The History of the Six Shooter Band

May 30: Prepping For the Cheese Festival

           Well, it’s been a fun few weeks. Seth got married, Dave had to go to Columbus, John missed a practice also. The band reforms and starts to put the p…

April 3: DAVE, Johnny, and DAVE

Dave puts together a “Fan Letter” to send to the guy at the bar that wanted our schedule. In honesty, the “Fan Magazine” is really a flyer for a drummer. Dave sets out …

March 22: Last Night at the Spur-Last Night for Lee

The decision has been made to fire Lee after tonight’s gig. It’s a sad but necessary thing. After some discussion, it is determined that it is Dave’…

March 1: Back at the Spur

The band begins their four-week stint at the Tangled Spur. This has been advertised on a local radio station K105. It’s kind of cool hearing your name mentioned on the radio.…

Feb. 13: Concerns Over Lee

Well, it appears that Lee has taken his phone off the hook. Last Tuesday John could not make practice (due to house stuff). Lee wanted to practice on Friday, but due to Vale…

Jan 28: Seth’s First Practice

Seth comes over as the band sets up their equipment. We get a chance to talk a bit. Seth was really busy during the holiday season and hasn’t really had a chance to learn…

Friday Night at the Red Dog

Well, Ohio experiences snow, sleet, and freezing rain during the day. Consequently, the bar is very empty. Six Shooter plays to four people (not counting friends and wives)…

 January 11 1997: The Tangled Spur We Came, We Played, We Kicked Their Ass

           The whole band is pumped to play a bar the size of the Graphic Enterprises service department (S-M-A-L-L!). Mother…

October 26: Kevin Keeps his Foot in the Door

Dave goes over to Kevin’s to get his amp for the Southern Heart practice-steal your keyboard player session. In talking with Maria and Kevin, Dave and Kevi…

October 18 Cappy’s, Buns, and Bow Ties

The band gets a rude awakening when Lee sees that the band’s name on the Cappy’s marquee for October 18 and 19. The band was practicing for the following week (t…

August 7: We’re Going Back to Cappy’s

With Kevin in Pennsylvania, John makes the trip to Cappy’s. There is plenty of good news. In talking with John, Chuck (the bar owner) says “People are talking” ab…

August 3: Sabotage in Louisville

The band arrives in the afternoon and replaces the blown speaker in a manner of minutes. They decide to adjust the monitors so Dave and Kevin can hear what they’re sin…

August 2nd: Cappy’s Pub Night 1

August 2nd has finally arrived. To add to the excitement of the day, John rips off half his fingernail on his right-hand pointer finger when the handle of his tool case…

July 13: Dave is Beyond Excited

Dave sets up a system to listen to 3 radio stations at the same time. He is trying to catch songs that the band can add to their setlist(which is aging). Dave gets hose…

July 12: PIMPING THE BAND

After waiting for John to show up, the band runs off a few copies of the new demo tape, pack into Kevin’s Volkswagen Rabbit and head off to promote the band. They stop at the…

Feb 16: The Guy We’ve Been Looking For

Our first drummer to contact us from the add is 45 years old, has experience, a drum set, and according to his own testimony is, “the guy we’ve been looking for.…

Jan 17: John’s Opinion Regarding Beth and Dan

John remains level-headed, while Dave and Kevin are ready to jump in head first. John did have a good time. However, John also points out the true test wi…

Jan 15: Kevin Lowers the Boom

Dave’s pager goes off at 1:40 p.m. He gets into voice mail to hear that Kevin has finally been able to reach Jesse and let him go (He was at the hospital for a false alar…

December 30, 1995 -HO HO NO! (YOKO’S COMING!)

The band battles sickness (John has Walking Pneumonia). After sitting on their frustrations for a week, John and Kevin announce to Dave their frustration …

December 12 Jesse Gets A New Job

At the end of a not so productive (boo-koo rock-n-roll tunes to due to some spectators) practice, Jesse announces that he has a new job at Western Auto. This is good a…