Put a Fork in 2024...

Well, that was quick -- move over 2024; make room for 2025!
Looking back, 2024 was EPIC! Not everything went our way along the journey, but the places we went and the people we met were unforgettable!
In January, we started building some great relationships with Jorge Sanchez and Robert Rankin Walker. These guys are not only great musicians; they're awesome human beings as well! We got to know the American Patriot Band and Sons of SoCal. We started doing open-mic nights every once in a while, and continued to meet other great people!
We met Mike 'Magoo' Davis in February -- such an awesome guy, and a genuine pleasure to be around! We also got more involved with the American Patriot Music Project, learning to build guitars. We also met Pat and Christina Dooley, who are those forever-friend kind of people! We were supposed to play at Baily's, but it got rescheduled (the first time).
In March, we met Rex at O'Hara's, who gave the band our first 'real' paying gig. 
April: we played at O'Hara's, and it was a great gig! People dug what we were doing, and we seemed to go over really well. We did our first guitar build with the American Patriots and met some really great people with the most beautiful hearts you could imagine -- Didi, Fernanda, Tee, Charlotte, I'm talking about you! We reconnected with Marie, which was a high point for us. We also played at Bastards, where a lot of other bands would have loved to play but never got the chance.
In May, we played at Teakwoods for the first time. This is one of our favorite, most cozy places to play. We also played at Baily's in Old Town Temecula as our acoustic project, Unplug Betsey. We reconnected with Mike in May -- we hadn't played with Mike since the previous November or December, and we thought he'd fit in well with our acoustic project.
In June, we got fired from O'Hara's. C'est la vie, right? We said goodbye to James and brought in Mike as our full-time drummer. We rounded out the month doing another 3-day Patriot guitar build in Big Bear, spending time with great friends!
We rehearsed in July. Not much more than that. Now that Mike was in the band, we wanted to re-tool our repertoire -- keeping some songs; losing other songs; adding new songs that fit our new dynamic.
The maiden voyage of our new lineup was in August. We played at Teakwoods and had an awesome time! We had our first test-drive with a lot of new equipment -- new mixer; new speakers; new wireless systems. Thankfully, Jorge was there with us so everything went nice and smooth! We also played a private party for a friend's birthday and rehearsed some more.
In September, we finally got to play at Taylor's! We had to cancel our July gig there, and we were ecstatic that Mike invited us again; Taylor's is a really fun bar with some great people, and we can't wait to get back there next February! To make September even better, we met some truly beautiful people -- Jeanine from Rockaholix hosted an all-day music fest at Wild West Social, where local bands played and showed some great support for each other within our small musical community. We also got to know Gary, Sean, Derek and Mark from My Dad's Band.
October was absolutely phenomenal! We played on Wild West Social's huge raised stage, Baily's amazing courtyard, and on Halloween weekend we got to party at Pepe's!
We returned to Teakwoods and Pepe's in November, and had a great time playing for fun party crowds!
December capped off the year with a really fun private party with some great Marine friends at Camp Pendleton, and an unbelievably incredible Christmas-weekend show at Vail Lake KOA -- what a way to end the year!
2024 was a really fun, busy year for Patch of Gravity; I wouldn't trade it for the world. But you know what? 2025 says, 'hold my beer.'