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first. Last Update--12/23/08 We made it home safe and sound from our 2008 German tour. HUGE thanks to Klaus Schmidt at www.tourwork.net for his efforts in helping spread the word of The Mighty Orq. A couple good friends of ours were nice enough to capture some live photos from our shows in Verviers, Belgium and Broeleck, Germany. Check out our GALLERY. 2009 promises to be a great year in The Mighty Orq. Thanks to everyone that made 2008 so great for us. We'll see ya down the road.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Orq, Tommy, & Matt "The Mighty Orq"
Last Update--11/26/08 Happy early Thanksgiving to everyone! We will be leaving on the 27th for our 2008 "Lost in Germany" tour. Please feel free to follow along w/ us at our FACEBOOK sites and our MYSPACE sites. Those will be easier for us to update while we're across the pond. We will be doing a LIVE RECORDING at The Big Easy on November 24th. Come out & get your yells down on tape for years to come! We would like to let everyone know that Mr. Mark White is no longer playing with us. We wish Mark only the best in all of his future endeavors. The new bass player in The Mighty Orq is Mr. Tommy
Luna. Tommy is a long time Houston bass player and we are super
happy to have him on board with us. So come out and say hi and introduce
yourself to him. Oh yeah, here's a photo of Tommy in action: We want to let you know that we are in the process of putting together an all new website for your viewing pleasure. It promises to be much more streamlined and user-friendly. THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Orq, Tommy, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--11/18/08 We will be doing a LIVE RECORDING at The Big Easy on November 24th. Come out & get your yells down on tape for years to come! We would like to let everyone know that Mr. Mark White is no longer playing with us. We wish Mark only the best in all of his future endeavors. The new bass player in The Mighty Orq is Mr. Tommy
Luna. Tommy is a long time Houston bass player and we are super
happy to have him on board with us. So come out and say hi and introduce
yourself to him. Oh yeah, here's a photo of Tommy in action: We want to let you know that we are in the process of putting together an all new website for your viewing pleasure. It promises to be much more streamlined and user-friendly. THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Orq, Tommy, & Matt "The Mighty Orq The heavier work. Mighty Orq is a Texan rock trio that moves on the edge of bluesrock and pop. Mighty Orq is the guitarist and singer, is the Mark White bassist and the drummer Matt Johnson. Although they tell themselves to be inspired by the Arc Angels, the continuation of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Double Trouble with Doyle Bramhall! and Charlie Sexton, they sound more like Led Zeppelin, Cream and aanverwanten.Ze names come from Houston and this CD in Dover, New Jersey.in five sessions of each 16 hours nonstop. "Falling Down" opens the CD and is indeed what inspired Arc Angels, with a sprinkling of Govt Mule. Sometimes, however, there are also some quieter off as "Rainy Day", an attempt in the direction of artists like John Mayer. Beautiful song incidentally, Mighty Orq is a strong singer with a melodic, smooth voice that runs counter to the rugged sound of the band, but there is still wonderfully in blends. Dan "Ho", not just hose interjection for ..., you know, you've heard enough rappers on MTV. Phrases like "You were always good on you knees" should remove all doubts. Good for what Billy Gibbons-like guitar work also. In "Set Me Free" and especially "Hangin 'On" even more Govt Mule / Zeppelin riffs, the power trio at its best. In "Blue Eyes" take them back, however, unexpectedly full gas, is back in the direction of John Mayer, and Mighty's voice comes back to 100% to his right. In "The Good Love", the most bluesy song on the CD, is Govt Mule, (I fall in repetition) quite inspiring, with great slide passages, which appear to be in the live versions "over the top" go. In the valve "Scars" that slide remain prominent, this time in their own words in the liner notes, inspired by Louisiana's best slide guitarist (and for me far beyond) Sonny Landreth. Highly recommended for fans of Zeppelin, Cream and other above-mentioned jam band. Quality assured. Our German tour in December will now be sponsored by Good Times Magazine(www.goodtimes-magazin.de) We are super excited to be working with them on promoting our shows. We want to let you know that we are in the process of putting together an all new website for your viewing pleasure. It promises to be much more streamlined and user-friendly. THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Orq, Tommy, & Matt "The Mighty Orq"
Our German tour in December will now be sponsored by Good Times Magazine(www.goodtimes-magazin.de) We are super excited to be working with them on promoting our shows. We survived Hurricane Ike and want to let y'all know that we are safe & sound back at our homes. 2 weeks without electricity will make you EXTREMELY grateful for things like refrigeration and lightbulbs. Thanks to all of YOU for the emails and well wishes. They were & are truly appreciated. We want to let you know that we are in the process of putting together an all new website for your viewing pleasure. It promises to be much more streamlined and user-friendly. We recently had a photo shoot w/ the super talented Mr. Jeff Fitlow(www.fitlow.com). We will be posting photos from that session here and also on our myspace site very shortly.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Orq, Mark, & Matt "The Mighty Orq"
Last Update--9/11/08
Friday night's show at Last Concert Cafe has been cancelled due to Hurricane Ike. Thanks Mother Nature. We want to also let you know that we are in the process of putting together an all new website for your viewing pleasure. It promises to be much more streamlined and user-friendly. We recently had a photo shoot w/ the super talented Mr. Jeff Fitlow(www.fitlow.com). We will be posting photos from that session here and also on our myspace site very shortly. New album, "To The Bone" is released WORLDWIDE on 9.5.08! Get READY!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Orq, Mark, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/22/08 Labor Day party at the Gingerman Pub just added to the SCHEDULE! The Houston Press had a nice write-up this week for the awards show this weekend. You can check it out for yourself by going HERE. We would like to let everyone know that Westside is no longer in the band. Things change sometimes in this business and we wish him the best of luck in all of his future musical endeavors. The new bass player in The Mighty Orq is Mr. Mark White. Mark is the bass player from the band the Spin Doctors. Rehearsals & gigs have been awesome and we are all excited about where the band is headed. Come on out to a gig and welcome him to the band, or head over to his myspace site and leave him a note. He'd love to hear from y'all. Thanks to all of YOU for being patient with us while this transition has/is taken place. YOU are the best. THANK YOU!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! All for now, Orq, Mark, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 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.
**WINNER WINNER WINNER**
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 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--10/31/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
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.
We have added a ton of new dates. Including a bunch of new dates in Austin for all of you fine Austin Orqheads. Check the SCHEDULE page for all of the info. LAST UPDATE 10/23/06 Big ups go to our friends in Zenbilly for putting together a great show in Baton Rouge this past Thursday. GO SEE THEM AND BUY THEIR MUSIC!! We would also like to thanks Mr. Joe Montes for having us play live on the air for his show this past Saturday afternoon on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston. Email him to request The Mighty Orq on his radio show! The Mighty Orq has a new Yahoo Groups Fan Club for you hardcore folks out there. Click the link below to head on over there and sign up. It will be an exclusive place online to get photos, hear unreleased music, and chat with other Orqheads from around the world!! Last Update--10/11/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
The magazine,
Envy Houston, has a killer article on us in the October issue
that is on news stands now! Much thanks to David A. Cobb for all
the kind words. Click the image below to to read it for yourself.
This week, The Mighty Orq will be rockin' out on Tequila Monday at The Big Easy. ALWAYS, a good time. This Thursday, we will be heading East to Louisiana and playing for all of the fine folks in Baton Rouge. We will be hitting it w/ our boys in Zenbilly. 2 bands for the price of 1!! Check out our SCHEDULE page or scroll down for all of the info on this show. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--10/2/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
We will be on the south side of Houston this week for all of you folks close to the water. We haven't been at Cruiser's in awhile, so it should be a blast. More news on recording shortly. Stay tuned right here! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--9/27/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
NEW DATES ADDED! Go to the SCHEDULE page to find out what's coming up. Muchos Gracias to all the folks from the venues that we hit on our romp through Missouri this past week; Blayney's in KC, The Snorty Horse in Springfield, and Danny's in Lenexa. Thanks for having us and we hope to be back very soon. Big ups go out to our new friends from Detroit Rock City, BUMP. We played with these guys in KC this past week and can't say enough about their music AND their hospitality. Go to their shows! Buy their music! We also had a great gig at The Snorty Horse in Springfield, MO w/ our boys The John Evans Band. Once again, support these guys. They have the same goal as us, keeping live music LIVE!! We are doing more recording this week on our next record. We hope to have all basic tracks done in the next couple weeks. Then, it's just a matter of finding the $$ to finish it up and get it out to y'all. We'll keep you updated. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--9/17/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
We want to let you know that there are some photos from the Sept. 7th gig at The Continental Club at our MYSPACE page. CLICK HERE to go there and check them out. They are on our "Blog" section. The Mighty Orq is heading to Missouri this week for 3 rock concerts. Thursday, Sep. 21st we will be playing at Blayney's in KC. On Friday, Sep. 22nd, we will be playing w/ our boys in the John Evans Band in Springfield, MO at The Snorty Horse. Then, on Saturday, the 23rd, we will be heading back to the Kansas City area to perform at Danny's Bar & Grill. 3 shows that you will NOT want to miss! Thanks for everything!! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--9/13/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
New Kansas City date on the books! TMO will be playing in KC on Saturday, Sep. 23rd. We will be performing a full-on rock concert at Danny's Bar & Grill. SURE to be mucho fun! Once again, we would like to thank Mr. John Lomax for the article the he wrote on us in this week's Houston Press. If you missed it, you can go HERE to check it out for yourself. We have added some new dates to our SCHEDULE
page. Head on over there to see all the details on the where &
when. Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/31/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
The Mighty Orq has a nice article in The Houston Press this week. Big ups go out to Mr. John Lomax. Click HERE to read it on their site, or just read it on ours; here it is: You know, it has become fashionable in some quarters,
even here in Texas and even among some who profess to love the blues,
to hate on Stevie Ray Vaughan. There's a whiff of bourgeois classism
to some of this -- middle-class hipsters hold bikers in equal measures
of fear and disdain and hate jocks, and bikers and jocks make up
