Dispatch

Ryan Brunelle · Post by **Ryan Brunelle** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:53 am

Any fans out there? They are doing six shows this summer...one up in boston. Tickets go on sale next week.

Steve Solbo · Post by **Steve Solbo** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:55 am

Saw them a couple times when I was at Clemson. Good show.

Might be interested. I'll let you know Ryan. What's the venue?

Eric Kevorkian · Post by **Eric Kevorkian** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:44 am

They are playing at the Garden.

I may possibly go.

I was at their first ever show, which was played in my high school cafeteria to a crowd of about 300 students.

Kind of funny to see documentaries about them now...

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:51 am

I am 150% all in on Dispatch.

I'm on the mailing list and such for advanced tickets. Now if I can just save up enough cash before they sell out.

I have to imagine they will add a second date since its the last show in the tour AND their hometown.

Steve Solbo · Post by **Steve Solbo** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:02 pm

Hermit Thrush, Woodriver Bandits, and The Sholley Shananigans band merged into an all-acoustic band in the early 1990s as One Fell Swoop. They soon changed their name to Dispatch after a dispute with another band of the same name. Chad Urmston, Brad Corrigan, and Pete Heimbold, who were all attending Middlebury College comprised the band's lineup throughout their entire schooling. Their music drew upon several genres, such as acoustic folk-rock, reggae, and funk. They did several concerts in their early years both in and around Middlebury, gaining a name for themselves at the college.

However, even with their Middlebury roots, Dispatch's first show was not near their home campus. They first performed at Cosmic Cantina in Durham, North Carolina, while on a trip to visit one of the band member's younger sister at Duke University.

Eric, how come it says their first show was in Durham, NC?

It's funny cuse when I was at Clemson, alot of people thought they were from down there... I know they hit the Southern College Circuit hard.

And I am just wondering I knew nothing of their history.

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:12 pm

I know One Fell Swoop played a couple gigs in Boston before becoming Dispatch.

Watch "The Last Dispatch" on netflix if you get a chance. Tells their story quite well.

Steve Solbo · Post by **Steve Solbo** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:13 pm

Will do, I loved them in college, when they'd come around and O.A.R.

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:17 pm

OAR is good stuff too. They still hit the Hampton Casino Ballroom at least once a year.

Eric Kevorkian · Post by **Eric Kevorkian** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:32 pm

They were One Fell Swoop when they played/started. I still have the CD when I bought it at the show.

Steve Solbo · Post by **Steve Solbo** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:34 pm

That's pretty sweet.

I have a CD from a band from Harpers this Summer, they were called the Vandals, only their parents showed up, they sucked.

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:35 pm

Kovo wrote:They were One Fell Swoop when they played/started. I still have the CD when I bought it at the show.

Thats awesome! Bunch old Dispatch songs I imagine.

Ryan Brunelle · Post by **Ryan Brunelle** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:04 pm

Mike Murphy wrote:OAR is good stuff too. They still hit the Hampton Casino Ballroom at least once a year.

Yeah....OAR is amazing, but I really dont like their newer CD/material. I love a lot of mainstream music, but some bands just should not go mainstream. OAR is a perfect example. Their older stuff is sweet. Dispatch is probably my favorite all time band though...Definitely picking up a few tickets. Maybe a NEFA roadtrip?? My favorite stuff right now is Mumford & Sons...what a phenominal CD.

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:08 pm

Ryan Brunelle wrote:
Mike Murphy wrote:OAR is good stuff too. They still hit the Hampton Casino Ballroom at least once a year.

Yeah....OAR is amazing, but I really dont like their newer CD/material. I love a lot of mainstream music, but some bands just should not go mainstream. OAR is a perfect example. Their older stuff is sweet. Dispatch is probably my favorite all time band though...Definitely picking up a few tickets. Maybe a NEFA roadtrip?? My favorite stuff right now is Mumford & Sons...what a phenominal CD.

If only Mark Sandman was still alive. Morphine is, IMO, one of the greatest bands to come out of Boston EVER.

Eric Kevorkian · Post by **Eric Kevorkian** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:34 pm

Mike Murphy wrote:
Kovo wrote:They were One Fell Swoop when they played/started. I still have the CD when I bought it at the show.

Thats awesome! Bunch old Dispatch songs I imagine.

Jeff Zipkin · Post by **Jeff Zipkin** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:43 pm

Mike Murphy wrote:
Ryan Brunelle wrote:
Mike Murphy wrote:OAR is good stuff too. They still hit the Hampton Casino Ballroom at least once a year.

Yeah....OAR is amazing, but I really dont like their newer CD/material. I love a lot of mainstream music, but some bands just should not go mainstream. OAR is a perfect example. Their older stuff is sweet. Dispatch is probably my favorite all time band though...Definitely picking up a few tickets. Maybe a NEFA roadtrip?? My favorite stuff right now is Mumford & Sons...what a phenominal CD.

If only Mark Sandman was still alive. Morphine is, IMO, one of the greatest bands to come out of Boston EVER.

good call mike. LOVE morphine. only wish I had seen them before Mark died.

