This band started in summer of 2005 when Scott Sowa asked Darin Spring (then Darin Coelho) to form an opening band for a show at the Cozmic Cafe. Labeled as Loomfixer and Friends, it featured Justin Haney on drums and bass, Jacob Mingle on guitar and vocals, Scott Sowa on vocals, guitar and drums, Ruebi Lynn Freya on banjo, guitar and vocals, Adie Beatty on keyboards and vocals and Darin Coelho on guitar, banjo and vocals.
We had a lot of fun rehearsing at Scott's old house by the American River. We drank Miller Highlife mostly and recorded one practice that I still listen too from time to time. Justin's drumbeat on Adie's song "Ghost Town" is truly amazing.
That first show at the Cozmic we opened for Scott's other band San Similar. Our second or third show we ended up opening for one of my favorite musicians ever, Karl Blau. I think we played twice at the Cozmic, once at Luna's Cafe, once at the N St house and our final show was again at the Cozmic but only Scott, Jacob and I made that one.
The band's name came from a word game that Jacob, Adie and I were playing. Some of us liked that name a lot. Others, not so much.
Songs I remember playing; Clifford Lee and Banjo on Fire by Ruebi, True Love by Scott, Thoughts and Gods by Jacob, Ghost Towns and Holy Ghost by Adie and she also covered the Daniel Dale Johnson song The Sun Shines Down on Me. We also played some of my songs. The Fish Can Sing and Hell is a Place among them.
All of us still play music thankfully. I'm playing a show with Ruebi this Saturday and a in a band with Jacob still. I also play in Adie's band Coal Beautiere sometimes. Justin plays in The Pretty Littles, Los Webelos and Soft Devil. Scott still has San Similar playing sold out shows from time to time and Jacob does Treesus and other bands featured in Parts 2 and 3 of this blog.
yeahhhhh music! good memories. what a time it was.
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