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Its 2018...Website is open again on September 7th 2018 

 

Well Hello ...we have been closed down for several years but our website is open again.

A lot has happened since the last entry on this website...A lot. ! 

Where to start......since it looks like the last time this website was up was in May of 2016!

Several things of note....

Texas Joe Valles has been living in Austin ,Texas since May of 2017. The move was needed in order to bring the band forward. It was a much needed move.

The band is still Texas Joe Valles and Eloy Valles but the third chair in the band for a bass player is in a Nebulous position. Due to life demands Noe Valles , for the foreseeable future will not be having much of an active role in the band.

Martin Carrizales who had been helping the band for many years decided to move to Southern California. A good job was waiting for him there so he took it. He has not been an active member of the band since May of 2017.

So now for the future of this band.....multiple changes or morphing's will happen to the band.

Eloy and Texas Joe Valles have decided...for the time being not to have a steady and or permanent bass player in the band and we will have a revolving door of friends and guests as bass players for the near future. There is a reason for this. Prior to Texas Joes move to Austin it was decided that the Valles Flying Machine will in fact expand and contract in personnel with the new goals we are setting for ourselves.

This has come about because we have written so much music and lyrics,  We will have to use many different people for the vision we have of our musical future, live performance and recorded output.

The band is dedicated to expanding its musical palette and our songwriting so to this extent, many changes will be in effect. Least of all staying as a powertrio.

Valles Flying Machine has Three different approaches it will explore in the future...but in essence it will be six ! The best way to explain it is Valles Flying Machine will be 3 different bands able to put on 3 different types of performances.

If you count the fact that we sing in English and Spanish it doubles the band to six choices of performance and recording output !  A lot to say the least. It will happen and has already been going on to some extent for man years. For the future we will follow a formula. it goes as Follows;

1. The Original Power Trio...Valles Brothers Band....and Valles Flying Machine.

     with songs and performance in English and Spanish.

      An album called Mermaid Blues...already written and just needs to be recorded. The album is huge with a collection of about 34 song ! it will be massive. More on this album later.

 

2. An Acoustic Duo...Eloy and Texas Joe Valles which has been going strong for the past three or four years with a very successful track record.

     It mainly revolves around Congas,vocals and 12 string guitar, but we are not opposed to other instruments showing up in the mix . again some songs in English and Spanish.

      18 to 22 songs have been written and the working title of the acoustic album is ..

The Honey and Granola Treehugger Sessions.....kinda a play on several things haha.

 

3. A New Wave Synth retro 1980s group...complete with drum machines analogue synth keyboards

    and different colored Ray Ban Glasses ha ha !  Again both in English and Spanish.

The album title is...New Wave Synth Album Vol 1. 

Not Very original....but it speaks volumes if your in our head space...!

 We have always loved early 1980s New Wave Music but could never afford the Synths....things are different now.....and changes are coming....it will be fun.....demos for this band are already up on our music site....and we will place some New Wave Demos on the music player on this site. So people can hear the drastic but fun Synth Driven Songs we are working on ..... 

you can here all our classic powertrio songs...acoustic demos and New Wave Synth Demos here

www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com

for now its late time to go get some sleep....Thank You for being a fan and having interest in our band.....many people we will never know read these blogs and check out our band...please buy some music and help us out.

 


 

Austin Show announced !! October 3rd 2015  

we will have a show ....in Austin Texas    October 3rd 2015.....we will be playing 3 sets of songs......hope you can be there for this awesome show !    stay tuned for more !   
have a great day ..
Texas Joe Valles   

Eloy Texas Joe  & Noe Valles working on our acoustic set.......Martin will be playing acoustic bass Guitar...should be fun !!!  photos taken  second week of  August of 2015





 

Back Again After Many many months away...! Hello Show Coming !  



Hello welcome back its been a long time...since we posted....several things have happened...1 st of all Texas Joe Valles is now living in Austin, Texas .  
He has been here since June 2013...getting organized and ready for some shows and events centered around the Austin Texas area.   We have been writing new songs for the last year....and Texas Joe has been writing at least Seven new songs since relocating to Austin. We have been in touch with many friends here in the area and have made a bunch of new friends. all this to keep on track and play more shows....write more songs and put more albums out and keep rocking down the highway !  
life goes onand so does our brand of rock nd roll......
SHOWS.....! 

We have a new show coming up very very soon...on Nov 10 th 2013 Sunday 8 p.m.  at avery nice Concert venue/bbq eatery  named Scholz Beer Garden on San Jacinto Street..here in downtown Austin ,Texas....we will have some special guests get up and jam with us...on our sngs....and it should be alot of fun....we will have alot of new songs to play for our new Austin Fans....and for our Old Fans that live here in Austin..should be alot of fun !!!   here is the poster for the show...enjoy..it has all the details.....





ON The Subject of Guitars and Drums.....1st Texas Joe then Eloy

Since moving to Austin...this past June 2013....Texas Joe has been overwhelmed  by the amazing amount of guitars and musical products for sale  all over Austin!  its mind blowing !  

