Dalloways on big radio show in Boise - By N.L. Belardes

The Dalloways just got back from their road trip and let me tell you, there’s more to read about the highs and lows of their going on tour. On May 24th those alternative lounge bohemians were practically done in by a dismal turn of events. The very next day a stay in Boise turned out to be one of the most rewarding days a Bakersfield band on the road could ever have. They had folks come out from all over America and even got to chum it up with Grammy winner Art Hodge, music extraordinaire of the movie Fight Club. They appeared on Boise State University Radio in a really great interview that you can download in its entirety onto your computer or ipod. Gerhard is extremely articulate, a well educated creative writer/musician, so I’m always fascinated by what he has to say. I should add they played their entire set live on the radio, a first for Boise State Radio.

Bakersfield?? Yes, I hear crickets too... Korn came from Bakersfield... so did Buck... he plays live... But maybe I should say this town spawns world class bands, not cutting edge radio stations. Sorry Pirate Radio. You don't play what I want.

May 26th was a day in Pullman playing in a venue that really lacked ambience, while the next day a drug dealer with a strawberry blonde mullet lurked in the shadows. On June 3rd, in Humboldt Bay, Arcata to be exact, the Dalloways had some of their best run-ins with music fans, podcasters, and more. Now why can’t the Bakersfield scene be so into their own music the way these locals embraced outsiders? They got on the radio; they got podcasted; they got into a groove within a groove, oh yeah... Oh that Bakersfield! That fear of downtown! fear of stepping out into the arts! fear of musical vision in a conservative city still afraid of the shadows of the Lords...

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