New Years at The Showbox with Devotchka!

OK, so this isn’t technically JPQ news, but I just had to share the wonderful experience I had on New Years Eve. A few years back I toured the country with Crooked Fingers, and on the first leg of the tour our opening band was Devotchka, an amazing band from Denver. If you haven’t heard them you must follow the link and check them out. While we were out together they asked me to sit in on a couple of tunes, and ever since then, each time they come through Seattle they ask me to play. So I got a chance to sit in on NYE at The Showbox this year! It was a blast playing with them and getting a chance to catch up with old friends. Since I toured with them, they have gone on to have amazing success, scoring the soundtrack for the film “Little Miss Sunshine” and even providing the music for a Gerber Baby Food commercial and the video game Gears of War. Thanks to Shawn, Nick, Tom and Jeanie for asking me to sit in. In the photo L-R: Cory Gray (Norfolk & Western), me, Shawn King (Devotchka).