Texas Joe has aquired some very Kool guitars...and one Super Duper..... AMAZING MIND BLOWING GUITAR PEDAL.....and he has managed to fine tune his ...Old ninteen seventy six Marshall 50 watt head....with a bass mod courtesy of good buddy bill Webb....which we wiill  talk about soon....but 1 st guitars.....
Joe Scored of Craigslist a very beautiful  Washburn 12 string Electric Acoustic Guitar....that is about 18 years old with original case  its pretty awesome....got it for just under 100 bux...90 to be exact...and it is a wonderful 12 string guitar...see below   awesome !





A very close friend....turned me on to the Eric Johnson Fuzz Face  in  GOLD HAMMERITE STYLE.....VERY COOL...have not used it yet..but im sure going to very soon !  



Also another very kool   present was this Eastwood Reso-Dobro Electric...a very kool guitar....I will be using in the fiuture....never had one before should be alot of fun to play live !     





its a great guitar...wonderful sound .....Washburn 12 string.....video of me playing it on You Tube.  

Texas Joe also scored...thanks to Eloy Valles help.....what appears to be a 2002  Danelectro 12 string electric guitar.......in metalflake blue....at a very cheap price...in San Marcos, Texas   several weeks back.....this guitar has a ghostly sound.....very differant than other 12 strings Texas Joe has...and it is deffinately going on the new album...when we start recording......before the year is over.....Texas Joe has not sussed out the string gauges yet but it is a 9 guage set...but several of the middle strings have to be reconfigured due to the ....impact on the lipstick tube pick ups of the Danelectro.....one thing is for sure..it has its own unique sound as compared to other 12 string guitars......below is Texas Joe ...holding it during ...a break at work....




the guitar had not yet had strings on it and a bad key had  to be replaced....but it sounds fantastic now ..for sure....



eloy is about to do a deal on a vintage drumset also....more info soon.....on all of this..but for now take care...and we are back...to a regular blog.....

have a nice day 
Texas Joe 
Friday Oct 25th 2013   








Psych Rock 101 on KMBH 88.9 FM Closed down after 10 years on the radio Farewell !  

AFTER 10 YEARS OF HAVING psych rock 101 on the radio I Texas Joe Valles ..have decided to close it down ..it ran from Jan 2003...to jan 2013  10 years...most of it was alot of fun....but these past several months....I could not and felt i didnt want to keep up with the show....for many reason....which I will not discuss......here....but thnx to Chris Maley and Mario Munoz for the time there at KMBH FM 88.9   like i  said for the most part it was fun....I thank all the people who were thier in the past who helped me...it was fun...i miss alot of those people who are not there...anymore.....who were amazing giving people.....but time has a way of making us march on...nothing lasts forever.....not even memories !!!

..i will say onething the economy does have something to do with my decision to stop the radio show at KMBH......for those of you who dont ...know...i did the radio show for free.....I never got paid in 10 years....not one dollar....for my services...in the end ..i did it with a clear concience...and a giving  and open heart.....but when I could not give for free anymore.....its time to move on.....    it was time to hang it up there.....at that radio station.....no big farewell party..or greeting cards...or dinner....it was all quiet and hush hush......and its time to move on...!!!!  

I will start a new radio show...online.......that will be more....extensive and more entertaining...and it will run longer for more hours......but on the internet.....as more and more people are becoming extremely picky...and not having patience with terrestrial radio  ads and  segments they dont want to hear.....i feel the same way.....in order to keep my audience....I will have to ....control everything...and run my own ...online radio space ship....I am the captain...and i call the shot.s......and i do what i want with it......and i will entertain people.....should be fun...its in the works for the future...I will have podcasts.....for sure and downloads.....

so for me farewell  kmbh 88.9 fm....I wish the station good vibes....it was fun for 10 year..but its time to move on.....


Now for the band......we are organizing our new songs to start recording...and more than likely we will have another new album out by the end of the year....Mermaid Blues is the title of the new album....it has been delayed.....and all the reason is not enough money...to fund our projects.......but we will get it out....it will be available as a download 1st then as a cd and quite possibly on wax 33 rpm....we will keep you posted...its gona be very psychadelic...and it will be a "Head" Phone ..album....like...Pink Floyds dark Side of The moon....or Robin Trowers Bridge of Sighs......so get ready !   ha ha !    

sincerely
TEXAS JOE VALLES 
SATURDAY JAN 25TH 2013


ABOVE ORIGINAL PSYCH ROCK 101  AD POSTER FOR MY RADIO SHOW....DONE IN 2008 BY ...ARTIST EXTRORDINARE     ROBERT MARX.....BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING WORK....!!!    IT WAS GREAT, PSYCH ROCK 101  RAN ON AIR AT KMBH 88.9 FM NON STOP  FROM JAN 2003 TO JAN 2013   10 YEARS WAS ENOUGH TIME FOR ME...!  IT WAS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE !  TO   KMBH 88.9 FM....

BUT REST ASSURED MY NEW ONLINE RADIO SHOW WILL...BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING !!!!!    
THNK YOU ALL !  

VALLES FLYING MACHINE SONGS CAN BE PURCHASED AT 

WWW.VALLESFLYINGMACINE.BANDCAMP.COM 



january 5 th 2013 happy new year folks !  

