"Awesome"

🚨Side Project Alert! 🚨
The Half Brothers (“Awesome”’s own David N. and John A., plus our good pal Rick Miller.) are a-pickin’ and a-hollerin’ their foot-stomping, tater-totin’ melodious bluegrass on Saturday afternoon, January 13th at West Seattle’s historic Kenyon Hall!

⏰ This family-friendly matinee begins at 3PM (doors at 2:30)

🎟️ Tickets:
$15 General Admission
$10 Seniors & students (ages 10 - 18)
👧 👦 Kids under 10 get in FREE!
ALSO
🍺 $1 root beer floats! Are you kidding us??🍦

No advance tix sales, but you can reserve yourself a spot by visiting the event page at kenyonhall.org

Get on that Corn Train to good times! 🌽 🚂

(FB event page 👇
Half Brothers at Kenyon Hall)

In 2023, we decided “hey let’s start playing shows again!” (always easier said than done with the 7 of us).
But we did it. We played some shows - 4 of them to be exact. At two venues. If you know us, well, you know that’s something.
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🙏Enormous thanks to everyone at and for letting us take over for a couple of two-show days.
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👧🧒Thanks to the all-ages who came to our all-ages shows.
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👨‍👩‍👦👩‍👧👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Thanks to our partners, spouses, families, friends, and fans (a not-always-overlapping Venn diagram) for keeping us honest and supported.
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🪦 To our old fans: we love you, thank you for sticking with us for almost *checks sundial* TWENTY years. 👍
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👶🏻To our new fans: we love you. Please be patient with us. We are new to Instagram this year and we’re already rattled by the rush. 👍
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🏆And yes, 2024 marks our TWENTIETH year together! Barring a “we need to talk” message on the band Slack channel, there will be more to come from the “A”s.
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Until then, remember to
💪Make it big
🎯Do it right
🥂Give it class
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🎊Happy New Year!

FLASHBACK! 2005 - That time we played Capitol Hill Arts Center’s Lower Level on NYE (RIP CHAC).
We listed all our songs on a big sheet of yellow paper behind us and folks yelled out what they wanted us to play and we played it. 🎶
This was back when David was in that movie “Memento” and Shaun Cassidy sat in for us on accordion. Baby times… 👶🏻💗 😎
Were you at that show?

What a total blast at Town Hall this weekend!💥Thanks to all those who joined us in the room and on the streams. The new songs, the old stuff, the shenanigans, the votes, motions, proposals, space trips, and fistfights… we covered a lot at this one.
ADJOURNED til next time! 🎸💗⭐️
📷s by Nick Klein @ Town Hall Seattle

It’s the day of the SHOWS!
Backstage at Town Hall:
1. Kirk gets really steamed.
2. David discovers what it really took to get us on the cover of the TH calendar.
3. Basil with the winner of the 2009 Air Guitar Championships: Margaret Atwood.

How do Rob and John A prepare for the shows tomorrow? Play a holiday party with The Toucans at the top of the Columbia Tower!

Local biz shoutout to Mike & Mike’s Guitar bar! 👏 🙏
Our bass player and amateur hair model Basil Harris had a last-minute electrical failure in the guts of his beloved Fender mere DAYS ahead of our two shows at Town Hall Seattle.
😬 After throwing a bunch of darts at his phone, he decided instead to try Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar in Seattle’s scenic Fremont neighborhood.
Big thanks to Tyler and Adam (neither named Mike) for the super-quick repair and some extra love on the fretboard action, and to co-owner Ben and friendly staffer Courtney (also not named Mike) for the warm welcome! He even got to play a $24K guitar while he was waiting. We can’t even spell $24K!
Anyway, the day was saved and the shows on Sunday will continue WITH a bass!

HEY FANZ! It’s now less than TWO WEEKS til our double-decker show on Dec. 10 and tickets are going fast! 🎟️ 💨
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BUT here’s a Cyber Monday tip: you can watch the livestream for BOTH shows by selecting the Virtual ticket option in the checkout. It’s a fact! 🖥️
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Just visit the event ticket page (link in bio) and scroll down to the “Virtual” section. Same pricing as in-person tix
*PLUS*
the link stays up for 24 hours afterward, so you can watch us again on Monday morning!
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Huge thanks to TH for providing this amazing virtual option. 💕👍

We got the Absurdity, working on the Rock, hopefully we’ll squeeze some Art in there too. Ticket link in bio (ours and theirs)
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Regram • The seven-piece Seattle musical performance art project, .some.the.band, brings swinging sonic delights to Town Hall. Snag a spot for this "Awesome" concert by purchasing tickets at the link in the bio!


