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the latest news, always check our HOME page
first. Last Update--6/4/08 The German website www.rocktimes.de
has a great review of our new album To The Bone. Below is a translated
version. Click HERE
to visit their website and read it for yourself(if you are fluent
in German). The guitar wizards The Mighty Orq continues to rock
on the best blues in the power trio played. On Milk Money still
zupfte Jessica Will the thick strings. Now, those West Side Johnny
Part.
We would like to let y'all know that our new album, "To The Bone", is not available for download or in stores yet. It's only available at shows. The reason for this is because we signed a licensing deal for this record w/ ZYX Music for "To The Bone" to be released on their Pepper Cake label. The WORLDWIDE release of "To The Bone" will happen in September of 2008! In other news, Texas Music Times Magazine recently reviewed "To The Bone". You can read it for yourself by visiting their website at www.texasmusictimes.com. Mr. Chris Gray at The Houston Press
recently reviewed our album "To The Bone". Check it out
online by going HERE.
Thanks a bunch Chris. THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq"
Last Update--5/12/08 The world's BIGGEST drum magazine, Modern Drummer, recently had Matt on their "Blog" section to discuss the happenings of the band and to introduce himself to everyone. Thanks to Billy & Matty A. and everyone at Modern Drummer for making this happen. You can read the article on their website by going HERE. Click the link and scroll down a bit. The 2008 Houston Press Music Awards are here. Please
click the big pink rectangle to the right and nominate The Mighty
Orq in the following categories: THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VOTE!
We would like to let y'all know that our new album, "To The Bone", is not available for download or in stores yet. It's only available at shows. The reason for this is because we signed a licensing deal for this record w/ ZYX Music for "To The Bone" to be released on their Pepper Cake label. The WORLDWIDE release of "To The Bone" will happen in September of 2008! In other news, Texas Music Times Magazine recently reviewed "To The Bone". You can read it for yourself by visiting their website at www.texasmusictimes.com. Mr. Chris Gray at The Houston Press
recently reviewed our album "To The Bone". Check it out
online by going HERE.
Thanks a bunch Chris. THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--4/29/08
We would like to let y'all know that our new album, "To The Bone", is not available for download or in stores yet. It's only available at shows. The reason for this is because we signed a licensing deal for this record w/ ZYX Music for "To The Bone" to be released on their Pepper Cake label. The WORLDWIDE release of "To The Bone" will happen in September of 2008! In other news, Texas Music Times Magazine recently reviewed "To The Bone". You can read it for yourself by visiting their website at www.texasmusictimes.com. Mr. Chris Gray at The Houston Press
recently reviewed our album "To The Bone". Check it out
online by going HERE.
Thanks a bunch Chris. THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--3/19/08
We would like to let y'all know that our new album, "To The Bone", is not available for download or in stores yet. It's only available at shows. There is a good reason for this, we just can't tell you what it is for sure yet. Please stay tuned right here and as soon as we know something for certain, we'll tell you.
