“The best band in the world is playing tonight, and they are playing the Holiday Inn in Boise.”
That’s what I’ve said a hundred times before when I was confronted by the next big musical act that had overtaken the music scene. For every Lady Ga Ga or Justin Bieber created by marketing and media manipulation there are a hundred more talented bands that just do not get the same breaks. Nearly every city has a band that is made up of talented, skilled musicians and sadly they struggle to get recognition.
I have some friends that are there now. The band is Tin Cup Gypsy from Nashville, Tennessee by way of Arizona. This band is talented. This band plays real instruments, and they do it well enough to back up major musical stars like Sara Evans, Josh Turner and Orla Fallon, but they also do it well enough that backing stars is just not enough.
This band wants to make it on their own and trust me, this band is about to make it big.
Get to know these names; Jonathon and Jordan Lawson, Brothers and superior musicians that can play anything with strings. Jonathon sings and plays guitar, Jordan sings and plays mandolin and other stringed instruments. Tyler Oban plays percussion and may have the best hair on God’s green Earth. The other member of TCG is Cassandra Lawson, she has an angels voice, plays the concertina and when she walks onstage all eyes focus on her. Despite the fact that her talents are obvious, one cannot miss the fact that this is one beautiful lady.
I’ve seen them play a few times and always came away impressed by the musicianship and the cordial way they treated fans after the show. But last month, I saw them in a different light playing in a small venue in small town Indiana. Despite a smallish crowd they played the room like they were playing a 60,000 seat festival. They gave the same quality of show playing to 100 as they would to 2000, an ethic rarely seen these days, and that is one of the reasons that I think they are poised to “make it”.
After the show, the members of the band met me and my friends for food and beverages. After spending a few hours, you quickly learn that the cordial meet and greet they give fans after a show is no act. These are really good people, shockingly normal, charming and funny, they’ll tell you their life stories keeping you engaged for hours. The way they treat people and their natural personalities are the key to their future success. Are they talented musicians….Yes. Great voices….Yes. Honestly, there are hundreds of bands like that. But talent wrapped in the package of great people…. That is not so common.
Anyway, I could fawn over this band for hours. At the bottom of the page I have posted a link to their website. Please check them out. Watch some of their YouTube videos. If they come to your area, go see them. You will not be disappointed. Take the time to meet them and you’ll make new friends.
