RoomForGray

12,000 People

Wow!  What a show!  12,000 people at our Down By The Riverside show opening for The Guess Who.  It was truly one of my favorites.  We played our version of "Another Brick in The Wall" and I think we really nailed it.  Got a ton of compliments on it saying it sounded better than the original, I don't know if thats true but I will take it.  We also did a medley of 50 years of music in about 10 mins to end the show and it went over awesome.

I also got married on August 14th and that was a great time.  Thanks to all of the people who came to enjoy the day with my wife Leslie and I.  And thanks for all of the great gifts.  David Roo played classical guitar throughout the ceremony and that was great.  I also wrote a song for Leslie with the help of David and it turned out great!  It will definately make the next record we do.

I will be updating in the next month hopefully a few changes as far as pictures on our website because I have been putting it off for a few months, I think about 9 to be exact.

Summer

Hey RFG fans!

Can you believe how slow we are to update this site?  I keep telling that damn James guy to update it more often but he keeps forgetting.  Stephen J. played his final show with us last week and let me tell you it was interesting.  This is the first show we ever played where in the 2nd song of the night Stephen put his drum stick through his snare drum head and in the next song David broke a guitar string so I was just waiting for my bass guitar to break in half but luckily I made it through the night.  All in all Captains Getaway was a success but man it gets hard when the Jag shots keep coming up on stage!

So the search for a new drummer has begun and we are hoping in the next few weeks we will have an official member.  David and I decided to focus the majority of this summer on acoustic duo shows so join us for a little Kumbaya and a few beers.

One more exciting little tid bit at the end of the summer we are opening for "The Guess Who," at the Down By The Riverside concert series in Rochester and we are very excited about it.  We constantly try to make each show unique so if you have any ideas of something cool you would like to see us do...like doing back flips off the drum riser....chewing gum while we sing....think of something and the best idea we will give a whirl.

See you soon.

James

Stephen Says Goodbye

Dear RFG fans,

It seems they are dropping like flys over here at Room For Gray headquarters.  After 2 1/2 years Stephen J. has decided he will no longer play with RFG.  He is welcoming another child into to his family and between that and working full time, going to school, and already being a Father he is finding it hard to find time for the band.  He has a few more shows left with us so don't forget to come out and wish him good luck!  He has been a great addition to this band and we are really going to miss him.  Fantastic drummer! 

Also, I know I have been terrible at updating the news page and I apologize.  I feel like with Facebook and Myspace it is hard to keep up with updating 3 pages.  Why don't people go to web pages anymore?  People all of the time say hey, do you guys have any shows I didn't see any on your Facebook....to which I reply...you should go to our website...it is way cooler than Facebook and it will tell you if there is a show. 

In other news we have started looking for Stephens replacement and we think we might have the man but I don't want to say yet because its not in stone.  We have our first full show in 2 weeks as a 3 piece so I am a little nervous about being the bass player again but we will see how I do.

See you soon,

James

Good news, Bad news

Hey everyone,

Good news is we are actually updating this news post right now which we sometimes get a little lazy with, bad news is it took almost 3 months.  There is some more good news and bad news so here goes.

After 2 years of seeing 9,345 faces and rocking them all, Jared Hedberg is leaving Room For Gray.  We are sad to lose him as a member of RFG and the fans are going to miss him as well.  He has been an important part of this band moving forward over the last 2 years and we can't thank him enough for his hard work and dedication. 

Some good news on that front is we have a few more shows with him, this Friday at Carbones in Rosemount and we are also working on a farewell show for him as well.  We will keep you posted.

Bad news, Mitch Robbins who has been filling in on lead guitar and managed the band for the last 4 years has up and moved to Denver.  He will be writing songs on Rocky Mountain High and also recruiting for jobs in the medical field when he gets time away.  I am sure you will see his face back up on stage with us again.  Good luck Robbins!

Good news,  the fella who started this band with James 7 1/2 years ago, the guy who puts the Roo- in Room For Gray, is back playing with us.  The past few shows have been fantastic with him on lead guitar and singing some lead vocals as well.  Good to have you back Roo-ski.

Lots of good shows coming up so keep a look out for one near you!

RFG

James, David, Stephen

Summer...where did you go!

What a busy summer if you want to actually call it that.  I think this is the shortest coldest summer we can remember for the past 85 years.  It was a good one though.  We have an awesome free show this Friday playing the warm-up for the St. Paul Saints game which should be great.  You could come down, listen to a few RFG songs, check out the game and then head over to the State Fair and buy us some cheese curds. 

Mitch is celebrating his birthday today so give him a shout if you can.  Also we are working on something big for September which we should have more details in a few days.  We will keep you posted.

Thanks for your support!

RFG