JeffroJul 12 minTHE BODARKS' NEW NAME: KILL BUCKET!There was this one gig where we considered rebranding ourselves as a hard-core "death-folk" band and calling it KILL BUCKET while on the...
JeffroFeb 264 minTHE END OF A BODARKS ERAThere was this one gig where a ménage à trois spontaneously erupted on the upright bass. It was during an extended jam-band version of...
JeffroDec 29, 20213 minTHE MAN WHO BET ON THE BODARKSThere was this one gig where a bottle of whiskey was wagered over whether we could bring down the house at the new Hotel Vin in old-town...
JeffroJun 4, 20214 minNOT LONG AGO, AT A GIG FAR FAR AWAYThere was this one gig we ventured to on the outer reaches of the galaxy - somewhere between Kansas and Nebraska - where the fine folks...
JeffroMay 13, 20213 minTHAT GIG THAT BECAME A SONGThere was this one gig where a Bodark had to spend the night in jail afterwards. Let's just say he/she mighta had a bit too much of the...
JeffroDec 29, 20204 min10 REASONS 2020 DIDN'T TOTALLY SUCKThere was this one gig we had to cancel because 3 of us got hit by the COVID Train. That pretty much put a wrap on the Year From Hell for...
JeffroNov 25, 20202 minFIRST THANKSGIVING IN TEXAS, NOT PLYMOUTH!There was this one gig where a bunch of European fellers got together with some Native Americans and shared a meal. Nah, I ain't talking...
JeffroSep 20, 20203 minFINALLY, A REMEDY! COMING 10-10-2020There was this one gig scheduled for late December where we were to provide a musical remedy to some of the most harmful symptoms of the...
JeffroJul 23, 20203 minTHE GHOSTS OF WESTERN KANSASThere was this one gig we played in a haunted Kansas hotel where there'd been a suicide and an attempted murder. Built in the late 1800s,...
JeffroJun 21, 20203 minA WRONG TURN IN ARKANSASThere was this one gig where a wrong turn in the Ozarks found us in a quaint little town called Leslie, which is yet to be discovered by...
JeffroMay 14, 20202 minMUSIC OF/BY/FOR THE PEOPLEThere was this one gig that Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger attended in Seattle in the early 1940s at which there was song swapping, beer...
JeffroMay 3, 20205 minFROM SEEDS TO SONGS: MAKING MUSIC IN QUARANTINE There was this one gig that never happened, in the spring of 2020... Actually, there were a whole buncha gigs that didn't happen, thanks...
JeffroDec 15, 20193 min"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT" WANTED TO SHOOT US!There was this one gig where we were asked to audition for the America's Got Talent TV show. One of the producers called, saying he...
JeffroDec 1, 20192 minCALL SECURITY! OZZY'S IN THE HOUSE!There was this one gig where Ozzy Osbourne crashed our party. It was our big album release shindig for the new Live Americana record. Our...
JeffroNov 7, 20193 minDON'T LISTEN TO THIS ONE IN THE DARKThere was this one gig we did for a True Crime podcaster who had caught wind of our tune, "The Ghost Of Alma Kelmer." I'd written the...
JeffroOct 27, 20192 minHAPPY HOEDOWEENThere was this one gig we played as characters from "The Wizard of Oz." Funny thing was, when we came up with the idea for our Halloween...
JeffroOct 23, 20192 minTHE SONG THAT GOT US BOOTED There was this one gig where we were told to stop playing and leave immediately. You see, we had a little time to kill before our shindig...
JeffroSep 12, 20193 minA FRISCO TRAIN WRECKThere was this one gig where we played nearly nothing but train songs: "I hear that train a'-comin'...," "I'm going off the rails on a...
JeffroSep 6, 20192 minTHIS SONG MAY SAVE YOUR LIFEThere was this one gig in Deep Ellum where a mob strolls in with marching-band gear while we're on break and proceeds to busker in the...
JeffroAug 30, 20192 minFREE HOOTENANNY - GET IT WHILE THE GETTIN'S GOODThere was this one gig where we recorded a live album and then decided to give it away for free.... Actually, it took more than one gig....