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Jeffro
- Feb 27
- 4 min
THE END OF A BODARKS ERA
There was this one gig where a ménage à trois spontaneously erupted on the upright bass. It was during an extended jam-band version of...

Jeffro
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
THE MAN WHO BET ON THE BODARKS
There 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...

Jeffro
- Jun 4, 2021
- 4 min
NOT LONG AGO, AT A GIG FAR FAR AWAY
There was this one gig we ventured to on the outer reaches of the galaxy - somewhere between Kansas and Nebraska - where the fine folks...

Jeffro
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
THAT GIG THAT BECAME A SONG
There 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...

Jeffro
- Dec 29, 2020
- 4 min
10 REASONS 2020 DIDN'T TOTALLY SUCK
There 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...

Jeffro
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
FIRST 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...

Jeffro
- Sep 20, 2020
- 3 min
FINALLY, A REMEDY! COMING 10-10-2020
There 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...

Jeffro
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
THE GHOSTS OF WESTERN KANSAS
There 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,...

Jeffro
- Jun 21, 2020
- 3 min
A WRONG TURN IN ARKANSAS
There 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...

Jeffro
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
MUSIC OF/BY/FOR THE PEOPLE
There was this one gig that Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger attended in Seattle in the early 1940s at which there was song swapping, beer...

Jeffro
- May 3, 2020
- 5 min
FROM 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...

Jeffro
- Dec 16, 2019
- 3 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...

Jeffro
- Dec 1, 2019
- 2 min
CALL 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...

Jeffro
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
DON'T LISTEN TO THIS ONE IN THE DARK
There 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...

Jeffro
- Oct 27, 2019
- 2 min
HAPPY HOEDOWEEN
There 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...

Jeffro
- Oct 23, 2019
- 2 min
THE 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...

Jeffro
- Sep 12, 2019
- 3 min
A FRISCO TRAIN WRECK
There 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...

Jeffro
- Sep 6, 2019
- 2 min
THIS SONG MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE
There 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...

Jeffro
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
FREE HOOTENANNY - GET IT WHILE THE GETTIN'S GOOD
There 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....

Jeffro
- Jul 23, 2019
- 2 min
MAKING A SCENE
There was this one gig each of us played in different bands. All part of the Whistlestop Jamboree - a whopper of a music festival put on...