Happy new year. Glad we all made it here together. Now what the hell is going on?

Well, it's 2012. And you know what that means: the end of the world. Etc. All good. 

Regardless 2011 was a hell of a year. We performed across the country, did east coast tours with some great people, met thousands of new friends, and crashed out in some good places with cool folks. 

As always thank you for your support. In the past couple months you may have noticed that we took a little time off to get prepared for the new year. Jason learned how to rollerskate, and got fitted for a tuxedo. Max rested his ears and did some folk-rock drumming with Rebeccah Pulley as well as some work with Will Quinlan's Diviners. Shawn wrote a bunch of songs and started the bands the Laurel Canyon with Max and also Florida Kilos with Pryscila and Ryan Blood. 

So January has come, and it's indeed a new year and we are all alive and feeling well. We have a host of new shows for January - Febuary around Florida, at FSU at the flipping Salvador DALI museum back to the legendary Bardot in miami and also a couple awseome brew pub gigs and a opening spot for Thomas Wynn & the Beliver's Album Release Party. Yeah, that Thomas Wynn & Family. Mammoths of southern indie rock is what they are. 

Then upcoming is SXSW... and well... that's going to be interesting... 

As always please Like Us On Facebook  tell us what's going on, what you want, what you need and we will do our best to have a good time along with you. 

Tour Journal: September 1st 2011, Day 1 of tour.

Okay. Let's just get to it. 

This morning we woke up, and Shawn went out into the fields where the horses were on James' Island in South Carolina, just oustide of Charleston, and after the horses were rounded up gave a hand putting up a new fan in a horse stall, climbing the metal jailbar doors with his boots on to plug the fan in. 

So, yes, last night we stayed on a Horse Farm. Or a horse stable. Or a plantation, on the outskirts of the salt marshes, and the coast. There was a 600 foot dock that was leading out to the river, that was full of brackish water, where our friend Rachel, the horse keeper, informed us there was bioluminescense. We tested this last night at 2am, when it was so dark the milky way stretched from horizon to horizon and the sky was navy blue and indigo. And sure enough, after skipping over some missing planks in the so-long-it-is-surreal-to-walk-on dock, we saw it. Spashing your feet in the inky black water made ripples and fireworks of copper-green, waves of glowing hues, and spray of lime greens on a sable backdrop.

Tour Day One Video Below. 

A few hours previous we were hanging out at the Tin Roof, getting advice on pinball, enjoying Pabst Blue Ribbon, and learing that our good friend Josh Roberts (and the Hinges) have a shot there named after them. Big thanks to Lesley and Nick (you have a badass Honda CL175 motorcycle there buddy), as well as Shawn, Trey, Brittany, Justin, Eric, Mollie, Rob (the Throb), Jaime, Tara, and Philip  at the Tin Roof for their kind words and hospitality. And thanks to Rachel for being crazy enough to let us chase horses around in the middle of the night. 

Recap: Tour Kickoff at the Local 662: the Beauvilles & Have Gun Will Travel.

Well friends in Florida, we will wiss you, and we will see you at the end of September, but last night was one hell of a tour kickoff. For the few hundreds of people that were there at the Local 662, it proved that sometimes it is a great idea to let the audience up on the stage and let the band get down on the floor.

Photos courtesy of Jon Wolding of Ground Up Films 

Also, if you haven't heard of / seen Have Gun Will Travel yet, now is the right time to check them out. Good friends of ours, and an amazing, hard touring band, the guys just got signed to Suburban Home Records, and are headed out on the road at the same time we are, but doing a loop out west. If you are into the new Americana move going on right now in independent music, these guys will be right up your alley. 

---->Have Gun Will Travel Link to Tourdates<----

As for the Beauvilles, well, we are also happy to be on the road again. Check out our calendar dates for our east coast tour here: The Beauviles East Coast Tour Dates: Fall 2011 

Jannus Live: the Beauvilles headline at Jannus Landing.

the Beauvilles at JannusOnce upon a time, there were fellows that flew airplanes when they were basically home made contraptions made of balsa wood with little motorcycle engines in them and wings held together with horsehide glue. All these dangers were offset by wearing a very stylish leather helmet and goggles.

One such fellow named Tony Jannus made a humble living out of flying one such contraption, apparently having solid balls of russian steel...

Departing from a location on January 1, 1914, near the downtown St. Petersburg Municipal Pier on Second Avenue North, Jannus piloted the twenty-three minute inaugural flight of the pioneer airline's Benoist XIV flying boat biplane. A crowd of 3,000 gathered at the pier to watch the history-making takeoff at 10 a.m. and were told by Fansler that "What was impossible yesterday is an accomplishment today, while tomorrow heralds the unbelieveable".

(Jannus went on to die at the young age of 27 while training russia pilots over the black sea, he nor the bodies of his crew were ever found).

Fast forward almost a century later, Jannus Landing (recently rechristened Jannus Live) is a state of the art concert venue, and just plain huge. On December 3rd The Beauvilles performed their biggest headlining show to date and had the pleasure to play there to a very willing audience.

the Beauvilles perform at Jannus Landing Live

Shawn Kyle

Also performing were the reunited Ten Spoke Indies (formerly the southeastern based band, Harry Dash) and also recent prodigal sons returning home after hiatus, the very excellent garage rock - pop sounds of Tres Bien, who aside from the French name similarities the Beauvilles also really really like. 

*all photos by John Wolding of Ground Up Films