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And The In rides again. The first show with our new bass man Joel Shedroff. After just 4 rehearsals we pulled off a well played 60 minute original set that included one newbie. Great feeling to be back on the stage with the boys making music and entertaining folks.

Joel recorded the set and has a few mp3's posted on his personal site. You can access them by going to mp3's @ Crusin' Rte. 66

The In took a few months away from shows but we return to the stage this Friday, August 15th at Crusin Rte 66 located at 7895 Watson Rd near Laclede Station Rds

We are playing as part of the
SoCo Tasty Band Competition 2008
featuring...
Sted-Fest
The In?
Aaron Kamm & The One Drops


Music starts at 10pm.


The set will feature new material from the summer writing sessions and many of the tunes you enjoy from An American Cocktail.

We would like to introduce and welcome our new bass player to the mix - Joel Shedroff. Here is what Joel has to say for himself...

Growing up, my mother's boyfriend taught me drums and guitar as a child, she put me through violin, piano and trumpet lessons. Her cousin introduced me to jazz and let me play her piano when she baby sat me. My father was big into metal and rock. My mom herself listened to everything from jazz and funk to reggae and rock, so I was exposed to a wide variety of genres growing up and as such developed an open mind in regards to music.

Having never taken the time to master any of the aforementioned instruments, I took up DJing in high school playing primarily Electronic Dance Music, but I also dabbled in hip hop before settling on playing funk as I do now. I eventually also built up some ability as a turntablist and do enjoy cutting it up on occasion.

I eventually found my calling as a bassist some years ago when my gf at the time showed me her Yamaha P-Bass she got from her brother. I had always found myself drawn to a song's rhythm and "groove" before I'd even notice lyrics, so being able to play along with the rhythm section, and accent a song's feel felt natural. I became obsessed with honing my technique and improving my musicality so I began studying the styles of many different bassists, from Jaco and Jamerson, to Weeks and Graham, and I can't forget Bootsey, or Entwhistle, or John Paul Jones, or Mingus, or Wooten, Family Man, Clarke, Cox, Brown, Miller, and the list goes on. I also draw influence from a variety of guitarists and soloists, especially blues and blues rock guitarists like Hendrix, King, Clapton, and Buddy Guy.

My style is a mix of everything from funk, to blues, to rock to jazz, and my goal is to get toes tappin, heads nodding and booties shakin. Hope you enjoy my low down contributions to The In.

We returned to the Tap Room for the second time to play a benefit for Dan's friend Jason who was having a benefit for a youth mural program at SCOSAG. We played with Quief Quota who put on a hellava show and Shed Shot. Our set started strong but went a bit sideways mid-way through. I broke a string, the first time that's happened on stage in over two years - who knew it would cause such a rukus.

We found out later that it would be our last show for a while as Dan leaves to focus on some of his own projects. We promise to keep all of our fans updated on our status but, for now lets officially call us on hiatus.

The return to the big martini. Another solid set for the dudes with the smell of cooling burger meat wafting across the room. If you tune a guitar for the Jack Daniels ladies they will give you a t-shirt. If you leave the t-shirt in the van who knows where it will end up. That was my lesson. Thanks to the Rock Soriee folks, Jeff and Maghan, who invited us. Dan's house after party, got to see a feel good video and read a chapter. There was also some makeshift drum-setting and guit slappin'. Good times.

A road trip of friends, musicians and artists generally caravaned to mid-MO for a night of music and video. Dan stated it was our best show - ever!? Maybe so, it was a doosey. VJ Che mixed the video with a little help from Ryan Wiley. Firedog and the In? each played a set. Thanks to Neil for the hospitality after the show.

Thanks to Jeff and Meaghan for having us in the studio. It was good to hang out in the opposite of a 16 year olds basement. Although old Rolfy txt to let us know Chris' crack was showing on the web cam. I spouted a concise definition; Dan delivered a baby (not mine). We came up with an scenario idea about a national/world-wide post-breakdown period. Would love to see this video if it is out there... ? Schurk was out, and we missed him & managed to play acoustic versions of SOB, Degradation and Shame, and SOY.

Check out the Rock Soriee at Crusin' Rte. 66 on Saturday, April 19th for next St. Louis show.

New friends are good. We made a few this night with Distant Lights, the fellas from Austin, TX who were on a loaded up bus with trailer tour. Best of luck to them on the rest of their journey. Check them out sometime if you get a chance.
As for us it was bid-ness as usual. We ended the night with a barroom stomper rather than a indie rocker. Wadlow did a SUMMERSALT.

Just a little Tuesday night music. We filled in on short notice for a band that cancelled, thanks to Laura for calling us, sorry we missed you last night at the show. Also on stage was Eddie Gumucio and The Recovery, good stuff for sure. Afterwards we headed to Chris' for a poker game that never happened, although we did develop our next great stage trick. Look out (literally) for this one. Thanks to our friendographer Lezleader who captured some great shots.

It was also the first show for our new van, Ron. He did great too. Thanks to Butch for not being tempted by the open gate, whew!

The In rolls at Cicero's again next month on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Come to the show, stare at the distant lights, meet this person and hear the In. In whichever order you prefer.

Show is sponsored by Mutiny Productions, music at 9:30pm, Distant Lights and The In?