KISM 92.9FM, and Stewarts Place in Snohomish

What a great past week for Dog Leg Preacher, charting on 3 different radio tracking charts, doing an interview with KOMO news, and playing a rocking show at Neumos in Seattle. DLP wants to thank all of the great freinds who have shown their support for the band. It is those people who really make the difference. DLP is proud and honored to call you freinds!
This week gets started with a boom. Monday night November 23rd, KISM radio 92.9FM will be playing the entire Dog Leg Preacher "Abscess" disc. It is always great to get additional airplay and support. DLP will be featured on the Midnight snack program, which starts precisely at midnight. So if you are up late, tune in.
Friday night November 27th Dog Leg Preacher will be performing at Stewarts place in Snohomish Wa. It is going to be a great night. DLP will be celebrating singer Joe Kurke, and Drummer Jon Fosdicks birthdays. DLP is expecting many good freinds there for this non stop party.
Cameraman Tyler Yates made it out last week to capture some great video footage for some upcoming television spots.Looking forward to seeing this film soon,as well as the new radio tracking report, which is due out tomorrow.
Photos by Karen Knapp

I remember living in a free country. Cops gone wild.

Although it seems like a very long time ago indeed. This I suppose is brought on by having our last two shows harassed by the local police departments. The Friday night show was canceled entirely, and at the last minute, because someone figured out that the club did not have enough square feet of parking to support the potential occupancy of their outdoor beer garden. Ok got it, so the club looses, the band looses, the patrons loose, the town looses revenue. Now I completely understand the reasoning behind this. That brings us to Saturday night. DLP was performing at Stewart's place in Snohomish. They were told on three separate occasions to turn it down or the police were going to close the bar(by what right?). Ok maybe the first time they were a bit loud. The second time was sketchy, but by the third time the canned music from the wedding reception a half block away was much louder. Of course these are the same Barney Fife's that sprayed a crowd of people at Kla Ha Ya days with pepper spray. There only reason for this was that one officer was accidentally struck while trying to break up a cat fight(being hit by a 5'!" 100lbs girl). One club DLP works with recently received a ticket for over serving, the person that was allegedly over served was walking home from the club when stopped by the police for the standard harassment. When asked to blow the person blew a 0.09, 0.01 above the legal limit for driving a car. Is this over served??
I remember a day when you could actually ride your motorcycle around legally without a helmet, now in some places helmets are mandatory for bicycles. I remember when you could drive down the road and drink a beer. This was okay as long as you were not drunk. How about smoking, remember when you could smoke a cigarette in a bar. Now we have so many restrictions and regulations on our behavior. In reality the only purpose for these is to establish greater government controls over our private lives. What is the difference between compulsory insurance and racketeering ie protection money? As far as I can tell the only thing is that when you pay the gangsters for protection at least you get protection. In this state if you have a major insurance claim, odds are that you will have to sue your own insurance company for payment, and this takes years. As best I can tell about what the police call protection is that they will send someone out to wipe your blood up off of the street, and then go and look for who did it, maybe. Think about it, after all of these ridiculous regulations, are you any happier, do you feel safer. I BET YOU DO NOT. Maybe it is time to start thinking about less regulations and greater freedom and happiness. All the major crimes have always been illegal, lets stop making criminals out of normal citizens.

This week in Snohomish

Dog Leg Preacher will be cranking it up this Friday night for their one night high energy rock show at Stewarts Place. Freshly remodeled Stewarts is located at 207 1st Street, in old town Snohomish 98290. This show will be somewhat of a homecoming event, as several of the band members live nearby. Special celebrity quest, songwriter Randy Hull will be opening up the evenings festivities. We are definitely expecting a large crowd, so get there early if you would like a seat.

Solomon Kane undergoes emergency surgery

Dog Leg Preacher bassist Solomon (Dan) Kane just underwent emergency surgery on his left elbow. Solomon was standing on a chair to straighten a picture (just like Jesse James) when the chair collapsed. That is how he sustained a tendon separation at his left elbow. Dan is now in recovery and feeling alright. He has a cast from his wrist to his shoulder. We are being told that Dan will be out of comission for approximately four weeks. Needless to say this will affect Dog Leg Preachers upcoming show schedule. Front man Captain Joe Kurke will be strapping on the bass guitar again to cover the showcase sets (45 minute gigs) but some of the longer shows will be rescheduled. There will be more updates on this site soon. The band is planning on being ready to go again in time for the Stewarts show in Snohomish on November 14th. We will all be wishing Dan a speedy recovery.