Paying Dues:
the BreAKS:
I decided to move off to cleveland, Tennessee for college. Lee was a music school, but since I was a film major, it would be the best of both worlds. I could learn all the things I'd seen done on a film set my whole life and I could tap into all the musical theory and talent I could ask for. I could graduate from the same place the that started Creed, Rascal Flatts, and Little Big Town. The place gave me hope. My only goal was to put together a crew good enough to play “free Bird.” seven years later, I couldn't imagine where we'd be.
Playing House of Blues in College
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COFFEE SHOPS → Arenas:
I guess like any other college cover band, “The Breaks,” played every frat party, fundraiser, and coffee shop we could find. I always operated under the idea that if you only ever played coffee shop music, all you'll ever play are coffee shops. So naturally, we'd play def leppard in a lobby that could barely hold thrity people sipping on chai tea. The place that really gave us our start was a little coffee shop in town setup up by the Salvation Army called “Inman Street Coffee House.” The manager, Joel Rogers, would let us enter into every open mic or little festival they'd put on. It's hard to believe that we've gone from that little small town coffee shop to crowds of 30,000. It's all the good lord. We just show up.
Playing a show at Inman St. Ca. 2018
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ATlantic city:
UNbeknownst to be, the lead actor from the Wimpy Kid movies, zach gordon started writing music over covid. A year later I was able to convince him to take a trip down to Tennessee to see if we could put some tracks together. WE wanted to play a show while he was in town and we came back full circle to the packed-to-the-gills backroom of the Inman street Coffee House. It was the fist time he'd ever played with a full band. We've played a number of shows since and have worked together on two of his singles. I love Zach with all my heart and never in a million years would I have ever thought that we would be doing music together. I intend to for the rest of my life. Come see us sometime.
in the studio with Zach and Producer Luke Mercer
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