Happy New Year everybody hope you are doing well..and are with loved ones these holiday weeks !   ..we wish u the very best.....
Alot is going t change for the Valles Flying Machine and hopefully for the better.....we are ...trying ..to get things organized for some....big changes....and we hope to be up and running as a band....doing shows by ....late febuary or march...we will see.....some changes have already happened but we cant talk about them yet.....they are very good....especially for Noe Valles......changes coming for Texas Joe and Eloy soon also..all 3 of us want the very best for ourselves and our fans and we will get ti to make it !!!. we will talk about this later.....we had a meeting recently...on december 21st...2012.....all three members of the band....and we are going to....make some drastic changes in order for our....music to be heard and for us to be able to play and ....work on records at a proffesional level.....we hope you come along for the ride...we keep coming up with new songs and we keep forcing and pushing foreward...no need to tell you our economy has  fucked with our  way of doing things very badly....but we are fighting back and are gonna kik ass and....just keep going foreward....theres alot of ass hole people in our live that seem to fuck..with us....at any chance they get ....especially....in our hometown....fuck ups who are jelous...and will never amount to much......but ass wipe people are everywhere.....its nothing new.....just proverbially kik them in the ass....and just keep going foreward...or just ignore them all together....and .....just keep working ..and plowing ahead.....making music....and playing live..!  

on that note....last night i purchased in a pawn shop a Zoom H1  mini digital recorder for 22 .00  bux  !    ha ha ....its a steal ! ..they go for 99.00 bux new !!  i needed  something very small to carry with me at all times...and work on song ideas....this is the ticket...it sounds fantastic...24 bit recording !!! ..because this morning.....saturday....january 5 th 2013....i recorded a new song..tentatively titled....
Pathway to The Fields....with this Zoom recorder and my 12 string yamaha guitar....im gonna work on this song all weekend  long and hope to have a fully ....realized song by...sunday night....Songs come very easily to me...Texas Joe....ha ha .....if people like them its another story.....but....most people seem to like our music so im ok with it.....anway thats about it for now....Happy New Year to all our fans we wish you the very best...

sincerely 
texas joe valles 

below texas joe with new recording toy  a Zoom H1  handheld recorder....excellent for demos....on the go way way cool !    



wrote a new song with it this morning...Pathway...to..the..Fields.....on my Yamaha 12 string guitar ! yay!   ha ha !  

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY !  

HELLO TO ALL ..! WELL  ITS ALMOST THE END OF THE YEAR....WE WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS ..AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR..!  ...WE HOPE YOU ARE WITH LOVED ONES ON CHRISTMAS...AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.....WE WILL BE WITH OUR FAMILIES...FOR THE HOLIDAYS HERE IN SOUTH TEXAS....VALLES FLYING MACHINE HAS ALOT OF COOL NEW THINGS BREWING FOR THE NEW YEAR....ALOT OF THINGS WILL END THIS YEAR FOR US....AND ALOT OF NEW THINGS WILL HAPPEN.....KEEP POSTED......WE ARE BEHIND ON OUR NEW ALBUM PROJECTS BUT WE WILL CATCH UP IN 2013....FOR SURE..!

SORRY WE HAD TO CANCEL OUR JOHN LENNON PARK...END OF THE YEAR CONCERT.....WE ...PUT ON A SHOW AT A LATER DATE TO MAKE UP FOR IT.....MAYBE IN BROWNSVILLE MAYBE NOT BUT WE WILL SEE.....WE CANT PREDICT MOST OF THE FUTURE BUT WE CAN PROMISE A GOOD SHOW AS ALWAYS.....

BUT AGAIN TO CHRISTMAS....WE ARE GOING TO  MIDNIGHT MASS MORE THAN LIKELY....TONIGHT....AND WE HOPE ...ALL THE WARMST AND KINDEST..WISHES AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL...OUR FANS AND FRIENDS...... 

AGAIN ALOT OF THINGS WILL CHANGE DRAMATICALLY FOR THE BAND NEXT YEAR....AND IT WILL ALL BE FOR THE BETTER.....A GOOD BYE TO SOME THINGS AND A HELLO TO ALOT OF NICER THINGS IN LIFE ..HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THE FUN !  

FROM ELOY NOE AND TEXAS JOE VALLES
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR !  


End of The World Concert@ John Lennon Park Dec 21st 2012  


 
Lee MacNamerra in tye dye John lennon Park t shirt...Texas Joe Valles in Green Tree  t shirt and Duan Neece all of us at John Lennon Park festival site....Sat Dec 8th 2012 .

Well its been sometime since we posted something on here...sorry about that as work has gotten the best of us..plus we have not played any shows in a while....but its all about to change....last show of the year...!  for Valles Flying Machine....so its gonna be fun..mostly we will play new songs.....at this show...
its billed as The End of The World Concert @ John Lennon Park in Olmito Texas Friday Dec 21st 2012...we go on about 9.30 p.m. that night..weather permitting...its in Tribute to Mayan Calender date as possibly the end of a cycle or end of a world as they Knew it...the calender date was called 13 Rabbit...in Mayan terms...as it is it falls exactly on Winter Solstice Dec 21st 2012   shortest day of the year...!!  so lets rock and roll on this day !  and rock we will !   

