October 20th...................
The end of the year is fast approaching...We are now going into 2010 !!!!.....
We are adding new members to the group for the new year and it is exciting!...we have new songs for our next cd that we will start practicing the first week in January, and we have already decided on getting back to the studio in April...my studio may or may not be ready by then......so we may go into another studio...I got a night time job working 3 to 8 four nights a week, to pay for studio time and to pay for duplication and processing fees, so that we can get this done,....I spent $4,500 on the first cd and will probably spend more on this one
I have also bought more power amps and more speakers to make the show even better...I am just loving life with the band and want to be the best we can be.
Hang tight everybody...this band just gets bigger and better every year,...no matter what happens!
Bradly D...........................................................
JUNE 26TH....2009........
EXCITING STUFF HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS!....WE HAD THE ANNUAL CLUTTERBILLY CAMPING TRIP AT DALLAS COUNTY AND IT WAS A BLAST !!!!!!!!! WE PLAYED BOTH NIGHTS AFTER THE RODEO, AND THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE TOLD US THAT WE HAD A GREAT TURN OUT AND HELD THE PEOPLE THERE LONGER THAN THE LAST FEW BANDS HAVE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS...SO WE ARE PLAYING THERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR ON THE 18TH AND 19TH OF JUNE,... AND IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT THE 4TH ANNUAL CAMPING TRIP WILL BE HELD THERE...FREAKING COOL!!! ....
THIS LAST TUESDAY ADAM AND I WERE INVITED TO BE ON THE RADIO STATION IN BOONE,...IT AIRED FROM 8:30 TO 9:00...WE WERE THERE WITH DARCY PALIN FOR THE RELAY FOR LIFE BENEFIT THAT CLUTTERBILLY IS PLAYING AT SNUS HILL WINERY ON SUNDAY....WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE...WE PLAYED TWO SONGS ON ACOUSTIC AND TALKED ABOUT THE BAND AND RELAY FOR LIFE...WE ARE TRYING TO GET A COPY TO PUT ON THE NET SO STAY TUNED...
ADAM TRICKED OUT HIS TRUCK WITH CLUTTERBILLY ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD IF Y'ALL HADN'T NOTICED...LOOKS SWEEEET!!!
I HAVE WRITTEN NEW SONGS FOR THE NEXT CD AND HAVE PLAYED THEM FOR THE GUYS AND WE HAVE PRACTICED A FEW OF THEM BRIEFLY...BUT SUMMER IS HERE AND AS Y'ALL KNOW IT GETS BUSY...SO THE PLAN IS TO START REHEARSING THE NEW STUFF THIS WINTER WITH A RELEASE DATE OF MARCH 2010...MY STUDIO IS COMING ALONG WELL SO MAYBE WE WILL RECORD IT THERE OR GO ELSEWHERE...WHO KNOWS...WE ARE JUST ENJOYING THE SUMMER
I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING TO DANIELLE PECKS WEBSITE..WE ARE OPENING FOR HER AND SHE IS GREAT...HOPEFULLY I CAN GET A PICTURE WITH HER...YEEEHAWWW
AND THEN BILLYCLUB HAS A BIG SHOW WITH THE RIVER RUKUS...LOOK IT UP AND IF ANY ONE CAN GET THERE IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SHOW FOR THE CLUTTERBILLY HILLBILLIES ....
WE ARE ALSO AT THE FAIR THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE PLAYED THERE BEFORE..IT IS GREAT...STOCKMANS INN IS THE BEST PLACE TO PLAY THERE...
IF YOU GET A CHANCE, GO TO STANDING HAMPTON'S WEBSITE AND GO CHECK THESE GUYS OUT THEY ARE KILLER GOOD.....
ONE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE...I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE GUYS IN THE BAND FOR THE HARD WORK AND FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY CONSTANT PRESSURE TO BE THE BEST THAT I THINK THEY CAN BE...ALL TEAMS NEED A COACH AND THAT IS ME...PLAIN AND SIMPLE...MEMBERS HAVE COME AND GONE IN THIS BAND THAT COULD NOT HANDLE THE WORK LOAD IT TAKES TO BE IN THIS BAND, BUT WE KEEP GOING FORWARD AND HAVE NEVER GONE BACKWARDS...NEVER..
IT ONLY KEEPS GETTING BETTER WITH THESE GUYS....THANK YOU ADAM, SHANNON AND RICK!!!!!!.....
HAVE A HILLBILLY DAY, WEEK, AND MONTH!!!!..............BRADLY D....
MAY 6TH...2009...........
NEW UPDATE!...MAN WE ARE BUSY!...AND i AM IMPRESSED WITH A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AROUND MYSELF AND THE BAND.....
FIRST OF ALL....PATRICK AND ROBERTA HAVE BECOME VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE TO THE BAND,...THEY LOVE LIVE MUSIC AND HAVE THE SAME TASTES IN MUSIC THAT WE HAVE....HATS OFF TO THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUMMER IS HERE...AND I RECOMMEND THAT ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THIS CRAZY LIFESTYLE THAT THIS BAND LIVES, GO CAMPING WITH US...YOU CAN HAVE ALZHEIMERS AT 70 ...80.. WHATEVER...AND FORGET EVERYTHING BUT THE TIME YOU SPENT CAMPING WITH THIS GROUP....IS SOMETHING YOU WILL NEVER FORGET
ASK BENJAMIN ABOUT HIS BOXERS BEING SACRIFICED TO LIGHT A FIRE ON THE RIVER AT 3 IN THE MORNING..
