and Hot Dogs...I made nana pudding which was the hit of the dessert bar...thanks Steve and Shannon for making your farm one of the sweetest memories of my life...ps Matt Stark. please don't "Twist me up"!!
D

Power of County


I'm playing bass for Power of County. http://www.myspace.com/thepowerofcounty. Power of County kicks ass. I will be touring with them and am stoked as hell to be part of them...great bunch of brothers....anyone who digs thee Loyal Bastards will enjoy the country music of Power of County...they tour'd with HankIII last summer as Jim Goads backing band..The new record comes out Aug 1st w/release show at Dantes with Jesse Dayton. These boys are as good as it gets.

Just taking time out of my busy day to call Karl Rove a 'puss filled souless ghoul". Have you ever seen a head so fat? saw him on the hard hitting "News" show Fox News Sundays.....shame on you Karl.

I'm still of the opinion...this is MY COUNTRY!

http://thinkprogress. org/2008/03/19/cheney-poll-iraq/

Hey ya'll
This Friday at the White Eagle with Matt and Rives from Power of County...9pm.
836 N Russell Portland OR

Americana& Roots Top 13
based on sales and airplay March-2008 "the reliable one"
number title,artist, (label)

1 Brighter than creation's dark
Drive-by Truckers (New West)
2 Raising sand
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Rounder)
3 Just a little lovin'
Shelby Lynne (Lost Highway)
4 Pistola
Willy DeVille (Eagle)
5 Mescalito
Ryan Bingham (Lost Highway)
6 Detours
Sheryl Crow (A&M)
7 Best tracks and sidetracks
Jason Ringenberg (Blue Rose)
8 Vagabonds
Gary Louris (Ryko)
9 Bad days ahead
Michael Dean Damron (Rosa)
10 Long road out of Eden
Eagles (Eagles)
11 Jalopypaint
Ronny Elliott (Sonic)
12 Chrome dreams
Neil Young (Reprise)
13 Magic
Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)

Sitting here in Las Vagas..a day off. My throat is shredded all to hell. I got flu sick three days into this short run down the coast and man right now I just wanna rip my throat out and wipe my ass with it,fuck it hurts. We got one more show in L.A tomarrow and then back to the PDX before a one off to SLC where I hope to redeem myself...Man the Mormons and the Heavy Metal Shop treat us like kings and we gonna give em the best damn rockshow ever....

Tour Highlights
Feb 7th-Methford OR...Johnny Bs, this place is an oasis..in the middle of nowhere a great place to play in between Portland and San Fran,anyway on the bill tonight are our tourmates the Whipsaws from Alaska..a great bunch, down to Earth..kind to a fault. Hillbilly icon Don Maddox, last surviving sibling of the Maddox brothers and Rose..they recorded on Columbia records from 1950 to 1955..the real deal..his old 85 year old hands played his fiddle like chocolate,babies and soft rain..it sounded like everything good in this world....he played "One Day at a Time" the gospel song and in my drunken swirl..I just lost it!!! Man I just lost it,weeped like a baby!! Thee Bastards then followed(jeez)...Deke Dickerson...night over...super wasted and I walk out of Johnnys without my chord bag,pedals,straps,shaving kit and xanax..shit!! I will borrow the Whips chords, pedals and straps for the rest of the tour...I am a bum.

Feb 8th San Francisco- The Hotel Utah...Havent played here scince Sonofabitch...the last time 04, anyway its a great place...The Whipsaws played their nightly kickass set. The Devils Own tore it up, Mark Rogers, the Devils Own songwriter and singer is as good as any songwriter in the country ANY! look for em on myspace or google or whatever...just find him. it'll be worth it. Opener Keep Sweet sang about Killin,Fuckin and Whoring. A uplifting duo...it was like sitting in drunk church..anyway its the party at Marks house after show that gets evil sick...I enjoy myself and partake of things...bad things.

Feb 9th-Fresno- Tokyo Gardens- 4 songs into the set, voice takes a shit. Show over. Sorry Fresno.

Feb 12th- Lake Forest CA- Gypsy Lounge- A biker,rootsrock bar in the OC....home to Drag the River,Two Cow Garage,Hillstomp....I see friends I have'nt seen in years....but by now not only is my beautiful voice(hehehe) going to voice heaven, but I'm sweating and clammy and cold to hot and snot running and blah,blah....Whipsaws play killer. I man up and get through a set....Andy and Allen(thee loyal bastards) do a great fuckin job the whole tour...putting up with my bullshit can be a bitch..I am blessed to be playing with these boys. They make being sick go down smooth....

Feb-13th-Las Vegas NV-Freakin Frog- Vegas...place of my birth,where I got spit out on this planet,dry dead desert. We roll in to 70 mph wind gusts ,power is going on and off all over the city....The 4 Queens hotel gives us a room that a guy is still sleeping in,the hotel smells like bleachy porn jack stall. I get through the show...see my bros Ivy ,Kelly and Mac...by now my throat sounds like how my girl Brittney Spears feels!!! Quit hatin on Brittney bitches! Fuck Vegas!

D

Man last night was one helluva good time! John Doe,Richmond Fontaine and Miss Derringer from L.A all knocked it out of the park! It was a honor to be a part of it. Happy Birthday Dantes...you EVIL Bastard!

I'm very happy to announce that my new record, Bad Days Ahead, is available today on Rosa Records, a badass record label out of the Netherlands that I am proud to be with. Artists such as the Dexateens, who Patterson Hood just produced, Kevin Kinney from Driven n Cryin and Mother Superior, to name a few. They are amazingly good folks! Please check out their website and the new cd at the link below. Thanks for the support over the years..I am grateful.
Miked Bastard

http://www.rosarecords.nl/index.htm

You can also add them as a friend on myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/rosarecords

Nov 9th Dantes!!!

Thee Loyal Bastards
North Twin
Moonshine Hangover(Last show ever)
Scotland Barr and The Slow Drags

Had a coupla good days...

damn I love this RocknRoll shit!

Booking a National for Feb/Mar...W/ the Whipsaws. Write if ya need a coupla badass bar bands in your town!

Sorry, I had to cancel a few West Coast shows last minute....personal bullshit came up...I owe ya one.

Hell yeah! Supersuckers knocked it out of the park last night!! Thee Loyals had a great show....we got a new guitar player. Gator from Fireballs of Freedom...we had no practice, Big G just came in an rocked the fuck out of it...man watchin him play is like watching Hendrix!! For real....welcome aboard Gator!! You fuckin badass!!
D

Paris...Damn baby girl. I'm outraged!! How dare the system try and keep you down...Oh god the humanity!! You are in my prayers.

Thank you Judge whoever you are.

Man..had a great show at the Tractor with Scott Biram the other night...awesome crowd..thanks Seattle for your continued support. The Tractor is my favorite place to play in the country, there is something special about it...gonna do the release there in Sept,then a tour to follow...the new record just got finished being mixed. Its pretty damn good. Thanks to the Tractor and Greg,Dan,Andrew and the staff they are truly the best.

Real quick...Fuck Las Vegas and the Bunkhouse.....Fuckin place is run by tards..fuckin overbooked night...hipster DJs crying bout bands stepping on their"set". Fuckin so many fake ass fashion "rockers". Can't wait to put this fucker in the rearview mirror. Good to see some old friends...all in all....Bunkhouse eat a bag of shit.

Hey Y'all,
wrapping up here in Austin and getting ready to drive across the great state of Texas. The shows went well. I got some new ink...got drunk yesterday watching Drag the RIver...they always get me in 'get drunk' mode. Be home soon....

In K.C ...going to get BBQ!!!