Well it has been really amazing getting to work with The Gentry this past year. I’ve been able to realize some loud rock dreams with those guys in tow and I’m really grateful for the time they spent working to prepare for our tour together this Summer and all the time spent traveling around the U.S. with me in a van. We had some really magical moments on and off stage. I was finally able to move past some fairly long-standing stage fright and found freedom in the band format, having just been a singing DJ up to that point. I have Gino, Steve & AC to thanks for that.

We have had our share of disasters along the way as well…much of which revolved around our drummer’s body slowly breaking bone by bone. Dude broke his hand in San Francisco (and just kept playing) then he broke his foot 4 days before the big farewell show at Mississippi Studios in Portland and had surgery on his foot (metal plate anyone?) THE DAY BEFORE. He’s an animal.

At any rate, we made some last minute adjustments to the show obviously because he couldn’t play the entire hour long set. One such change was a bit of a throwback to my humble singing DJ beginnings from years back. It was fun to play some of the new stuff and have it just be pop. If my lighting guy had remembered to bring his board to go along with the lights we lugged to the venue it would have been a lot better…or maybe not. It ended up being very intimate, very bare bones, unmasked & vulnerable. It seemed like a very appropriate way to leave things. Here’s a clip from the karaoke portion of last week’s final show:

Logan Lynn: “Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen” & “Velocity” LIVE at Mississippi Studios, Portland (August 20th, 2010)

Next up is a clip from our secret show at this year’s Salem Pride Festival. It ended up being one of the best shows of the entire Summer. Sadly, the camera was right in front of Gino’s guitar amp so the sound of this video is way more fucked up than it usually is but it was such a good day I figured I’d post it anyway.

Logan Lynn & The Gentry: “Smoke Rings” LIVE at Salem Pride (August 7th, 2010)

This weekend is going to be so fun, Seattle!!!

I’ll be performing with The Gentry on the Main Stage on Capitol Hill this Sunday (June 27th, 2010) at The Cuff’s Annual Seattle Pride Block Party! We go on at 4pm, just after the parade, and will be sharing the stage with Shannon (of “Let The Music Play” fame), Frenchie Davis (from “American Idol” and Broadway!), Darrick Barry (from “America’s Got Talent”), and Chi Chi LaRue (of gay dicks and asses, incorporated)!!!

We’re all looking forward to getting REALLY loud and proud with you, Seattle! Let’s do it bigger and better than it’s ever been done before! See you Sunday!!! For more information on the event, click HERE.

To RSVP to the event on Facebook, CLICK HERE.

This week’s issue of The Portland Mercury is called “Secrets of Portland’s Queer Underground” and just hit stands today. On page 19 for their 2010 Top 10 Pride Picks they picked this Saturday’s Blow Pony “Bash Back” show (which I’m performing at with The Gentry) as their number one choice and had some really nice stuff to say about me!!!

For the local folks, go pick up a copy. Our show is on pages 19, 23, 27, & 33. For the rest of you, read what they had to say below the photo of the fag in the raccoon hat.

From “The Portland Mercury“: (6/17/2010 Issue)

’2010 TOP 10 PRIDE PICKS’

Blow Pony “Bash Back”: Rotture, 315 SE 3rd, Sat June 19th, 9pm, $5.

IN ADDITION TO THIS…

The Portland Mercury picked me as their “Band Of The Week” this week. You can check it out online HERE or via the photo below. Pretty fun, right?

Thanks again to everybody who came out to our Summer Tour kick-off/warm-up show at Doug Fir last week in Portland!!!  It was really fun to see you and the night was just what we needed to send us off right!  Also:  Big thanks to Fleshtone and DoublePlusGood for being so awesome before our band(s) took the stage.  More fun like that, please.

For those of you who missed it, you can watch the video below.  This is one of the new songs from my upcoming record that, until now, nobody has really heard.  Sorry in advance for the shitty ass camera microphone sound quality.

Logan Lynn & The Gentry: “Fall Into New Arms” LIVE @ Doug Fir Lounge, Portland (5/27/2010):