ASK ADAM ABOUT DOING JELLO SHOTS....
ASK MY BROTHER WHO HAS A BLACK LAB OF ABOUT 100 PLUS POUNDS WHO ABOUT RIPPED INTO A GUY TRYING TO BE SNEAKY...
ASK ROSIE IF SHE HAS SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU...AND IF SHE DOES, YOU BETTER SHOW HER......I DID...
ANY WAYS.... LIFE IS REALLY GOOD FOR ME...I DO NOT LET GOOD TIMES PASS ME BY. FOR THOSE THAT ARE PAYING ATTENTION,...I JUST TURNED 40 YEARS OLD,..
DAMN
LIFE SLIDES RIGHT THROUGH AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT....BAM
I GUESS I AM HALF DEAD?.....NO I AM JUST GETTING STARTED
THIS IS A HILLBILLY UPDATE SO I GUESS I BETTER UPDATE...
CAMPING...LOOK AT YOUR SCHEDULE AND PLAN FOR IT...IT IS A BLAST
WE HAVE GIGS AT THE RODEO AND AT THE FAIR THIS YEAR..PLAN FOR IT
LOOK INTO THE MYSPACE ACCOUNTS THAT ADAM AND I HAVE
GO SEE STANDING HAMPTON....
HUG YOUR MOM.................
UNTIL NEXT TIME....TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO THE RIVER...GET THEM OUTDOORS,AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,.....MAKE THEM HILLBILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TIL NEXT TIME...............BRADLY D...............
MARCH 24...2009......................................
HEY!!!!....i DECIDED TO START AN UPDATE PAGE JUST TO KEEP HILLBILLIES IN LINE WITH WHAT IS GOING ON...
WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A GUEST BOOK SIGN IN THING....WITH OUR SERVER, IT ERASES ALL PREVIOUS ENTRIES EVERY TIME WE UPDATE THE SITE, SO THAT IS DONE.......
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO COMES TO OUR SHOWS!...I PERSONALLY HAVE A HARD TIME REMEMBERING NAMES BUT A SELECT FEW OF YOU ALL REMIND ME, AND THAT IS GREAT!
THE BAND HAS BEEN SO BUSY WITH PLAYING AND FAMILY AND WORK THAT IT JUST GETS BETTER EVERY MONTH THAT PASSES BY..NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS BAND HAVE WE EVER STARTED GOING DOWNHILL AS FAR AS GIGS, EXPOSURE AND DEDICATION ARE CONCERNED,...EVEN WITH THE FEW FIFTH MEMBERS THAT HAVE COME AND TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH US AND THEN LEFT...
IT IS JUST GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME...........................................!!!
MY UPDATE GOES LIKE THIS...
MY STUDIO IS COMING ALONG SLOWLY BUT STEADILY...I JUST PURCHASED THE BIG DADDY OF MY STUDIO THAT COST ME 1500$...SO I AM WAITING TO SAVE MORE MONEY TO CONTINUE WITH THE SOUND PROOFING AND STUFF...IT MAY BE ANOTHER MONTH OR SO BEFORE I CAN CONTINUE...I HATE CREDIT CARDS AND WILL NOT GO INTO DEBT, SO THAT IS HARD TO RESIST GOING THAT DIRECTION...
WE RECORDED OUR FIRST CD AT JUNIORS MOTEL FOR 4500$ AND I DECIDED THAT I WANT TO RECORD ANYTIME I WANT AND ANYONE THAT I WANT TO AT ANYTIME...IT JUST TAKES CASH...
THE BAND ALREADY HAS NEW TUNES TO RECORD AND SEVERAL OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS HAVE BEEN INTO THE BASEMENT TO HEAR THEM...IT IS JUST A WAITING GAME NOW....LIKE I SAID IT JUST TAKES CASH....MAYBE I WILL SELL SHANNON,...WHO KNOWS....................................................
ANYWAYS...WE HAVE GOTTEN MANY RODEO GIGS AND STREET PARTIES...SO WE HAD TO BUY MORE STUFF...NOW WE HAVE SUBWOOFERS AND MORE MAIN SPEAKERS TO COMPETE....ALL THIS HAPPENS SO WE AVOID HAVING A SOUND GUY RUNNING SOUND...LESS PAY FOR THE CLUB OR ORGANIZATION THAT HIRES US....AND THAT GETS US MORE GIGS....IN FACT WE BOUGHT A TRAILER TO HAUL THE EQUIPMENT WHICH WAS VERY INTERESTING SINCE THE FIRST NIGHT THAT I HAULED IT....WAS IN DECEMBER AND IT SNOWED HARD AND DRIFTED EVEN HARDER....A ONE HOUR DRIVE TOOK ME ONE AND A HALF HOURS...FUN!
WELL TO SUM THIS UPDATE UP....I MUST SAY THAT I AM LIVING A DREAM...
SERIOUSLY...I STARTEDTHIS BAND TO AVOID THE USUAL WHORE BANDS OF DES MOINES AND I MUST SAY IT IS GREAT...
NO ONE WORKS HARDER OR PLAYS AS GOOD AS YOUR NEIGHBOR AS THE GUYS THAT I PLAY WITH IN CLUTTERBILLY.......PEACE
