So, we have played a couple different shows now with our new friend Dennis. Everyone seems to agree that he is a good fit, and he plays contra-bass (double bass), so BA factor.  I would have to agree that he is a great fit and a cool dude.  Good things to come my friends! Good things.

Okay,

  Well its the day after Christmas, and we’re pretty much done for the year. Three shows this past weekend, back and forth to Charleston during the holidays, and trying to rest up. We’ve got some new prospects (possible bandmates) on the horizon and are lining up shows for the new year. Hopefully we will be coming to your town soon, or maybe you’ll be coming to our town, or maybe your already in our town. Either way, we will be seeing you. Hope your having a good holiday. Ours could better( Ma Karen has been in the hospital), but I guess it could always be worse. One.

Jeremy

Well we are coming near to the holiday season, and we have a lot to celebrate. The first year of Elonzo in my eyes has been incredibly successful, and we have many people to thank. So thanks to all of you. You know who you are. Also, we have been for some time now throwing around the idea of adding someone to the mix, so if you think you are that person, don’t be shy. We could use your help!  We are now booking for after the first of the year, looking forward to trying some out of towners, hopefully in the Charleston area.

Keepin it comin,

Jeremy/Elonzo

J

The Elonzo crew took our first annual cold weather camping trip this past weekend.  Mother nature reared her ugly head the first couple of nights but we fought back with pointy sticks and Wal-Mart brand equipment.  The first night of our epic outing we (Elonzo + Anna Bullard) arrived much too late at our campsite, considering that it now gets dark around 6:00,  and we scrambled to collect enough firewood and set up camp before we ran out of light (we only had one flashlight between the four of us).  After burning all of the kindling we were able to collect we decided we were pretty exhausted and hit the sack around 8:45.  At 3:15 we were awakened to the strangest sound any of us have every heard while camping.  It wasn’t so strange tonally, it was strange because none of use could couple the noise with an actual animal we have heard before.  It was a rather high-pitched sound, like that of a dog barking and a small bear growling.  Needless to say we were a little concerned until it began to move close and come at more frequent intervals, at which point Dan and Maggie kind of freaked out a little.  We started talking very loud in a failed attempt to scare it away, but it only moved closer.  At this point in the trip we were the only people at the campground at all, and if we were eaten alive nobody would notice until our friends joined us the next day.  We made the slightly imprudent decision to run back to our cars (1/2 mile) and curl up in our seats for a few hours until the sun showed up.  To clarify, Jeremy and Anna were not too worried but didn’t really want to be left alone, so they made the journey to the car but returned to the campsite only to be circled by at least four of the animals the entire sleepless morning.  The ranger informed us that the sound was indeed that of a coyote and they were slowly getting more aggressive.   The next night we armed ourselves, naturally,  with carved sticks but were not disturbed again.  The rest of the trip went well, a little rain, a little fun, a little tired.

I’m not sure if this was the first day in my adult life that I can say I was proud to be an American, but it definately didn’t disappoint.  While I stood in line to vote today (2 hours) I heard numerous people saying that it usually has taken about 10 minutes to get through the voting process in that particular precinct.  I don’t have any hard numbers, but considering the wait time increased from 10 minutes to 2 hours… I would say there are significantly more people voting here in South Carolina than in the past.  I guess that can be credited to the current financial and political state of America and also to the shear excitement that many people feel about both the McCain/Palin ticket and the Obama/Biden ticket. But I really was proud at the turnout, thanks America!