The official lineup is in place for our Austin, TX cd release party for "To The Bone" at Headhunters on Saturday, March 22nd. Check out our SCHEDULE page for more info.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--2/28/08
We would like to thank everyone for attending our Houston cd release party for our new album, To The Bone. It was a great success thanks to YOU. Photos will be up soon here and videos will be up shortly on our Youtube site. We would like to let y'all know that the album is not available for download or in stores yet. It's only available at shows. There is a good reason for this, we just can't tell you what it is for sure yet. Please stay tuned right here and as soon as we know something for certain, we'll tell you. Mark Landrum from Houstonbands.net came to our instore at Cactus Music & Video on Saturday and snapped some photos. You can check them out HERE. Miss Sara Cress at the Houston Chronicle recently interviewed us regarding the release of "To The Bone". You can read it by going HERE. Thanks a ton Sara. The Houston Press, and specifically Mr. Nicholas Hall, said some very nice things about us regarding our new record this week. You can read them for yourself by going HERE. The official lineup is in place for our Austin, TX cd release party for "To The Bone" at Headhunters on Saturday, March 22nd. Check out our SCHEDULE page for more info. Orq was recently interviewed by our friends at the long-running monthly Houston music paper, The Music News. You can read the article by going HERE. Matt is now an official Pro-Mark drumstick endorser! Matt believes that Pro-Mark makes the best sticks in the world, and is stoked that he can endorse them officially. You can see Matt's page at Pro-Mark by going HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--2/22/08 **FEBRUARY
22nd, 2008** Miss Sara Cress at the Houston Chronicle recently interviewed us regarding the release of "To The Bone". You can read it by going HERE. Thanks a ton Sara. The Houston Press, and specifically Mr. Nicholas Hall, said some very nice things about us regarding our new record this week. You can read them for yourself by going HERE. Tequila Monday at The Big Easy this week will only be Orq solo. We are resting y'all up for this coming Friday's cd release show. We will also NOT be playing this Thursday at Kelvin Arms. Everything should start back to normal in a couple of weeks. We will keep you posted. The official lineup is in place for our Austin, TX cd release party for "To The Bone" at Headhunters on Saturday, March 22nd. Check out our SCHEDULE page for more info. We have been asked to perform at Paul Wall's Birthday Party Show at The Warehouse in Houston on March 8th. We are honored to be a part of this event celebrating "The People's Champ" birthday. Check out our SCHEDULE for more details. Orq was recently interviewed by our friends at the long-running monthly Houston music paper, The Music News. You can read the article by going HERE. Matt is now an official Pro-Mark drumstick endorser! Matt believes that Pro-Mark makes the best sticks in the world, and is stoked that he can endorse them officially. You can see Matt's page at Pro-Mark by going HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" READ THIS Last Update--2/19/08 **FEBRUARY
22nd, 2008** Don't forget! You can listen and watch us perform live online tomorrow morning(20th) at 7am CST by tuning into www.kaccradio.com. Tequila Monday at The Big Easy this week will only be Orq solo. We are resting y'all up for this coming Friday's cd release show. We will also NOT be playing this Thursday at Kelvin Arms. Everything should start back to normal in a couple of weeks. We will keep you posted. The official lineup is in place for our Austin, TX cd release party for "To The Bone" at Headhunters on Saturday, March 22nd. Check out our SCHEDULE page for more info. We have been asked to perform at Paul Wall's Birthday Party Show at The Warehouse in Houston on March 8th. We are honored to be a part of this event celebrating "The People's Champ" birthday. Check out our SCHEDULE for more details. Orq was recently interviewed by our friends at the long-running monthly Houston music paper, The Music News. You can read the article by going HERE. Matt is now an official Pro-Mark drumstick endorser! Matt believes that Pro-Mark makes the best sticks in the world, and is stoked that he can endorse them officially. You can see Matt's page at Pro-Mark by going HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--2/11/08 FEBRUARY
22nd, 2008!! Tickets for our "To The Bone" cd release show are going fast so please get yours early to be assured that you can be in attendance for this historic event. We received some good press from our friends at the long-running monthly Houston music paper, The Music News. You can read the article by going HERE. Also new this week is that Matt is an official Pro-Mark drumstick endorser! Matt believes that Pro-Mark makes the best sticks in the world, and is stoked that he can endorse them officially. You can see Matt's page at Pro-Mark by going HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" READ
THIS Last Update--2/5/08 FEBRUARY
22nd, 2008!! We would like to apologize for everyone for having to cancel last Thursday's show at Kelvin Arms & also Saturday's show at The Hideaway. We hate having to cancel gigs, but Orq was just too sick to get through. We will be back at The Big Easy tonight for TEQUILA MONDAY! We received some good press from our friends at the long-running monthly Houston music paper, The Music News. You can read the article by going HERE. Also new this week is that Matt is an official Pro-Mark drumstick endorser! Matt believes that Pro-Mark makes the best sticks in the world, and is stoked that he can endorse them officially. Check out Pro-Mark online for yourself! You will also notice above that we now
have confirmed Tody
Castillo & the James
Reese Project for our release party of "To The Bone".
This promises to be a memorable evening. You can purchase tickets
for it early by visiting the Meridian
website HERE.