We are anticipating big big changes in our career next year...and all things for the better....we got badly side tracked for alot of reasons.in 2012.....and we have had to postpone...alot of shows and alot of music and albums....this has been very frustrating for a guy like Texas Joe Valles....who only really cares about rock and roll..! .its been a miracle we have been able to  record some Acoustic Songs...since May 2012 when we did our last shows.....and some good ones indeed..plus alot of lyrics and ideas for...new electric psychadelic songs....you would be amazed at the very kool new music we have in store....but we have been forced to delay..our new album Mermaid Blues...a huge bummer......!!!! but it will come out...in 2013...for sure !!!   

so for now all we can say is try and drop by our concert  December 21st 2012....cuz its gonna be a while until we do a show after that one...for sure....!   anyway hope to see you there have fun...
and Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas 
Texas Joe Valles

new songs at 
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com

enjoy !    


Scored a Korg..... 

Hello folks had not written on here in a super long time...been on hiatus..since new job..came around....startin to feel ..the grind slow down....so we can work on music...but alot of plans are in the works....and today..we will talk about one of them.......here..we go.....

..Yesterday I found a Kork Micro Korg in the pawn shop....for only 75 bux..! used..of course...and I jumped on it....the band has all the intention of doing a bunch of synth style songs....with acoustic guitar also...we have flirted with the idea and it seems to work...we just need to record.... the new songs....its something very fresh sounding and ....we are sure people will enjoy these new songs....one of them is called ..A Knights Travels....

The idea is to have ...a sort of acoustica style album..with  shakers, congas...bongos..tambourine...12 string guitar..6 string guitar...4 string acoustic bass....and old school sounding synthsizers....it should work out quite well....

one of the reasons is...it fits well in our Prog/Psych...songwriting style....the other...is ease of use...for a show....that way can do coffee houses and small ..places....and still give a very psych sounding show....so here is part of the plan....and getting this Korg Synth is on the way to realizing this dream....



Texas Joe ..happy as a bug in a rug with...Korg Micro Korg Synth...after purchase in a San Benito ,Texas Pawn shop.... ;0)

Also today finnally scored a Square Credit Card devise that a person can hook up to thier Android or iPhone...and run credit or debit cards.....we are gonna use this deal so we can sell our band merchandise....to people....and  hopefully this can help us make more band sales....should be fun....!!!  



Sunday Oct 14th 2012 buying ...Square...credit card  swiper..for my Andriod Phone....finnally...got this thing....I was shoked to see them for sale at Walgreens ..but i jumped on it....CD sales  go out the doors...CASH ROLLS IN!  ha ha !   

ok everybody have a nice day !
sincerely
texas joe valles

Oct 14th 2012
our music is for sale here...
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com

rock on !  

Folks been busy with new job..News Soon !  

Just realized its been over a month since I blogged on website...folks this new job has been completely eating up my time..hopefully ..the situation will be fixed soon...let us pray !!  ha ha ! ...working on getting new songs together for album..and also...trying to...get mermaid foto shoot underway..we will keep you posted !! 

sincerely
texas joe valles

august 6th 2012

more music to listen to and free downloads here/
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com
and on
You Tube.com 

Finnally scored a Blue Microphone's Bluebird Model.!  

Hello there  just a quick blog ...we finnally were able to get a hold of a Blue Bluebird Mic at a really bargain price whle pawn shop hunting recently! These are great mics for Vocals,Cymbals,Acoustic Guitars,and Wind Instruments...its an excellent mic...we look foreward to using it soon for our Mermaid Blues sessions...this summer 2012....We have a song called Hey Spacebiker ..we really want to ...record along with hopefully 3 or 4 more songs....by the end of the summer....our new album Mermaid Blues...will hopefully be ready by  Winter 2012/2013...for pressing....ok have a great day folks !

sincerely
texas joe valles

all our music can be found here
www.vallesflyingmachine/bandcamp.com

below Texas Joe happy with his score a Blue Blubird Mic complete with box/and mic nest !  awesome ! 



ok have a rockin day !

Band Slows Down..Texas Joe focusing on New Job...Still working on New Songs for New Album  

Well  folks the band has kinda slowed down...due to Texas Joe getting a new job..saying that though...we can finnally afford the bands needs to..build its recording studio up to a pro level...With Texas Joe's new job....we can finnally afford..all the little things ..we need to keep the workflow going in the studio....press up CD'S...and by Winter 2012/2013..WE WILL HAVE A FULL BLOWN T.V. STUDIO...AND INTERNET UPLOAD ACCESS...!
In this manner the band can shoot live video and stream in 1080 hd...right from our own studio..and you the fans can watch from the comport of your own home....!!! 
New job has some training to be sorted out..so Texas Joe will be mainly focusing on that all through out the summer..of 2012...but..we will record some new songs...this summer...! Space Biker ..being one of them....
We do not anticipate playing live...this summer unless good paying gigs ..come up..no more freebees...for anybody ! for the near future.....all 3 brothers have agreed on this concept....no more freebees for the near future..and we are not actively seeking shows for the summer....we plan on...working and recording new songs for an upcoming cd...and 1st Vynal Pressing....of the band.....
On another note..Texas Joe loved his time at his old Job...as a subsitute teacher...from 2009 to 2012..it was a great run...but economics...rule out staying at this job...saying that Texas Joe ...says good bye to all his great students...wishing thme well in all matters of life...Texas Joe hopes his tiny grains of wisdom....are taken lightly by the kids and put to some strange but good use..ha ha !  wish u kids well bye bye....
But..on to new things.....New Job....finnally able to use my diplomas from college ha ha !  and we hope and pray for the best....band will be up ...to rock in August 2012...with new set lists...and new songs....but for now all 3 brothers have projects to work on....
below picture of Texas Joe ....@ Med Hi for the very last time saying good bye and pickin up last check ha ha !!! 
June Wed 19th 2012



ok folks keep rocking ...!   more...on band....soon...but plz check out Psych Rock 101 page Texas Joe's Radio Show !! 

sincerely
texas joe valles

Gastation Bar&Grill May 19th 2012...Hey Spacebiker Video Dancing Bears Video... 

