Finally, the Randy Rogers Band comes back to the Wormy Dog, if you smell what Vinny's cookin!!! Yes, yes ya'll. You know the deal when it comes to the RRB. Full house by 9pm. Unusual on a regular weekend, but this wasn't your regular weekend. Wade Bowen played the nite before and Vinny's #1A band rolled in to the Wormy the very next nite. As usual, the RRB (freshly tattooed from the nite before in Little Rock) put it all out there for about 2 hours. Playing everything from "Like It Used To Be", to "Rollercoaster" and to their newest album "Just A Matter of Time". The crowd responded to every lyric Randy sang. It's amazing how far this band has come in less than 2 years. A special surprise was Randy covering Chris Knight's "It Ain't Easy Being Me". Vinny almost sharted his pants when he heard that. The best voice in the business singing one of the best songs in the business? Are you serious? That was awesome. It was a great nite. Lots of Vinny's friends showed up. It was like old times. Vinny doesn't need to say it again, but will anyways, The Randy Rogers Band kicks ass. One of the best bands out there, bar none. Go see them. Soon!!!

Vinny had been waiting for this show for quite some time after he heard Chris Knight and Micky & The Motorcars were playing on the same nite at the Wormy Dog. Personally, in Vinny's opinion, Chris Knight stole the show at Red Dirt Roundup 2 in early September down in Fort Worth. This guy is the real deal. Powerful songs from all of his albums. So, about 6 hours before showtime, Vinny finds out that the Motorcars had to cancel. This didn't make Vinny very happy since MMC is one of Vinny's top 3 Red Dirt bands. Was looking forward to seeing them again, but... apparently there was a scheduling snafu with another artist in Texas, and MMC was called upon to rescue the day down there. Nonetheless, disappointing for us who live up here in OKC. Oh well, hopefully, they will be back soon. Chris Knight didn't disappoint. Had the crowd (which was wall to wall) singing along to all of his song. The dude has a great voice to go along with his writing and musicianship. He's not Randy Rogers, but he's close. "It Ain't Easy Being Me" has to be one of the best songs ever written and performed. Vinny was glad to hear Chris play it. He also played "Cry Lonely", "Hammer Down", and "Love and a .45", as well as a slew of others that kept the crowd engaged in the show. Chris Knight has definitely moved up Vinny's list. Go check him out whenever you can. He kicks ass.

First week of October. Cross Canadian Ragweed came back to the Wormy Dog for their Mission California CD release party. As was expected, the place was packed. Show started around 9ish. They played the entire album from front to back. As usual, the guys played to perfection, giving the fans what they came for, opening with Record Exec, and grooving in to Dead Man, which is a personal song to Cody. Excellent stuff. Next up was The Deal and Lawrence. Lawrence has quickly become a fave of alot of people Vinny has talked to. After Lawrence came a few songs that got the crowd going "In Oklahoma", which should be the state song by the way, "Cry Lonely", a Chris Knight cover song. Excellent stuff. And then "Smoke Another", which is reminiscent of "Late Last Nite" from Garage. Next up was "Soul Agent" which Jeremy Plato sings. It's a nice little changeup from the norm. Jeremy does a great job on it. "Walls To Climb" and "The Years" followed Jeremy's solo. Personally, "The Years" is Vinny's favorite off the new CD. The harmonica does it everytime.The guys closed the show out with "Jenny", "I Believe You" and "New York City Girl", which is another of Vinny's faves from the disc. Squeezed in between all of this was "Leaving Tennessee", which didn't make the new album but is a fan favorite. That was a special treat to hear that one. Overall, another great show by Ragweed and another great crowd on hand.

What's up everyone. Vinny hopes everyone's getting ready for a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Let's see here, shows, shows, shows, ahh yes... early September, Vinny went and saw one of his favorite bands that comes to the Wormy Dog. Macon Greyson. Once again, they put on a great show. Buddy's a poet on the mic. The band is tight as ever. This was their CD release "tour" stop in OKC, so they played alot off the new album, but also reverted back to the hits off the first two outputs. Like Buddy said before the show "We're gonna put on a rock show". . Go get the new CD 2oth Century Accidents. In Vinny's opinion, this is their best stuff right here. John Q Blues is Vinny's fave off the album. Just an upbeat, high energy song. But, the rest of the CD is just as good. Son Volt influences all over the place. Get it now. Tell your neighbors, wake the kids, let people know about this band. Like Vinny said earlier, Buddy Huffman is one of the better lead men in the game. But, unfortunately once again, OKC just doesn't seem to get it. This band is one of the best that graces the Wormy Dog stage, so come on Oklahoma, get out there next time and witness what Vinny's said numerous times before. You won't be disappointed. The opening band, Brian Wright and The Waco Tragedies kicked ass too. Vinny was very pleasantly surprised by the energy this band put out. Brian Wright is one hell of a performer. Vinny expects a larger crowd next time for Macon Greyson. Give this band their damn due people!!