Blue October in the CD101 Big Room - 9.24.03

Andyman: We are live in the CD101 Big Room. Hey, thanks to Amp, Amp energy drink from Mountain Dew, for sponsoring the CD101 Big Room. And lets hear it for today’s guest Blue October.

Blue October: Thank you very much.

A: We get to everybody to tell ya’ll who’s here. We got Justin, Piper, CB, Jeremy, and Ryan. And they’ve made the trek up from Texas. Huston, Texas is where you guys call home, right? We were just talking about that a little bit on the air. It’s a fun town. How long’ve you been out on the road right now?

BO: Um, for the last like three and a half years off and on. We’re a touring band, so we stay constantly on the road. As much as we can possibly be on the road.

A: I think that’s a great thing.

BO: Little delirium in there, but you just rope it and ride, ya know.

A: You’re at the New Port… No, the Promo West Pavilion tonight with Vertical Horizon. How long have you been out on this tour?

BO: Um, We were out with Vertical for about two weeks before, so now we’re starting our next two-week run with those guys, up the East coast. And, uh, really nice guys, really great musicians, really talented, so we like hanging out with them.

A: Well super. I know tickets are still available, Promo West Pavilion tonight. You wanna jump right into a song? Then we’ll ask some questions and have some fun. Let’s hear it for Blue October in the CD101 Big Room.

BO: This is a track off of “History for Sale,” it’s called Inner Glow, so thank you very much.

Blue October starts “Inner Glow”

BO: Thank you.

A: Blue October in the CD 101 Big Room. Uh, the record that is out, caller “History for Sale,” from Bruno Records, right…Breno records.

BO: Actually no, Universal.

A: Well, slash Universal and you had a Universal record out in 2000 called ”Consent to Treatment.”

BO: Yeah.

A: Now, in what ways has the band grown or changed since that record came out?

BO: Mostly sobered, in uh… in a better track now, in a better place now, now writing better songs, and I’m more focused. Lot more healthy, eating right, trying to stay healthy and active. You know, it’s like that, going to sleep when you should be going to sleep, that kind of thing.

A: That’s gotta be rough on the road.

BO: Yeah, well, you know…

A: Do what you gotta do, I understand. Tonight at the Promo West Pavilion with Vertical Horizon. I’ve got another question, but I’m gonna hold off. And let you do another song, that way people get a feel for what they might see tonight. At least an acoustic feel for this. I know that… Thank you very much for coming in and doing acoustic.

BO: Thank you for having us.

A: Ryan, you’re a talented man, you’re all. You can’t see it, but listen, the people in the audience can, mandolin in one hand, he’s got a violin under his chin, and he’s playin in… you’re a talented man. That’s a good job. Blue October in the CD101 Big Room.

BO: This is a song called “Ugly Side.”

Blue October starts playing “Ugly Side”

A: Excellent job. Blue October in the CD101 Big Room. I have to say, that the question I’m gonna ask, with the first son I was like “this is the perfect opportunity to ask,” then you gave me another perfect opportunity. The emotion in the record, and the songs that you write, well, the lyrics evoke such strong emotion, from where does that spring up?

BO: Different instances, different occasions, different like, different things that happen that you come across and stumble upon. Relationships that fall apart, relationships that blossom. People that you let down, people that let you down. Kind of a way of getting things out, without paying for a shrink. Health insurance is pretty expensive these days, so I just turn it loose on all you guys. So thank you very much for being my shrinks for the day.

A: When did you start writing songs?

BO: When I was like nine or ten.

A: I’m gonna guess that the might not have been so emotional.

BO: Well actually, you should listen to a few of them. No, my first song was about a kite, actually, getting stuck in a tree.

Sings “Kite Song”

A: That’s awesome! You were nine?

BO: Yeah, I had to sing it in my second grade class.

A: Man, it stinks when I meet people with that much talent.

BO: And then I got a distortion pedal, clicked it on, it goes “rrrreeeeee.”

A: Hocking records on the radio and you’ve got that much talent. It’s just not fair.

BO:  A kite in the night, that’s talent?

A: What will the show be like tonight? What do you expect?

BO: A bipolar experience. It’ll be nice, we have some slow stuff that we’re gonna play, we have some pretty hard stuff that we’re gonna play. We’re up and down, it’s definitely an emotional thing, An emotional roller coaster. So, if you’re into that kind of thing come on down.

A: You’re on this tour, playing places like Promo West, with Vertical Horizon, are you enjoying this or would you prefer to be, I’m gonna guess you’ve spent quite a bit of time in smaller clubs with people right up against ya, which do you like?

BO: We like the small clubs, when nobody knows who we are and we can get right in their face. But it’s nice to see a lot of people out there, and its nice to see more than three faces to get after in the audience. You try to get to the one in the fifteenth row, yawning back there, you get all up in his face.

A: It’s always nice to share your music with new people, too. The record is called “History for Sale,” it is out and available, think you’re gonna do another song from that record?

BO: Yes.

A: Very good. Blue October in the CD101 Big Room.

BO: This was written as a birthday present actually, cause I was broke, so here we go.

Blue October starts playing

A: Blue October in the CD101 Big Room. Thank you very much for coming out.

BO: Thank you for having us.

A: You’re very welcome, it’s always a pleasure to see bands play in here that just really love playing. And you can tell that you guys really do. I’m sure the show will be excellent tonight, with Vertical Horizon, at Promo West Pavilion, and once again the name of the record is “History for Sale.” Let’s hear it for Blue October, thank you very much once again for coming in and visiting us in the CD101 Big Room. Thanks to Amp energy drink for sponsoring the big room, guys thanks a lot come back next time you’re in town, you’re always welcome. Okay, lets head back over to Command Central!

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