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After both bands split up, the guitar player (that I had all that chemistry with - remember?) and the bass player from BTJ picked up the keyboard player, from Newman.   They wrote a few songs together and asked me to come play with them.  Shortly thereafter, we added a new drummer into the mix.  He could write and sing, and was the perfect addition.

We called the band “thred” (not to be confused with the currently existing thred band), because we all sucked at coming up with band names.  We had been playing around town for almost a year, when we decided that it might be time to go on tour.  Finally, everyone was into the idea.  So, we decided that we might need a manager.  Enter “Missy”.  She, quite literally, dropped into my lap at a bar one night.    Thoughout our discussions, I found out that Missy had previously managed a band that toured around the country for several years.  She had all kinds of contacts and would love to check us out… “if we were serious”.  So, I gave her my card, got her number, and went to tell the guys…. »Read More

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