Cheyenne has a new solo album out! Download Icing On The Knife for free or donation at Bandcamp.
Carson and Cheyenne playing with a new band
Carson and Cheyenne were recently recruited to play at Bonnaroo and other shows this summer with The Non-Commissioned Officers. We’re pretty happy about it!
Lyrics to all the songs
Hey folks! It’s Springtime, so you should probably go outside and smell the flowers. Another thing you might like to consider doing is visiting our bandcamp site. It’s the only place online (that we know of) where you can read the lyrics to every song on our debut album. Also for a time that won’t last forever you can download it for free! In fact, you can choose what to pay for it… so if your wallet wants to show us love, bring it on.
Thanks Patrick Cone!
Thank you Patrick for creating the Papernews video. We love it.
Alright all you folks. You can watch this thing at Vimeo (higher qual) or old trusty YouTube.
And guess what??! Papernews is on iTunes.
Also… this just in… you can watch the video in miniature form on the sidebar to your right. }}}}}———>>
Late September Developments:
Digital revolutionaries take note:
The Medders are on iTunes
All are encouraged to rate and leave either rhapsodic or scathing reviews. Lukewarm reviews are also accepted. As always, a big thanks to whoever buys and/or shares our music in any form.
In other news, on the morning of September 25 three of the Medders (Carson, Cheyenne and Will) joined their friend Stephen Jerkins (of The Nobility) for a rock performance and demonstration for 2 to 5 year olds at Wayne Reed Christian Childcare Center. The following songs were performed:
Please Please Me (Beatles)
O Bla Di O Bla Da (Beatles)
Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
Ain’t Time (Medders)
Twinkle Star/ABCs/Baa Baa Black Sheep
Blue Skies and Rainbows
When The Saints Go Marching In
Toward the end the children helped the band compose a song entitled “Jingle Bells Rainbow Twinkle Star”
The gang headed to their favorite meat & two, Rotier’s, after the show.
The daycare show wasn’t by any means the first covering of the Fab 4 for the boys. Earlier this month Rocky & The Raccoons (u.k.a. The Medders) put in a hard day’s night at the annual Memphis Urban Ministry banquet. There was twisting, shouting and strawberry cheesecake forever.
Music is made out of Light
A long, long, long, long, long time ago an artist said “Let there be light.” His finger punctured the nothing and all manner of matter rushed in… rather rapidly. Seconds passed. Atoms formed like tiny templates for solar systems. After many, many eons some of these swirling bits found themselves with heartbeats, and heartbeats have rhythm.
So every breathing baby is born a musical instrument. There are many reasons why and methods by which some children grow up to refine, or define the song playing inside of them. We stretch animal skins over gourds and steel strings over maple. We place ourselves in the agile vehicles of melody and hope to reach new territory.
With gratitude we are letting you know that we have given birth to ten songs with certain lifespans. They are newborns, here for your knowing if you choose to know them.
