TAKILMA BAND UPDATE! 11/22/2011***  The band regrets to announce that our Lead Guitar player for the better part of the last 2 years Adam Barreras has had to part ways with the band (due to non band related issues).  We had a great run with Adam and the band is saddened by the loss but the SHOWS WILL GO ON!  The band is proud to announce that our dear friend and Takilma band family member, as well as a west coast blues rock legend, Eddie “Guitar” Loebs will be filling in on the Lead Guitar for awhile as the band begins auditioning for a more permanent lead guitar player for the 2012 touring cycle.  For those of you coming out this weekend to the CEDARWOOD SALOON in Grants Pass Friday Night or the DOUBLE R PUB in Rogue River on Saturday night will be the first to see us with Eddie on guitar in almost 2 years!  To anyone who is curious as to what the band sounds like with him here is a clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXinddtr1yI

Takilma has kicked off the "Slow Burn" 2011 West Coast Tour! Here are the remaining dates (as of 5.16.2011) of the tour and a few more shows will be added in the next few weeks.

Friday 5.20.2011 @ Ukiah Brewing Co. - Ukiah, CA

Saturday 5.21.2011 @ The Rellik Tavern - Benicia, CA

Sunday 5.22.2011 @ Bay Street - Emeryville, CA

Saturday 6.4.2011 @ TBA, Oregon

Saturday 6.18.2011 @ TakilmaFM.com Radio Benefit Show - Selma, OR

Friday 6.24.2011 @ The Hope Mtn. Barter Faire - Cave Jct, OR

Saturday 7.2.2011 @ Fundraiser - Myrtle Creek, OR

Sunday 7.3.2011 @ TBA - Riddle, OR

Monday 7.4.2011 @ TBA - OR

Friday 7.15.2011 @ TBA - OR

Saturday 7.16.2011 @ The Emerald Empire Hempfest - Eugene, OR

Friday 8.12.2011 @ O'ryleigh's Tavern - Stockton, CA

Saturday 8.13.2011 @ Rustyland 16 - Stanislaus Nat. Forest, CA

Friday 8.26.2011 @ Jefferson State Hemp Expo - Cave Jct. OR

Saturday 8.27.2011 @ TBA - Roseburg, OR

Saturday 9.3.2011 @ Beanstock Hempfest - Smith River, CA

The bands 2011 set list looks something like this:

1) Outside Woman Blues Jam

2) One Bullet

3) How Many More?

4) Soldier

5) Slow Train (Dylan Cover)

6) Going to TJ Jam

7) Franklin's Tower (Dead Cover)

8) Yer So Bad (Petty cover)

9) Stay With Me (new original)

10) Medicine Soldier (new origina)

11) Iron Lion Zion (Marley Cover)

12) Jealous Again (Black Crowes Cover)

13) Dream

14) Back Door Man Blues Jam

15) Fire on the Mtn (Dead Cover)

16) You Don't Know Hot It Feels (Petty Cover)

17) Veil of My Shame

18) Bong Water Blues

19) Rock N' Roll (Zeppelin Cover)

20) Slow Burn (New Origina)

21) Same Ol' Song & Dance (Aerosmith Cover)

22) Yes I Do

23) The Smoke Hour

24) Fortunate Son (CCR Cover)

Encore:

25) L.A. Woman (Doors Cover)

26) Rockin' In The Free World (Neil Young Cover)

The band will be adding some more new originals as the tour wears on and still have a few more cover jams their hashing out....don't miss out on this tour the band is HOT!!!

See ya on the Road.....

Takilma just recently rocked The Ashland Mind Music Festival in Provolt, Oregon on 10/9/2010. Our set list was as follows:

1)Outside Woman Blues

2)Midnight Rider ----> Slow Train Coming

3)Veil of My Shame

4)Going to TJ

5)Bong Water Blues

6)Franklin's Tower Jam

7)Yes I Do

8)One Bullet

9)How Many More?

10)Rock N' Roll

11)The Smoke Hour

12)Rockin' In The Free World

The band is also coming off some hot performances @ Shenanigan's in Medford, Oregon on 10/1/2010 AND the band rocked @ The Hope Mountain Barter Faire on 9/19/2010.  NEW VIDEO of these performances has been uploaded to the bands website VISIT TAKILMALAND and also on the bands official youtube page:

www.youtube.com/takilmatheband

Rock On!! Our next show will be @ The Takilma Community Building on Halloween Night!!! Big party and the band will be playing all night ....more info coming soon!!

The band successfully rocked Vega's Nighclub in Old Sacramento this past Saturday... it was a good time had by all and we saw some friendly faces from the past and present. Thank you to all who made it a great gig especially Rick Vega who gave us the spot to play!  Confusion Said rocked as always so many thank you's to them for bringing a solid set.

