http://johnthomasson.com is an Austin based bassist, engineer and producer Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:55:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm 6 months behind in posting. I'll come up with a best of.. spring 2008 later when I have some time. I'm on the road with Brett Dennen right now. The big news is the Matt Nathanson fall tour. Here it is: All shows with Jesse Baylin supporting. More info to ... http://johnthomasson.com/2008/08/09/fall-tour/ No rest for me. I'll be home for a little over a week after our winter tour and then we are out for two months with Lifehouse. Here are the dates. NEW US TOUR DATES 2/24 - Spokane, WA (The Big Easy) 2/25 - Seattle, WA (The Showbox) 2/26 - Portland, OR (Roseland Theater) 3/02 - ... http://johnthomasson.com/2008/02/09/tour-with-lifehouse/ We had a last minute booking on Conan O'Brien this week. I had such a blast since Conan is right under Saturday Night Live as far a dream T.V. show appearances. I have a copy of the performance here. It is a large file (over 40 megs) so don't try ... http://johnthomasson.com/2008/02/01/conan-obrien/ So I would feel like a jackass pimping myself in this poll, but I'm honored to pimp all things Suzanna Choffel. So here is a run down of relevant categories. You can for vote me in the bass one if you like or vote for someone more deserving. 2007-2008 Austin ... http://johnthomasson.com/2008/01/15/best-of-austin-music-poll/ The video we did for Car Crash is finished and is now in rotation on VH1. Check it out! http://johnthomasson.com/2007/11/15/car-crash-video/ Car Crash is the single of the week on iTunes and it's free. I'm pretty happy with my bass playing on it so go download it. (Opens iTunes) http://johnthomasson.com/2007/09/26/some-free-car-crash/ I am really proud of this record, so I want to share it with you. I hope you all go buy it, but I put together a flash jukebox of the record so you can check it out. Continue reading to see it. [xspf]_start(FALSE, 'order=41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51' )[/xspf] http://johnthomasson.com/2007/08/29/some-mad-hope-streaming/ It is finally out. It's a week and a half old and it's selling well. It was in the top ten of iTunes all of last week and got as high as five before spending a few days at number six and most importantly it debut at #60 on the Billboard ... http://johnthomasson.com/2007/08/24/some-mad-hope-by-the-numbers/ http://johnthomasson.com/2007/08/06/video-of-the-making-of-some-mad-hope/ I had a great 3 1/2 month run helping out my friend Patrice Pike while she looked for a new bass player. (congrats Glenn!) I'm really going to miss playing with her, but it's time to move one with the rest of the year and that all about "Some Mad ... http://johnthomasson.com/2007/07/30/this-summer-and-fall/