Please purchase your tickets early as we would LOVE to make this
a sold out event.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--2/1/08
You will also notice above that we now have confirmed Tody Castillo & the James Reese Project for our release party of "To The Bone". This promises to be a memorable evening. You can purchase tickets for it early by visiting the Meridian website HERE. Please purchase your tickets early as we would LOVE to make this a sold out event. We apologize greatly to all of you that
showed up at Kelvin
Arms last night. Orq was just too sick with the flu
to do the gig. We promise that we'll be back next week with a killer
show prepared for y'all.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--1/29/08 FEBRUARY
22nd, 2008!! Thanks to everyone that came out to the shows this past weekend. We had a blast opening for Robin Trower at The Meridian. You can read Westside's account of his amp explosion HERE. You can also see a bunch of photos by going HERE. After opening for Robin Trower, we headed over to the Last Concert Cafe to play w/ our buddy Nick Diaz's latest project, Weird Old America. This is a killer band folks! Please click on their name and check them out. You will also notice above that we now
have confirmed Tody
Castillo & the James
Reese Project for our release party of "To The Bone".
This promises to be a memorable evening. You can purchase tickets
for it early by visiting the Meridian
website HERE.
Please purchase your tickets early as we would LOVE to make this
a sold out event.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--1/24/08 FEBRUARY 22nd, 2008!!! mightyorq.com is also in the process of being redesigned. There is going to be a whole new look here very shortly, so stay tuned! Last Update--1/22/08 HAPPY
NEW YEAR! **HUGE NEWS** The Mighty Orq's first two albums, "Prayer Book" & "Ghost Train--Live", are now available for download right here on our MERCHANDISE page. These are available for only $9.99!! You can also download individual songs through our store for only $.99 apiece. We also have the store at our MYSPACE site. Both of these records have been out of print for 2 years. You can now complete your box set of The Mighty Orq! We also have our "Fire Logo"
t-shirts for men, baby t's for the ladies, and the infamous "I
Got Orqed" stickers: We are in the process of finalizing artwork & all the details for our new record, "To The Bone". There are some exciting events going on behind the scenes that we will let be known to you as soon as things are finalized. We are very busy getting things prepared for the release, so we will be playing a few less shows this month around H-Town. Stay tuned here for all of the news. Don't forget to check out our "Photo of the Week" archive by clicking HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--12/25/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS Just a quick reminder that there will be NO Tequila Monday until January 7th, 2008 "To The Bone", our new record, was mastered this past weekend at Masterpiece Mastering w/ Mr. Billy Stull at the helm. Billy worked his mastering magic on the album and really made it come alive. Thanks a ton Billy! Check out Billy's site by visiting Legendary Audio. Don't forget to check out our "Photo of the Week" archive by clicking HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt Last Update--12/12/07 **THURSDAY NIGHT'S SHOW AT SHERLOCK'S HAS BEEN CANCELLED! We apologize greatly for this inconvenience.** SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE! Merry
Christmas from The Mighty Orq "To The Bone", our new record, is back
in Houston after the final mixes. Mastering will take place on December
15th w/ Mr. Billy Stull at Legendary
Audio. We are still shooting for a February 2008 release. Stay
tuned here for all the latest. Don't forget to check out our "Photo of the Week" archive by clicking HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--12/8/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE! Merry
Christmas from The Mighty Orq Thanks to everyone for hangin' w/ us last night at Kelvin Arms. We had a killer time. We'll be back on Thursday, Dec. 20th for another night of rock. Hope to see y'all soon. "To The Bone", our new record, is back
in Houston after the final mixes. Mastering will take place on December
15th w/ Mr. Billy Stull at Legendary
Audio. We are still shooting for a February 2008 release. Stay
tuned here for all the latest. Don't forget to check out our "Photo of the Week" archive by clicking HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--11/29/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE! Big thanks go out to all the boys in Moses Guest for making our gig with them last Saturday at the Last Concert Cafe a huge success. Gracias to you guys! "To The Bone", our new record, is back
in Houston after the final mixes. Mastering will take place on December
15th w/ Mr. Billy Stull at Legendary
Audio. We are still shooting for a February 2008 release. Stay
tuned here for all the latest. Don't forget to check out our "Photo of the Week" archive by clicking HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--11/20/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS Big thanks go out to Mr. Alan Haynes for coming out to last night's Tequila Monday at The Big Easy and sitting in. We DID capture it on tape. On a special note, please send out prayers and thoughts to Alan as his Mother is very sick. The family needs support during this tough time.
