NEWS
4/3/10 Updated cover medleys with new mixes and songs. Started working on that new original with the band.
3/27/10 Recorded some cover tracks in practice this week. These are the first recordings with the new Mapex Saturn drum set. Only put 1 mic on the kick (Audix D6) and a Blue Dragonfly in the room with the live amps and vocals. Also recorded bass amp and vocals direct and AT3525 on the Mesa Cab for guitar. I posted some clips from the session on the listen page.
3/20/10 Forgot the riff I was playing for that new song. Getting the recording stuff set up now.
3/10/10 Dave is writing a new song in drop D tuning that sounds pretty Toolish. We will see how it goes.
3/9/10 We have been really enjoying jamming with Chris on the drums the last two shows. Thanks to everyone who came out to Dewey's and Route 92 in Feb. We are celebrating St. Patrick's day this Saturday March 13th at Dewey's. The show will start at 9pm.
1/9/10 Happy New Year's to all!
1/9/10 Dave is in the studio working on original stuff, we are trying out drummers to gear up to start gigging again!
Damn its cold out there!
9/7/09 Outta Line is currently on Hiatus due to scheduling issues.
8/25/09 Outta Line would like to welcome our new drummer Chuck Larriviere to the band!
8/16/09 The benefit this Saturday (Aug 22) will be Larry's last show with the band. He has scheduling conflicts that will prevent him from being able to continue in the band. We would like to thank Larry for all he has contributed to the band. It has been a pleasure and an honor to be a part of a band with Larry in it.
Peace brother,
Dave
Larry's page link: Larry
7/6/09 We had a great time at Dewey's for the Fourth of July and also at Route 92 on my birthday. Now that I have played a few more shows with the JVM I am really digging it. I got most of the tones I've been looking for and got the Marshall "hum" silenced with a new noise gate, better cable and a good power supply for my pedals. The power supply made the biggest difference. The new CD is available now, so we are playing a few more originals at the shows. Looking forward to Route 92 on July 25th and playing with Category 5 for Doc's benefit next month.
Peace,
Dave
6/3/09 Congratulations and good luck to Ashley who graduated from UL and is moving out of state to start her life! Thanks to all our friends that came out to party with us at Belly 2 Belly Saturday.
Guitar amp news: The TSL is on the fritz so I bought a new Marshall JVM 205H. I re-tubed it with JJ KT77's and gold pin 12AX7's, re-biased it and played it for a few shows now and I still am working with different settings. It is an all tube 50 watt head that has two channels that have 3 modes each and a programmable footswitch with 4 buttons. So I can save 4 pre-set sounds or save three and use one of the switches to control volume boost, effects loop or Reverb. So far I have been saving 4 different sounds and using my red pick up booster pedal in the effects loop for volume boost (that thing works perfectly to boost volume without changing the tone) Anyway, the amp sounds good and has lots of variety available, but it sounds a little thin and bright so I have been adjusting the EQ and gain settings and trying out different mode combinations. It seems to have more distortion and more clarity than the TSL but the TSL really had a great warm tone with killer sweet feedback I could always count on, but it was a bit muddy sounding. I think the JVM can achieve all that also but with so many options it has to be dialed in for the different applications.
Water Ski News: We got a wake board for my early birthday present and Joey's end of the year awesome report card! Went out to Henderson Sunday and everyone had a blast riding the new board. Can't wait to get out there again! Will post some pics if we remember to bring the camera next time.
Peace,
Dave
3/10/09 Well I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed last Thursday. Other than a few complications, recovery is going OK. I wrote a new Blues tune that we are working up the music for. We are trying to get our 1st CD together this month and will start playing live again next month. We have about 12 songs ready and are working up a few more. We have not decided which ones will make the final cut but we are pretty sure we will put about 12 on the cd.
Thanks to Neil and Christie for having us at The Concorde Club Feb 28th. We had a great time jamming with our friends in such a nice club! Thanks to Irma and Laura for coming to the show all the way from California!
Peace,
Dave
2/8/09 Thanks to everyone that came out and jammed with us Saturday at Dewey's! It was a fun night with lots of our friends and fellow musicians in the house. Thanks to Yvonne for having us and cooking the red beans and rice (It really hit the spot when we got home)
Peace, Dave
1/20/09 Congratulations to Kay and Eddie! They tied the knot and we celebrated with them and and their friends Saturday at Dewey's. It was a great crowd and we had a blast! Check out the pictures from the show. Thanks to Yvonne for having us! We will be back at Dewey's on Feb 7th.
