I've seen Razia's Shadow performed in its entirety three times now, and I haven't told you all about any of them. Let's call me fail!mod, shall we? haha

I saw the following shows:
April 5th - Bamboozle Left, Irvine, CA
May 31st - Knitting Factory, Hollywood, CA
June 2nd - The Boardwalk, Orangevale, CA

All were great shows in their own way. Even Bamboozle Left, which was really an epic fail in many ways, but it was still exciting to be there. The Knitting Factory show stands out in my mind as the best one, though the Boardwalk show was amazing too - just a smaller, slightly less enthusiastic audience.

I still don't have an accurate list of who was at Bamboozle Left and who sang what part (if you do, please share!!), but here are the members of the touring band for the actual Razia's Shadow: The Tour -

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I'll get pictures and video up eventually, but the main thing I want to share with you all is the conversation I had with Thomas after the Orangevale show. We talked a little more about the inspiration behind specific parts of the story and what's next for him.

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Well, that's all I can remember. Feel free to bug me about getting my videos and photos up - I got some great stuff, but I'm a horrible procrastinator.

Jen aka fail!mod ;-P

A few more shows have been added since last time these were posted here, so...

5.05 Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
5.06 Boston, MA @ Cafe 939 At Berklee
5.07 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary
5.08 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
5.09 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Mixtape
5.10 Madison, WI @ The Loft
5.12 Howell, MI @ Howell Opera House
5.13 Akron, OH @ Musica
5.14 Orland Park, IL @ Mojoes
5.15 Evansville, IN @ Boney Junes
5.16 St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird
5.17 Claremore, OK @ King Of Clubs
5.19 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
5.20 Austin, TX @ Emo's Alternative Lounge
5.21 San Antonio, TX @ Rock Bottom Bar
5.22 Waco, TX @ Art Ambush
5.23 McAllen, TX @ Creative Incubator
5.24 Plano, TX @ The Plano Center
5.26 Tempe, AZ @ Modified Arts
5.27 Las Vegas, NV @ The Box Office
5.28 Victorville, CA @ Club Karma
5.29 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
5.30 San Diego, CA @ The Epicentre
5.31 Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory
6.02 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
6.04 Portland, OR @ Satyricon
6.05 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
6.06 Spokane, WA @ Empyrean

If anyone wants to meet up at any of the shows, go ahead and leave a comment here. I'll be at the LA and Orangevale shows.

I'm just too sleepy to get the full report written up for you guys tonight, but here are my pics and a bit of info and the video clips.

The tour band is:
Lead vocals and guitar: Thomas Dutton
Vocals and guitar: Andrew Jeffrey Jakober
Vocals, guitar and keyboards: Jenni Potts
Bass and backup vocals: David Larkins (known in FBR circles as David Kalani ::shrug::)
Keyboards: Zack Olson (thanks cue_thesun for the spelling correction and link!)
Drums: Jaron Johnson

Thomas was really nice and so were the members of his band that I talked to - Andrew (some called him AJ) and David were especially awesome, as was Lizzie Huffman. I only talked to Zack briefly. I didn't meet Jaron or Jenni. Andrew really enjoys talking to the fans, and with me, David was very talkative too. Lizzie is just a total sweetheart. Thomas, I've decided, is just the quiet, slightly shy, serious type. But he'll sign autographs and take pictures with fans (as seen below) and thank you for coming to the show and all that. Really a decent guy.

Set list:
Genesis
The Missing Piece
Life Is Looking Up
The Spider And The Lamps
Meet The King
The End And The Beginning

They'd love to do the entire album straight through, but they simply aren't allotted enough stage time for that. Hopefully the album will sell well and they'll be able to perform the whole thing on a future tour. They don't perform any older Forgive Durden songs.

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I did get answers to a few of our questions - not nearly all of them, but a few good ones. The answers will definitely surprise you.

I was lucky enough to see and hear Lizzie Huffman perform "The Missing Piece" with Thomas. I also talked to her a bit and got her autograph. She's adorable and sweet and I'm in love with her voice.

For anyone going to the Seattle show tomorrow tonight - there's a good chance that Nic Newsham of Gatsby's American Dream aka King Malka will be there and will sing with the group (info from band member Andrew). The Seattle and San Francisco shows are the only dates where they are expecting to have guest singers from the album present to perform with Thomas and the band (on this tour anyway).

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Me with Thomas Dutton

More tomorrow later today, I promise!

P.S. - Paul Dutton - I know you're lurking! Come out come out wherever you are! :-D