"To The Bone", our new record, is back
in New Jersey at Showplace
Studios for some final mixes. We are still shooting for a February
2008 release. Stay tuned here for all the latest. Don't forget to check out our "Photo of the Week" archive by clicking HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--11/16/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS UPDATE==Our gig on Saturday, Nov. 24th at Last Concert Cafe has changed to being a double bill w/ The Mighty Orq & Moses Guest. Plump will NOT be on this show. Check our SCHEDULE for details on the where/when. We would like to thank everyone that made the past weekend a lot of fun for us. Everyone from KFAN & The Auslander in Fredericksburg. All the fine North side folks that made it out to The Howling Coyote on Friday night. Big thanks go out to Dirty Sweet, Amplified Heat, & The Sonnier Brothers Band for sharing the stage with us at The Meridian. THANK YOU ALL!! "To The Bone", our new record is back in
New Jersey at Showplace
Studios for some final mixes. We are still shooting for a February
2008 release. Stay tuned here for all the latest. Don't forget to check out our "Photo of the Week" archive by clicking HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--11/9/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS Don't forget to check out our "Photo of the Week" archive by clicking HERE We will be playing & chatting LIVE on the air this Thursday at 5:30pm CST from Fredericksburg, TX. If you're close to Fredericksburg, you can listen at 107.9FM. If you are anywhere else in the world, you can tune into www.texasrebelradio.com to listen live. We are HEAVY in the process of finishing up our new record. Lots of things are being wrapped up as I write this. Stay tuned right here for all of the news as it happens.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--10/31/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS Don't forget to check out our "Photo of the Week" archive by clicking HERE We are HEAVY in the process of finishing up our new record. Lots of things are being wrapped up as I write this. Stay tuned right here for all of the news as it happens.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--10/10/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
This week we will be heading out west to see all of our friends at The Hen House in Comfort. We are psyched to be coming back. We would also like to mention our show this Sunday. It is a benefit for a little girl named Chloe Schmidt. She has cancer and we are grateful that we can perform to help her out with medical expenses. You can find out all of the details by clicking HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq"
SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
We would like to formally apologize to everyone that showed up for our show at McElroy's Pub this past Saturday. The owner cancelled due to rain. Believe us, it was beyond our control. Don't forget about our all new "Sign The Mighty Orq" Myspace page. This is the spot to let everyone know that you want our music to be heard! Head on over there and sign up now! We will be putting up one song at a time from our upcoming record, "To The Bone". Let us know what ya think. THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--9/27/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
We will be playing w/ Mr. Junior Brown on Thursday, September 27th at The Meridian in Houston. We promise to kick ass if you promise to show up. We are heavy in the process of tying up the loose ends w/ our new record, "To The Bone". Please keep checking back right here for updates as they come in. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! Don't forget about our all new "Sign The Mighty Orq" Myspace page. This is the spot to let everyone know that you want our music to be heard! Head on over there and sign up now! We will be putting up one song at a time from our upcoming record, "To The Bone". Let us know what ya think.