a healthy chunk of the blues-rock audience. If your answer to those questions is "absolutely nothing" and "hell yes," you owe it to yourself to try the following experiment. Go to a bar. Drink two Lone Stars. Slam a shot of Don Julio tequila. Suck on a lime. And then go over to the jukebox and dial up "Cold Shot," "Just Got Paid" and "Texas Flood." Or just drive over to the Big Easy some Monday night and check out the Mighty Orq. In either case, if you divorce yourself from your hipster conditioning and live in that moment, you'll be pleasantly surprised. It happened to me this past year at South By Southwest in Austin -- Stevie Ray was playing on the speakers between sets of a couple of new and trendy bands, and he was blowing them away from beyond the grave. I felt the piercing stabs of the guitar and the soul-drenched vocals and thudding punches of the rhythm section, and I realized then that fashion doesn't matter. As the booze warmed my belly and the music roared, I could see the room lift, and I realized that 99 times out of 100, all that racket and hype from the labels is meaningless. The vapid music bloggers touting the latest lame reiteration of Joy Division, Pitchfork's latest find that the indie sheeple hive-mind simultaneously adopts as one, and the scribes for the trendy music rags and their absurd second comings of the Velvet Underground -- it's almost always all as triflin', bitchy and shallow as the world of catwalk fashion. People think fashion-rock. They calculate and take positions on bands, based on some theory of theirs that has nothing to do with music and everything to do with some bizarre notion of hipster cred. On the other hand, people simply feel blues-rock. And blues-rock, especially that produced by the Mighty Orq, feels mighty, mighty good, especially in the Big Easy on a Monday -- as sweet and natural and organic to this habitat as the sound of seagulls laughing does at the beach. Along with honky-tonk, it is the official sound of the rapidly disappearing world of two-fisted, hard-drinking Anglo, urban and suburban, blue-collar Texas, and Orq is one guy who's bringing something new to the table. The long-haired, bearded, 27-year-old Orq starts this set pretty early. He takes the stage around 9:30 to deliver a set of Robert Johnson-style solo acoustic slide-guitar blues. Orq, born Joshua Davidson, plays a National Reso-Phonic guitar in this setting, and he is as masterful at it as anybody in Texas right now. Unlike so many young blues players, Orq knows how to relax. His playing, while fast at times, is never show-offy or forced, and his singing is just as laid-back, but more on that later. At about 11, the other two components of the trio -- skinny bassist Westside Johnny and bearded, doo-ragged drummer Matt Johnson -- join him on the stage. Orq packs up the Reso-Phonic and whips out a Stratocaster and proceeds to kick ass. His originals -- especially show-stoppers like "Unholy Getdown" and the Zeppelin-esque "Sweet In-Between" -- show off excellent arranging skills. The band is big on crescendos and soaring passages, and the riffs sear their way onto your brain. My only complaint is that the guitar can get somewhat buried in the mix under the bass and especially the drums. The one thing that sets apart the good blues-rock from the great is the vocals. Orq is that rare singer who is blessed with a good set of pipes and also knows how to use them. In my view, there are precious few great white blues-rock singers. Gregg Allman and, less so, Billy Gibbons are two, and Orq's nicotine-stained, tequila-coated baritone is similar to theirs, both tonally and in that he doesn't overemote. Orq, who got his start as a sideman for Tony Vega, has internalized the key concept of playing any blues-based music: It ain't always what you play. Just as often it's what you don't, the space you leave between the notes. "I think for a long time, I did kinda sing a little wild," Orq says after the show. "Singing's weird. Eventually you learn to use what you have. You've got to take what you have and then work with it enough to learn what you can and can't do. I learned a lot about doing that from guys like Stevie Wonder [Orq covers his 'I Believe'] and Martin Sexton." You can really hear his development on the band's three CDs: 2002's acoustic-heavy Prayer Book, 2003's live album Ghost Train and last year's Milk Money. The band's fourth disc is slated for release early next year. On stage, Orq loves to show off his sense of humor, which is a huge factor that sets him apart from the pack. Snippets of "My Woman from Tokyo" are sprinkled through one of his acoustic numbers (drawing a holler of "Kentucky Woman!" from one confused Deep Purple fan), and he opens the band's closing set with a two-bass/drum tribute to Spinal Tap with "Fat Bottom." And to top it all, earlier on, after strumming out the opening wa-wa pedal notes to the overfamiliar Stevie Ray/Jimi Hendrix chestnut "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," he segues sweetly into Prince's slinky 1986 funk hit "Kiss," changing the lyrics from "You don't have to watch Dynasty" to "You don't have to watch The O.C. " along the way. Orq says the inspiration to take on the Purple One came from Jessica Will, the band's founding bassist who left the group last year after having a son. (Under her birth name of Jessica Buchheit she took home HP Music Awards Best Bassist honors in 2001 while she and Orq were both with the Tony Vega Band.) "She came up with the idea to play that song, and then I came up with the idea to add the intro to 'Voodoo Chile.' I just thought it would be funny to take one of these songs that is just so familiar to the white-boy blues-rock world and take it in a totally unexpected direction." Burger Time There's another lighthearted trip into a totally unexpected direction on the Mighty Orq's blog on their official Web site. There, bassist and hamburger connoisseur Westside Johnny expounds on the merits of the various burgers he's come across, at great length and in astounding detail. So far, he's chomped 'em down at the Hobbit Cafe, the Hideaway and all over Lubbock, and judging by the response from his fans, he'll probably be adding a lot more. We mentioned something about "astounding detail." To show you what we mean, here's a snippet from his review of Papa's on Stella Link: "Their patties are thin but very well seasoned and still a little juicy. The cheese was plain ol' American sliced cheese. The bun is a standout, it's a fresh bakery style roll with a perfectly browned top/egg white glaze sheen to it. They grill the bun and it has a great buttery flavor. The lettuce is very finely shredded and the tomato is also wafer thin but ripe. I think the onions were very thin whole rings in good proportion. There are a few pickles and less mustard than mayo (I asked for both). I believe the mayo was underneath the top bun followed by tomato, onion, lettuce, pickles, meat, cheese, mustard, bottom bun. The mayonnaise was either a premium variety or freshly made -- awesome. "The burger's ingredients are well dispersed and except for some lettuce spillage the sandwich stays together pretty well and is neat/portable by burger standards." Funny. You could say pretty much the same thing about Orq's trio. The ingredients are well dispersed, the band stays together very well, and they are both neat and very portable by band standards. They have a pretty good circuit built up in Texas and over in Germany and the Netherlands, where they've racked up quite a few rave CD reviews. Now if only they can whip that lettuce spillage problem...
LAST MINUTE GIG! TMO will be playing this Friday night
at The 19th Hole
on the North side of Houston. Tell your lovers & tell your friends!
As always, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/23/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! TMO will be playing at San
Jacinto College's Fall 2006 Welcome Mixer on August 30th. This
is an EARLY gig, starting at 11am. Check out our SCHEDULE
page for more info.
Orq's solo gig on Wednesdays at Scott Gertner's Sports Bar has sadly come to an end. For all of you that braved it out on Wednesdays, we thank you. We are working on another Wednesday night gig to start soon in the near future. Stay tuned right here for more details! This week we WILL be heading to Ft. Worth to play at the 6th Street Bar. This is a WILD joint, so make sure to get there early to get a seat. We will hit the stage around 10pm. We are also finalizing dates with studios for finishing our next record in the near future. We hope to have everything recorded by October for an early 2007 release. More news soon. As always, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/14/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! We would like to sincerely apologize for the cancellation of last weekend's gigs at The 6th St. Bar in Houston and Fat Daddy's Sound Shack in Dallas. BOTH of these were beyond our control. We promise to make it up to all of you VERY soon! Stay tuned right here for more news as we get it! THANK YOU EVERYONE!! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/6/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! Also, we will be heading up North to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. We will be playing at Fat Daddy's Sound Shack this coming Saturday. We haven't been up North in a bit, so we hope to see all of you North Texas "Orqheads" at the show! Thanks for all of you that voted in this year's Houston Press Music Awards. Although we didn't win, we TRULY appreciate all of your votes for us. We'll get 'em next year!
Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--8/5/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
LAST MINUTE SHOW!! We will be performing tonight, August 5th at The 19th Hole in Kingwood, TX. This will be for the official Tom Petty afterparty. Everyone on the North side, get ready!! Hello Everyone! We would like to thank the fine people at the Houston Press for nominating us in this year's Houston Press Music Awards. The winners will be announced this coming Thursday, August 3rd at The Meridian. We will let you know the results as soon as WE know. HUGE thank you to everyone that logged on and voted for us. It is MUCH appreciated. On a sad note, Tuesdays in Austin at The Dizzy Rooster have come to an end. However, we will be playing at The Lair in Austin on Thursday, August 10th, 17th, and 24th. We hope to see all of you fine Austin "Orqheads" at one of these shows. Don't forget! We will be doing a LIVE BROADCAST this Thursday, August 3rd from 8-9pm at The Auslander Biergarten in Fredericksburg, TX. This is all brought to you by our good friends at www.texasrebelradio.com . Please head over to their website this Thursday to hear us in action! More big news to come soon. Stay tuned
right here!! Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--7/23/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
We just want to let you know that we have been nominated in 2 categories in this year's HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS. We have been nominated in the "Best Roots Rock/Rockabilly" category and also the "Best Blues" category. Please feel free to write us in wherever you feel we are deserving also. Click on the logo above to go to the voting page. PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE FOR THE MIGHTY ORQ!!!!
NEW MUSIC!! We have placed a new track on our Myspace site. Cruise over there to check out "Different This Time". Not completely finished, but close enough for jazz.
Thank you so much for all of your support. We could NOT do this without you. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" Last Update--7/16/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
We just want to let you know that we have been nominated in 2 categories in this year's HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS. We have been nominated in the "Best Roots Rock/Rockabilly" category and also the "Best Blues" category. Please feel free to write us in wherever you feel we are deserving also. By the way, apparently there is no "Best Drummer" category this year, so please feel free to write Matt in for the "Best DJ" category. Click on the logo above to go to the voting page. PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE FOR THE MIGHTY ORQ!!!!
NEW MUSIC!! We have placed a new track on our Myspace site. Cruise over there to check out "Different This Time". Not completely finished, but close enough for jazz.
Thank you so much for all of your support. We could NOT do this without you. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 6/19/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! Plenty of opportunities for all of you on the South side of Houston to see us this week. Saturday AND Sunday we will be in your neck of the woods. Come check it out.
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 6/7/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! Hello everyone. Check out our SCHEDULE page for some new dates that have been added. More big news soon! Stay tuned. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 5/28/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
Don't forget! The Mighty Orq will be performing LIVE on the Dudley & Bob Morning Show on KLBJ 93.7FM in Austin THIS TUESDAY! We will be performing around 8am. Don't forget, you can listen from anywhere in the world by heading over to their website. Click on the logo below to get there ASAP! On Thursday, June 1st of this week, The Mighty Orq will be making a triumphant return to Fredericksburg to play for all of the fine folks at The Auslander Biergarten. The first set of this show will be broadcast LIVE on the internet at www.texasrebelradio.com . Make sure to head over to their site this Thursday at 8pm to hear The Mighty Orq LIVE!!! NEW DATES ADDED! Head over to our SCHEDULE page to find out all the where/when! HUGE thanks to everyone for your support! Hope to see y'all very shortly. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 5/17/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!
