Hi Everyone-

Wanted to drop a line and let everyone know that we’ll be performing one last time at the Middle East Downstairs on Saturday, April 18th, 2009.  Please pick up your tickets for the show at http://www.ticketmaster.com/Harris-the-Men-tickets/artist/1300082 .  Scamper will be playing as well, for the first time in over a year.  The Men and Jericho trumpet round out the bill.  We’re going out in style.  We’ll have an extra long set, and a good time will be had by all.

Thanks for all of your support.  We look forward to rocking out for you one last time.

Mike

Playing in a band is a weird thing.  Ending that is a weird thing as well- I should probably focus on that later though… I’d like to let people know about one of the coolest aspects of being in a band- one of those things that I don’t think people focus on too often.  Its beyond the “yah hey we’re best friends and we slept on couches from here to Paris and back to Toronto and around to Florida and yah yah yah”.  I got to watch people be creative behind closed doors.  I got to watch them fuck up a million times in front of each other.  I got to do the same in front of a few guys who I consider to be some of the most talented people in the world.  I got to sit there and watch as people put together a string of notes that I never would have thought of.  I got to watch a dude sit behind a drum kit and bash out a beat that I couldn’t even comprehend.  I got to sit in a creative environment so powerful that the corners of my lips would stretch out and make a smile because I was so blown away by what was happening in front of my eyes.  I got to be a part of something that was, a lot of the time, completely out of my control.  Coming to practice, in a disgusting jam-space that reeked of pot (not from us), and  hanging with a bunch of dudes who otherwise might not have completely achieved the level of understanding that we Harris guys did, I feel honored to have watched Matt bust his ass to write parts to songs that were brought to the table by Jon.  I feel blessed to have watched Rob break sticks and freak out in an effort to teach us the importance of rhythm.  I feel amazingly humbled to have watched jim pick up a keyboard and write parts to songs that I couldn’t have come up with in all of my years of piano lessons.  I feel downright jealous of the guitar parts that Jon would come up with in relation to damn near anything that was presented to him.  When you break it down, over the last eight years or so, I’ve watched some talented guys become more and more talented.  I’ve seen skills honed.  I’ve watched a team form.  I’ve been lucky to be there every step of the way.  I’m sad to see it go, but I’m glad to have been a part of it.  My guys deserve a million salutes, and this is just the beginning of them. We love everyone who has been a part of Harris.  There are many of you.  You know who you are, and we thank you for every minute of your time.