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All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--9/4/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
We wanted to let you know about our brand new, "Sign The Mighty Orq" myspace site. You can check it out by clicking HERE. This is just a small page to let all your friends on myspace know that they should tell their local record company to put out our new record, "To The Bone". Come on over & sign up. We are VERY close to announcing a release date for our next album, titled "To The Bone". Stay tuned right HERE for all the details regarding this historic release. **WINNER WINNER WINNER**
All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/31/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
We are VERY close to announcing a release date for our next album, titled "To The Bone". Stay tuned right HERE for all the details regarding this historic release. **WINNER WINNER WINNER**
All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/13/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! We are VERY close to announcing a release date for our next album, titled "To The Bone". Stay tuned right HERE for all the details regarding this historic release. **WINNER WINNER WINNER**
All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/6/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! **WINNER WINNER WINNER** We have our NEW t-shirts that in stock NOW at all of our shows. We will have them for sale very shortly online. Stay tuned. New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/1/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! Thanks to everyone for coming out last week and for voting for us in the 2007 Awards. We will let you know who won as soon as we know. Mucho thanks to the Orqettes, Michelle & Dawn, for always taking care of things for us. YOU 2 RULE!! We will be heading to Oklahoma & Missouri this weekend. Please check out the SCHEDULE page for all the info on dates & times. Also, we have our NEW t-shirts that are in stock NOW at all of our shows. We will have them for sale very shortly online. Stay tuned. New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq"
Last Update--7/26/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! DON'T FORGET to go online and vote for us in the Press awards! You can vote by clicking on the logo below. There's still time! The 2007
Houston Press Music Awards are here. Please click on the logo
below to go and vote for us. We were nominated in 2 categories,
Best Blues Band and Best Guitarist. However, feel free to write
us in for whatever category you deem necessary. Thanks a bunch! Also, we have our NEW t-shirts that are in stock NOW at all of our shows. We will have them for sale very shortly online. Stay tuned. New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--7/16/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
The 2007
Houston Press Music Awards are here. Please click on the logo
below to go and vote for us. We were nominated in 2 categories,
Best Blues Band and Best Guitarist. However, feel free to write
us in for whatever category you deem necessary. Thanks a bunch! New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--7/11/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! Big thanks go to everyone in Missouri for making our stay last weekend so nice. Steve & everyone at the Snorty Horse in Springfield were awesome. The Mushroom Festival was a ton of fun, thanks to everyone involved! NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE!!! The 2007
Houston Press Music Awards are here. Please click on the logo
below to go and vote for us. We were nominated in 2 categories,
Best Blues Band and Best Guitarist. However, feel free to write
us in for whatever category you deem necessary. Thanks a bunch! New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--7/2/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! This week The Mighty Orq will be heading to Springfield, MO to rock for all the fine folks at the Snorty Horse. We are psyched to be heading back since the last time through we hit a MAJOR ice storm. We will also be playing at the Mushroom Festival on Saturday night. Tons of fun is sure to be had by all. Hope to see y'all out!
The 2007 Houston Press Music Awards
are here. Please click on the logo below to go and vote for us.
We were nominated in 2 categories, Best Blues Band and Best Guitarist.
However, feel free to write us in for whatever category you deem
necessary. Thanks a bunch! New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--6/18/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
Thanks to everyone that showed up in Comfort, TX this past Saturday night. We had a ton of fun playing for y'all. Hope to be back very soon. Anyone that caught Alan Haynes on Friday night in Houston was treated to a few tunes that Orq sat in on. It was a special event having Orq & Alan playing off of each other. Very hip indeed. This week we will be playing w/ our good friend Nick Diaz at Rudyard's in Houston. Then, on Saturday, we will be heading to Baton Rouge to play w/ the boys from Zenbilly. Hope to see y'all out. The 2007 Houston Press Music Awards
are here. Please click on the logo below to go and vote for us.
We were nominated in 2 categories, Best Blues Band and Best Guitarist.
However, feel free to write us in for whatever category you deem
necessary. Thanks a bunch! New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--6/13/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
This week, we will be heading over to Comfort, TX to play for our good friends at The Hen House. Funny name, cool folks. We hope to see ya there. We would also like to thank all the folks that show up and support us on Tequila Mondays at The Big Easy. We could name names, but y'all know who you are. The 2007 Houston Press Music Awards
are here. Please click on the logo below to go and vote for us.
We were nominated in 2 categories, Best Blues Band and Best Guitarist.
