one of the fun facts to know and tell about me is my one-time involvement with a band called sixpence none the richer back when i was dj-ing for ktsb student radio at the university of texas at austin.
matt was 'interning' with me at the time. he asked if i would be interested in playing guitar for a project he had started. i listened to the demo tape and loved it. he already had a drummer, bass player and leigh, and i joined the rehearsals immediately. within a month, we were playing a couple of local gigs. i would work with matt at his apartment writing guitar parts for songs and putting them to four-track. i still have a tape we put together for me to rehearse to with matt singing leigh's parts. it would probably fetch a little money on ebay, you think? i'll wait for the e! true hollywood story staff to contact me.

one of our first big gigs was for a party held at the house i was living in at the time. only a couple of months later, we were part of the 'flat earth festival' in dallas as one of the headlining acts. less than two months later, i would be eliminated from the group along with the bass player and drummer.
we had been picked up by r.e.x. records and were to record our first album with them that summer. matt explained to us that he felt it would be best to use studio musicians for the record and we were all relieved of our positions.
i carried quite a lot of bitterness for many years. then i started hearing them on the radio...everywhere i went. it started to feel as if i were being laughed at. "see what you might have been a part of?"

now...i feel happy for the way things went. mostly because of where i am and what i've done, not because of what i might have missed. i'm sure matt is quite happy with his success. i've heard through mutual friends that he asks about me from time to time. i imagine, if given the opportunity, it would be nice to sit down and talk with him again.

so...anyone want to buy some sixpence ntr demo tapes or promotional material from the early days?