Please click on the above logo to nominate us in the 2006 Houston Press Music Awards. In other big news, The Mighty Orq will
be performing LIVE on the Dudley
& Bob Morning Show on KLBJ 93.7FM in Austin on the 30th
of May. We will be performing around 8am. Don't forget, you can
listen from anywhere in the world by heading over to their website.
Click on the logo below to get there ASAP! HUGE thanks to everyone for your support! Hope to see y'all very shortly. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 5/7/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS! Starting this week we will be performing as a FULL BAND on Mondays at The Big Easy. So come get your weekly fill of rock on TEQUILA MONDAYS! This Tuesday we will be starting a weekly trek to Austin to play at The Chuggin Monkey. The show kicks off at 10. If you can't make it, make sure to tell your friends! Also new this week, Orq will be starting a weekly solo gig at Scott Gertner's Sports Bar. These shenanigans will take place on Wednesdays starting at 8pm. If you're looking for something to do on Wednesdays, THIS IS IT!
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 5/5/06 The good folks at Outbound
Music have put us on their front page. Cruise on over to them
and check it out! 5/4/06 Attention! A bunch of new dates have been added to the schedule. For all of you Austin folks that have been asking, yes, we will be coming back starting next week. Head over to our SCHEDULE page to find out all the details. See ya soon!!!! 5/1/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! A couple of notes this week. The nice
folks at Houston Fair have included us on their latest compilation
CD. You can check out their website HERE.
This is what they had to say regarding little ole' us: In more news, we will be starting to play as a full band on Monday nights at The Big Easy. These shenanigans begin on May 8th and continue until the end of time. So mark your calendars! We are heading to College Station on Friday to put on a rock concert at Fitzwilly's Bar. Tell everyone you know to put down whatever they may be doing and come on out. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 4/24/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! We would like to say a heartfelt THANK YOU to the fine folks in Fredericksburg that braved the rain, wind, and hail to make last Thursday a memorable event. Special thanks go out to Rick and Dawn from Texas Rebel Radio. We are truly grateful for all of the support you have shown us. This week we will be hitting the Texas Crawfish & Music Festival. We will be performing one 60 minute rock concert on the Crawfish stage. Cruise on over to their website to check out the complete lineup. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 4/16/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! The Mighty Orq have inked a regional distribution deal with Crystal Clear Distribution based out of Dallas. This means that starting in June(June 13th to be exact), you will be able to purchase Milk Money at any Best Buy, Hastings, or Border's in the South. We are super excited to finally be getting our music out there to a wider audience. This week you can also listen to our show at The Auslander Biergarten in Fredericksburg, TX LIVE ON THE RADIO!!! Our WHOLE show will be broadcast LIVE over the airwaves for everyone to hear. All you have to do is go to www.texasrebelradio.com on Thursday night. Also, during the day, you can listen to our live interview with Mr. Rick Starr at the same place! There are a few new dates on the books as of now with a lot more to come. So, cruise over to our SCHEDULE page to check em' out. Thanks so much!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 4/10/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! Thanks to everyone that came out to the Historic Balinese Ballroom last Friday night. We unveiled a new song or two for those in attendance. For those of you that didn't make it, you can catch these new tunes at the Stag's Head Pub THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! Sunday is Easter, so you can stay late, drink a lot, and sleep in the next morning. Mucho thanks to the representatives of JETLAG PROMOTIONS for making the drive to Galveston to catch the show. Cruise on over to their site for all the hip happenings in Houston. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 4/4/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! Hello everyone! Just a couple quick notes to let you know what's going on in OUR world. After not playing this past weekend, we are ready to get back at it and we will be having our first rock concert EVER at the historic Balinese Room in Galveston, TX. Made famous by numerous folks, but our favorite Balinese reference is the song "Down at the Balinese" by ZZ Top. Make sure to let all your friends in Galveston know about this Friday. Also, Broken Record Productions will be handling all of our U.S. booking from here on out. So if you are interested in booking us, please contact them directly. You can also find their info on our CONTACT page. Thank you all so much!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 3/27/06 ANNOUNCEMENT!! The Mighty Orq will NOT be playing at The A & M Roadhouse this Thursday due to venue troubles. We apologize for all of you that emailed us wanting to make this show. Believe us, it was beyond our control. We will be taking this week off from performing to recharge the batteries and rehearse some new songs for all of you. We hope to be debuting a few of these songs in the coming weeks. Huge thanks go out to superfans Robyn & Marty for making last Saturday at Danelectro's a good time. You 2 rule!! More news soon. Stay tuned!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 3/22/06 NEW PHOTOS! Head over to our GALLERY page to have a look. 3/19/06 Another week in the continuing saga of The Mighty Orq. Big thanks to Jessica and the whole staff from Best In Texas Magazine for Friday night at The Waterloo Ice House. We were right there inbetween Mr. Jesse Dayton and the John Evans Band. Check both of these guys out by clicking on their name. We will be heading to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area this week to play with our good buddy Zach King. This one is especially for all the folks from up North. Then on Saturday we will be back in H-Town for a gig at Danelectro's Guitar Bar with our good friends the Fondue Monks. Thanks so much to ALL OF YOU!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 3/5/06 Big-Ups go out to The Hell City Kings & the John Evans Band for the killer show on Friday night. The made a Mighty Orq sandwich at the Meridian on Friday, with us stuck in the middle. Check out BOTH of these guys when you get a chance. Lots of gigs this week for all of you to check out. Plus, don't forget, we will be playing LIVE on FOX Ch. 26 here in Houston on Friday morning between 7-9am. We will be playing as part of their "Fox Rox" program. Early, early, early, but we WILL be there, so tune in for an early morning rock concert! 3/1/06 We would like to apologize greatly for anyone that showed up last night at The Blind Pig in Austin for our gig. We will no longer be doing Tuesdays at The Blind Pig. Apparently you can't go to Europe for 3 weeks and expect your "house" gigs to be there when you return! However, we are working on a different venue for a weekly gig in Austin, so stay tuned right here for details. There have been a couple new March dates added to our SCHEDULE. Thank you all for everything!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 2/25/06 We are BACK from Europe! A HUGE thanks go to Mr. Klaus Schmidt of Tourwork for everything he did for us in Europe. There is a bunch more news coming, but for now, please check our SCHEDULE page for a bunch of March dates that have been added. 1/31/06 Just a quick note to say that we will be touring Europe for the next 3 weeks, from Feb. 2nd to Feb. 20th. Please check our BLOG page and also check our MYSPACE site for updates and news in the meantime. Those will be updated while we are across the pond. If you are in Germany, please go to www.tourwork.net, or our MYSPACE site and check out where you can come and see us! We also wanted to let you know that we will be heading to the Northeast at the end of March. Please check our SCHEDULE for the updates so far. We would like to send out a hearty THANK YOU to all of YOU! YOU are the reason we do this and we truly appreciate all of the support and help.
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 1/26/06 Due to unforeseen circumstances, the gig tonight at Nuno's has been cancelled. We apologize for this inconvenience. 1/23/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! There were a few new dates just added. Cruise over to our SCHEDULE page to find out the details. We would like to thank Rhonda & Phil for letting us come on their show last Friday on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston. We had a blast playing for all of you and hope you had a good time listening over the airwaves. This is our last full week of gigs in Texas before we head across the pond for the month of February. Please come out and say hi. We would LOVE to see you. You can still see our European tour dates at www.tourwork.net. If you are interested in booking The Mighty Orq, please drop Mr. Klaus Schmidt a line through his website listed above. We have completely finished four songs for our next album and they will be getting mixed while we are in Europe. We have a ton more and will get to them when we get back. We will be putting one or two new songs on the site very shortly. Stay tuned right here for all the info!
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 1/16/06 Just a quick reminder that The Mighty Orq will be playing LIVE on the air in Houston on 90.1 KPFT on Friday afternoon at 1pm. You can listen from anywhere in the world by visiting their website, www.kpft.org. More big announcements coming soon! Stay tuned right here for all of the news! Thank you SO MUCH!!!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 1/9/06 Hello Everyone!! Please check out our SCHEDULE page to find out where The Mighty Orq will be playing in the coming weeks. This Friday we will be playing LIVE and doing an interview on Texas Rebel Radio in Fredricksburg, TX. We will be going on the air around 2:30pm with our friend Rick Starr. Go HERE to listen to it right from your computer! On Saturday we will be playing our only "Full Band" show until March in the Houston area. We will be playing at a new venue for us on the North side called Bano's. Go to our SCHEDULE page to find out where they are located. To all of our European fans, please go HERE to find out where we will be playing at in the month of February. All for now. Thank you SO MUCH for everything! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 1/3/06 LAST MINUTE GIG!! The Mighty Orq will be performing this Saturday at The Chuggin Monkey in Austin, TX. Click on the SCHEDULE page to find out all of the details. 1/2/06 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! We hope that everyone had a fun & safe New Year's celebration. We are stoked about the coming year and are looking forward to bringing the rock to everyone! Here's a little nugget from our friends at www.southern-rock.de. They have chosen our cd, Milk Money, as one of the best cd's of 2005. Number 4 to be exact. You can see the chart by clicking HERE. Don't forget to check out the killer article that the Houston Chronicle did on us this past week. Go HERE to read it. To all of our European fans, don't forget that we're heading your way in one month's time. Check out the dates to see where you can come and see us live in Germany & Holland by going to www.tourwork.net. Thanks again to everyone for helping us make 2005 a great year. We are truly excited about getting out there and rocking for you in 2006. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 12/29/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! Hello to everyone! Just some quick notes as to the goings on in the world of The Mighty Orq. The Houston Chronicle has written a great article with some killer pictures for your perusal. If you are in the Houston area, make sure you pick up a copy at your favorite convenience store. If you are anywhere else in the world, you can read the article HERE. Our European tour in February is almost booked up. You can see the dates for yourself by visiting www.tourwork.net If you are IN Germany and would like The Mighty Orq to play a rock concert for you, please drop Mr. Klaus Schmidt an email and we'll set it up. A HUGE thanks go out to Devon, Jessica, and Logan for all of the support. You can see Devon and Logan on myspace.com by clicking on their names. We're still waiting for Jessica to get set up there. We'll see you somewhere down the road! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 12/25/05 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
12/19/05 Check out our SCHEDULE to see where The Mighty Orq will be playing!!!