Yesterday May 19th 2012..we did a low key gig..in San Benito Texas @ Gastation Bar & Grill...a rather cool place...that has an indoor and outdoor area.....we played a show with a bunch of bands...but we....went on at about 8.00P.M...we did only songs and instrumentals...that required 12 string electric guitar....and it was a rather short set....
1. Dancing Bears
2. Mari Left On A Spaceship Called Mexico
3. Hey Spacebiker
4. Witch Tree

the set was very well recieved by the crowd and we were happy just to play a short set becuase there were many bands..on the bill and we had let our buddy Olivia Reber...open up the show for us with her acoustic set...it was alot of fun and we recorded our set with our Zoom Q 3 hd camera...so footage is on You Tube..just go look for it....Hey Spacebiker has  for the 1st time alot of guitar effects on it...as does Dancing Bears...Eloy seemed to like the way the 12 string guitar sounded Texas Joe was pretty happy with the sound also..Noe Valles also..for the 1st time in a longtime used a Tube Screamer on his Fender Jazz Bass and it sounded pretty good alot of growl....like we said you can hear the results on You Tube..by looking up..
Valles Flying Machine Hey Spacebiker...May 19th 2012...Dancing Bears May19th 2012....
the only problem..is that the wind kicked up and ..effected the mics on the Zoom Q3 and the limiter brought the level down..alot on the sound..!!  We have to remember to take a wind screen....for this problem...!!  its the second time this happens recently....and ...we just need to take a windscreen it will solve the problem...!!! 
anyway pix are below enjoy..!! 
all our new songs can be heard and purchased on our music website
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com

sincerely
texas joe valles
Sunday May 20th 2012


rockin out @ Gastation Bar & Grill San Benito Texas May 19th 2012


Noe Valles ...May 19th 2012 Gastation Bar & Grill


Eloy Valles ..happy on the drums ..May 19th 2012 Gastation San Benito Texas


Texas Joe Valles ..happy to be playing his guitar...Eloy bashing away in back Gastation ,San Benito Texas May 19th 2012



Olivia Reber  May 19th 2012 opening the show for Valles Flying Machine @ Gastation...many other bands played it was fun !

Sparkys Cafe gig May 5th 2012 1st time we play live the songs Hey Spacebiker&Flowers in Her Hair  


Next time we do a gig remind me to get there a little earlier...so i can mount the lights properly in front of the cameras and not in the back !  Notice how this set up really ..messes with the video footage(this is a clip from a Zoom Q3 hd) ...but regardless the gig was great..we had a fun show....one of the very last in South Texas for a while..as Texas Joe is planning on moving the whole operation to Austin Texas very soon summer of 2012.
Sparkys Cafe was good in that all 3 brothers finnally played together...as a band...live!!! we had not done this since August 2011..so much bullshit gets in the way and life's little ...curve balls...but it was great...to be able to play live..again as a 3 brother band...there are 2 videos from this gig up on You Tube if you wanna see them...
both songs had thier 1st time airing out live last night May 5th 2012 ..
they are
1. Hey Spacebiker
2. Flowers in Her Hair (June Bug Blu-Ooze)

Hey Spacebiker like we said is inspired by Easy Rider the 1969 biker /chopper movie...incidently Yesterday I was watching a cable t.v. show at a friends house..and ..the number one biker /motorcycle icon in the world...has been identified as The Harley ..called ....Captain America...Peter Fonda ..rode in the movie
see pictures of the beautiful Harley with Texas Joe in a blog lower down this page !!!

Flowers in Her Hair (June Bug Blu-Ooze)  is a Brazilian style rocker...for the album Landing Amongst The Giant Mushrooms...about..a festival ..the people have after thier 1st harvest on thier new home planet.....

both songs have lyrics....both will be finished soon !!  

anyway we were happy to have played together last night as Noe Valles little boy Jackie saw us play live for the 1st time in his little baby life..!!  so that was worth it ...big time !!!  the  crazy psych looking picture is the only pic we got of the gig with the full band.everybody was in top form Eloy ,Noe & Texas Joe ..but go to You Tube and enjoy the videos....type in on You Tube...
Valles Flying Machine  Hey Spacebiker May5th2012
Valles Flying Machine  Flowers in Her Hair (June Bug Blu-Ooze)
and youll see the videos  very good recording !  ok folks take care..
sincerely
texas joe valles
sunday may 6th 2012

Hey Spacebiker..May2nd2012...Valles Flying Machine rehersal... 