However, feel free to write us in for whatever category you deem
necessary. Thanks a bunch! New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--5/30/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
BIG NEWS! Matt Johnson is the proud father of a new baby girl. Pearl Avery Johnson was born on Saturday, May 26th at 9:05am. She was born a bit too early, so she will be at the hospital for a couple of months. Please remember to keep little Pearl in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks so much. NEW DATES ADDED! CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR ALL THE DETAILS. The 2007 Houston Press Music Awards
are here. Please click on the logo below to go and vote for us in
whatever category you deem necessary. Thanks a bunch! New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--5/21/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! NEW DATES ADDED! CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR ALL THE DETAILS. The 2007 Houston Press Music Awards
are here. Please click on the logo below to go and vote for us in
whatever category you deem necessary. Thanks a bunch! New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--5/14/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! NEW DATES ADDED! CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR ALL THE DETAILS. We would like to thank everyone in OKC for making our trip there this weekend a whole lot of fun. Much thanks go to Joe Bonamassa for having us play with him. Mr. Jim Moody did a killer job promoting the show. Also, big ups go out to everyone from Route 66 for having us play at the after-party. Y'all rule! We will be playing on the Dudley & Bob morning show on KLBJ 93.7FM in Austin, TX this coming Thursday. You can listen live at 8am to hear us in the studio by clicking HERE. The 2007 Houston Press Music Awards
are here. Please click on the logo below to go and vote for us in
whatever category you deem necessary. Thanks a bunch! New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--5/11/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! NEW DATES ADDED! CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR ALL THE DETAILS. The 2007 Houston Press Music Awards
are here. Please click on the logo below to go and vote for us in
whatever category you deem necessary. Thanks a bunch! New music from our upcoming album is coming soon. We are excited for all of you to hear it. This week we'll be heading to Oklahoma City for 2 big shows. First, we will be opening for Joe Bonamassa at Stage Center. Then, we'll head to Route 66 where we'll be headlining that night. Hope to see all of you "Orqheads" out in force in OKC! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--5/3/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! New dates added. Check the SCHEDULE for all the details. **LAST MINUTE SHOW** The fine folks at Backbeat.us
wrote some very kind words regarding us. Check them out by clicking
on the link above, or just read on: We have received final mixes of our new record! We are in the process of making any last minute changes that need to be made. We promise we will have some new music up for you shortly. Thanks for being patient with us.
All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--4/9/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! ** NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE** We apologize to anyone that showed up on Saturday night at McElroy's Pub. We were supposed to play outside, but it was 40 degrees and raining so the bar cancelled our gig. We promise to try to get back real soon. We would like to thank the Bayou City Bosses from the Houston Roller Derby for having us play at their benefit on Saturday. We had a great time and hope everyone else did too. Big ups go to superfans Michelle & Dawn for hangin' and yellin'. We are in the mix-down stage of our next record. Please be patient with us as we are trying to get it completed as soon as possible. Final mixes should be done THIS week. Stay tuned right here for all of the details. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--4/4/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! ** NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE** We would like to personally thank both Daybreak Bandits & Zenbilly for playing shows with us this past weekend in Little Rock & Lafayette. Both bands are killer. Do yourself a favor and please check them out. This week we will be pulling double duty on Saturday. Check out the SCHEDULE page for the where/when. We are in the mix-down stage of our next record. Please be patient with us as we are trying to get it completed as soon as possible. Final mixes should be done THIS week. Stay tuned right here for all of the details.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT!! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--3/28/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! ** NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE** This week we will be heading to Little Rock, AR to play a show w/ our brothers-in-arms, Daybreak Bandits. We will be playing at Juanita's and go on around 10:30 or so. Be there early so you can get a good spot to get your ass kicked! Then on Saturday we will go South to Lafayette to play at Caffe Cottage. Our buddies from Baton Rouge, Zenbilly, will be sharing the bill with us that night. Sure to be a good time. We would also like to thank everyone that has been showing up for Tequila Mondays at The Big Easy. Tons of fun & gallons of tequila are being had by all. If you haven't been to one yet, mark your calendar and clear your schedule on the following Tuesday. We are in the mix-down stage of our next record. Please be patient with us as we are trying to get it completed as soon as possible. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT!! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt Last Update--3/21/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! ** NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE**
