Outside Assistance?

As we all know, Spiro rocks. It says so in the band's URL. And if you were at either the Dwelling show or the Cass show, you would know that. Heck, if you've heard any of our songs, you'd think it obvious.

But I'm worried about Ryan. While we can chalk up many of our problems at the Dwelling show to technical shortcomings, I felt during the performance that there was a larger struggle occurring. I've confronted Ryan about it and he finally confessed: in order to rock even harder, he has made a pact with the devil Faustian-style.

Here is my proof:



and further proof, as the situation progressed later in the evening:



Taken by Mr. Shane Guess, an unaltered, unmitigated documentation of a man's soul being devoured by the Prince of Darkness himself.

May we all be saved.

Keep a good thought,

-Dan

www.spirorocks.com

Past, Present, and Future

Thanks to everybody that came out to Cass Winery for Spiro's very first show, ever. Though we only played for a mere 20-minutes (played for even less because of technical difficulties), we consider it a resounding success. We played 5 songs (in order):

1. Wasting Time
2. Summer Girl
3. Only The Sun
4. You Are My Friend (when Dan's A-string broke)
5. Ain't It A Shame

We'll be posting some pictures from it soon.

Our next show will be at the Dwelling this Monday (5/23) at about 8pm. We've got a 45-minute set. With any luck we'll be playing every track off the disc (or not) as well as some other tunes not on the disc (or not). We'll see.

The big news is that the band is playing with a third musician at the show, a friend that goes by the name of Toby Willett. He'll be playing bass and some percussion, adding an entirely new dimension to the already deep depths of Spiro's music.

We hope to see a bunch of people there this Monday. Again, we'll be selling CDs (we may have time to add more to the 10 we currently have) for a mere $5.

Catch you later,

-Dan & Ryan

Additional Information

Just to keep you updated, the gig tomorrow at Cass Winery is still on! We'll be playing a 20-minute (possibly 40-minute) set at 4:00pm. The show is 21 and under, so if you are under age you're still okay by them. Directions are as follows:

From Highway 101, take 46 East for 7.2 miles (exactly)
Turn right on to Geneseo Road and stay on it for 4.2 miles to a stop sign
That stop sign should be Linne Road, turn right onto it and head straight for 100 yards (again, an exact measurement) and you'll find Cass Winery at your feet.

The address is:

Cass Winery
7350 Linne Road
Paso Robles, CA 93446
tel: 805.239.1730
email: info@casswines.com

Yes, we have pressed 10 limited edition CDs that will be on sale for a mere $5. That's $0.50 per song! These are limited edition, of course, because they are quick printouts made from a Kinko's computer and will be in those very slim jewel cases. Ask us about the CDs at the show and we'll sell you one. Keep in mind, though, these won't be the final version of the CD (the music and liner notes will be, but we hope to get some quality packaging for the actual release).

We hope to see you there.

The Dwelling gig is still getting there. We'll keep you posted on that, as well.

This is awesome,

-Dan & Ryan