Heedless to the whims and desires of those of us who live this Peter Pan life of the traveling Troubadour, the wheels of rock n’ roll keep on turning the only way they will. They can carry to you to some unfortunate places as well as take you to locales of grand opportunity. Sometimes, they deliver you to a destination that is chocked full of both. In the column titled “Unfortunate”, Nowherebound must scribble about the loss of our good friend and bandmate, Dylan Karn, to his other musical endeavors (aka Dylan Disaster and the Revelry) And of course, we are sorry to see him go but we all wish him the best of luck and hope for his continued success in the future. This, however, left the band in a quandary as we thought about how to best move on. Nowherebound, as you undoubtedly already know if you are reading this blog, is an enormous family that still considers every one of our former members, “just another one of the gang”. Replacing Dylan would be a daunting task.
We needed another member of the family, one who could sling six strings and sing like an angel (aka devil). Luckily, an opportunity lurked in the shadows of misfortune. It only took a few emails and a couple of rehearsal sessions to settle in on Phil Davis (ofttimes referred to as PunkRockPhil).
Phil has been in the Austin punk scene for ages (insert old punk rocker joke here) and comes to us from bands Shriner Threat, Fridays Angels, and Rugaroux, to name a few. Over the years and way WAY back in the day, he filled in as a fourth member of Natchet Taylor when the need arose. Phil and his son were also featured in the Born to Lose video for Sweet Misery (look for the mohawked duo walking into the bar). Talk about already being family. We’ve been grinding it out in the Nowherebound room and are stoked to get up onstage for you again, better than ever!
Speaking of which, this is as good a place as any to let you know about this. Be sure to keep up to date with any news on the events page, but we have some new shows coming up SOON. First off, we have a couple of shows scheduled during the (now canceled) SXSW Festival here in Austin, TX. Regardless of the festival canceling activities, we are still good to go.
March 16th we will headline The Stars at Night Fest at Hole in the Wall and March 19th, we will light up your afternoon at a show at Troublemaker on the Eastside (Hey, you, 78702!). Then you can catch us with the mighty Bulemics at Vahalla on April 24th. Check out Chris Klinck’s posters of the events below.
Hope to see all you Nowherebounders come out and welcome Phil to the band! Stay True.