12/12/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! We are psyched to announce that Mr. Rick Star has been playing a number of tracks from our album Milk Money on his radio show in Fredericksburg, TX. If you are in the Austin/Fredericksburg area, you can tune into 107.9FM and hear us. If you are anywhere else in the world, you can go over to www.texasrebelradio.com and listen live 24/7. Please feel free to call them at 1-800-KFAN107 or email Rick directly to request The Mighty Orq! We will also be playing Texas Rebel Radio's "Windows on Texas 2006" party on January 13th in Fredericksburg. Click HERE to check it out all of the details for yourself. The Mighty Orq will be recording 4 brand new songs this week w/ our good friend Bryan Jones in Austin. We should have a taste of these up on the site in the coming weeks. Stay tuned right here for more info. Thank you to everyone!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 12/5/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! Thanks to EVERYONE out there! To all of our European friends, make sure to check out www.tourwork.net to see when we will be playing close to you in February 2006. For all of you in the states, stay tuned right here for all of the info on when we'll be playing a rock concert in YOUR town. This week, we will be hitting Austin twice and also at a new bar in Corsicana, TX called Max's Club. Check out our SCHEDULE page for all of the info.
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 11/28/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! Thanks to ALL that made it out to Cosmos Cafe on Friday and the Last Concert Cafe on Saturday(it was a weekend of "cafe" gigs). Thanks to the Sourtongue boys for playing w/ us on Saturday night. If you haven't seen these guys yet, I suggest you do it now! They are the new RUSH. This week we will be piling into the van to start our run of Tuesday nights at The Blind Pig. We hope to see all of our Austin friends out and about. As we like to say, "What else are ya' gonna' do on a Tuesday?". Muchos Gracias to all. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 11/24/05 11/23/05 A ton of new December dates have been added! Cruise over to our SCHEDULE page to find the who/what/when & where. The "why" is already known!
11/20/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! Big Ups go to Chris, John, and everyone at The Blind Pig Pub in Austin, TX. We had a great time this past Tuesday and it looks like it will be continuing for a bit, BECAUSE....starting Nov. 29th, we will be playing EVERY Tuesday in Austin at The Blind Pig. We will go on around 10 and stop when all of the face melting for the night is done. So if you're sick of sitting around on Tuesday nights with nothing to do, fear not and head on out to The Blind Pig on 6th Street. ALWAYS a good time. THIS WEEK The Mighty Orq will be making a triumphant return to Cosmos Cafe in the Heights of Houston on Friday night. Then, on Saturday, we will be downtown at The Last Concert Cafe w/ our friends Sourtongue. Check out our SCHEDULE for all of the details. Orq is starting a new solo gig on Sunday afternoons at Sturgis by the Bay in Seabrook, TX. He will be playing from 2-5pm. Here is a MAP to the location. We would like to wish all of you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING week. Eat lots of turkey and take a nap on Thursday(the tryptophan will help with that). THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 11/16/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! One word to describe this past weekend, SHENANIGANS! Yes, yes, yes. Much fun was had by all at The Texas Music Chart's 5th Anniversary Party at Hill's Cafe in Austin. Plenty of cowboy hats were present, but none were worn by us. We would like to truly thank Jessica and everyone at The Texas Music Chart for asking us to perform for this. We had a blast. This week, make sure and come see us make a triumphant return to Galveston at Whiskey's Pub on Friday night. Saturday night sees us hopping in the van and heading back to Austin for an early set at The Dizzy Rooster on 6th St. Hope to see ALL of you out & about!! Head on over to the SCHEDULE to get all of the details. We promise to change to the Photo of the Week very soon. Just a couple more days of THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 11/11/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! This weekend come out and see us in a few different towns! We will be heading over to Baton Rouge to play w/ our boys Sourtongue on Friday night. Saturday we will be at our old Wednesday night stomping grounds, The Shakespeare Pub--on the westside of H-Town. And on Sunday we will be playing 2 gigs in Austin, TX. Scroll down or check our SCHEDULE page for more details. You can check out the first dates of our European tour in February at www.tourwork.net. They will be up on the website soon. The PHOTO OF THE WEEK will be staying up again this week. Just because it is so hip. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 10/31/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! November dates are up on our SCHEDULE! Cruise over there and check out where to come and see us play. There are plenty of dates in Austin this month for all of our friends in the capital city. We have started pre-production on our next album. This past Thursday we were in Austin and recorded 10 new songs. Mr. Bryan Jones(ace engineer) did a great job in making it easy! We should hopefully have some new music samples up on the site shortly. The Dutch website, Bluescruisers.net has issued a review of our "Milk Money" cd. You can read it HERE in German. Below is a rough translation: The Mighty Orq – Milk Monkey characteristic marketing, 2005 Musician: Mighty Orq: guitars, vocals Jessica wants: bass, backing vocals mat Johnson: drums, backing vocals Maker: Bryan Jones, Dennis Chenault, The Mighty Orq game duration: 55:32 minutes Tracklist: Devil At Your cheek Unholy Getdown Heaven Sent Sweet Inbetween Carry Me home served´t Wanna Long Gone She Lets Me Lie Won´t Let Go Walk Away Weak Ender 2 a. ms. The third publication the out of Houston, Texas, coming Power-trio. Skirt/Southern skirt, one will like take commandments perhaps also the term blues skirt into the mouth. Supported Mighty Orq will want of Jessica at the bass and mat Johnson at the percussion, that deliver duchweg high-value quality. „Devil At Your cheek“ God life is not unconditionally directive for the CD. A stood skirt number that is offered here as an Intro to „“ to Milk Monkey. There lets me „Unholy Getdown“ already sooner aufhorchen. The Track begins gives well groovend, Mighty Orq its first blew-blew guitar solo to the best. Johnson and wants to deliver singed the total over an almost already hypnotic groovenden rhythm carpet, that deviates only in the refrain something of the scheme. In the third becomes singed the fulminante pressure the first both then singe taken out. „Heaven Sent“ is itself one sooner Midtempo-number, in that Mighty Orq (what a Psydonym) also than a skilled, print out strong singer erweißt. In the means part again an Orq´sches guitar solo, diesesmal somewhat more shortly grasped. That singed shines through a lovely Outro. Just as beautifully like „Heaven Sent“ ends, begins got into singed „Sweet Inbetween“, Mighty Orq with a lulling Slidegitarren to that. The Track becomes again and again through violent, loud outbreaks getuned. In between the sensitive Slidegitarre repeats. Again a blew-blew solo. Of the rhythm guitar is stamped the ballad „Carry Me home“. Again a similarly gestrickter singed comes like „Heaven Sent“, the refrain part a small little more violently. Also „Lone Gone“ fits singe into this category. With a beautiful solo „disperses“ Mighty Orq also this Track. There one comes already somehow into the dreaming. Jimi Hendrix lets served greet in the dragging „´t Wanna“ entirely heftigt. Is stamped is „Won´t Let Go“ by distorted guitar, is held is that also in a dragging Midtempo. Beautiful melody … „Won´t Let Go“ and the following „Walk Away“ can be assigned then also from my viewpoint the blues skirt. A further example that Mighty Orq likes the WahWah- pedal and pulls the strings in the solo to the attack. With boogiemäßigen snatch up is spiced „Weak Ender“. But somehow I have singed shoots such one yet previously already on the album belonged the ballad „2 a. ms.“ the third The Mighty Orq CD „Milk Monkey“. Orq places its gesanglichen qualities for the repeated time under proof. Hey, there is singed no guitar solo on this. „Milk Monkey“ a pressure full, variants empires and here and there also sensitive CD that offers much Southernrock-shares is certainly. It gives itself that as often as quoted dust dry, erdigen, on emerged Texas path moving energy store skirt. At many places, some come few bluesrockige elements to the light. A huge thanks to the ASTROS for a great year! Thanks to EVERYONE that has supported us. YOU ARE
THE BEST!!
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 10/24/05 A HUGE thanks to Mr. Joe Montes and everyone at KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston for playing our set from the 15th live on the air on Saturday. Y'all did a KILLER job! We will be playing a few shows this week, scroll down for the where/when, or head over to our SCHEDULE page to see all the details. We will also be travelling to Austin to record some songs w/ Mr. Bryan Jones(engineer/producer). Bryan did such a great job w/ our Milk Money record that we decided to bring him on board for our next record. We are sure that some faces will be melted with the results. Stay tuned for some very BIG news to be announced shortly regarding our Milk Money CD! As soon as we have everything confirmed, we will let you know. The Mighty Orq will be heading overseas to tour Germany & Holland during the first 2 weeks of February 2006. As more dates are confirmed, we will add them to the site. If you are interested in booking The Mighty Orq for a night of rock in Germany, please contact Mr. Klaus Schmidt at www.tourwork.net THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!! Go ASTROS!!!
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 10/18/05 We would like to thank the fine folks
at Free
Press Houston for bestowing the "Best Blues" award
on us. Even though we are not a blues band per se, we still truly
appreciate it. Thank you SO much. Click on the photo below to see
a shot from the awards page.
10/17/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! This week, we may not be playing live, but you can still hear us LIVE on the radio!! Our performance from "Joe's Roadhouse" this past Saturday afternoon will be broadcast in it's entirety on Saturday, the 22nd from 3-4pm CST. If you're in Houston, you can tune your radio dial in to 90.1FM. If you are anywhere else in the world, you can listen by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the "Listen Now" button. Go ASTROS!!!
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 10/13/05 !!!!DON'T FORGET!!!! You can catch The Mighty Orq playing LIVE from anywhere in the world this Saturday from 3-4pm CST. Just head over to www.KPFT.org and click on "LISTEN LIVE". We will be performing as part of "Joe's Roadhouse". 10/10/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! We would like to apologize for not making the "Benefit for the Big Easy" at The Meridian this past Saturday night. This was beyond our control as to why we didn't play. Check out another German review of our
album Milk Money that the fine folks at www.sonny1968.de
wrote. You can read it online HERE.