We will be playing the Northgate Music Festival on March 22nd at 11pm. Our show will take place at Zapato's Cantina. Click the logo above for more info regarding this ANTI-SXSW festival. We added some photos to our GALLERY page from our show in NYC last month. Head over to the GALLERY to check 'em out. We have also added a date w/ Mr. Joe Bonamassa in Oklahoma City on May 12th. Check out the SCHEDULE for all of the details. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT!! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--3/7/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! ** NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE** We added some photos to our GALLERY page from our show in NYC last month. Head over to the GALLERY to check 'em out. This week we will be playing 2 gigs in the Houston area. Friday will be at our home on the west side, Shakespeare's. Saturday will be at one of our favorite inner-loop joints, Stag's Head Pub. Also, don't forget that we will be performing at San Jacinto's Central Campus on Tuesday morning at 9:50(early for EVERYONE!). We have also added a date w/ Mr. Joe Bonamassa in Oklahoma City on May 12th. Check out the SCHEDULE for all of the details. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT!! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--3/1/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! ** NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE**
We had a successful trip to the Northeast last week. 5 long days at Showplace Studios were well worth the trip. Mucho thanks to Ben, Mike, and all the other fine folks that made our time there seem just like home. We would also like to thank Mr. Arnie Goodman of Elmore magazine for hosting our gig at Murray Street Grill in NYC. We had a blast and he did a great job of helping us out. We are back in H-town for the time being and are enjoying the beautiful spring days and the fine Mexican food. We'll let you know what's going on in our world, so keep checkin' in right here for all the latest news. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT!! All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--2/14/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! **A TON OF NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE** We will be taking off this week to begin recording our next album w/ Mr. Ben Elliott at Showplace Studios in New Jersey. We are psyched to finally be getting our next project off the ground and onto tape. Stay tuned right here for updates! We will be performing a special, "Invite Only" show in New York City while we are there recording this month. The date is Feb. 22nd at Murray Street Grill. Get in touch with us to see how YOU can get invited to this show.
All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--2/8/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! **NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE** LAST MINUTE SHOW!!! We will be playing this Saturday at Cosmos Cafe in Houston as a special treat for those of you that missed our last show there. We'd love to see you come out and hang. Also, we will be performing a special, "Invite Only" show in New York City while we are there recording this month. The date is Feb. 22nd at Murray Street Grill. Get in touch with us to see how YOU can get invited to this show. Dates are set for the end of February to begin recording our follow-up album to 2005's Milk Money disc. We will be recording at Showplace Studios in New Jersey with Mr. Ben Elliott at the helm. We are psyched to be able to work with him and get this project done!(If you want to contribute $ to help us on our trip, feel free to send it to us via Paypal-mightyorq@earthlink.net, or to our mailing address on our CONTACT page). All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" **ATTENTION** We are now booking our European tour
for Spring 2007. ANY inquiries for gigs, please contact Mr. Klaus
Schmidt at www.Tourwork.net.
You can get to his website by clicking the logo below. Or you can
EMAIL HIM.
Last Update--1/23/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! **NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE** This week!!! 2 big shows w/ our boys from Arkansas, The Daybreak Bandits. Friday at Last Concert Cafe(18+ show), and Saturday at Cosmos Cafe. We had a great article in the Oklahoma Gazette last week for our show at Route 66 Roadhouse. We will get it up here as soon as we get it transferred to digital. Dates are set for the end of February to begin recording our follow-up album to 2005's Milk Money disc. We will be recording at Showplace Studios in New Jersey with Mr. Ben Elliott at the helm. We are psyched to be able to work with him and get this project done!(If you want to contribute $ to help us on our trip, feel free to send it to us via Paypal-mightyorq@earthlink.net, or to our mailing address on our CONTACT page). All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--1/15/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! **NEW DATES ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE PAGE** Mucho thanks go out to everyone from KFAN and The Auslander Biergarten for having us kick off KFAN's 2007 Windows on Texas Music Festival this past Thursday. We had a great time and hope everyone that showed up did too. We'll be heading to Oklahoma and Missouri this weekend for shows at Route 66 Roadhouse and the Snorty Horse. Both of these places are killer venues and we are excited to be back! Dates are set for the end of February to begin recording our follow-up album to 2005's Milk Money disc. We will be recording at Showplace Studios in New Jersey with Mr. Ben Elliott at the helm. We are psyched to be able to work with him and get this project done!