We arrive into the the day 4 of the anniversary celebration somewhat tired, but it’s time to get the party started. Today’s the actual ”blog birthday”, so this baby of mine is now officially 18 years old and it’s able to vote, drive a car and drink responsibly. I’ll try to maintain some kind of leash so that things don’t go completely bonkers, but kids.. what’cha gonna do about it.

We will go directly to the foundation of the blog with this first song of the day. These faces might look familiar for those who have been with us since the opening day, but t-shirts are different and so is the singing language. This band is my all-time favorite The Sugarrush from Vaasa and their loud guitar pop albums in the late 90s and early 00s were a major inspiration when I started making One Chord To Another. Here’s an acoustic live version of Backstreet Girl. The original can be found from their Mirrorball Ballerinas album that came out in 2001.

Stereo Music video from the Mirror Ballerinas album.

One Chord to Another hits 18 years on the 17th of September and celebrates the long road with an online birthday party. During the anniversary week (14 – 22 of September) you will see unique live performances from the artists that shaped these 18 years of the blog. Follow the action on this blog and social media and feel free to comment if you so wish.

We are wrapping up day 3 of our anniversary festival in Missoula, MT with barber and musician Drew Danburry. Drew’s also one of these lovely people that I’ve been in contact with on and off for about 15 years maybe, so it’s great to have him joining the birthday party. He made a two song Yellow Seahorse Session for our festival, so look for an encore later in the week. Drew Danburry’s first choice Yvonne comes from the 2012 album For All The Girls where every song had a name of a girl. Thank you for today and let’s sway into a new festival day with this 10-minute long treasure. Back tomorrow at 7pm for festival day 4. Hey, that’s even the actual birthday so then this officially 18 years old.

Drew Danburry Website
Drew Danburry at Bandcamp

One Chord to Another hits 18 years on the 17th of September and celebrates the long road with an online birthday party. During the anniversary week (14 – 22 of September) you will see unique live performances from the artists that shaped these 18 years of the blog. Follow the action on this blog and social media and feel free to comment if you so wish.

We are approaching the end of festival day 3, but there’s still time for two more. Beginning from Bloomington, Indiana with one of my absolute favorite songwriters Austin Lucas. I’m thrilled that he found the time from his busy schedule and joins this anniversary week to perform a gorgeous acoustic version of a song called Happy from his 2018 album Immortal Americans. If you want to hear more of live music from Austin Lucas in your living room, it was just recently announced that there’s a full live album Austin Lucas & The Bold Party: No One Is Immortal coming out on the 18th of October (on Last Chance Records / Hometown Caravan). No doubt that’s going to be a special record.

Austin Lucas at Facebook
Austin Lucas Website
Austin Lucas at Bandcamp

One Chord to Another hits 18 years on the 17th of September and celebrates the long road with an online birthday party. During the anniversary week (14 – 22 of September) you will see unique live performances from the artists that shaped these 18 years of the blog. Follow the action on this blog and social media and feel free to comment if you so wish.