Here was the band's set for that night:

1) One Bullet

2) Outside Woman Blues

3) How Many More?

4) Veil of My Shame

5) Going to TJ

6) Bong Water Blues

7) Slow Train Coming

8) Midnight Rider

9) Fire on the Mountain

10) Yes I do

11) Dream

12) Soldier

13) The Smoke Hour

14) One Way Out

15) All Along the Watchtower

16) Rockin' in the Free World

The band rolled some video from multiple camera's from the show.  Once they are mixed and edited we will post some of the new songs video's up here on the sites!

In other news.....

FOR ALL THOSE IN SOUTHERN OREGON THE BAND WILL BE ROCKING THE TAKILMAFM.COM RADIO BENEFIT SHOW @ THE TAKILMA COMMUNITY BUILDING THIS SATURDAY MAY 8TH 2010.  PARTY STARTS @ 7PM WITH FRANKEN SOUND OPENING, FOLLOWED BY FRANKIE HERNANDEZ THEN TAKILMA!  ALL AGES! 8 to 15$ SLIDING SCALE DONATION... ALL PROCEEDS GO TO HOPE MOUNTAIN RADIO LLC.  COME PARTY WITH US!

Also the band will be on The Rogue 96.9 FM in Medford & Grants Pass Oregon on Sunday May 23rd @ 7pm on the OFF THE HOOK RADIO SHOW w/ Wendy King.  The band will be interviewed and some of the bands new tracks will get their first FM Radio Airplay for 2010.  Check it out on the web or listen in on FM 96.9.....www.969therogue.com

The band has also announced a new live date of Sunday July 25th 2010 from 2pm to 4pm @ Bay Street in Emeryville, CA. Look for other Nor-Cal live dates to be posted for that last weekend of July soon.......more shows being confirmed now......

Hope all is well and look for the band to be rocking all through 2010!

Peace~ Big Nate

The band is about to drop our new single ONE BULLET this Friday March 5th 2010!  I just finished listening to it and really can't wait to post it all over the WORLD WIDE WEB!! It's gonna rock ya to your core and hit your ear drums like a mac truck.  Buckle up kids TAKILMA has Raised the Frequency to 11!! A whole new era has begun.....

The jumping point for this song came from BK finding a rather disturbing WWII photo. The sheer brutality of the photo influenced the band to try to put themselves in the horrible situation of all people in the photo.  And the music had to sonically match the intense emotions and once you hear it you will understand how ONE BULLET came to be.  The bands message is that it only takes one bullet to take or change so many lives...we are in no way glorifying this image just posting the reality of the world and our cultures.  This is what we do as artists to try to express ourselves through words & music.  So here is the photo (its pretty well known on the web for old WWII photos).

"One Bullet", "How Many More?", "Drums of War", "Soldier" are all songs that are the bands take on the war's being waged in our world currently and in the past and their effects on people's lives. Songs like "Veil of My Shame" & "Souls N' Spirits" & "Free N' Indepedent" explore the feelings associated with such tragedies and exploring what we are all destined for. Spreading messages of hope and faith while being realitstic with where we are as a humanity.  Songs like "The answer to 1984...is 1776!", "Daze of Falling", "Bong Water Blues" & "Tending the Light" all explore and pay homage to people and idea's that force us to think "outside the box" and are the bands way of paying tribute and helping to pass the wise messages of others we admire past & present.....RAISING THE FREQUENCY is a musical piece of art unlike anything we have created before!  When you hear it you will know!!

Ok so enough on all that!! ...but seriously its taken almost a year and half and I can't wait to share with the world the new music. I am really proud of the end product and the hard work that so many people put into this project so here is a little kudos to some folks from me (nate):

Many Thanks to:

BK (Takilma co/visionary & songwriter and many a late hour music master)

Mike B (whose voice has elevated this band to new levels)

Joe (for putting the last beat down on the last song when we needed it)

Adam (for stepping into the lead guitar spot with some tastey chops!)

Robert (for giving the band the needed keys!)

Juice (for all his hard work, great harmonica, congas, drums, flutes and other creative inspiration he gave to this band and these songs)

Eddie (for lending his hand at some amazing guitar solos!)

Scott D (for lending his hand at some amazing guitar solos!)

Marcus (for being the beat master on the bulk of these tracks)

Aben V (for putting down the beat on "One Bullet" & "Tending the Light" like only he can)

Micah C. Miracle (for talking trash and motivating us to write better songs! oh yeah and some nice guitar work on "Tending the Light")

and all our family and friends who offer their support to us as we wander the long road of music......

lastly to all the fans and people that contact us via email, and give our music plays, wear a t-shirt, or rock out at home to our tunes! many thank yous!!

Also..you can now follow the band and get the first updates and all the details and info on the band from ...yes....twitter!

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