Here we are a week away from heading out on another tour. We're going out with our new buds, Junkrod Joe & the Cadillac Hearse and the Perfect Poor for a couple of weeks. They are both from Baltimore, MD. which is pretty cool because we're going to need more friends up that way if we're ever going to play the East Coast. It looks like we're going to take a few days off from touring w/ them and do a couple of shows w/ the Koffin Kats in theCarolinas. They're good guys and always a blast to open for here at home, so this will be exciting working this lineup again but somewhere else for a change.

It's a bitch trying to tie down the loose ends that come w/ taking on something like this. I'd kill to have a booking agent! Checking, double checking and rechecking again the clubs that we're playing to make sure we're on the calendar for example. Sure we'll show up and play but if nobody knows we're coming or who we are what good is it other than getting through another day. As it is night after night we're going to play our asses off with no real guarentee that anyone will show up or we'll get paid enough to afford the gas for the next city, but we will do it. There are a few places like the Texas dates, St Louis and Little Rock that we've played before that want us back and we also have friends in the Carolinas that are sure to assist us in drawing.

We're touring the Deep South this time. Just like any other tour we will make each and every show and kick ass because that's what we do. If you feel like the helping us get the word out it'd be greatly appreciated. Also feel free to hit www.frankie45.com and download some free tunes and spread them around.

Here are our dates including those we still need help with...
Th    7/19- Darkside Lounge- Dallas, TX.
F    7/20- Bar of Soap- Dallas, TX.
Sa    7/21- Headhunters- Austin, TX.
Su    7/22- Jiggers- San Antonio, TX.
W    7/25- The Milestone- Charlotte, NC. w/ The KOFFIN KATS
Th    7/26- Cumberlands - Charleston, SC. w/ The KOFFIN KATS
F    7/27- The Starbar- Atlanta, GA.
S    7/28- WC Don's- Jackson, MS
Su    7/ 29- Shooters- Fort Smith, AR.
M    7/30- The Rally Point, Memphis, TN.
M    7/31- TBA- Nashville, TN.
T    8/1- Way Out Club, St. Louis, MO.


Last but not least we are once again reunited w/ our original bassist Johnny Crowbar. He's been w/ us since the beginning, on and off, for various reasons. Let him know from time to time how good it is to see him back and maybe this time he'll stick around.