Holdin’ Beer – the Hold My Beer Band https://holdmybeerband.com Outlaw Country, Western, Boogie & some Oldies! Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:46:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/holdmybeerband.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-hand-beer-mug_512X512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Holdin’ Beer – the Hold My Beer Band https://holdmybeerband.com 32 32 211199110 What a Night! https://holdmybeerband.com/what-a-night/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-a-night Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:44:05 +0000 https://holdmybeerband.com/?p=269

This last Saturday we played to an amazing crowd of appreciative folks at the Ore House Hilltop Tavern in Oracle Arizona. What we all forgot, perhaps, was that this was also rodeo weekend in Tucson. We saw a crowd unlike any other that evening and the folks who were able to show up early and grab a seat were very appreciative! It was a “human carwash” type of evening where if you had to go to the restroom, or get another drink . . . you had to move through a corridor filled with folks. Thankfully, they’re all friendly and having a great time.

Father and son, Frank and Rocky Martinez play guitar and do vocals
Frank & Rocky Martinez
drummer mark garrett also does vocals
Mark Garrett
Ron Chilston plays keyboard bass with his left hand and plays another instrument with his right on a synthesizer
Ron Chilston

We’re always thankful for the large outdoor patio that is available most of the year. Lucky for all of us, the amazing snow storm arrived early the next morning, so the temperature outside was actually very comfortable. There are portable heaters outdoors as well, so the owners made sure that a few of them were lit as folks would go outdoors to smoke a cigarette or simply to escape the growing crowd indoors.

view of the patio area on a rainy day at the ore house hilltop tavern
a rainy day outside on the patio

Hopefully by next month, when we play again on Saturday, March 25th from 6-8 at the Ore House, we will be graced with wonderful Spring type weather so we can setup outdoors and play. On a side note, if you do arrive a little late and only catch the end of our live sets, Rocky keeps the party going by acting as DJ and getting you folks out on the dance floor!

]]> 269 The first known “Hold my beer” phrase usage https://holdmybeerband.com/the-first-known-hold-my-beer-phrase-usage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-first-known-hold-my-beer-phrase-usage Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:07:53 +0000 https://holdmybeerband.com/?p=191 Sometimes you just feel like taking a look around that whole world wide web thing-a-ma-jigger. Well, we’re a progressive band of 3 old farts and a youngster who pretty much knows that whole digital world so much better than the old geezers. Thank goodness! But hey, we got a call from an event planner back east that said we didn’t have a gig to play in February 2023 because she never booked us. Well, news to us that we have a gig on said date somewhere back east, but we got back in touch with her. She was quite kind when she recognized the mix-up. For some reason, she was not familiar with our December 30th gig at the Ore House in Oracle Az. She had never heard of it . . .

So, anyway, while perusing the old internet, we stumbled on this cartoon clip, reported to be the first known usage of the phrase “Hold my beer”. Well, it works for us, but maybe we need to look into a trademark for that phrase? Or, maybe it’s already been trademarked! Stay tuned folks. You ain’t heard the last of this one!

Whoops! Maybe we shouldn’t ask you to hold our beers! We’re still lookin’ for some photos or videos of us playing our last gig of 2022 on Friday, December 30th @ the Ore House Hilltop Tavern in Oracle Az. We may have to check our FacePlant thing-a-ma-bobby and see if anyone has tagged #holdmybeerband. It could happen, right? Anyhoo, we have a feeling we may be asked back to perform at the Ore House, so maybe you should come back and check our gig calendar often!

Located on a hilltop
Look ‘fer the friendly sign!
Holden’ a Beer!
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