If you can't read German, here is a translated version: MIGHTY ORQ, a power-trio out of Houston, TX named after the guitarist and singer, has just released their third album, “Milk Money.” During the twelve impressive numbers, Orq – accompanied by bassist Jessica Will and drummer Matt Johnson – alternate between powerfully raw grooves, and more sensitive ballads. Mainly responsible for these characteristics are the natural interplay between the guitar and raw-yet-sensitive vocals of the frontman. There are quiet – very emotional – moments like the soulful ballad "Heaven Sent" and the final track (and my personal favorite) "2 a.m." that Jessica refines with her breathy and delicate background vocals. But also the bear strong Southern-Groover "Sweet Inbetween" or the staight-ahead "Weak Ender" strike right to the heart of the blues-rock matter. Result: A must-purchase CD for any and all music fans!! Please check out our SCHEDULE to see a bunch of new dates for October & November. Thank YOU for everything! YOU are the reason that we do this. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 9/28/05 We would first like to apologize for the cancellations of the previous week's gigs. Hurricane Rita had other plans for us. We would like to thank the gods of hurricanes for sparing us here in Houston the full force of Miss Rita. We would also like to send our best to everyone that DID get hit in East Texas & Louisiana. Don't forget, we will be playing the "Bringin' Back the Big Easy" benefit on October 8th for the Hurricane Katrina survivors. Check out their site HERE. Here is another German review of our album, "Milk Money". This one was written by the fine folks at Blues News Magazine: Here he is again - our old buddy,
the blues rock. It was him who once attracted us to smoky blues
clubs and made us search for old originals in our lofts. Now, in
the meantime the charm of this new thing is gone and we act like
a swabian housewife, Thanks a ton guys! So, back to normal as usual this week.
No more mandatory evacuations due to the weather! We'll see ya at
the gig. Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 9/18/05 Some October dates are up with more being added soon. Cruise over to our SCHEDULE page. 9/16/05 Tons of new dates for October will be up soon! Keep checking our SCHEDULE page for all of the info. Some crazy "Orqheads" from
the German E-Zine Walls
Of Fire have written a killer review of our "Milk Money"
cd. You can either go HERE
to read it in German, or scan through it below: I also can hardly say agrees what felled me now best, therefore, for on „Milk Money“ simply of ahead until behind all. The formidable guitar game, the wuchtige however quite dry bass and that brilliant percussion working hides stratified arranged, in addition that solos and the smoky song. The Mighty Orq delivered with this album for my taste the blues-album of the year, and because the volumes announced to come shortly before the new year yet to Germany, stands for me also already firmly, which concert I yet will visit this year. Really lecherous disk! "Really lecherous disk", hippest quote ever! Thanks so much!
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 9/5/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! Some German friends at the online store
Justforkicks.de
have our cd, Milk Money, in stock and wrote a very nice little review
of it. Here it is: Thanks guys! We will have our "Photo of the Week" archives up very shortly. Keep checkin' in!
Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 9/2/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! Lots of things to talk about this week. The first thing that we would like to sadly mention is that Jessica Will has decided to leave The Mighty Orq. She has chosen to spend more time with her baby boy and husband. We would all like to wish Jessica the very best in her personal & musical pursuits. We love you and will miss you Jess! And the NEW bass player in The Mighty Orq is......Mr. Westside Johnny!! Westside is a local Houston bass legend and all around hip guy. We are super excited that he was willing to hook up with us in this thing that is The Mighty Orq. Make sure all of you come out soon and make Westside feel at home! In case you haven't noticed, we have a whole new look here at mightyorq.com. We would like to thank our webmaster, gatekeeper, AND keyholder, Mr. Ted Horrocks for his wonderful work. If you or anyone you know needs some web work done, please drop him an EMAIL. There are a couple new features on mightyorq.com that we would like to point out(besides the obvious!). We now have an online MEDIA KIT for all of you clubowners/booking agents. The 2nd is our Photo of the Week ARCHIVES page. This is where you will be able to see all of the past Photos of the Week. The Mighty Orq will be performing 2 "house" gigs in the month of September. Every Thursday we will be heading to Austin to play at The Vibe on 6th Street from 10-11pm. Every Friday we will be at BW3 in Pearland, TX. We would like to thank both of these clubs for wanting to have The Mighty Orq play rock concerts for them. Orq's Orange amp is sick!! That's all for now. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!! Soon, Westside, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 8/29/05 The Mighty Orq will not be performing this weekend. However, Orq will still be doing his Monday night solo gig at The Big Easy, so stop on by to hear our songs performed in a slightly different way. The good German folks at Rockinfo.de have put
up a great review of our album Milk Money. You can go HERE to read it yourself.
Below is a rough, (and we mean ROUGH), translation of it from Freetranslation.com: Bear-strong, clenched blues based skirt /blues skirt power from Houston/Texas! The great, trio designated us their front one "Mighty Orq" rushes like at formal events into our blues skirt' n roll heart and to tills fell intensity, fell made emotion and with Groove and powerful energy. From this "The Mighty Orq" cook their own, dragging along "Sueppchen"! Pulsating one, concise bass lines of bass Jessica, marvelously groovendes and variable Drumming of the great schlagzeugers wants dully Johnson and the magic, pressureful, fulminante and variant-avenged, at any Time flaming guitar play of the master "Mighty Orq", in connection with it it excellentem singing, determines the picture of the eleven throughout first-class singe. One feels the strength and the intensity to gauged fell singe minute, with which the volume of play joy, passion places itself and with large musical authority to this dragging along. THANKS GUYS!! We will be adding more September dates VERY shortly, including our triumphant return to Austin! Keep an eye on our SCHEDULE page for all the info. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!!! Soon, The Mighty Orq 8/24/05 NEW DATES ADDED!! Check out our SCHEDULE page to see details.
8/22/05 Scroll down for this week's shows!!
More September dates will be added shortly. Keep a close eye on our SCHEDULE page. This website will be undertaking an overhaul shortly. Lots of new goodies for everyone to check out. Stay tuned! The Mighty Orq's "Milk Money" cd is now available on I-Tunes! Make sure and let your friends know that you can carry The Mighty Orq wherever you go on your I-Pod! This week The Mighty Orq will be back at The Hideaway in Houston on Friday night. Saturday, we will be playing the BW3 in Pearland, TX. Make sure to mark your calendars!! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!! Soon, The Mighty Orq 8/16/05 Scroll down for this week's shows!!
After 2000+ miles on the van, 12 packs of cigarettes, a case of Mt. Dew, and plenty of ginseng, The Mighty Orq is back in Texas. We would personally like to thank everyone involved that made our trip so smooth: J.R., Pauly, Mike, & everyone at Mike's Tavern in Kansas City. Mr. Jason Hyken at Evolve Productions. Donna, Sue, & Deb in Montgomery City, MO(there will be some photos from this night on the site shortly). Here is a pic from Friday night at Mike's in KC of the lovely Sara showing off her artwork:
Please head over to our MESSAGEBOARD to check out the lovely comments posted by Mr. Edward Foster. This week The Mighty Orq will be heading down to Surfside, TX to play at The Lookout. Come on out!! Soon, The Mighty Orq 8/8/05 Scroll down for this week's shows!! BIG news coming soon regarding a bunch of different stuff. Stay tuned right here for everything ORQ!! We will be heading to the Midwest this week w/ our first stop at Mike's Tavern in Kansas City. If you know anyone in/around the area, please let them know about it. Saturday we will be heading over to St. Louis to play at our friend's annual party. That's all I can tell you about that one! We would like to thank EVERYONE that showed up at our gig at McElroy's Pub this past Saturday night. It was outside and hot, but we still had a great time. THANKS SO MUCH!! Soon, "The Mighty Orq" 8/4/05 Scroll down for this week's shows!! The Mighty Orq has purchased our "tourbus". It has been nicknamed "B.A.V."(it's an acronym people). Just remember, if you see it coming your way, you are in for a night of ROCK!! Here is a photo:
We are also very happy to report that our album "Milk Money" was the #1 selling album on the German website Southern-Rock.de in the month of July. Click HERE to see the charts(left side of the screen). Thanks again for EVERYTHING!!
Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 7/29/05 2 new dates have been added to our August schedule. 8/11 at The Big Easy, and 8/20 at The Lookout. Check our SCHEDULE page for more details. We would like to thank EVERYONE involved with our bid for the Houston Press Music Awards. Especially those of you who took the time to vote. Although we didn't win, we had a bunch of fun playing for y'all. Mr. John Lomax had some wonderful things to say about our gig at the showcase last Sunday. You can check it out HERE. If the link doesn't work for you, here is what he said: "You wouldn't confuse blues-rocker
the Mighty Orq with punk of any kind. You might be forgiven, however,
for thinking that he is one of Duane and Greg Allman's long-lost
brothers. His guitar-playing has improved by leaps and bounds over
the last couple of years, but for me it has always been his voice
-- deep, soulful and majestic -- that has set him apart, and under
the soaring ceiling at the Twelve Spot it billowed forth, well,
mightily. And when he averred that his is no longer a straight-up
blues band a week ago in this paper, he spoke the truth. Today,
his trio sounds more like a blues-steeped rock band like ZZ Top,
the Arc Angels". THANKS JOHN!!!
Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 7/26/05 **THURSDAY'S SHOW AT SAM'S CONCERT
PUB HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE BAR MANAGER WANTING TO HAVE THESE
GUYS PLAY FOR Y'ALL INSTEAD OF THE MIGHTY ORQ**WE APOLOGIZE
GREATLY TO EVERYONE BUT IT WAS BEYOND OUR CONTROL!! THERE IS STILL TIME!! VOTE FOR US
NOW!! SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! PLEASE click on the above link and vote for us in the 2005 Houston Press Music Awards! Thanks to EVERYONE that showed up at our Houston Press Music Awards showcase gig at The Twelve Spot on Sunday. We had an absolute BLAST playing for ya. Our August dates have been put up. Please head on over to our SCHEDULE page to plan where you will come and see us. Check out the killer photo on the right of our "Milk Money" album taken from the top of the Empire State Building in NYC. Mucho thanks to superfan Robyn for sending it to us. Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 7/23/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! PLEASE click on the above link and vote for us in the 2005 Houston Press Music Awards! This Saturday at 3pm, Orq will be on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston for an interview with Joe Montes. Joe will also be playing tracks from our MILK MONEY CD. You can listen live from ANYWHERE in the world by going HERE. Check out the killer photo on the
right of our "Milk Money" album taken from the top of
the Empire State Building in NYC. Mucho thanks to superfan Robyn
for sending it to us. Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 7/11/05 SCROLL DOWN FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOWS!! PLEASE click on the above link and vote for us in the 2005 Houston Press Music Awards! The Mighty Orq will be playing Kansas City and St. Louis in August. Check out our SCHEDULE page for more info. Some very cool "Orqheads" in Germany at Rocktimes.de have written an amazing review of our new album "Milk Money". You can read it by clicking HERE. Below is a rough translation of it: 'Ne lecherous guitar cracks me toward, played of Mighty Orq. I do not mean be similar now (only) the volumes, but rather also the guitarist with that (something strange) name. Mighty stand two Mitstreiter to the side: Jessica wants at the bass and mat Johnson at the Schießbude. Three persons and this hot texan blues skirt chapel is finished. The troop is yes hot comes, for next to pretty blues played dirty the volumes also with much Verve and very melodiebetonten numbers to the listeners. "Devil At Your cheek" opens the Zwölfender and next to the already mentioned XXL-Gitarrenintro, the title stretched until - even until a crazy refrain worries for Wohlfühschauer. Equally after that wieselt Mighty over the strings, Jessica drives bone dry bass courses by. "Unholy Getdown" begins groovig, rolls again on a strong refrain to and then it happens: the guitar hascht after effects and it gives a crazy blew-blew enclosure during bass and Drums of loosely far grooven. "Heaven Sent" fells sooner under the category of 'lecherous blues in order to dance' with the dearest. Almost in any case, for the guitar fan its attention will dedicate yet sooner the deliciously played guitar. Sorry Girls *g*. Muggy, out of the sumps coming slidet "Sweet Inbetween" into the events and spreads snatch up a proper portion Delta, again and again through almost brachiale 'entsumpft'. Very differently "Carry Me home" : retained start, Vocals that go under the skin, perfect Backings and the guitar may spice harmonious accords with dirty solos. Isses Jimi or yet sooner Cream? T Wanna "served' comes" at both remembering retroperfekt out of the diaphragms. "Long Gone" lets something time for having a breather - blues with sparse, but for this very reason tiefgehendem guitar solo. The sequence number "She Lets Me Lie" offers snatch up dirty blues skirt;, are Backings (makes itself always good, 'ne woman in the Line-up to have) simply so how one wishes for blues-skirt. No experiments! Rhythmic and with perfectly distorted guitar "Won' t Let Go starts". Prettily, like the bass 'runs', gives starts easy hall depth and then a crazy guitar. Extra dry and dusty, never forgetting that the listeners stand somewhere also on Melodik. Perfectly made. "Walk Away" offers something of everything, sets however one thereon: blew-blew solos that bring also an air pedal to the air guitar now into the game. Oh man, what a lecherous number. Three men bring my unit to the Kochen........... No time to the Durchatmen, "Weak Ender" 'rockbluest' merciless forwards. Almost unimaginable that bass and Drums can put a so thick foundation. One assumes there more instruments in the blues-skirt-house building. An ape strong, bone dry, muggy, hard and yet always harmonious blues-skirt disk concludes "2 A. MS." how one gets it only rarely to ear. How the management announced us, will come the volumes to Germany in December. People go!
A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!! YOU are the reason we do this!! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 7/3/05 Our friends in Germany at Baerchenrecords.de have put up a killer review of our album "Milk Money" on their store/site. Once again, if you can read German, you can check it out HERE. If you can't read German, you can check out another confusing translation from our friends at www.freetranslation.com below: Bear strong, form into a ball blues-based Rock-/Bluesrock-Power out of Houston/Texas! The magnificent, after its front man "Mighty Orq" (certainly a nickname) trio named rustles like a hurricane in our blues-skirt' n roll-heart and tills full intensity, full emotion and with much Groove and powerful energy a grounds, that the elements of classic Seventies (blues skirt of the sign Hendrix, Cream or Free, with texan Roots of such sizes as well as Stevie Ray Vaughan or ZZ Top, modern Könnern as well as Indigenous, Joe Bonamassa To combine straighten units ala Cry Of Love or Screamin Cheetah Wheelies seems. From that "The Mighty Orq" cook its characteristic, entraining "Süppchen"! Pulsierende, bass lines precise of bass Jessica wants, wonderfully groovendes and variable Drumming of the magnificent Schlagzeugers mat Johnson and the magic, pressure full, fulminante and variants empires, guitar games flaming always (in part also sharp Slide and crazy blew-blew-solos) the master "Mighty Orq", in connection with its excellentem song, determine singe the picture of the eleven throughout first-class. There is no end typesetter! The Sound is satisfied, dirty, rau and simultaneously prettily drily! At the same time never becomes absolutely reasoned one Songstruktur and one well hang remaining Melodik except respect let. All matches prime! Often that are singe of the Speed here not at all once so highly, but for that they stand permanently and steam! One feels to each minute the power and the intensity with which the volumes of full game joy, passion and with more largely musical competence this entraining places singe themselves. Oppressive Groove and powerfully simmering guitar courses galvanize the listener in shortest time. Like in the grandiose Opener "Devil at your cheek", with which they play in the deed, as they would have sit the devil in the nape. A more biting, rauer, of cooking, fiery more stamped snatch up suffered, easily Boogie-angehauchter blues skirts with crazy Groove, discreet Stevie Ray Vaughan-Flair, a class melody and more sheerly more burning guitar. That is the pure blues skirt-joy! And it goes so further: again a Groove driving wonderful there out of dirty, careless, almost already "cool" Gitarrenriffs and -licks, driving bass and knackiges, direct Drumming accompany the fantastic "Unholy getdown", in that one and -stretched do hardly withdraw can itself from a rhythmic with seesaws. An unleashed contains blew blew in the Break--solo! With the following "Heaven sent", the "Orqs" present a carrying away, emotional lectured blues skirt-ballad that never leaves however the erdigen, rockigen, rauen Texas-path in spite of a magnificent melody. An immense energy radiates in spite of the balladesken disposition. The magnificent guitar solo stands, although very eingängig, regular under power current. Lovely! The strong, knackige Roots-Bluesrocker "Sweet inbetween" with its "wild", but never structure loose, wonderful rückgekoppelten guitar enclosures pendelt exciting between loudly and softly there and here to be made during the loose, wonderfully melodic "Carry me homes" for the "blues radio" how seems. Magnificently also the fat "Hendrix meets Cream" -like certain by powerfully simmering guitars "served' t wanna", that sharp, dirty, of guitar standing permanently under current accompanied skirt-blues "Won' t let go" (would err, the cooking guitar solo), the groovende Seventies-Bluesrocker "Walk away" with its strong song and that lovely in addition suitable, guitar-accompaniment of used, glowing parallel, like also that prettily straighte, Southernflair full sticking Texas-skirts "Weak ender"! 55 1/2 minutes long inspired, more satisfied, groovender, more cooking, Texas-/Gitarren-Bluesrock of full fires! "The Mighty Orq sets the Bluerock-world on fire"! We sign that! 7/2/05
The Mighty Orq will be playing at The Houston Press Music Awards Showcase on July 24th at The Twelve Spot in downtown Houston. We go on at 6pm. Click on the logo above for more info. Go HERE to vote for The Mighty Orq in the awards. "Milk Money" is #4 on www.southern-rock.de sales charts. Click on the above link and check ou the chart on the left side of the page. Thanks to all the Germans that dig us!!
Click on the above banner to visit The Mighty Orq at myspace.com. TONS of cool folks there. Don't forget to join our "Friends" list!!
Don't forget to pick up your very own copy of MILK MONEY! You can get it HERE.
Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 6/28/05 The Mighty Orq's "Milk Money" cd is now available at TOWERRECORDS.COM. You can go HERE to purchase it. We are also happy to announce that Milk Money has been delivered to Apple's Itunes Music Store. It should be available for download to your Ipod shortly. The Mighty Orq have been nominated in the 2005 Houston Press Music Awards. Details are still hazy as to what categories we were nominated for, but we will let you know very soon. We WILL be performing at the Houston Press Music Awards Showcase in downtown Houston on Sunday, July 24th. More details about the time/venue will be on our SCHEDULE page soon. 6/22/05 2 new shows added! July 28th at Sam's Concert Pub and the 30th at The Stags Head Pub. Check out our SCHEDULE page for all the info. 6/20/05 We have some recent reviews of our album "Milk Money" for you to check out. Some better than others(thanks a LOT Music News). Here they are:(click on them to get a bigger view). From the June 2005 Music News: A friend of ours in Germany that operates
Southern-Rock.de
wrote a 5-Star review of Milk Money. If you can read German, you
can check it out for yourself HERE.
If you aren't fluent in Germanese, you can read a rough translation
from our friends at freetranslation.com
below: WHAT?? July Dates have been posted on our SCHEDULE page. 6/15/05 Thanks to everyone for making the treks out to Cosmos last Friday and The Lookout on Saturday. We TRULY appreciate it. We will be back on the South side of Houston this Saturday at Cruiser's. DEFINATELY a cool hang. Superfan Gunnar in Sweden had wonderful things to say about our album Milk Money. You can check out his comments HERE. Thanks a ton Gunnar. We will be making a short run to the Midwest with stops in Kansas City and St. Louis in August. Stay tuned right here and check our SCHEDULE page for the dates as they are confirmed. Don't forget to pick up your copy of MILK MONEY! You can get it HERE.
Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 5/30/05 For anyone that missed Friday's show at The Rhythm Room, you missed a LOT! We had a killer time playing with Supagroup and Morgue City. Here's a photo from the show(click it for a bigger taste).
We will not be playing this weekend, however, check out our schedule to see our dates for June. Also, we will be playing The Taste Of Dallas on July 8th. Sure to be a memorable event. We are in the process of figuring out which label will be releasing Milk Money nationally at the moment. Stay tuned to mightyorq.com for all the info regarding this. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Scroll down for this week's shows!! Don't forget to pick up your copy of MILK MONEY! You can get it HERE.
Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 5/26/05 You can now purchase Milk Money at CDBABY.com. Just click here to go and buy it! Don't forget to help us out by writing a review of the album. 5/24/05 Scroll down for this week's shows!! Make sure to pick up your copy of MILK MONEY! You can get it HERE. Many thanks to those of you that made it out last week to Bojangles and The Stag's Head Pub.
Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 5/9/05 VOTE FOR US IN THE HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS!! GO HERE TO DO IT, or click on the above logo. Scroll down to see where The Mighty Orq will be playing this week. The Mighty Orq's "Milk Money" cd is now for sale at Cactus Music & Video in Houston. Click on their name to find out where to go to buy it. OR, buy it right now, via our "Merchandise" page!! Thanks to everyone that showed up at The Bone last Friday in Dallas. The rooftop, happy hour party was a blast. The folks that work at The Bone are awesome. Mucho thanks to them also. Mr. Mark Landrum of houstonbands.net took some great shots at our cd release party. Go HERE to check them out. Thanks to EVERYONE for all of the support. YOU are the best. Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 5/3/05 New show added on May 27th at The Rhythm Room in Houston. Check out our schedule page. We will be playing with those crazy kids from New Orleans, Supagroup. 5/2/05 Thank you to EVERYONE for making our CD Release party at The Rhythm Room a HUGE success. Check out the photo of the week(on the right) to see a HOT picture of Jessica from that night! A whole bunch of photos from the cd release will be on our "Gallery" page soon. Our new CD, "Milk Money" is available for sale on this website. Go to our MUSIC page to listen to samples of ALL of the tracks. Go to our MERCHANDISE page to buy it! Vote for us in the Houston Press Music Awards!!!! Go HERE to do it!! This week we will be making a return trip to Dallas to play at The Bone. It is an early show, The Mighty Orq will be starting at 6pm. TELL your friends! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 4/28/05 The Houston Press has an article regarding our upcoming CD Release Party for Milk Money. Go HERE to read it.
This year's Houston Press Awards are coming soon! Go HERE to nominate The Mighty Orq in whatever category you think we should win. There is still time to get tickets for Saturday's CD Release party at The Rhythm Room. You can purchase tickets HERE. 4/22/05 This Sunday, April 24th, Orq will be doing a live interview with our friend James Nagel on 90.1 FM, KPFT. If you are in the Houston area, please tune in between 2-3:30 to check it out. If you are anywhere else in the world, you can listen online at www.kpft.org. Orq will be playing a couple songs off of our "Milk Money" cd live in the studio and will also be giving away some tickets to the show. So be sure and listen!! One other note, the opening lineup has changed a bit. Peppermint Jenny will NOT be playing due to some health issues. The lineup for 4/30 is now: 9-9:40 Blake & Fallon 10-10:45 Lojack 11ish--The Mighty Orq 4/20/05 HoustonBands.net has a feature story on The Mighty Orq. Check it out here! All is in place for the release of "Milk Money" at The Rhythm Room on April 30th. Stay tuned right here for updates as the date nears. Check out the Schedule to see some dates for the month of May. 4/20/05 HoustonBands.net has a feature story on The Mighty Orq. Check it out here! All is in place for the release of "Milk Money" at The Rhythm Room on April 30th. Stay tuned right here for updates as the date nears. Check out the Schedule to see some dates for the month of May. 4/14/05 APRIL 30th!!! APRIL 30th!!! Here is a taste of the new album:
Click on it for a bigger taste! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 4/8/05 After a few days of technical difficulties, we are back. Computers can really SUCK sometimes! Can I get an amen?? Big ups to the folks in Corpus at Dr. Rockit's for making our trip last week especially enjoyable. Lots of friends were made over icy cold Jagermeister! Saturday night, come hang out at our last gig "inside the loop" before our CD Release party. The Stag's Head Pub is always lovely & LOUD. Don't forget!! APRIL 30th!!! The Mighty Orq will release MILK MONEY at The Rhythm Room. You can get tickets by clicking right HERE!! GET THEM NOW!!
IF you haven't seen the new April issue of Houston's MUSIC NEWS, The Mighty Orq is right smack dab on the cover. Squished inbetween Sevendust, Canned Heat, and Lillian Axe. THAT is an ODD mixture indeed. You can check out the cover here, or click on the one above. Click HERE to read the article inside. The Houston Press mentioned our upcoming CD Release in the Racket section. Click here to check it out. THANK YOU EVERYONE!! YOU ARE THE BEST!! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 3/28/05 This week! Join The Mighty Orq in Corpus Christi, Texas; the home of Whataburger and the hippest bar in the South, Dr. Rockit's. TONS of wicked bands have played at Dr. Rockit's over the years, and now you can add The Mighty Orq to that list. The Mighty Orq's CD, Milk Money, will be released on April 30th at The Rhythm Room in Houston. The artwork is done and all of the credits/thanks/wordtypestuff is being finalized. Tell your friends and let it be known! April 30th April 30th April 30th April 30th April 30th April 30th Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 3/1/05 LAST MINUTE SHOW!! The Mighty Orq will be playing this Friday at 12:15am at Forgetta Bout It on the North Side. We will be playing with Sonic Red and Triple. This is Sonic Red's CD Release party so come out and support some friends of ours. 2/28/05 The Mighty Orq's CD Release for "Milk Money" has been set for Saturday, April 30th at The Rhythm Room in Houston. This will be an ALL AGES event. Opening the show will be the amazing Peppermint Jenny. Posters available shortly. March schedule is up! Check it out. Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 2/14/05 The Mighty Orq will be recording some new songs this week. These songs will be put in the barrel for our NEXT release. The release date of The Mighty Orq's "Milk Money" CD should be announced this week. Stay tuned right here for all of the info. Thank you to EVERYONE for allowing us to do what we love. YOU are the reason that we do this. Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 2/7/05 Thanks go out to all of those that made it out to The Handlebar South this past Saturday for making it a killer time. BIG UPS to our boy Heath. The best bouncer/fireman/international man of mystery in the business. It was a great night and we were able to try out a bunch of new songs and have fun while doing it. Speaking of new songs, The Mighty Orq will be going back into the studio on February 20th and 21st to do some recording. We are staying very busy with getting new material out to all of you. We are getting close to having a release date for our new cd titled "Milk Money". Stay tuned right here for all the info regarding this.
Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 1/31/05 This week The Mighty Orq will be rocking at The Vibe in Austin on Thursday and in Port Arthur at The Handlebar South on Saturday. Make sure and tell all of your friends near these venues to come out and say hi to us. We prefer handrolled cigarettes and Jagermeister, so bring us either and see what happens! We are in the "artwork" process of our album and it is coming along nicely. By the way, the new album's title will be "Milk Money". Stay tuned for more info regarding this historic release. Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 1/26/05 The Mighty Orq will be BACK in Austin every Thursday night starting this week! We are starting a weekly gig at The Vibe on 6th Street. We will be going onstage around 8pm, so get there early! 1/24/05 The Mighty Orq will be playing A LOT more gigs coming up very shortly. Stay tuned right here for info regarding new dates. You can ALWAYS find out where we will be at in the near future by checking our SCHEDULE. RIP Johnny Carson Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 1/17/05 A huge thank you to everyone that showed up last Friday at The Stag's Head Pub a success. It was our first time playing in the loop in about a month, and we had a blast getting it on for you! This week, Thursday night we will be playing at The Sidecar Pub from 9-9:45pm. This is an 18+ show, so let all of your underage friends know! We will be playing with Damesviolet and Boxstar. Much more news regarding our new album in the upcoming weeks, so stay right here for all of the updates. Thanks to all, and we will see you... Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 1/13/05 The Mighty Orq's song "Unholy Getdown" from our upcoming CD was recently added to the playlist of The Upper Room with Joe Kelley. The Upper Room with Joe Kelley is a highly respected internet radio station and was the first station to ever be featured on Prince's own website. You can email Joe by clicking HERE and asking them to play more music from The Mighty Orq. 12/15/2004 Here he is! The handsome Steven Jett Will
12/14/2004 It's a Boy!! Jessica gave birth to a beutiful baby boy this past Sunday evening. Steven Jett Will Jr. came into the world at 7:14pm on the 12th of December. We will have a picture up on the site shortly of the little guy. If you would like to wish Jess congratulations, drop her an email. If you would like to wish the new father Steven congratulations, come on out this Thursday or Friday and do it in person. He will be filling in for Jessica on bass duties until she feels up to coming back. We will be mastering our new record in Wimberley, TX today at Masterpiece Mastering with Mr. Billy Stull, so it won't be long now! Stay tuned right here for all of the details. Thank you all!!!!! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 12/9/2004 We would like to express our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell. If you haven't read about the tragedy that happened last night in Ohio, you can read about it here. Dimebag was the guitarist for Pantera, and was currently fronting his new band Damageplan. Pantera was a huge influence on us as musicians. Not only musically, but just in his attitude. Plus, he was from Texas. So, in the words of Dimebag, "Practice your sack off!". RIP Dimebag 12/6/2004 The Mighty Orq's new cd will be completed(God willing) on December 14th. Not released on that day, just completed. Stay tuned right here for details regarding release dates and the like. After playing over 200 dates in 2004, we are excited about the outlook for 2005. This past year we demoed 25+ songs, did a tour of Europe, traveled constantly, and rocked everywhere we went. 2005 plans to be an even more exciting time in the world of The Mighty Orq. We would truly like to thank everyone for supporting us and being there every step of the way. We will see you all this week at The Big Easy and in Lubbock.
Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 11/22/2004 Thanks to everyone for the emails/notes regarding the clips of the songs from our new album. If you haven't heard them yet, just scroll down and click on the song title to hear a sample of The Mighty Orq's upcoming record. Remember to let us know what you think! This Saturday we will be back at The Stag's Head Pub for our return engagement. An intimate venue that is sure to come alive on Saturday night. So if you are tired of turkey on Saturday, come out and rock with us. Don't forget about Orq's solo show tonight at The Big Easy. Always a great way to hear our songs played in an acoustic setting. Word on the street is that Joe's Generic Bar in Austin will be reopening shortly. If it happens, The Mighty Orq will begin our weekly engagement in A-town. So tell your friends in Austin! We just added December 9th at The Big Easy with a full on rock concert for all who plan to attend. This will be our last gig of the year at this venue. So make sure and be there! Stay tuned right here for all news regarding the happenings in the world of The Mighty Orq. MUCHO GRACIAS TO ALL!!! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 11/19/2004 NEW MUSIC ADDED!! Go to our HOME page and scroll down to hear clips from 4 songs that will be on our upcoming CD. Let us know what you think! 11/15/2004 A HUGE thank you to everyone that made it out to The Rhythm Room last Friday. We had a great time playing for everyone. We apologize to all of our underage friends that attempted to come out and got turned away at the door. We PROMISE to do an all ages show soon. But, we would TRULY like to thank you for making the trek to The Rhythm Room anyway. We know who you are! Finishing touches will be added to our new CD this week in Austin with our buddy Bryan Jones. Stay tuned right here for updates regarding the release of it and also for song samples. They will be up shortly! No gigs this weekend, so enjoy your rest! Be ready to get Orqed on the 27th at The Stag's Head Pub! IF you would like to be Orqed earlier, make sure you catch Orq in all of his solo glory every Monday night at The Big Easy. Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 11/8/2004 The Mighty Orq will be heading out West! We are in the process of booking our first tour of the Western US. It should be starting around the beginning of February 2005. So, if you are wanting to see us, please drop our booking agent, Jeremy Horton an email. Our cd is coming along nicely. We will be putting finishing touches on it and mastering it this week. We will have samples of a few songs up on the site in the next week or so. Please stay tuned right here for all the info. Thanks to all that came out to the Radisson last Friday night. We would like to especially thank all of our friends from the area High Schools that found their way to the Radisson. YOU made the night! Scroll down to the bottom to find out where we will be this weekend. Friday night w/ Guy Forsyth at The Rhythm Room. What else would you want to do?? Until then, long days and pleasant nights. Soon, Jess, Orq, Matt "The Mighty Orq" 11/2/2004 Once again, 4 years has passed and it is time to vote! So get out and do it. Remember, you can always write in one of US for president. As a whole, we think Jessica would make a great President. So if you feel as we do, write her name in. Big thanks to all who enjoyed the gigs last week with us. We hope you had as much fun being out front as we did on stage. We would like to thank Sonic Red and Drexl for their efforts at The Sidecar Pub on Thursday. We would also like to thank the bartenders from The Stag's Head Pub for their Halloween costumes. Very nice indeed. Scroll down for this week's gigs. Drop us a line with any questions, comments, concerns or photos you may have. Soon, Jess, Orq, Matt "The Mighty Orq" 10/25/2004 Huge thanks to everyone that made our shows last week a huge success! We rocked out at The Rhythm Room on Friday and played a marathon gig in Port Arthur on Saturday. Check out our buddy Heath's take on the Port Arthur show on our Messageboard. If you missed either, you missed an experience. But, just check our schedule page to see where you can witness the next show first hand. Thanks also go out to Matt the Electrician and 900lbs for playing with us on Friday night. Matt the Electrician may have a "small guitar", but he is still a nice guy(if you were there, you know what we're talking about). This Thursday we will be playing at The Sidecar Pub on Huffmeister Road on Houston's West side. This will be our first trip to The Sidecar, so come on out and see The Mighty Orq in a new room. It is a short set, so the energy level is sure to be high! We have completed the mixing process on our new record. 12 tracks for your aural pleasure. We are in the "listening" mode now. Making sure everything is right for YOU. Stay tuned right here for all the news regarding this historic release! Once again, thanks to EVERYONE for all the support. YOU are the best! Soon, Jess, Orq, and Matt "The Mighty Orq" 10/19/2004 2 BIG shows this week!! On Friday we will be playing at The Rhythm Room in Houston! This is our ONLY show in the city this month, so do not miss it! We will be playing with Matt the Electrician from Austin, and 900lbs from right here in H-Town. Both are very hip bands. 900lbs includes the Moses Guest rhythm section of James Edwards and Jeremy Horton. Great players and very cool guys. Come early to check them out! We hit the stage around 10:30. Saturday we will be playing our first gig in East Texas at The Handlebar South. They don't have a website, but you can check our schedule page for a map and phone number to the club. Please tell all of your friends on the East side to make it out. We go on at 10pm. We are in the final stages of completing our album. Mixing and editing in Austin with our good friend Bryan Jones. Stay tuned right here for info regarding when it will be released. Thanks to everyone for coming out this past Saturday at The Ginger Man Pub's Oktoberfest. Lots of beer was drunk, and lots of folks got drunk. All in all, a rockin' time. Hope to see EVERYONE this weekend. Soon, Jess, Orq, and Matt "The Mighty Orq" 10/11/2004 Thank you to all who showed up at The Cactus Moon this past Saturday night for our show. We had a great time and hope you did too. We will begin the mixing process of our new album in the next week. We are super excited about finishing it up and getting out there to play it for all of you. Stay tuned right here for all the info regarding dates & news. Once again, thanks to everyone for all of the support. We couldn't do this without you! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 10/4/2004 The Mighty Orq will be coming to East Texas on October 23rd! So for all of you that have been emailing us regarding us playing closer to Louisiana, here's your chance to come see the rock show in person. We will be playing at The Handlebar South in Port Arthur, TX on October 23rd. We will be going on around 10pm. Be sure and let everyone you know in East Texas to NOT MISS IT!! The Mighty Orq women's "baby" tanks are now for sale online! Please go to our Merchandise page and get yours today. This week The Mighty Orq will be cleaning up the North side once again at The Cactus Moon. The rocking starts at 10pm and doesn't stop until every ear has bled and every eye has wept! Be there! The new album is in the "reviewing" stage at the moment. We are listening intently and making notes for the final mixes. We hope to have it completed by the first week of November. No release date has been set yet. Stay tuned right here for all the news regarding it. We would like to thank everyone at Joe's Generic and The Shakespeare Pub for making our weekly gigs there so cool. Just a few names that we HAVE to mention; Joe, Jay, Beau, & John at Joe's. Chris, Pat, Matt, & Frank at Shakespeare's. Thanks a bunch guys! The biggest thanks goes out to all of YOU, the fans! Thank you so much for all the support. YOU are the reason we do this, and we truly appreciate each of you. Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 9/24/04 Just a quick note to let you know that starting in October, The Mighty Orq will no longer be playing every Tuesday in Austin at Joe's Generic Bar and every Wednesday at The Shakespeare Pub. So, please come out next Tuesday and Wednesday and help us celebrate our final gigs at these two historic nightspots! Please be sure and check our Schedule page to see where we WILL be at in the month of October. 9/21/04 The Mighty Orq would like to thank The Ashbury Keys for letting us play with them this past Friday at The Rhythm Room. We had a killer time and hope all of you that showed up did too. This week we will be taking our rock show to Houston's North side at The Cactus Moon on Friday night. If you live up there, or know some folks that do, drop them a line and let them know to come on out. It promises to be a great time. The new album is nearing completion. Stay tuned right here for more info regarding it! THANK YOU to everyone for supporting what we are doing. YOU are the best! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 9/14/04 Thanks so much to everyone for making our road trip this last weekend a huge success! We had a great time playing in Corpus Christi on Friday and at the Wortham Music Festival on Saturday. We should have some killer photos from the festival in Wortham on the site shortly. Keep an eye right here for info. This week we are back at it hard and heavy. Ready to rock for y'all on Tuesday in Austin, Wednesday on the west side, Friday "inside the loop", and Saturday back in Austin. Please come out and say hi at one of the gigs this week. Scroll down for this week's shows, or check out our schedule. Our new record is coming along nicely. We are in the process of doing vocal editing at the moment. If you don't know what that is, ask us at our next show and we'll explain it to you. We hope to have it out for everyone to hear very soon. Stay tuned for further details. Once again, thanks to EVERYONE for supporting us. YOU are the reason we are doing this. We truly appreciate each and every one of you. Soon, Jess, Orq, and Matt "The Mighty Orq"
9/9/04 New Show added!! The Mighty Orq will be playing with The Ashbury Keys on Friday, September 17th at The Rhythm Room in Houston. We will be going on around 9pm or so. Come see us play with one of the best pop/rock bands in Houston. 9/8/04 We would like to apologize for all the folks that showed up on Tuesday night at Joe's for not having the full band in tow. Jessica had a family emergency that she had to attend to(don't worry, everything is ok). We hope you dug Orq's solo show. We WILL return with the full band next Tuesday, the 14th.
9/7/04 The Mighty Orq has finished recording it's new album! We finished w/ background vocal overdubs last week. We now start the process of mixing. Bryan Jones, of the band Rae, has been awesome throughout the overdub process. Now he will start mixing the album for us. Stay tuned right here to see how it is coming along! This Thursday we will be playing for the first time ever at The Continental Club in Houston. Please come out and support us for our first time in a new club. Friday we will be making our triumphant return to Dr. Rockit's in Corpus Christi. Always a blast. If you know some folks down south, please let them know that The Mighty Orq is coming! Saturday we will be playing on the main stage at the Wortham Blues Festival. This show will is guaranteed to be a rockin' event. We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to The Big Easy, Joe's Generic, and The Hawg Stop Festival this past weekend. We hope that y'all had as much fun listening as we had playing. If you dig the new website, please tell a friend about it. Also, please don't forget to sign up on our email list to keep up with the happenings of The Mighty Orq. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 8/30/04 Thanks to everyone for all the emails concerning our 2 new songs on the site. We are VERY excited about finishing up recording our new cd. We are just touching up a couple of things this week. If all goes well, it should be mixed and mastered by mid-September. Then, it's just a matter of getting it out for YOU to hear. There are 2 big shows this week that we want to mention. Saturday night we will be at The Big Easy in Houston. This is the spot where our live record "Ghost Train" was recorded. We always have a blast here and want you to come out and experience The Mighty Orq in a funky setting. Then, on Sunday September 5th, we will be headlining the Hawg Stop Blues Fest IV. We will be playing one set starting at 9:30 pm. Come celebrate YOUR Labor Day Weekend with The Mighty Orq!! Once again, a huge THANK YOU goes out to everyone for all the support. YOU are the reason we are doing this and we TRULY appreciate each and every one of you. Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The MIGHTY Orq" 8/23/04 The Mighty Orq would like to thank everyone for all the support in the last week. We TRULY appreciate it. We have a couple new songs up on the site. These songs will NOT be on our upcoming album. The only place you can find them is here. Just go to our MUSIC page and scroll to the bottom. They will stream in a new window. Our good friends at www.krazy-horse.com took some awesome photos of us at The Cactus Moon this past Friday. You can view the slideshow by clicking here. The new album is nearing completion! We will be done with overdubs by the first week of September. We are very happy with how it is turning out and can't wait to get it in your hands. Thank you all once again! Soon, Jess, Orq, & Matt "The Mighty Orq" 8/18/04 713-529-3264 The Mighty Orq Booking/Info Hotline will be up and running this Thursday. Give it a call and check this week's gigs. You may also use this number to inquire about having The Mighty Orq play a rock concert for you! Give us a call at: 713-529-3264 8/16/04 The biggest news of the week has GOT to be Jess' announcement of her upcoming baby! They found out this week it is a boy! We are super happy for her and her husband Steven(bass player for Hadden Sayers). She plans on rocking out right up until she is told to stop! Then, she'll take a few weeks off, and be back in the saddle with us. Also this week, Orq got his guitar back that was stolen from his truck a year ago this week! You can read all about it here. On Sunday September 5th, we will be headlining the Hawg Stop Blues Fest IV. For info regarding this, please go here. New music from The Mighty Orq will be on the site shortly. Please stay tuned for more info. Once again, thanks to everyone for all of the support! YOU are the reason we are doing this! Soon, Jess, Matt, & Orq "The Mighty Orq"
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