I have been asked by a close personal friend (and former Johnny Bravo vocalist) Mike “Redd” Christian to present this amusing bit of nostalgia, a relic from days when times were higher and burdens were lighter, when friends congregated to make magic memories, most of which have been forgotten (through no fault of our own). So now, without further ado, here is…
JOHNNY BRAVO’S Sunshine and Happiness review
Vol. 1, No. 1 March 1994
Hello everyone!
The manuscript you’re reading is the first issue of “JOHNNY BRAVO’S Sunsshine (sp) and Happiness review”. It is, more or less, the ”official” Johnny Bravo newsletter, which will be sent to those on our mailing list and/or made available to anyone interested in our band, JOHNNY BRAVO.
Through this humble, badly typed medium we will be keeping our friends informed and up-to-date concerning shows, future projects, things we’re working on now, and any other relevant information…trivial or otherwise.
A lot has happened since the four of us first got together late last November. We’ve played 4 shows at Shawnee’s Owl Shoppe, as well as performances at Tulio’s and the Liquid Lounge, both is Norman. We want to thank Bobby Sneed for giving us the oppurtunity (sp) to do the Tulio’s show. Also, a great big hug and kiss to Ty Kamm, Barry Zimmerman and the guys of KLIPSPRINGER for the Liquid Lounge date. Fast, but hardly least, thanks to THE BREADBOX’s Steve Petree for the Owl Shoppe dated.
Our guitarist, Mike Hardwick, has been busy recording and mixing material for THE BREADBOX, who have been hard at work themselves, writing and performing, among other places, at the Satellite Twin Theater (formerly “Rome”) in Norman. Their new material sounds fresh!
JOHNNY BRAVO is currently searching far and wide for a new place to rehearse. If anyone out there has any suggestions or knows of a cheap (or free!!) place where we could practice, we would be forever in your debt. The ideal place would be fairly large and in an area where loud music would not invite the wrath of landlords or policemen.
The only show we have scheduled, as of this writing, is Tuesday, March 22 at the Owl Shoppe, 6 E. Main, in Shawnee OK. Realizing that Tuesday is not typically a night when people usually get out to see a band, there IS a reason we’re playing this show. We hope that ALL of our friends will come out and support us that night. The encouragement of a large audience would be so helpful, so invite your friends and anyone who may not have heard JOHNNY BRAVO yet.
The band’s song list has been set for some time now, and these are the songs we’ve been doing (in no particular order):
1) the sleeping rose 2) kick you around 3) days without a cure 4) sunshine 5) scripts ripped 6) losing my mind 7) why you? 8) complicated 9) nothing 10) Mozart (was his hero)
We’ve been busy writing songs lately, and have come up with 4 new originals. Two of them haven’t been given titles yet. “Maternal Instinct” is probably the heaviest thing we’ve done (musically that is), and the acoustic “become” is the lightest. We should be debuting at least a couple of these songs at the March 22nd show, so there’s another good reason to come out that night. We’re very happy with these new songs and we think you’ll be surprised.
Since this newsletter is to be included with our promotional package, let us take this oppurtunity (sp) to say “howdy to the club owners, promoters, managers, and other :music industry insiders”. We hope to be seeing a lot of you in the near future.
If you have any questions, want to be put on our r mailing list, of (sp) would like a current update on JOHNNY BRAVO’s itinerary , please feel free to call James Arthur Casey at (***) ***-****/ Or, if you prefer, you can write to us at JOHNNY BRAVO, c/o J.A. Casey, *** Ken Del Drive, #41, Shawnee Oklahoma, 74801.
Thanks, thanks, a million thanks to everyone who has come out to see us. Your support has helped us in more ways than you can know. Sorry about the miserable typing!
Until next time…
JOHNNY BRAVO
Note…Unfortunately, despite the best of intentions, there was no next time. I am inclined, however, to think that the world would have been a better place had JOHNNY BRAVO continued.)
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