We were scheduled to play at 4pm on the opening day of the 2007 Oyster Ridge Music Festival. Our plan was to leave Salt Lake City at noon in order to give us time to check into our hotel and arrive at the Festival with time to spare. From Salt Lake City, UT to Kemmerer, WY is never more than a two-and-a-half hour drive (but nobody told us of the two hour traffic delay that was ahead). We set out at a standard pace, abiding by the law until we hit the unforeseen traffic that put us well behind pace.

We had an obligation; Tommy was driving the van and knew what needed to be done. We were pushing the limit of the vehicle and well on our way to making up the lost time when we happened upon a State Trooper 13 miles outside of the Kemmerer city limits. The officer was kind, understanding of our situation but obligated to teach us a lesson. As you can see, he quickly issued us a ticket (as not to delay us any further) and set us on our way. We were sure to signal as we re-entered traffic that day and continued with haste as we entered Kemmerer. We pulled up in a daze, unloaded our equipment directly onto the stage and started our Friday set slightly winded but conveniently on time.

PS. 79 in a 65 was a very generous white lie (courtesy of the State Trooper) to avoid the ticket posting on Tommy’s long term driving record.

A very talented Mr. Paul Wardwell is the official videographer for the Oyster Ridge Music Festival and he just sent me a link to his most recent video compilation for the 2007 festival. Click here or on the image above to see the full video recap on YouTube! Lander is a pretty minimal part of the entire video but you’ll get a great idea for the vibe of the festival and the reason we make the road trip every summer to Kemmerer. Enjoy!!!

We were really excited to be offered two days at this year’s Oyster Ridge Music Festival in Kemmerer, WY. Last year we debuted on a Sunday afternoon but this year we were honored to be placed on Friday and Saturday’s stage. We didn’t want our two sets to be redundant, so we purposefully saved a lot of our best material for the second day of the festival. Friday was fun but the set list on Saturday was strong all the way through and filled with the best we had to offer. Take a look at the image above… this is the actual set list that we crafted in the minutes leading up to our second performance at ORMF 2007.

Another year has passed us by and another appearance at the Oyster Ridge Music Festival is under our belt. The folks in Kemmerer, WY really know how to host a festival and we’re always honored to be a part of it. Thank you to the festival crew and coordinators for letting us participate in the event and thank you to those that danced and watched our Friday and Saturday sets. We had a ton of fun and we sincerely look forward to next year’s appearance!

The great people at the Oyster Ridge Music Festival in Kemmer WY just posted a great festival documentary on youtube.com. Paul Wardwell put together a nice video that captures the spirit of the Festival and the people involved. Go to youtube.com to check out the 3 part documentary- Lander made an appearance so I wanted to post this to show everyone (short but sweet). We were honored to play the show in 2006 and we look forward to our next appearance in 2007. Enjoy the video and see you at next year’s Oyster Ridge Music Festival!

Here are two recordings from our show at the ORMF:

Popo Agie

Rome Tomorrow - acoustic

Before the paint was opened, this screen was flawless. As you can see in the image below, it got ugly soon after. I was eager and hardly neat. But it’s okay because what’s new was never mine- so I feel nothing really shines like the old things. Enjoy old things recorded at the Oyster Ridge Music Festival in Kemmerer Wyoming 2006.

old things

We’re back! Lander loaded up the van this weekend and took a road-trip to Salt Lake City and Kemmerer Wyoming. Following Tuesday’s cd release party at the Doug Fir Lounge, we hit the road to promote the new album orange chrome sky. We played a great show at the Tahitian Noni World Headquarters in Provo, UT and the Oyster Ridge Music Festival in Kemmerer, WY. Both were great events and the album was received extremely well.

A special thanks to Chris at Tahitian Noni and the crew at the Oyster Ridge Music Festival for supporting Lander and letting us play our music for you. We had a an amazing trip and we’ll be doing it again really soon.
Until then, check out the new album and check-in from time-to-time to see if we’re playing in your area!