Dan Holmes Group

This band is so much fun. We played with Pancho for Live Band Karaoke tonight, and we had a great crowd. Pancho rules, and we always love performing with him. The room was full of good-spirited people who were just out to have a good time, which in turn made our show much more fun. Heather and I swapped instruments during break which kept things fresh, too! 

I headed across 6th Street in Austin after performing with the Long Lost Locals at Friends to take some requests on piano at Darwin’s. Rich joined me on drums (my partner Heather had prior obligations tonight) and We took requests from 6:30 to 9:15 when Michael Carrandi and Joe Resnick showed up to take over the evening at 9:30p. There weren’t a lot of people out in downtown Austin tonight, but we had a good time with those who showed up at our show!

I played with the long lost locals in Austin on sixth Street tonight with my friend Nathan Hanners. Micah was on bass, Luis was on drums. I brought the keytar, and we played a bunch of good blues. Now, I’m headed across the street to take some requests at Darwins!

Another great night in New Braunfels happened tonight! Heather and I click so well that we want to help each other, so we rarely leave the stage. We had a new drummer tonight, Joe Ponder. He’s a great player, and he fit in well with our weird show. This is such a fun job, but it’s also seriously hard work, and it makes me happy that we get to entertain huge crowds and spread some cheer! 

I love nights like this! My super-partner Heather and I were overwhelmed with how unbelievably invested the packed club was in our show. They sang loud, screamed even louder, welcomed every single new person with a joyous and deafening cheer, and stuck around after the show to tell us how much they love us as a team. Heather and I work so well together both on and off stage that hard to believe how fortunate we were to find each other, and our fans agree. Thanks to everyone who came out to New Braunfels tonight. Your energy was infectious! 

Heather and I played Live Band Karaoke with our friend, guitarist Kevin Humphrey in New Braunfels. We had a packed house. Fans came to sing with us from far away places like Washington and Germany again because they’ve enjoyed our show in the past. I am always humbled by the amount of people who tell us they come back just for us, or question where we were (and insisting that we need to be there every week) if we weren’t on the schedule for a week. It’s really nice to feel wanted. Thanks to all our fans for making us want to keep playing for years to come! 

I had a great time performing with Gumbo Ya Ya in Florence, TX, today. Kenny Felton (drums) invited me to fill in with Paul Hollis (guitar) and Dave Evertson (bass), so I did. We played a bunch of New Orleans grooves out on the back deck from noon to 3p. It was windy, but really pleasant. It was a great way to finish off the weekend. 

Heather was off this weekend, so Kayla Roth and I perform in Cedar Park together. We had at least three birthdays celebrating with us, and had a great crowd of people all requesting tunes, singing and dancing. I haven’t shared the stage with Kayla since back in the AJ’s Ale House days of 2011-2012! 

We took our dueling pianos show out to Boerne, TX, to play a private event for a small group of lawyers and judges. It was fun having a small group of people who were really into our show. We had plenty of great requests, and we loved as they danced and sang with us. Heather and I always like making people happy, and one person from the event was so pleased, they took the time to give us yet another 5-star Google review. It’s humbling!