(If you want to contribute $ to help us on our trip, feel free to send it to us via Paypal-mightyorq@earthlink.net, or to our mailing address on our CONTACT page). All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--1/11/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! **ATTENTION** Our gig at The Auslander will be broadcast LIVE on the internet this Thursday, January 11th at 8pm CST. You can listen to the complete show at www.texasrebelradio.com. We would like to thank all of the bands that we played with on our trip this past week through Kansas & Arkansas. Thursday night we played w/ Engine Orchestra in Manhattan, KS. Very cool stuff. On Friday in Little Rock, AR we played with some other guys from Oklahoma City called Monstercloud. Then, the boys from Daybreak Bandits hit the stage. We will be playing w/ Daybreak Bandits in Houston on the 27th of this month at Cosmos Cafe. Do NOT miss this show! We will be in Houston this week for a show at The Hideaway on Dunvale. First weekend show in H-Town in a month. We are psyched to be back home. Hope to see ya there. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--1/2/07 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! First of all we would like to apologize for the lack of updates the last 2 weeks. We had MAJOR computer problems. Hopefully everything will be smooth from here on out. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! We had a killer,(albeit a bit cold) night at The Auslander on New Years Eve. Muchos Gracias to all of you that drove a long way and braved the cold weather to hang with us. You are the BEST! We got a great live recording of our show on Dec. 28th at Rudyard's. We should have some MP3's for you hardcore fans on our fanclub site at Yahoo Groups soon. Stay tuned right here for more info. All for now, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--12/15/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! We would like to send a HUGE BIG UPS out to all the fine folks that made our trip to Baton Rouge last week a success. YOU PEOPLE rule!! We will be back VERY soon. Mucho gracias to the Zenbilly boys for hookin' us up on the gigs. More big news soon. Stay tuned right here! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--12/4/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! First off, we would like to apologize for all the folks that showed up at Uncle Flirty's in Austin last Thursday, November 30th. There was a double booking on that night that we didn't find out about until 2am Wednesday. We had no choice but to cancel our scheduled gig. We promise to make it up to all you fine Austin folks soon. This week we will be heading to Baton Rouge for 2 gigs on Friday and Saturday night. Friday we will be at the Northgate Tavern and Saturday we will be playing Chelsea's Cafe. We will be headlining each night. BOTH of these shows will be with our good friends Zenbilly. THEY RULE so go over to their site and check 'em out. Big thanks to all of you that showed up at Danelectro's on Saturday night for our show with The Sonnier Brothers Band. We hope to be back very soon. A couple of new dates have been added to our SCHEDULE. Head on over there to see what's new. Until next time, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" **ATTENTION** We are now booking our European tour
for Spring 2007. ANY inquiries for gigs, please contact Mr. Klaus
Schmidt at www.Tourwork.net.
You can get to his website by clicking the logo below. Or you can
EMAIL HIM.
Last Update--11/28/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! New Slideshow in the GALLERY section. Thanks to Jessica from Electric Music Marketing. Big ups go out to all of those that attended our Thanksgiving weekend shows in Houston and Austin last week. We hope you weren't to out of it on Tryptophan to enjoy the music! This week, we will be heading back to Austin on Thursday for a show at the brand new Uncle Flirty's on 6th Street. We will also be playing with some of our favorite bands at 2 shows in Houston. Friday, we will be playing next door to The Continental Club at The Big Top w/ Supagroup & Honky. Saturday we will be hitting Danelectro's at 9pm sharp with our friends in The Sonnier Brothers Band. Hope to see y'all very soon! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" **ATTENTION** We are now booking our European tour
for Spring 2007. ANY inquiries for gigs, please contact Mr. Klaus
Schmidt at www.Tourwork.net.
You can get to his website by clicking the logo below. Or you can
EMAIL HIM.
Last Update--11/20/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! TOUR, TOUR, TOUR.... We have made it home safe and sound from our Midwest tour this past week. We are VERY ready to play for y'all this Monday at The Big Easy. We would really like to thank all of the fine folks that came out to see us this past week and hang. BIG UPS TO YOU! The wonderful Jessica Benavides put
together a slide show from last week's "Tequila Monday"
show. Hope you enjoy it: 
 Thanks to everyone! See ya soon. Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" **ATTENTION** We are now booking our European tour for Spring 2007. ANY inqu |