Last night all 3 brothers got together to reherse on some new songs...Texas Joe has been working on...The Band worked on 2 of 3 Texas Joe has recently written...
1.Hey Spacebiker
2.Feathers in Her Hair(Flowers Everywhere)

not worked on but on the boards is

3. Jack -O- Lantern  (Instrumental)
 
Spacebiker is a serious attempt at writing a song about being a Harely Biker in this modern age/into the future age....yet being very influenced by the past ..Mainly 1969's Independant Film  Classic
American Icon..................E Z Rider..............staring Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda...and some way out..Classic Harley Davidson Motorcycles...Captain America (Fonda)& Orange Flames..(Hopper)...the chopper bikes....used by Hopper and Fonda in the movie..2 beautiful motorcycles...that have captured the worlds imagination since 1969...!!!!  (Texas Joe saw..replicas of both bikes in Milwaukee Wisconsin this past September 2011..a wonderful experience !!!! )   this picture below is from the barely 2nd rehersal of the song...Hey Spacebiker....done last night May 2nd 2012...we will post You Tube video..very shortly to show that in just 2 times we have rehersed the song, we have fleshed it out into a basic song structure...and very soon we will have a complete song...to send out to Motorcycles events all over the world !!!   
below is picture enjoy !!!   
and remember our music is available on Bandcamp @
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com



ok folks take care enjoy
sincerely
texas joe valles
May 2nd 2012 Thursday

Sparky's Cafe gig May 5th 2012 ///good gigs, great gigs, shakey gigs... 

MAY 5TH 2012 WE will play a gig at Sparky's Cafe in San Benito Texas..it will be the 1st time ...in quite some time we have a gig...as all 3 bros....so should be fun...if we only had a million dollars we could keep the band going through ruff and tumble besides the good but as we get older it seems its getting tuougher  who knows.what will happen....???...this brings up a good point...I can think of 2 gigs recently when we had a shakey start and alot of things were going agianst us yet we were able to pull it together and end the show with a scorching set..!!  
the 1st recent gig was in August 2011 at a dumpy joint called El Antro..in Brownsville that no longer exists...where the P.A. had blown out due to ..D.J.'S  meesing with the sound system so we had to go all instrumental...ha ha !  at 1st we were about to just blow the gig off and tear down...but the crowd seemed excited about our sound check so we went for it you could feel the excitement in the air..great feeling....!!!   pic below...but blurry...

The second gig was July of 2008...in Harlingen Texas....what was to be a awesome gig..at a local park turned out to be a wobbly nightmare/kickass gig/mosquito fest !!!   The P.A. was amazing ..brand new..but the sound engineers were complete novices...beginners..it was almost a complete failure....but due to ..our...ass kicking hard rock songs ..we saved the day...i was going through my pictures on my lap top and found this picture....I know ..I was mad as hell..trying to focus..when this picture was taken...or a had just regained my cool...and was going for it....Noe is close to me so I know we were jelling as a band...!  in the end we kicked royal ass  and finished the gig the crowd was roaring its apporoval i was glad....and  relieved....i was more relieved to leave the stage..at this point...!!!   but we ended with a huge bang..and thats what mattered the most !  pic below....



...Above.....Shakey ass gig that almost bombed due to blown out house P.A. not our fault...we went totally instrumental..that night...even shouted the song titles to the crowd was funny...but we tore the hell out of all the songs...so it was fun and we saved the gig..!  El Antro in Brownsville Texas August 2011...then the club went under soon afterwards..!!!  sorry for the bad fotos...but thats all we could find...



one of the most shakiest gigs we have ever had in recent memory...!  July 2008...boy was this almost a disaster..!!  tons of Mopsquitos...a horrible bunch of sound men!  ...bad stage planning...too many drunks...and yours truly almost blowing his lid with alot of rank amatuers!  but we saved the gig...and it went well....!!!!   word of warning becareful when u plan gigs !!! 
ok folks  our kickstarter is still going strong plz help !
sincerely
texas joe valles

Sunday April 29th 2012

Our Kickstarter is up and running !!! Please Help us out !!!  


Hello everybody its April 18th 2012... below is our Kickstarter link to allow you to help pledge funding for our 1st ever American Tour ! We are up and Running its only 30 days long so please help out if you can ok..?  cut and paste link is it does not work...when u click it ok..? 




Your project, Raising 5,000.00 to start our 1st American Tour, is officially live on Kickstarter! Congratulations. Let's get rolling!


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vallesflyingmachine/raising-500000-to-start-our-1st-american-tour?ref=email


Thank You
Texas Joe Valles




Kickstarter Done Just Waiting for Reply from them,New Song called Spacebiker...!!!! 

Hi everybody ...its been a while since i blogged..on the site...as far as music had not much to say...lately things had seemd to come to a screeching halt ..since we had to cancel our Wisconsin..dates...in March 2012...now it looks like we will have to cancel New York...this week also big drag...we just dont have the money to tour !!!   and we wont have it unless 4 things happen...
1.) We win millions in the Texas Lottery..(very tuff)
2.) Texas Joe gets a state or federal job...(even more tuff)
3.) We get the fuck out of The Rio Grande Valley...and move to Austin Texas or New York City...soon..!  (even more more tuff) 

or we get lucky
4.) Kickstarter comes to our help and complete strangers/anda few select friends... bump into our Kickstarter Profile ,like us..and pledge us the money to start touring !!!  

its suxx to high hell ! not being able to do as you wish..and create art and have money to create it...it absolutely blows..! we feel totally strangled...right now and a little bummed..but you just cannot give up..!!!  
so we opened our 1st Kickstarter.com  and did all the rerquired ...stuff you need to open an account...its alot of crap let me tell you...but hopefully it will be worth it in the end !!! 
we hope the Review Dept . @ Kickstarter...really diggs our plan...and can help us get going !  we pray to God ! 

