Motel Drive

Thank you Handsome Hawk Valentine presents for hosting the singer/songwriter showcase at the Hotel Utah Saloon in San Francisco. I appreciate the opportunity. Shout out to the other performers Dave Ricketts Music, Paul Hayward and Aaron Burnham. Looking forward to more music in 2024 — cheers!!!

BAY AREA! Come out tonight and support live music.
📍Hotel Utah Saloon in San Francisco
⏱️ Show starts at 8pm
🎙️ Singer/Songwriter showcase featuring 4 musicians
Visit: www.moteldrive.com to buy tickets in advance
Looking forward to playing at this historical venue!

This Saturday, 1/6 at Hotel Utah Saloon in San Francisco - visit www.moteldrive.com to get your tickets.

These two snow angels will be playing in the Daylodge at China Peak Mountain Resort tomorrow from 12-3pm for New Year’s Eve. Hope to see you there!

UPCOMING SHOWS:
• Tonight at in Hanford at 7pm
• Sunday, 12/31 from 12-3pm

Check www.moteldrive.com for more shows in 2024!

Just in time for Christmas — HOODED SWEATSHIRTS ARE IN! How good does it look under that tree?!
We’re so happy with the way these turned out. Thank you again Blaken Press! If you pre-ordered, your size is ready. Please get in touch with us – shipping is available at an additional cost.

JD and Mike are bringing the bromance to thebackyardsocialclub in Clovis this Saturday, 12/9 from 6-9pm. Come out — enjoy live music, drinks and food!

We’re on a roll and have, you guessed it, NEW MERCH!

Just received our new trucker hats with embroidered patches – $20

We have embroidered patches available – $5

Check our website www.moteldrive.com for upcoming shows!

BIG thank you to Jeremy Berger of Blaken Press for designing and producing these for us!

This Sunday Visalia!!!

Yo!! It's that time of the year again. Save the date... this will be the biggest-best ride yet! Music-food trucks-awesone family friendly brewery! All the details coming soon. Celebrate with us at the final stop! Live music from @moteldrive

🗣️ NEW MERCH PRE-SELL!
We’re excited to announce that we are pre-selling our new Champagne of Bands black hoodies NOW. If you’re interested, comment below the quantity and size you’d like and we will reach out to you privately to collect more details/payment info.
These will sell for $50 plus tax and yes, shipping is available.

Sizes XS-4XL available

Thanks to Blaken Press for the design and printing!

Thank you Cape Cod for the warm welcome on a rainy day! We had a blast playing .cbth and — looking forward to coming back again soon.

NEW MERCH! We’re stocked up and have double-sided koozies available for $6. They make great stocking stuffers, folks!

Anyone from the East Coast?! I’m making my way to Cape Cod to play a couple shows with Jakey! On Sunday, 10/29, we’ll be playing Finn's Craft Beer Tap House from 4-7pm and then we’re headed to Flashback Retro Arcade + Bar + Grille from 10-11:30pm. That’s right folks — two shows in 1 day!

We’re excited to meet our East Coast supporters! Leave a comment if you’ll be there 👇🏼

Motel Drive Motel Drive is a band out of Fresno, CA under the influence of punk and country roots with a shot of

This Saturday! We’ll be playing at the Madera Fairgrounds — see flyer for all the details!

LIVE MUSIC WEEKEND with your new favorite band + Tony from The Rocketz on the upright bass!
We’ll be playing at Intermountain Nursery in Prather on Friday from 7-10pm. Tickets are $15 (more details in photo!), then we’re heading to Clovis on Saturday where we’ll be rockin’ thebackyardsocialclub from 7-9pm!

Thank you 🙏 Tyson for the awesome Tijuana, Mexico 🇲🇽 circa 1980 shirt and rad pompadour. It’s time to rock n roll..Hit him up for a haircut, shirt or both. Cheers!!!

Hey folks, will be playing the hits this Friday September 29th in Hanford, Ca. Show starts 7pm. Come on out!!!

Tune in tomorrow night for the 300th show where they’ll be playing our song “Rescue Me” along with other great songs from local bands. Congrats on your 300th show Nate Butler!

Attention Local Music Lovers: This Sunday night’s episode of The Local Show Fresno (the radio show dedicated to playing music by artists from Fresno California, and the surrounding San Joaquin Valley!) will mark Nate Butler’s 300th episode as the host of this long-running show on The Mighty 90.7 KFSR! Wow! Historic, you bet!

And to mark this historic event, Nate will have The Gardener (host of KFRS’s Saturday afternoon ‘Garden Party Show’) as his special guest, with The Gardener choosing some of his favorite local artists’ music, including songs by Cloudship, Motel Drive, Glen Delpit and the Subterraneans, Richfield, Debi Ruud, Wild Blue Yonder, Deja Blues, Roger Perry, Bill Clifton & the Chicken & Whiskey Band, Brian Kenney Fresno, and goodness knows who else! It’ll be fun, you’ll see!

You can hear The Local Show Fresno on The Mighty 90.7 KFSR every Sunday evening from 8:00-9:00 pm (California time/PST) on the radio in the Central California Valley at 90.7 FM, or streamed online anywhere in the world at https://kfsr.fresnostate.edu/listen.html, where we also have a free listening app for your phone.

If you miss this week’s show, you can hear it later online as a streaming podcast! Just follow this link to all of our archived podcasts of The Local Show (including shows from the past 5 years):
https://kfsr.fresnostate.edu/programming/local-show-podcasts.html
(Every Sunday night’s show is usually posted the next day.) 🖖

Enjoy, and EXCELSIOR! ~ Nate Butler, host of The Local Show Fresno on The Mighty 90.7 KFSR
https://kfsr.fresnostate.edu/listen.html

Gosh All Hemlock! 😜

Thank you for bearing the heat with us at the Blues & Roots Festival and as always, thank you for supporting live music! Check moteldrive.com for upcoming shows. Cheers!!

Good Times, thank you!!!

JD and Michael will be playing a short acoustic set starting at 5:15pm in Hanford at the Blues & Roots Festival this Saturday! All ages — FREE EVENT!

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Hope everyone is having a great Sunday! Here’s one from the archives. 14 years ago — low quality photo, but high quality memories!

Check out some highlights from our gig in Three Rivers last Saturday!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwk0vCdrVPg

THREE RIVERS, WHAT A CROWD!!! Thank you to @olbuckaroo for inviting us to celebrate their 9th anniversary and thank you to everyone that came out, danced and supported live music. We appreciate you!!! Special thank you to Tony and @toddfwsbowen from @therocketz for filling in on the bass and drums.

🎶🎸Just three amigos happy to be playing and creating music together and excited about what’s to come! 🎸🎶