Hi Everybody hope your doing well...Valles Flying Machine played a gig yesterday..Oct 8th 2011 Saturday ...in McAllen Texas...for free ..we will explain in a little bit...but 1 st the gig itself...we were contacted by a friend..about some gigs ..and a gig was offered for free...no pay but with the understanding good paying gigs might come out of this ...from the McAllen Chamber of Commerce ..well we took the gamble agreed and did the gig....it paid off...we were able to wrangle at least 2 more paying gigs out of the deal..so that was cool...but during our 4rth song we got rained out ! ha ha ! an explosive downpour had us putting away our musical gear in a jiffy ! ha ha ! the very 1st time we get rained out during a performance ! ..never in our lifetime as a band had we ever gotten stopped by rain..needless to say we were in good spirits and we laughed the whole thing off...We were placed under a tent as the sun was pounding yet we could see clouds in a distance...(the weather in South Texas turns spotty in October..due to change of seasons ) nobody thought we would get hit with rain so soon but it did and we were soaked...what a 1 st !
the last time I remember playing in the rain or should I say right after a huge downpour....as it was ending was in San Antonio Texas at Fiesta Days in 1999...! and we kept getting mild shocks ..the only time Texas Joe has ever used a Fender Twin Reverb Live...thats why I remember the gig...we were all standing on top of rubber mats and ..speaker covers but we kept getting mild shocks...at the San Antonio gig but we did our show anyway it was fun ! ...I used a Guild X 79 Melted Warped X guitar in Grey Sparkle ...wish I still had it ha ha !
anyway....back to McAllen Texas Oct 8th 2011 Saturday...Texas Joe Would have kept playing but Eloy reminded me about getting shocked ..as the downpour started after our 3rd song....then the tent we were playing under buckled under the pressure of rain...and at least 3 buckets full of rain splashed down and hit right next to Eloy ..Noe G ..and very close to Texas Joe's amps...then ..we thought ok Eloy is right lets just stop...you could here the people getting bummed but the funny thing is they were getting wet also so they ran for cover..ha ha ! We managed to play ..
1.)Thankful for the Harvest ...(in instrumental form yesterday as our opening number due to the fact event was called a Green Festival for City of McAllen..it went well..very well....)
2.) Dancing Bears...(some girls in little white shorts got to shaking thier booty during this song so we knew we wereon the right track !)
3.) Mook Lay Ans...(more dancing from pretty girls in little shorts..)
4.) Witch Tree .....(got to play maybe 1 minute 30 seconds then the torrential downpour hit !)
we loaded up our gear the rains only lasted about 15 minutes at the most...but water all over the ground and P.A. gear so shocks were imminent so we just finished loading up and went to EAT ! ha ha !
Before we left the lady in charge of the event...told us she would get us more gigs and that was so cool..so we were happy...we said goodbyes.and also thanked Angel of our buddy..and left for 5 Guys Burgers & Fries...an amazing new burger joint just opened in McAllen...which we discovered in St Louis Missouri on our trip to Wisconsin.
we took a gamble and it paid off for the future because nowadays it almost stupid to do free gigs...nobody wants to pay or cant pay...so your left with some hard choices..!
below are pix of our gig before the rains ..and our payoff 5 Guys Burgers and Fries...afterwards..ha ha ! ok our music is available...here to buy ...dont be pinche buy a song or 2 ...here..
www.itunes.com
or
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com
thank you have a good day
texas joe valles
Sunday Oct 9th 2011
pix below...
Eloy Valles setting up October 8th 2011 very sunny ..you cant tell its about to rain like crazy...
Hooking Pedals up and checking tuning...
Getting sound ready for performance...
Eloy had to move the mini van...due to sponsors ...nagging..ha ha
all of us almost ready to start Eloy checking his mic Texas Joe going over Witch Tree solo....next time ha ha ...
almost ready...move the van Eloy....ha ha ....
Noe G getting his Flip Hd ready to video record....notice him playing Lefty Fender Bass....
Eloy Valles.. Finally ready to rock..MaCallen Oct 8th 2011
About to start 1 st song ..Thankful for The Harvest..instrumental form..Oct 8th2011 McAllen Texas..Green Festival....
Eloy and Texas Joe very happy and anxious to plow into our 5 Guys Burgers & Fries...1 st one in the Rio Grande Valley in McAllen Texas..wow amazing awesome burgers ! Texas Joe has a very dumb look on his face..all eager beaver..ha ha !
Noe Gonzalez very happy with his 5 Guys Burgers and Fries double cheese burger these guys are gonna give Whataburger a run for thier money ! for sure !
all fresh fixings on these hamburgers its just delicious ..!!!
