the hoof & the heel

Buffalo Show at Tralf Pictures.

Hello all!

Apologies for the tardiness on writing about the Buffalo show at Tralf.. it was truly lovely, a really wonderful venue with equally fantastic people.

Here's a picture post in the meanwhile until we have time to write in more detail. There's also the Brooklyn and Nashville show to write about and right now, we're headed to Orlando, FL for our next show!


Jon LoRusso, Peggy Yen, Betty Yen, and Michael Yen holdin' down the merch table.


Gregg Tillery with two lovely ladies.


Jon Lorentz reuniting with Tim Hogan for a special appearance by Barefoot Soldiers.


The Hoof & The Heel performing.


Yay! CD Sale! Thanks for the support!


Gregg Tillery with Chris Kavanagh on drums.


Marcus Very Ordinary rocking out in their hometown of Buffalo.


Veronica Scotto with friends.


Mrs. Lorentz with her boys: Jon LoRusso, Tim Hogan, and Jon Lorentz


Barrick LaTona with family.

.. and it's actually happening!

Hello all!

The Viper Room Show on the 15th was wonderful, thank you to everyone who showed up in support.

The Hoof & The Heel sold eleven copies of their EP "and all the tigers" that night.. no surprise after a strong opening performance.

Gregg Tlllery did a great set with his drummer Bougarelli and brought in the most people.. testament to Gregg's charisma or his ability to shamelessly harass his friends into supporting him.

Marcus Very Ordinary had several guest musicians performing with them, giving the Viper Room a taste of their live, richly-layered Luxury Wafers Sessions album.

A photo-heavy entry to follow.. right now I'm sitting in the our tour van, writing this! It's a black Dodge Sprinter van from Bandago and it's freakin' awesome. We're packed to full capacity with 12 people and all the assorted gear that comes with touring nationwide.

Peggy and Michael are starting to tetris in the first picture.. and with the help of tetris expert Betty and the band boys, all the gear and luggage were packed neatly! We're still need to fit in LaTona's upright bass but everything worked out.

Jon Lorentz of Marcus Very Ordinary has been driving the whole time.. no idea how he does it.

Perhaps the facial hair gives him extra-manly strength and powers? Seven hours and counting from when he first picked up the van!

However he does it, thanks to Jon for driving us safely and smoothly to San Francisco. We’ll have Gregg give you a backrub while serenading you.

The internet is a bit spotty but it's still pretty cool to be able to work on the road.

We should hit San Francisco in another 250 miles. Cannot wait to see Blue Rabbit! I’ve been following them on facebook and they are the sweetest people ever.

San Francisco show tomorrow! Check it out, buy tickets! Support touring musicians. We’ll rock your face off!