The Armadillo Shootout will be happening at Threadgill’s South Tuesday August 24. There will be three bands playing that night: The Doug Moreland Show at 7, Two Tons of Steel at 8, and your pals The Derailers at 9.

This is going to be a great night of dining, dancing, drinking, relaxing, and music. All under the beautiful South Austin stars. There has been a lot of buzz about this event, and it’s going to be lots of fun. Listen, there isn’t anything else happening on Tuesday night that is worth missing this for. If you do miss it, all of your friends will be asking where you were. AND it’s an early show, so you’ll have plenty of time to get up and make it in to work or school on Wednesday (if you’re in to those kinds of things that is!).

Threadgill’s is at 301 W. Riverside in South Austin. Here is their website: http://www.threadgills.com/

Come on out, GO DEEP, and buy some band merch. It’ll be a PARTY!

See y’all there,

Basil McJagger
The Derailers

Armadillo Showdown - by Thom Self

On Saturday July 31, we’ll be returning to Gruene Hall in Gruene (New Braunfels) Texas. Gruene Hall is where much of our new upcoming live record was recorded. There is a good reason why we decided to record there – that place is ALWAYS a blowout. Always a party. Fun times. The Grist Mill restaurant next door is a great place to eat, too. I’ve heard about a bunch of Austin folks who are going to go tube the river during the day, eat supper at the Grist Mill and then hang with us at the show. Wax my tube, that sounds like a perfect day to me!

On Friday August 6, we’ll be doing our thing at the Granada Theater in Dallas. The Granada is a big old theater that has been lovingly restored in recent years. It’s a very cool venue, and a fun place to see a band perform. The folks at the Granada are excited for this show, and we are too. We have a lot of DFW-area friends and we’re counting on seeing each and every one of you there.

On Sunday August 22, The Derailers will be proud to perform in the Texas Music Festival in Salado. This is a big annual fest. A person can buy tickets for multiple days, and I suggest it. Our good buddies The Doug Moreland Show and Eleven Hundred Springs will also be on the fest. So will Pauline Reese, Hayes Carll, Bob Schneider, Mingo Fishtrap, and many more. It’s a great way to see a lot of great bands in one place in a short period of time.

On Tuesday August 24, we’ll be having a kind of music festival in miniature at Threadgill’s World Headquarters in South Austin. Our pals The Doug Moreland Show and Two Tons of Steel will also be on the bill that night. If you haven’t been to a show at Threadgill’s yet, you should make a point of it. It might be the perfect outdoor venue. You fill up on the fantastic food inside the restaurant, and then you wander out under the stars for the show. Good times!

More information for all of these shows (and others!) can be found in the “datebook” section of Derailers.com. We have some exciting shows and a record release coming up in the fall, so stay tuned for those as well.

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See y’all at the shows!

Basil McJagger
The Derailers

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Mighty fine, Mighty fine!

The South By South West festival was a lot of fun again this year as always. It seems like if you live in Austin, you just stay home and all the bands in the world come to you! We did a live podcast from the Broken Spoke on Thursday of SXSW and we did our regular monthly dance on Saturday night.

We’re getting closer and closer to the release of the new live record. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears pricked for more information on that.

We have some exciting trips in the works. Trips back to the East Coast, and other places. Stay tuned for that here on Derailers.com. While you’re waiting for schedule updates, how about you go download our podcasts and take us with you in the car?

There are new dates posted on our calendar. Go see when we’ll be near you or someone you love. Be sure to stop in at our Facebook site and visit with us. Or send us a line at thederailers@gmail.com . Like Mr. Brian Hofeldt always says “Make sure you do it while you’re at work so you’re getting paid to do it!”

Have a fun time – ALL the time,

Basil McJagger
The Derailers

We came home early this morning from the show at La Grange in Deep Ellum, Dallas. What a blast! You should really check that place out if you’re in the area. They’ve really put a lot of effort into creating a cool new space in Deep Ellum. There was a TV crew there for the show last night filming a pilot for a show called “Man Bites Dog”. Watch for that show coming soon!

Some of the podcast episodes have been posted. Go listen! Catch up on all the latest news, shows, jokes, gossip and diseases of the band. Download them to your player and take The Derailers with you wherever you go. We’ve had some great responses to the podcast too. Thanks! As we get back into the swing of things, we will be adding a new podcast every week or two. Watch for them here! It’s a perfect solution to the question “When will The Derailers come back to my town?”

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COMMENTS: For the time being, we have disabled all comments here at the website. We may enable comments later. It’s something we’ve been talking about. For now, the best place to communicate with us, leave comments, and talk with other Derailers friends and fans is over at our facebook site. You can get to that by clicking HERE. If you are not currently a signed into Facebook, go ahead and sign up. It’s free and it’s easy. As always, you can email the band at thederailers@gmail.com.

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HOUSTON FRIENDS! We will be returning to a really fun place, Dosey Doe’s in The Woodlands on Feb. 12. It’s a music venue set up in a 150-year-old barn brought piece by piece from Kentucky. They serve delicious food, and roast their own coffee. We look forward to playing shows there because the big room is so cool and the crowds are so much fun. But we also look forward to playing there so that we can get some more of their coffee!

Have fun times y’all. See you at the shows!

Basil McJagger
The Derailers