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Happy opening to the cast and crew of Fun Home !

Evidence that we’re doing this on purpose. And that all 7 of us CAN be in the same room at the same time.
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NEW: We’re playing Town Hall on 12/10 and YOU CAN’T HAVE TICKETS*

*YET. Tickets just went on presale for Town Hall Seattle Members only. General tickets available 10/16 BUT if you’ve been looking for a reason to become a Town Hall Seattle member, this may be for you! Talk to your doctor. Side effects include a free XBox and occasional pain in some places. Like Whole Foods.
Smash our bio link for the deets.

Hello “A” fans!
Please consider nominating us to receive a $10K grant from !
For more than a decade, this org has been supporting local musicians and artists (good!) who are working to keep this city fun and weird (also good!) in the midst of all (gestures broadly) this nonsense (not great!)

As you know, the kind of stuff we do requires a rehearsal spot with more space and resources than your average jam den, and a grant like this could help make that a reality. Which ultimately means more earthly delights from yours trulies (really good! Depending on who you ask!)
Details below and thanks for being “Awesome”!

• • Tell us your favorite local band that needs a $10,000 grant!

Since 2020, Sonic Guild has distributed grants to local musicians like , , , , and more with over $250,000 given back to local music since 2020. These grants have been used to go on tour, record music, make merch, and more.

Here's how it works:
📢 Nominate your favorite band or artist via the link in our bio.
🗓 Nominations open from September 26th to October 3rd.

Remember the rules:
🎤 Nominate artists within 90 miles of Seattle actively contributing to the music scene.
🚫 Each act can be nominated once; multiple nominations don't increase their chances.
🔄 You can nominate as many bands or artists as you like by resubmitting the form.
🌟 Past recipients can't be renominated, but past recipients in solo or new projects are eligible.

Anyone can nominate, but only our members vote. Join Sonic Guild and make your voice heard!
💰 Fund the grants with your membership dues.
🗳 Enjoy full voting rights.
🏆 Attend our awards ceremony.
🎶 Get access to exclusive monthly shows.

Sign up today at $75/month or $750/year. Let's unite to amplify local music in Seattle! 🎸🎶



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The weekend was a blur

Happy Bandcamp Friday!
Mellow out this weekend with “Adrift” - the little 5-song EP we put together in 2011. Features two versions of the title track, a moody ocean instrumental, a mysterious ramp-up rocker that has nothing to do with snakes, and an epic tune about a Hawaiian flower. Follow the Bandcamp link in our bio for this and all our albums!

Rehearsal was hot af today. If you know what I mean…

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USA! USA!
Is a weird! Place to live!
At the moment! Due to laws!
That have been! Passed or changed!
To the detriment! Of marginalized groups!
And the fabric!
Of our democracy!
It’s the Fourth! Stay safe everyone!
USA! WTF!
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(Pics of the band at back in the early days. Swayze banjo cameo… long live Swayze banjo)

EvMo plugging some live tracks into the bee-boop box, adding a little squeedly-deedle and rolling off the fuzzy-flooz. Pretty soon we’ll have some sooped-up squeebed-out live tracks on the other end. Stay tuned!

We’re hard at work scheduling our next show! Here are some options for dates and venues! Let us know what you think! Winner gets a free XBox! !

The band came out in force tonight for our own ’s 50th birthday party. I mean check out on guitar. The dude’s all fingers. That’s commitment. Happy birthday, Doctor! 🥳🥳🥳

“Imagine admitting ur own show is boring -Hazel”

Thanks for the feedback and the drawing, Hazel!
Happy Friday!

Very serious and angry-faced math rockers performing “Magic Mouth of Geometric Pentagrams” (aka the counting song). Click the link below to hear the stu-stu-studio version.

https://awesomeinquotes.com/album/awesome?t=5

📷 Tom Fraser

High fives and fist pumps all around
Photo by Emmy Anderson (Psst! Got pics or vids from the show? Send em our way!)

High fives and fist pumps all around #yeah #precisiondoor . Photo by @moxiesinclair (Psst! Got pics or vids from the show? Send em our way!)

Y’all remember two weeks ago when we were a 90’s jam band for a minute? 🎥 John Osebold

Y’all remember two weeks ago when we were a 90’s jam band for a minute? #liveshow #behindthescenes #besidetheeggs 🎥 @josebold

We grew these mustaches for the show last week. Some of them were fake, but you’ll have to guess which on-dammit Kirk.

We grew these mustaches for the show last week. Some of them were fake, but you’ll have to guess which on-dammit Kirk.