It’s no secret that I love guitars. I own my share of Fenders, Gibsons, and Rickenbackers. But this blog post is about my love affair with Reverend Guitars. I was first introduced to Reverend back in the early 2000s when they still made their USA series. Reverend loaned me a red Slingshot with two P-90 pickups and a black pickguard. The quality and sound of that guitar was so impressive that I … See more
Here's a holiday greeting and a special song for all of our fans. Thank you for your support! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzRVfu_IaDU … See more
Our music video for "The Devil's Chain Gang" took home three awards at the Sacramento Film and Music Festival! We attended the festival on Saturday night, along with the video's directors Jason Knight and Sean Kime, and had a great time watching it on the big screen at the Crest Theatre in between several other music videos for local artists. Then at the awards ceremony Sunday night, Jason … See more
Update 09/02/2013: Join the band and the video's directors after the screening to celebrate at Gallagher's Irish Pub! Last month we were excited to learn that our music video for "The Devil's Chain Gang" was accepted into the Sacramento Film and Music Festival. We're very proud of the video and thankful to directors Jason Knight and Sean Kime for how it turned out, so this is a real honor … See more
Hey y'all, Kenny Franklin Valentine here to tell you what's up with The Nickel Slots in August. Roll the projectors The boys' very cool music video for their song "The Devil's Chain Gang" was just accepted into the Sacramento Film and Music Festival. I'm no Roger Ebert, but that seems pretty awesome to me! Save the evening of Saturday, September 14th to come see the video on a big screen at the … See more
The boys recorded a video blog this week to do the drawing for their house concert contest. I tossed my name into the hat, but they said I ain't eligible to win. The video's also got some practice footage of a new song called "Float Around." Check it out! http://youtu.be/G3JwcG9FYtw Links to stuff they mentioned: Old Ironsides, May 31st Honky-Tonk Showdown, June 8th "The Devil's … See more
We're busy right now booking shows for this summer in large outdoor venues: festivals, park concerts, county fairs and such. To make sure we don't get too bored with these wide open spaces, we want to play at least one intimate show. So we're going to give one lucky Nickel Slots fan a house concert this summer! Here's how it works: from now through the end of April, add a comment on this post … See more
