One Track Mind is born, and we also attended Bluesfest in full form....
by: Chris Saracino

July 21st, 2004

Well. The day has finally arrived.

The Setbacks gave birth to One Track Mind yesterday at about 11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Our baby weighed about 120 lbs, collectively packaged in 2 huge ass boxes. We will be in full for sale mode at the show on Saturday, which if you're not in the know, will be our debut at Barrymore's Music Hall.
We all took turns oogling and sighing over the finished product, and are super stoked about having these finally done. This whole effort is a culmination of some new form for the band, as it is the first release with 4 full time members, as I only played on a handful of the tracks on the self title, and represents the band's last years of rehearsals, writing sessions, touring, and refining. Please buy one, they are $5. That's right, $5 bucks man.

In other news, I went to Bluesfest, and saw an assortment of amazing bands. Highlights of the event included performances by Andrew Vincent & The Pirates, Jim Bryson, Nathaniel Mayer, and an assortment of other pretty cool bands. The birdman stage was where the majority of the cool people hung. There was large gatherings of middle aged blues fanatics sporting backwards ROOTS Canada olympic berets sipping on Crystal Light, as well as an assortment of fruity djimbe guys waiting by the Blacksheep stage. Highlights and audible blurbs from these folks were things like..."Really. Tom Wilson is really awesome!"....and...."Lyle Lovett was marvelous". I don't think any of them bothered to check out the Birdman stage, where the deafening sounds of Detroit shook the law buiilding that the stage was in front of. That is rock and roll. Quaking the judicial structures.

Although I didn't see them, I heard that the dirtbombs demolished one of their drumkits, and if it was anything like last year when one of them climbed the rafter, I'm sure it was awesome.

c