New Lineup performs this Saturday @ Georgetown Music Fest
CdE has been in full sprint mode for the last 3 weeks getting our new members in shape. So much that I might have pulled a musical hammy in fact.
Oh you aren’t aware of the lineup changes?
Ok…lets get you up to speed then.
So Jessica moved to Philly to teach and Ryan is gearing up to be a dad. Joe and I decided we weren’t done making jams for CdE so we called upon some friends. Just to replace the pistol that Jessica was and still is we asked our friends Michael and Taylor from the great band Ladyfriend to join up. Michael for the first time in CdE history will be adding live bass to the mix and also adding guitar, vocals, and percussion (not all at once). Taylor will be taking over the extra synth lines, harmonies, and added percussion. For drums we are pleased to add Jonathan. He will supply the backbone of our cool rock jams.
We are really excited for our Free show this Saturday at the Georgetown Music Fest. We play at 8:30 pm on the Rainier stage. We feel we have one of the best time slots of the day and are very thankful for it. There will be a whole day of free music, arts, drinks, and food vendors. Also Ladyfriend will perform at 2pm on Saturday at the Mt. Harney stage so make it out for that as well!
We have a warm-up show tonight to cool the nerves of the new line up and hopefully tighten things up for our performance this coming Saturday. If you check our twitter or facebook you should be able to figure it out.
Come out and jam with us in the Sun* on Saturday! Say hello to our new members. They are kind of nice people.
*we can only hope.
Last Dance
On March 28th, 2008, a rag tag group of carefree young twenty-somethings decided to go karaoke at Sunset Bowl (R.I.P.) (Yes, there was karaoke at Sunset. Little known fact.). My new friends Joe and Josh asked me about this other friend of ours, wanting to know if this other dude would be down to play in this new band of theirs. This other dude happened to be in two other bands at the time so I told them it’d be doubtful but went ahead asked them what they were looking for. They said they just needed someone who could play keyboards (to which I responded, “Um, HELLO!”) and someone who could sing some BGVs (again, “HELLO?!”). I could tell they were a bit skeptical — I mean they hardly knew me then — but when the karaoke machine finally got fired up and my turn got called, I busted out a flawless rendition of Jay-Z’s classic 99 Problems and the rest (as they say) is history…
Karaokeing at Sunset on that fateful day. Joe was my opening act. Josh doesn’t know what’s coming.
Countless basement jams, several sketchy practice spaces, a few dumb band names and so many super sweaty shows later and now I can hardly believe it’s been over two years since I first got invited into the wild and wacky world of Concours d’Elegance. This band came to me at a time in my life when I was so over the weirdness of the music scene and I was seriously about thiiiis close to giving up performing altogether. Playing this amazing music with these amazing dudes for all of you amazing people — cheesy as it sounds — it really restored my faith in music. Being in this band has been without question one of the most rewarding experiences of my entire life and though it absolutely kills me to say this, for me this chapter is quickly coming to a close. (I’m crying like a big dork right now as I type this. And in a public coffee shop, no less. Gah. I’m totes that girl.)
Basement Jams Just like the old days.
Some of you have heard already, but in just about a month I’ll be leaving my hometown of Seattle and moving to the dirty streets of Philadelphia, PA. I got accepted into a program called Teach for America and come this Fall, I’ll most likely be teaching a high school English class somewhere in Philly. While I feel totally confident that this is exactly where I need to be and exactly what I need to be doing, it absolutely crushes my heart that I have to leave this city, my family, my friends and this band behind. Not gonna lie, I tried to convince the dudes to move to Philly with me but they weren’t into it. Sad for me but fantastic for you! CdE will go on without me and I’ll go on without CdE (somehow) but fret not, my babies — we’ve still got some time left.
The very first CdE show (kinda).
Word on the street is we’re gonna try to record a few more tunes before I skip town so some new CdE tracks might be on its way!
My second to last show with CdE is on May 29th! We’re playing a super radical 80’s Prom to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! It’ll be us, The Royal Bear, and PNapper DJing the jams. 9pm at the Rendezvous Grotto for $10 suggested donation (feel free to be generous!).
My very last CdE show (oh geez — here come the waterworks again) will be on June 11th at Lo-Fi . We’ll be playing with our very good friends Pickwick and Special Guests! I will most likely be bawling my eyeballs out for all or part of the show so I’ll be selling commemorative snotty Kleenex to remember the evening by. I encourage you to keep them safely tucked away so that you can sell them on eBay in a few years when CdE blows up and I am a mere footnote in their VH1 Behind the Music.
“Someones gotta make this band look good!” jHong
In all seriousness, I truly can’t thank y’all enough. Call me Patrick Swayze (R.I.P.) because I’ve had the time of my life! Thank you for singing with me, laughing at my dumb jokes, singing along to impromptu Backstreet Boys songs and dancing your beautiful behinds off. I love y’all a whole lot.