Texas Joe Valles very happy how the day turned out.Saturday October 8th 2011...despite rain....played a gig...in McAllen Texas..very 1st time we play our new song Thankful For The Harvest .live.....got more paying gigs out of this freebee gig...and capped off the McAllen trip with a great meal at 5 Guys Burgers and Fries....the only 5 Guys in The Rio Grande Valley so far ..! great great burgers you gotta try them if you havent !!!
Sunday Oct 9th 2011
rock n roll !!!!
the last time I remember playing in the rain or should I say right after a huge downpour....as it was ending was in San Antonio Texas at Fiesta Days in 1999...! and we kept getting mild shocks ..the only time Texas Joe has ever used a Fender Twin Reverb Live...thats why I remember the gig...we were all standing on top of rubber mats and ..speaker covers but we kept getting mild shocks...at the San Antonio gig but we did our show anyway it was fun ! ...I used a Guild X 79 Melted Warped X guitar in Grey Sparkle ...wish I still had it ha ha !
anyway....back to McAllen Texas Oct 8th 2011 Saturday...Texas Joe Would have kept playing but Eloy reminded me about getting shocked ..as the downpour started after our 3rd song....then the tent we were playing under buckled under the pressure of rain...and at least 3 buckets full of rain splashed down and hit right next to Eloy ..Noe G ..and very close to Texas Joe's amps...then ..we thought ok Eloy is right lets just stop...you could here the people getting bummed but the funny thing is they were getting wet also so they ran for cover..ha ha ! We managed to play ..
1.)Thankful for the Harvest ...(in instrumental form yesterday as our opening number due to the fact event was called a Green Festival for City of McAllen..it went well..very well....)
2.) Dancing Bears...(some girls in little white shorts got to shaking thier booty during this song so we knew we wereon the right track !)
3.) Mook Lay Ans...(more dancing from pretty girls in little shorts..)
4.) Witch Tree .....(got to play maybe 1 minute 30 seconds then the torrential downpour hit !)
we loaded up our gear the rains only lasted about 15 minutes at the most...but water all over the ground and P.A. gear so shocks were imminent so we just finished loading up and went to EAT ! ha ha !
Before we left the lady in charge of the event...told us she would get us more gigs and that was so cool..so we were happy...we said goodbyes.and also thanked Angel of our buddy..and left for 5 Guys Burgers & Fries...an amazing new burger joint just opened in McAllen...which we discovered in St Louis Missouri on our trip to Wisconsin.
we took a gamble and it paid off for the future because nowadays it almost stupid to do free gigs...nobody wants to pay or cant pay...so your left with some hard choices..!
below are pix of our gig before the rains ..and our payoff 5 Guys Burgers and Fries...afterwards..ha ha ! ok our music is available...here to buy ...dont be pinche buy a song or 2 ...here..
www.itunes.com
or
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com
thank you have a good day
texas joe valles
Sunday Oct 9th 2011
pix below...
Eloy Valles setting up October 8th 2011 very sunny ..you cant tell its about to rain like crazy...
Hooking Pedals up and checking tuning...
Getting sound ready for performance...
Eloy had to move the mini van...due to sponsors ...nagging..ha ha
all of us almost ready to start Eloy checking his mic Texas Joe going over Witch Tree solo....next time ha ha ...
almost ready...move the van Eloy....ha ha ....
Noe G getting his Flip Hd ready to video record....notice him playing Lefty Fender Bass....
Eloy Valles.. Finally ready to rock..MaCallen Oct 8th 2011
About to start 1 st song ..Thankful for The Harvest..instrumental form..Oct 8th2011 McAllen Texas..Green Festival....
Eloy and Texas Joe very happy and anxious to plow into our 5 Guys Burgers & Fries...1 st one in the Rio Grande Valley in McAllen Texas..wow amazing awesome burgers ! Texas Joe has a very dumb look on his face..all eager beaver..ha ha !
Noe Gonzalez very happy with his 5 Guys Burgers and Fries double cheese burger these guys are gonna give Whataburger a run for thier money ! for sure !
all fresh fixings on these hamburgers its just delicious ..!!!
Texas Joe Valles very happy how the day turned out.Saturday October 8th 2011...despite rain....played a gig...in McAllen Texas..very 1st time we play our new song Thankful For The Harvest .live.....got more paying gigs out of this freebee gig...and capped off the McAllen trip with a great meal at 5 Guys Burgers and Fries....the only 5 Guys in The Rio Grande Valley so far ..! great great burgers you gotta try them if you havent !!!
Sunday Oct 9th 2011
rock n roll !!!!