Jay Kutchma has been doing a few solo shows around the southeast US. Here he is performing a solo version of “Pilgrim” at a recent Songwriter Round Table show in Raleigh, NC at Tir Na Nog.
While on tour this past year, we had the opportunity to visit many thrift stores throughout the US. And we came across some t-shirts we just couldn’t pass up. We decided to hand-screen them DIY and share them with you. If you are interested in ordering, please follow the link below the catalog to our online store. Place your order via the Thrifty T link and just be sure to note the title of the shirt in the notes section. Sold shirts will be marked as such, as orders are placed.
Please let us know if you have any questions-email us at info@redcollarmusic.com.
We hope you like them as much as we do.
Order here: http://redcollarmusic.bigcartel.com/product/one-of-kind-red-collar-t
We’re extremely excited to make a couple of fairly significant announcements on this nice, fall morning
First of all - at long last, the pre-order for the limited vinyl release of Pilgrim is open now! Visit our merch store or click on the cover art to pick one up - We have only pressed 500 copies. All of them will be hand numbered and on nice, red vinyl. All of the sleeves were screen-printed. The track order was re-worked to give the album more of a Side A/Side B flow and the first 100 copies will be printed with special metallic silver ink, with assorted colors throughout the remaining quantity. Don’t worry, all the colors look pretty sharp. Due to the length of the album we could only fit 9 of the original songs on one record so every copy will also have a download card with every LP that will have all 11 songs plus a cover of Jawbreaker’s “Jinx Removing” that will only be available with this release. Thanks to Scotty, Neil, Josh and all of the gentlemen at Loose Charm for helping to make this happen.
For our local friends, we’ll also be taking pre-orders at our Troika Fest show, this Saturday at the Trotter Building (11:30pm set time).
Next - For the first time since its release this past March, Pilgrim is available IN STORES. We’ve made a partnership with Suburban Home Records for physical distribution and CDs should be popping up on shelves before you know it. We cannot thank Virgil and his crew enough for the help and support they’ve shown over the last few months and their dedication in helping band’s who are putting out records on their own figure out how to get their music into indie retail stores around the country.
Finally, we’ve posted a video for “Hands Up”. It’s a mash-up of video footage taken by Chris Carter at Tir Na Nog in Raleigh, NC on July 4th, paired with a live audio recording from a show in New York City at Pianos on July 14th. Take a dramamine, strap on your sea legs and enjoy.
Jonathan here,
It was a tough few days in the Big Apple. Or, as Mike might say, “It’s no joke”.
I seriously dislocated and fractured my elbow before we even played. However, we still managed to pull off both of our scheduled shows and I had an appointment with a surgeon and a titanium bolt the day after we got back.
We gritted our teeth and got through it and we’re still getting through it, and we will continue getting through it. I do want to re-confirm that RED COLLAR WILL BE PLAYING the Troika Music Festival this Saturday night at the Trotter Building in downtown Durham with The Travesties, Maple Stave, and The Bronzed Chorus. It’ll be a one-armed show for me, but the one arm that I’ve got is ready to go double-time.
Unfortunately, we did have to postpone our tour dates in December. I apologize, but I still have quite a lot of physical therapy to undergo and we didn’t feel we would be able to give 100% for that length of time.
Finally, and most importantly, I wanted to thank everyone for their support and encouragement over the last week. It means a lot to me and to all of us and I hope to thank everyone in person this weekend at Troika!
Until then!
Our new t-shirts have arrived!
***We want to thank Steve Oliva for creating the dove design featured on the American Apparel Tanks. Jay’s created the Hanson design.
Most of the time after a show, we head out to the next city. Generally this gives us a nice jump-start on the next day. We’ll drive an hour till we get to a Flying J, a Rest Area or Wal-Mart parking lot then draw the blinds and get a nice restful sleep. That sleep varies from four hours to eight hours. I’ve found that the duration and restfulness of said sleep depends on the temperature and how stealthily we parked the van.
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We had a fantastic time in St. Louis last week during PLAY:stl Festival and were lucky enough to spend some of that time on Friday with the good folks at KDHX . We were able to play a few songs for them, including one of the new ones. Anyone who’s come out to one of the shows over the past few months might recognize “Choices”, we’ve been trying it out on the road and are really happy to be able to post it now. You can stream it along with “Pilgrim” and “Used Guitars” on the KDHX website.
A couple bits of news for you: First, we have confirmed a last minute show tomorrow night at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis. Check the venue website for door times and if you’re in the area be sure to come and see us at our PLAY:stl Fest shows throughout the week.
Secondly, Spinner.com has been classy enough to stream our entire album, Pilgrim, on the site. Check it out right here
The Boiler Room: Owensboro, KY
Mike: “This is going to be awesome”
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We were in the outdoor cabana section of The Boiler Room. It was 9 o’clock and most of the time we play at 11 or midnight. From the inside of The Boiler Room, the opening band, Rockin’ the Bells, started playing ‘Iron Man’. The place was starting to fill up and honestly, I have never been more uncomfortable in my life. I called Nate…again.
“Nate? Jason here. I got to be honest with you, I’m not really feeling this place”
“Wait a second man, where are you?”
“I’m in the cabana area. Outside. There’s some tiki torches and a fire pit and the crowd is kinda, I don’t know…”
“You’re surrounded by douche bags?”
“Well, uh, yes that’s right…now that you mention it”
We’re so happy to be playing the Durham, NC based Troika Music Festival. We can’t believe this line-up:
Saturday, November 7th-Venue TBA: The Travesties, Maple Stave and The Bronzed Chorus. Lots of great shows throughout the festival. Check it out here: http://www.troikamusicfestival.org/
