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Thank You || creative commons photo by Ryan McGuire

Dear Audience Member

August 31, 2016 by jessica

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[caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Thank You || creative commons photo by Ryan McGuire[/caption] Dear Audience Member: Thank you. I mean it, thank you. I'm not just saying that because it's the thing to say when we finish a song, every song, sometimes before any applause has even started, often to…

Petal at Wolf Den: January 10th

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 by jessica

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[caption id="attachment_259" align="alignleft" width="640"] Microphone || creative commons photo by drestwn[/caption] Check... Check one two... IS THIS THING ON? Okay, sure, we've been a bit quiet around here. That's partly because one of us severely injured his finger at work in early July, rendering him unable to play guitar until…

photo by Vern Uyetake, courtesy of the Rose Festival

Jessie to Sing National Anthem at Rose Cup Races

May 28, 2014May 28, 2014 by jessica

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I'm not sure how this happened (okay, I am, but I'm still in a bit of disbelief). Apparently I'm going to be singing the national anthem at a car race next month. I know, right? [caption id="attachment_250" align="alignnone" width="640"] photo by Vern Uyetake, courtesy of the Rose Festival[/caption] So, Portland…

Petal Plays “They Call Me Rocket” Book Fundraiser

April 28, 2014April 28, 2014 by jessica

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Heads up, Petal is contributing to the entertainment for the "They Call Me Rocket" book fundraiser at the Star Theater on May 6th. Which means you're coming to the Star Theater on May 6th. Right? Right. More about the event, from the event page: "Rocket" is the stage name of…

Back in the Studio

February 21, 2014February 21, 2014 by jessica

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A little over a year since Ken, Mark, & Jessie started rehearsing again - an acoustic iteration of their former Petal selves - we're in the studio. The plan is to eventually record fully-caffeinated versions of these songs (AKA with drums & bass), but for now we wanted to record…

Labor Day Party

February 9, 2014February 21, 2014 by jessica

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[caption id="attachment_46" align="alignnone" width="720"] Laura Barton's Labor Day Party - by Wes Barton - September 2013[/caption] Back in the day (which, for our purposes, means the late 1990s) when Petal would drive from Seattle or Portland down the Pacific coast to play shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Ken's…

Analog Open Mic Night

February 9, 2014February 21, 2014 by jessica

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[caption id="attachment_45" align="alignnone" width="720"] Analog Open Mic Night - by Chris May - August 2013[/caption] Open mic nights were our version of dipping our toe back into the performing waters, after so many years away from playing together (let alone playing together in front of PEOPLE). This was, if I…

Fender Custom Shop Roadshow at Pro Guitar Shop in Portland - by Chris May - June 2013

Guitar Show

February 9, 2014February 21, 2014 by jessica

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[caption id="attachment_47" align="alignnone" width="720"] Fender Custom Shop Roadshow at Pro Guitar Shop in Portland - by Chris May - June 2013[/caption] Ken suggested we go to this guitar event. Jessie assumes that the techno-speak coming out of the mouths of the people onstage meant something to the boys, but it…

At the Bus Stop (1998)

January 9, 2014February 21, 2014 by jessica

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[caption id="attachment_48" align="alignnone" width="720"] Petal - by Juliana Tobon - April 1998[/caption] Back where it all began... Petal's original lineup, photographed in a Portland bus stop in 1998. Damn, we were babies.