On a more easy and blessed level...we are working on a new song called ..Spacebiker..!!!
Texas Joe was inspired by the movie Easy Rider...(Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda) great film about ...trying to be free...and living it up in America on Harely-Davidson Choppers !!
Texas Joe found the Easy Rider...DVD ,2002 Remastered Version complete with documentary on the making of the film...at a Brownsville Pawn Shop..2 weeks ago...and was inspired after watching the documentary....and the movie....to write a new song called...Spacebiker...!!! 
Texas Joe was very impressed with the locations used for the film the Open Spaces..the mountains...the Indian Villages...The Forests....The Deserts...the Highways...the Fellings of Freedom...and the Harely Davidson Choppers....!!!!  
Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper did an excellent job in the film as actors also....it was a huge leap foreward in indie film making and the American Narrative....that it has inspired Texas Joe to make a stand ...and write a song about something he believes in ! 
Spacebiker is that song....it is written on 12 string guitar....and it rocks ! 
Steppenwolf...Jimi Hendrix..Bob Dylan....The Band....and others rock stars come out in the Sountrack to Easy Rider...and those wonderful artists influenced Texas Joe Valles to write Spacebiker....
The whole affair is totally sealed to a deal...because last September Texas Joe went to the Harley Davidson Museum and saw replicas of the beautiful Choppers used in the movie! so the song was inside me all i had to do was get close to a catalyst to make it all explode and happen...I thank the guy or girl who pawned Easy Rider on DVD ..at the pawn shop...as i got it for 2 bux ha ha !  
ok folks take care..pix below of Texas Joe Valles ..working on Spacebiker...song..Sunday April 15th 2012...and pictures from Harley Museum Sept 2011  while we were in Milwaukee Wis..



a very awesome day for Texas Joe Valles !! Sept 13th Sunday standing next to replicas of the Easy Rider Film Choppers !!! 

have a nice day Texas Joe Valles
April 15th 2012

News Flash! all 11 acoustic demos are up on Bandcamp for Landing Amongst The Giant Mushrooms 

Well folks we did it ! all 11 songs that are acoustic based numbers are up on Bandcamp if you wanna listen to them !!! yay finnally !! one big hurdle over come...! you can listen here..
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com

just go to Acoustic Demo Sessions Album..and knock yourself out ! enjoy !!
All are based on 12 string guitar...one is for sure an instrumental(3Mushrooms) and the rest will be singer/ songwriter based..with alot of wild lyrics and imagery and wordplay...Last night Sunday, March 25th 2012 Eloy & Texas Joe started work on the song Solar Sails ..as far as lyrics go Eloy is doing a great job with the words...we ourselves are very impressed with the one-upmanship in our songwriting quality..and we are sure people are gonna love these songs!!!!!   Texas Joe was very pleasantly surprized with the way Eloy had carved a vocal melody out of the lyrics for ..Solar Sails...its gonna be an excellent song...we have been playing Thankful for The Harvest..already for quite sometime....and 3 Mushrooms has been around a long time also...so 3 songs...have a frame now with 9 more to go...Let me tell you folks its alot of fun and very gratifying writing songs...Never in my life did i think...I would write so much music on a 12 string guitar yet let alone fall in love with the 12 string guitar..its likea drug to me a musical drug my Siren Song...ha ha thats it...its my Siren Song..12 string is...ha ha !!!....its a great gift from Up Above to be able to do this !!!   For may Years our songs havebeen electric 6 string guitar based...and since buying a dusty dirty crusty Yamaha 12 string in the pawnshop back in April of 2011  ...Texas Joe has not been able to leave it alone ...I love the sound of 12 string guitar..!!!  and the proof is finnally recorded.....!

here are the song titles in no particular order..as of today March 26th 2012..
1.) MoonPool
2.) Solar Sails
3.) Forests&Ferns
4.) 3 Mushrooms
5.) Thankful for The Harvest
6.) Winter Slumber
7.) Across The Galaxy
8.) Alexandria Star
9.) Carry On Dragonfly
10.) Feathers in Her Hair
11.) Keep Chuggin Along

below another picture of Texas Joe Valles totally digging on his 12 string Yamaha Guitars...!!!  

ok folks drop by our bandcamp page...im sure youll be pleaseantly surprized with the scope of songwriting we have out put to Bandcamp...enjoy !

sincerely
texas joe valles jr


rock on !!! 