Peace, Dave
10/12/08 Route 92 was kickin all day long with the poker run and other events for the fund raiser for Buford. Guilty Plea played in the afternoon and we did the night show. It was great seeing all the musicians that showed up! Thanks to everyone that came out and thanks for all the nice compliments, we had a blast. Special thanks to Greg for putting it all together, Stacy for being there and working a 15 hour shift, and thanks to Gypsy and all the other bar tenders that did such a great job. We are looking forward to going back there on Nov 8th. Peace, Dave
4/27/08 Ok, played 3 shows with my new Marshall amp, I think its a keeper! We had fun even though it was 10am! Thanks to Little C on the sound board for making us sound good, you did a great job! Next show is Dewey's Saturday May 3rd at 5pm with a free pig roast!
4/17/08 Hope to see everyone at 10AM on Saturday 4/26/08 at Route 92. It's a fund raiser poker run for Hospice!
Peace,
Dave
3/2/08 Thanks to everyone that came out to Route 92 last night. Good luck in Iraq Sgt. Burt! We'll do it again when you get back! Thanks to Greg, Staci and all our friends who came out!
2/20/08 Dewey's was a blast! Great crowd and lots of fun. We all enjoyed celebrating Chrissy's birthday. This was my 1st show with my new Marshall amp and I love it! Thanks to everyone who came out, hope to see you next time.
Dave
1/29/08 I fixed the music links to play full length songs with better quality. My new guitar amp (Marshall TSL 100) is coming in today. I sent the Carvin V3 back for a refund. I tried it every way possible and couldn't get the tone I was looking for. We are looking foreword to going back to Dewey's Feb 16th. The show will start at 9:00.
11/10/07 Route 92 got a dose of Outta Line tonight. Thanks to all our friends who showed up and partied with us. We will post pictures soon! We used our big PA instead of the house PA and everyone said it sounded real good. It was fun to crank it up a bit!
Peace, Dave
9/30/07 Dewey's was Rockin and Partying like usual last night and we had a blast! Thanks to all our friends who came out! Thanks to Scott Franz who came in from Texas. He was passing through Lafayette on the way to a show he is playing in Florida. He hung out with us all night! I really enjoyed visiting with him since I haven't seen him in about 20 years! Special thanks to: Anita and David for coming in from Pecan Island, Mom and Dad, Ellen, Judy, Stacy & Jason, John, Dimebag and everyone else for making it a fun night for all!
Dave
9/26/07 Well I got in a "Boogie and stomp box" mood last night and jammed with my mesa rig. I think I'll play that rig this Saturday at Dewey's. We are all excited and ready to jam!
Dave
8/20/07 Saturday was a kick in the ass at Route 92. Thanks to all our friends that showed up to help us pass a good time. Thanks to Lisa for getting us booked over there, and thanks to Greg for having us! We really enjoyed the venue and look forward to going back! I posted pictures and they should be available for viewing real soon.
Dave
8/14/07 We are getting ready for Saturday's show at Route 92. I am going to play my new Fender amp with the Mesa 4x12 cab and the Line 6 floor pod plus! I have been programming channels and setting levels. Hopefully I'll have it all worked out for Saturday. We are excited and ready to jam!
Dave
7/21/07-7/25/07 Annual Dallas Invasion!
Dave and the kids went this year. Lisa and Troy remodeled the kitchen and turned the living room into a game room with a bar and pool table. For dinners we ate seafood gumbo, stewed ducks, fajitas (chicken, beef and shrimp with home made guacamole and salsa) and topped it all off the last night with Ellerman's German Beer Brats! Tina made her famous blueberry pancakes and handled breakfast every morning. Kerri brought her boyfriend Mark over. We enjoyed hanging out with them! We jammed with acoustics every night, and Troy Thibodeaux joined us on Tuesday night! He played for hours, and everyone loved every minute of it. Dave took the late shift and played till about 2:30am. We swam in the pool, played pool, ate, drank and were merry! Didn't take many pics, but this is the new game room:
7/7/07 ARRRR and ARRREEE to everyone that came out to Dewey's this afternoon. We had a blast at the pirate party and nobody complained about not being able to hear Nicole! Her new Sennheiser mic kicks ass, so does she! Ellen got her new camera in and took a ton of pictures. I will post them as soon as I get them. Thanks to Yvonne for having us and thanks to everyone for coming out.
5/23/07 Dewey's was a good time again! We changed up the show a little bit and added some more oldy and dance-able stuff. We still managed to kick some ass with the Zep and SRV. Nicole sang Rhiannon live for the first time. Check the pics page to see yourself.
Allan just got back from his 7 day hitch and everyone is busy with the end of the year stuff. I'm writing a new song while I got some time on my hands. Allan would like to thank Chrissy one more time for dancing on the bar! Peace, Dave
3/31/07 We recorded band tracks on new original "Can't Wait" this week. Allen and Larry did a great job of coming up with a cool groove that really makes the song work! This weekend Nicole and I are recording vocal and guitar tracks and will mix and post soon. We also added the rocked up live version of Rhiannon to the set list. Nicole was belting it out in rehearsal, the energy in the room gave me the chills! Its gonna be a blast live.
