A Good Day's Cheer

Surrounded by hype and pressure to produce and release the first full-length motion picture featuring the world's biggest pop sensation, The Beatles were forced to write and record the music and lyrics for "A Hard Day's Night" in just two weeks. It turned out to be a pretty good album. Forty-five years later, Happey and Nate are taking a cue from The Beatles and locking themselves away in an apartment for the purpose of writing many a new song. Will they be done in two weeks? Will the subsequent record sell a bo-jillion copies? Will a major motion picture follow? Time will tell. But for now, expect lots of new material on the way from the guys. Nate has provided some photos from their songwriting sessions below.

Meanwhile, you can look forward to an upcoming show with an extremely long title:

"The Second Bi-Monthly Acoustic Indoor Campfire and Sing-a-Long Holiday Style (Slight Return)."

The first indoor campfire show was a blast (and a half!) and we believe this one will be even better. It will be held on December 14th so make sure you mark your calendar and come out for this holidacious fun night!

Thanks everyone!

-DH

To the Rescue

Personally, I like my marshmallows lightly toasted. I usually hover them delicately over the flames for a bit and then let them catch fire...but only for a second or two. Then I blow them out, slap 'em between the graham crackers, and I'm in business. Thanks for asking...

This past week's campfire show was a smashing success. In fact, it was so much fun, the guys are planning on making this a recurring thing. Campfire Show 2, Campfire Show 3! (like High School Musical, only better in every way.) So thanks to everyone who came out.

The show at Safari Sam's was a good one too, but something unplanned happened outside the club. Happey and Nate were out chilling by the van after their set and they saw some dude and this girl getting into an argument. Well, things started to get a little too crazy and so the guys had to intervene on the girl's behalf. It turns out she was Guns and Roses one and only Rocket Queen(Barbi). Things calmed down after a bit and everyone was okay. Way to go, fellas! For helping maintain peace in a turbulent rock and roll world, Commissioner Gordon will be presenting you with a key to the city. And when I say 'Commissioner Gordon,' I mean Dawson Holiday. And when I say 'key to the city,' I mean high five.

-DH

PS Happy Birthday Nate!

Fusion

This past weekend The Good Cheer pointed their van eastward and, accompanied by The Remus Lupins, headed to Arizona for some rocking. Big ups to Tyler (Remus Lupins' bass player)'s mom who hooked up the travelers with some delicious peanut butter balls. This next song goes out to you, ma'am.

The Good Cheer played a killer show on Friday with good friends Evan Brightly. ("I hear they can wail." "You're right.") Check out this video from that show featuring the new Good Cheer tune "It's Not Okay" with Evan Brighty assisting on percussion.

On Saturday, the three aforementioned bands all patronized their favorite AZ-town (don't call it AZ-town) digs.......Chino Bandito! Chinese Mexican fusion at its very best. After their delicious dinner, they all drove to a park to celebrate this successful pairing of two unlikely cultures. The dancing, music bumping from their vehicles, hooting and/or hollering attracted the attention of local law enforcement who crashed their park party and gave them a firm talking-to about the dangers of driving their cars on the grass. So next time they'll know better. Sunday found the Good Cheer sharing the stage with The Remus Lupins at the Trunk Space. The whole crowd was really into their sets and singing along throughout. Ten points for the Trunk Space crowd for their support and coolness. It was a great weekend all around. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make this a really great trip.

In future news, the Good Cheer has two shows coming up this week. Saturday, Sept 29 is the first annual indoor campfire with Evan Brightly, The Remus Lupins, and Blackout 101. This is going to be an acoustic, audience participation (i.e., sing-along, clap-along, chill-along) show. Bring a pilow, sleeping bag, a cord of firewood, or any other campfire-related items you can think of. Then on Monday, Oct 1 the band will be back to playing their full-on rock set at Safari Sams, sharing the stage with The Stiletto Formal (currently on tour with Jimmy Eat World), The Hanks, Think Alike, and Vas Defrans. Come check it out.

Thanks again for visiting!

-DH

Bam! Ouch!

Bam! Ouch!

What in the world was that? That was you getting hit in the face with the brand new blog from The Good Cheer. That's right, the place to find information about all the latest Good Cheer goings on is here.

I will be your guide on this bloggy journey to enlightenment. My name is Dawson Holiday and I have committed to bringing you the most accurate details about what's been developing with The Good Cheer. I will be getting this information from the horse's mouth, so to speak. The band will provide me with regular sugar cubes of news which I will refine and post here for all to read.

The first bit of news I have to report (besides the inception of this very blog) is that the band will be traveling to Arizona this weekend for two shows: one at ASU West (Fri. Sept 21) and the other at The Trunk Space(Sun Sept 23). So make sure you come out and rock it with the Good Cheer if you can. These shows will mark the beginning of what I am told will be an autumn filled with lots of opportunities to see the band live. Yeah!

Check back here for weekly updates. I look forward to serving you all. Thanks for visiting!

-DH