THIS is American Music Revue

cool-assed poster

another cool poster

What ever happened to the THIS is American Music tour/concept? For those who are unfamiliar with it, it was a brief 5 date tour Nov/Dec 2007 that featured The Drams, Two Cow Garage, Glossary and Grand Champeen. Sounds pretty fuckin' kickass, right? Hell yeah it does. Now I didn't get a chance to actually see one of the shows (since they didn't come within 300 miles of my town), but I think it involved mini-sets by each band (each band played 2 of these 20 minute mini-sets per night I think?) and a big monster jam at the end (which, unlike the lame-o monster jams at big events like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, actually rocked pretty good from what Iunderstand (see video below)). These are 4 great bands that all fall directly in the cross-hairs of what Tallboy is all about (though Grand Champeen may be more toward the indie-rock side of things, though they definitely rock hard). There was talk of the tour reconvening in Spring 2007, but that never happened and there's been no more mention of the THIS is American Music thing. Can anyone shed any light on the topic?

I can't get this damn computer thingy to embed myspace videos, so here's a link to Tequila Brad again for a TIAM show-closing superjam on Petty's "American Girl." Damn that looks like fun, doesn't it?

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=22938489

Their myspace page hasn't been touched in over a year, but here it is: www.myspace.com/thisisamericanmusic