Cancelled Postponed Shows in Wisconsin/Acoustic Demos almost done....Sunday March 25th 2012 

We are bummed out that we have to postponed our tour of Wisconsin this week. We came up very short on cash..but The silver lining in all of this is that all the clubs were very cool and have invited us to go back and play when we are ready...Money has postponed our starting our tour but...it does not stop us as creative artists...
Today Eloy and Myself Texas Joe ...started working on our set of 11 new 12 string acoustic based songs...for the Landing Amongst The Giant Mushrooms ..sessions...the songs are gonna be wild ...very earthy yet very catchy...you can listen to them ..as The Acoustic Sessions on our Bandcamp website...
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com

heres a picture of your truly Texas Joe Valles...with one of the coolest Tye Dye T shirts he has ever owned...and it ...and the 12 string guitar describe Joe's world to a Tee...(literally) ha ha !  


ok folks have a nice day...we keep focusing on our New York gigs !  and wish we could play Wisconsin tonight...wow things get crazy !

sincerely
texas joe valles

Texas Joe performs @ KMBH T.V.60 STUDIOS HARLINGEN TEXAS /WED MAR 7th2012 

Texas joe performed some guitar riffs on Wednesday March 7th 2012 ..for the annual campaign drive at KMBH as a favor to Chris Maley...his buddy at Radio @KMBH 88.9 fm   ...thnx to Richard Loya for giving some good vibes to Valles Flying Machine and Texas Joe Valles during air time !! and thnx to Ismael Garcia & Amy the camera girl for the good vibes during the video taping portion of the show....it was fun below are some pictures of the event ...and thnx to Eloy Valles for recording with Zoom camera during breaks  !! 



above getting ready to go on air !!! KMBH STUDIOS MARCH 7TH2012


ABOVE TEXAS JOE, ISMAEL & AMY...FOOLING AROUND ..DURING..STUDIO BREAKS..MARCH 7TH 2012..THESE PEOPLE ARE GREAT !!! 



TEXAS JOE VALLES ,LOLI BETANCOURT..AND RICHARD LOYA..KMBH STUDIOS...MARCH 7TH 2012...IT WAS ALOT OF FUN HANGING OUT WITH THESE PEOPLE...! 

Still Trying to Tie Up Loose Ends for Start of Tour 2012  

Still trying to get a bunch of things wrapped up to start our 1st Coast to Coast American Tour...its been very tuff and alot of things going against us least of all financial tour support...but we are trying little by little to get things done...

we will keep you posted...on all things concerning our tour...
sincerely
texas joe valles

below our offical poster...for our Tour....thnx to Anna Z.

Feb25th 2012 Texas Joe's Birthday !  

Today is Texas Joe Valles Birthday...thank you to those who have wished me well...alot on my plate right..now....Eloy and myself are planning our 1st coast to coast American Tour and it is not going smooth at all...alot of worries..but we are still..working on it...what we do have ..for sure is some good dates in Wisconsin...and New York City...so that makes us happy....its a very rainy day in Brownsville Texas right now...and  Charro Dys Festivities are going on downtown...but...Texas Joe is gonna take it easy becuase very soon the band is gonna be in a whirlwind of a party..!  with this tour....so in closing for today...whether things are going ruff or good...I still keep focused on the prize..!  we wish u all well..again have a nice day !
Texas Joe Valles




wish u all well Texas Joe Valles Feb 25th 2012 on his birthday .....

Texas Joe's 1st ever Acoustic gig ! Copz Lounge Harlingen Texas Feb 10th 2012 

Texas Joe made history last night Febuary 10th 2012 Friday ..1st time ever to do an acoustic gig..with all new Valles Flying Machine songs...it seems to have flown by in a rush !  but it was very intresting..the crowd was either very silent or very noisy...the video...of the event demonstrates this..(.we video recorded with a Zoom Q3 blue model camera) ...it was fun..what was nerve wracking was the fact that playing acoustic...for so many songs...made Texas Joe's fingers raw...but didnt feel the effects of it until we started doing our Electric Six String songs on 3rd  and 4rth sets of music...the 12 stringset didnt seem to bother me..also it didnt help that Texas Joe pricked his finger on a loose ...guitar case thumbtack..that was stiking out and pricked his ring finger...but the pain messed with our lead guitar solos all night..!
We almost got away with doing...all our own songs...we did 2 covers.. Funk 49 by The James Gang and Killing Floor by Jimi Hendrix....but other than that it was all our own music ...which we are very proud of !
Its gonna be a while until we play again in South Texas..(unless its a very high paying gig..) as we are getting ready for this Coast to Coast tour....but several things are in the works...and Texas Joe and Eloy..are looking at all options...we hope things ..go well....but anyway heres pictures of our last Copz Lounge gig for a while...we did a run of 4 shows..and are grateful to Aroon for the gigs....
anyway here the pix..have a great day !

Above early in the rainy cold dayFriday  Feb 10th 2012 had lunch with my friend Jenn in HARLINGEN TEXAS, drove by Copz Lounge and took this pic with phone...several times the club had put our name up on the Marquee and we had forgotten to take a pic...i was not gonna forget this time ha ha !  thnx Jenn for the snapshot...





texas joe 1st ever acoustic 12 string solo gig...Eloy said it was pretty good ..to me it felt like it went by in a rush ! ha ha ! 


Eloy Valles taking out the Red Ludwig for a show it sounded extremely good ...very nice tone...as compared to his ..import drum sets..!


Noe G ever the hippie with his tye dye shirt and awesome Warwick bass guitar..!

ok folks have a nice day....very soon a huge ...turn of events with this Coast to Coast tour set for March ...1st gig in Madison Wisconsin..!! 

have a nice day
its very kool and cloudy in South Texas right now I seem to like it !
sincerely
texas joe valles
Saturday February 11th 2012...