Jack Nickel · Post by **Jack Nickel** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:27 pm

I got to see Morphine in the mountains of Co. years ago (Cure for pain tour) in a small venue and they were amazing. Sandmans death was way to soon. Whatever happened to the sax player? That guy had mad skills as well.

I would be in for Dispatch. PjDiz turned me on to them a few years ago.

Ryan Brunelle · Post by **Ryan Brunelle** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:46 pm

According to their website tickets for all shows will be $40....sweet deal. I'm definitely picking up 4 tickets on Jan. 21. Psyched for this show....

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:19 pm

Jack Nickel wrote:I got to see Morphine in the mountains of Co. years ago (Cure for pain tour) in a small venue and they were amazing. Sandmans death was way to soon. Whatever happened to the sax player? That guy had mad skills as well.

I would be in for Dispatch. PjDiz turned me on to them a few years ago.

I just learned what he was doing the other day actually but it escapes me now. He's playing fairly mainstream still.

$40 eh? If thats the case I am all in.

Jeff Zipkin · Post by **Jeff Zipkin** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:57 am

Jack Nickel wrote:I got to see Morphine in the mountains of Co. years ago (Cure for pain tour) in a small venue and they were amazing. Sandmans death was way to soon. Whatever happened to the sax player? That guy had mad skills as well.

I would be in for Dispatch. PjDiz turned me on to them a few years ago.

Dana Colley is still playing. I was hoping to see an AKACOD show for some time, but I don't think they've played together for a few years now. Even got my own AKACOD channel on Pandora. Nice, mellow groove stuff, and Ortiz's voice is sultry.

Ironically, Colley's current group Members of Morphine or Elastic Waste just played in Cambridge last night. In fact it seems they've played Atwood's Tavern every Wed in Jan.

Post-Morphine projects (1999–present)
Following Sandman's death, Colley, Conway and Dupree assembled a nine-piece band they dubbed Orchestra Morphine to tour behind their posthumous final album, The Night. Orchestra Morphine remained sporadically active thereafter, reassembling occasionally to perform Morphine material.

Musical chemistry between Colley, Conway and Orchestra Morphine member Laurie Sargent (a Boston mainstay and former member of Face to Face) led the trio to start their own group, Twinemen,[2] a name they took from a comic drawn by Sandman. Formed in 2001, Twinemen have since released three full-length studio albums and toured extensively. Continuing a tradition he had begun in Morphine, Colley provided woodblock print artwork for the band's records.[3] Colley, Conway and Sargent were also instrumental in re-opening the Hi-n-Dry studio and record label, Sandman's former workspace and imprint.

In 2006, Colley co-founded A.K.A.C.O.D. with bassist/songwriter Monique Ortiz of Bourbon Princess and drummer Larry Dersch. Considering themselves a low rock band in the tradition of Morphine,[4] the band released their debut Happiness album in 2007.

Colley and Dupree began playing with New Orleans transplant Jeremy Lyons as Members of Morphine in 2009. This trio performs classic Morphine songs alongside of new material, and played the ten-year anniversary of Sandman's death at the festival at which it occurred, the Nel Nome Del Rock Festival in Palestrina, Italy, on July 3, 2009.[5]

Colley has also made guest appearances with Primus (on live versions of the song "Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers"), and Lilium, a project from Pascal Humbert of Sixteen Horsepower and Woven Hand.[6]

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:32 pm

Thank you for that info Jeff.

I have much illegal downloading to do when I get home now. :lol:

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:10 pm

Presale started a few minutes ago. Anyone looking to pick them up via the mailing list group, the password is "Wimpy"

Roger Gagnon · Post by **Roger Gagnon** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:33 pm

got my tickets! sold out in 9 minutes!

Steve Solbo · Post by **Steve Solbo** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:39 pm

rgagnon wrote:got my tickets! sold out in 9 minutes!

wow. That was quick.

I think my brother-in-law likes these guys, works for Celtics, but somehow comes up with Luxury Boxes for any concert event at TD. I'll wait to see if he got any.

Steve Solbo · Post by **Steve Solbo** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:40 pm

I just checked ticketmaster and they still have tix for the balcony left...

Roger Gagnon · Post by **Roger Gagnon** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:45 pm

they added a second show as well. just picked up for red rocks, never been there before. how are concerts in luxury?

Jack Nickel · Post by **Jack Nickel** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:46 pm

Thats interesting info Jeff, thanks.

What time are you picking me up for the show Ryan?

Ryan Brunelle · Post by **Ryan Brunelle** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:17 pm

I've been trying since 1159....nothing. I dont know what I did wrong.

Ryan Brunelle · Post by **Ryan Brunelle** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:21 pm

If anyone got an extra ticket or tickets please let me know....boooooooooo

Steve Solbo · Post by **Steve Solbo** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:27 pm

Ryan, it just worked for me again. Try the Friday show.

Ryan Brunelle · Post by **Ryan Brunelle** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:02 pm

Solbo wrote:Ryan, it just worked for me again. Try the Friday show.

Got it...four tickets. thanks bro....

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