Getting to Know… Trickshooter Social Club | Interview 🎤

For the 199^th interview, we get the inside scoop on Trickshooter Social Club, an Americana/rock band  from Chicago “formed around tacos.”

“It’s a different show every night.” How so, 🎙 Trickshooter Social Club? “There’s always an open chair,” the band responds to our question regarding uniqueness. They add, “On any given night, you’ll see things like pedal steel players, rappers, spoken word artists on stage with us.” How cool is that? The collective provides some fine insight into their craft on the 199^th (!) interview on The Musical Hype. As always, we get the inside scoop on their background, goals, influences, and what they’re currently working on.  So, without further ado, we unveil 🎤 Getting to Know… Trickshooter Social Club: Interview No. 199!

Starting things off, for those who may not be familiar with you, what would you say makes Trickshooter Social Club distinct or unique? How do you rock the audience’s socks off?

🎤 For one, we never consider ourselves a band – we set out to and created a community. While there’s a core group of us, there’s always an open chair in Trickshooter. On any given night, you’ll see things like pedal steel players, rappers, spoken word artists on stage with us. Which constantly changes not only our setlist, but how we approach songs – so it’s a different show every night.

Okay, let’s explore some juicy backstories. How did Trickshooter Social Club form and what were some of the goals or the visions you had as a band early on?

🎤 Like every great rock band, we formed around tacos. Steve and I started writing in, as the ad said, “a spacious, comfortable studio space”– it was the basement of a couple who liked to fight and burn tacos. But it was there we recognized that we didn’t want four dudes standing around looking at their shoes. We wanted a social club of like-minded souls that wanted to create and serve the song.

Let’s talk more about goals. Have your goals or your perspectives changed since first starting out? What do your aspirations or goals look like now?

🎤 Our goals have always been the same. We wanted to follow our instincts and write songs that told stories that meant something to us and surround ourselves with people that could contribute and take the music some place deeper. Also wanted to find a recording space that didn’t reek of burnt tacos. So far, we’ve unlocked those achievements.

Everybody is influenced by somebody else. Who would you consider some of your biggest musical influences and how are they influential?

🎤 So many influences in this band, but our heroes are definitely The Rolling Stones, Social Distortion, Ryan Adams, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Steve Earle, Wilco and, of course, Johnny Cash.

Ah, the fun stuff. What’s your craziest tour story or the wackiest thing that’s happened during a performance? Feel free to be creative.

🎤 One crazy experience we had was opening up for Pegi Young and The Survivors. Her backing band consisted of some of the legendary “Swampers” including Spooner Oldham. Being huge fans, we said hello and bought them drinks. They were wonderful folks who watched our soundcheck, sat us down, chatted, showed us their gear (even asking if we’d like to use it). Just warm, incredible humans.

Up until this point in your career, what would you describe as your favorite song you’ve recorded or performed live? What makes that song special?

🎤 Saying this not because we just released it because we believe it in our heart- our new song 🎵 “Honey I Believe” is a song we’ll be infinitely proud of. It was the first song we wrote and recorded during the pandemic. We recorded it separately, using software we just learned. And most importantly, it was so incredibly collaborative with the musicians, with our engineer and producer and the label. It will always hold a special place in our career.

Is there anything else awesome, cool, or left of center the world should know about you? Secret talents or surprising tidbits?

🎤 This is such a diverse group of musicians. Not only in our gender, race and geographical makeup. But we have actors, novelists, teachers, ad-folks, truck drivers, tech specialists – a lot of elements that make up the social club and what make it special. And we couldn’t be more proud of that.

Closing things out, what is Trickshooter Social Club currently working on, promoting that you can share with us or want us to know about? We love secrets, but there’s no pressure.

🎤 We just launched our first single “Honey I Believe” on the incredibly cool The Animal Farm Music label. The full EP, 💿 Monte Carlo, comes out on July 30, 2021. We will resume touring the Midwest, with some spot dates in LA, Colorado and NY in the fall and hopefully a trip to the UK in winter.

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🎤 Getting to Know… Trickshooter Social Club: Interview No. 199 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Trickshooter Social Club, Will Byington]