3/24/07 Cow Island camping. Joey and Dave went to Cow Island for the weekend (fully armed and dangerous) and came home with some big fish and a bunch of empty .357/.38 and .22 shells.
3/16/07 Worked up some breaks on new original "Can't Wait". Also added two songs to our show: The Doors "Love Me Two Times" and The Romantics "What I Like About You".
3/4/07 We Played Dewey's yesterday for the customer appreciation party. Yvonne cooked seafood gumbo and we were hired to play 4-8pm. Dave got on the bar for one of those Stevie Ray Vaughan solos and the band played Stairway to Heaven (for the first time) as part of a Led Zeppelin rock block. When it was getting close to 8pm the crowd was having so much fun that we played all the way to about 9:45! Thanks to Yvonne for having us and thanks to all our friends that came out to see us. Specially thanks for the $111 in the tip jar!!! It really turned out to be a great night.
2/24/07 Wrote a new song with the new strat called Can't Wait. Might post a bit of it for previewing but its only guitar and vocals right now.
2/21/07 Made it home from snowboarding in Keystone, Colorado in one piece. In fact all 22 of us made it home with no serious injuries! While we were there we booked another show at Dewey's for Saturday, March 3rd. This one is a customer appreciation party with free food and live music from OUTTA LINE! Show is from 4pm - 8pm. This week we are working up a few new songs to throw in at this show. We rolled in the Youngsville Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday and jammed for thousands of people on the parade route. We got lots of people dancing and singing along and had a blast doing it. We set up PA facing the front and the back this time and were playing wireless so we were able to get all over that 40 ft float! Thanks for the compliments on our sound! Looking forward to Dewey's a week from Saturday.
1/28/07 The bartenders said Nicole was "THE SHIT" last night. They loved the Stevie Nicks and Joan Jett. We had a great time jamming with everyone at Dewey's and are looking forward to going back!
1/23/07 NEW STUFF:
New Guitar Fender American Ash Deluxe Strat in Aged Cherry Burst (you got to see and hear this baby!)
New PA speakers MACKIE 1530'S to ad to our Subs in the front and now using the SRM450's for monitors. GOOD CLEAN SOUND!!!
Renamed Love My Baby to 20 Years Later
10/29/06 This weekend: Remixed LMB, went deer hunting for the first time and killed a snake with the .357 Mag (and a shovel), saw a bunch of squirrels while sitting on the deer stand, brought Joey to play paintball and made it out to the rifle range. GREAT WEEKEND!!!
10/25/06 mixed a new version of "Love My Baby", passing it around to band members to get their input, its pretty Rockin in a bluesy kinda way!!!
10/16/06 Well we broke out the headphones and are jamming with our amps direct and a click track, to get ready for RECORDING! We hope to have a CD put together by the time we play for New Year's Eve. SAINTS won AGAIN!!! Looks like the Saints really are the real deal this year!!!
NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY!!!
Sunday December 31st, show was a blast everyone there had a great time. Cathy requested AC/DC so we played "You Shook Me All Night Long" at the end and everyone was dancing and having a good time. There was also free food, party hats, and champagne.
10/1/06 Two new songs posted on our Listen page
Abbeville August 25 & September 22
9/23/06 We had a blast last night. Thanks to all friends old and new who came out to party with us. We got a chance to play 3 of our original songs live for the first time: Biloxi (slide guitar song), Love My Baby (A rocked up dance blues jam), and Sacrifice it All (Larry's song about going off to war). It was pretty emotional playing Sacrifice it All with Larry on stage and some of his 256th National Guard friends in the house. We have several other originals that we are going to work in to the live show soon! Special thanks to Ellen, Judy, Kane and Carla, Darlene and her friend, Bert, Donnie, and all of Larry's friends that showed up!
Another cool club! We had a blast in August and are looking foreword to September's show!
7/15/06 What a blast! The crowd was super fun, friendly and happy all night. Thanks for having us. Cathy and Dwayne behind the bar did an awesome job and we met a bunch of new friends. Thanks to all our friends (old and new) that came out to party with us. See ya next time!
6/9/06 The new Light show is in!!! DMX Color Changers and DMX Controller w/ fog!!!!
Two new originals in process," Love My Baby" and "Get What you Give". I'll put some ruff track versions up soon.
Welcome Home Larry!!!
4/1/06 New Original Song "You always bring me Down" started ruff tracks
The original Outta Line band has been shaking off the rust since Larry made it back from Iraq and are gearing up for some up coming events. Thanks to Rory Stretnz, Craig Girouard and Colby Hollier for jammin with us this year.
Special Thanks to Kane and Carla Ard for singing the back ups on "Hollow Eyes" (Great Job!!!)
While Larry was gone, we managed to record a few songs. Some of these were written by Larry and recorded by Dave, but we have never played them together until now! We plan to continue writing and recording as well as getting out there and playing in 2006.
