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SmallTown Heroes: Your Country Alternative
Christian / Bluegrass / Americana

"Don't put out that light just yet!..."

Lafayette, Indiana
United States

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Last Login:  7/19/2008
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  http://www.myspace.com/thesmalltownheroes  

   SmallTown Heroes: Your Country Alternative: General Info
Member Since10/18/2006
Band Websitethesmalltownheroes.com
Band MembersDallas Johnson- talent; Bethany Jones- voice of reason; Brian Greene- blind ambition
InfluencesFriends of Bob, Churches -many kinds, Murky Waters, Vanilla Chai, Music Sunday, Church History Tuesday, Friendship, Steinbeck, Autumn Blue, Bethany and Andy, Songwriters' Association of Mid-North Indiana, Dave Barnett and his amazing guitars, Michelle, Elijah, Mary, Families, Steve Earle, Bob, Smith Sound, The Sears Tower of Folk Music, Coffee, Rebekah, Ryan, TimberRange Pancakes and the community of the Saints.
Sounds Like
I got my background from Backgrounds Archive!
Record LabelSt. Romanos Records
Type of LabelIndie





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   About SmallTown Heroes: Your Country Alternative
SmallTown Heroes started in my man room. It is now my daughters bedroom. At first I said we would play no original music, because there were too many bands out playing original tunes and they weren't very good, and I refused to be one of them. We started as a two piece , now we have three. SmallTown Heroes is not a band, we are friends who play music, we laugh with each other, we cry for each other, we live our lives and our faith together. I never wanted to be in a "Christian" band, I always hated the idea of running around and singing to people how great it was to be a Christian, and how happy we are all the time, or raising ourselves up as some sort of example to follow. But as time wears on and we all change I start to realize that I don't have to be anyone I don't want to be. In fact we should all strive to be better than we are but know who we are so we do not become over inflated. SmallTown Heroes celebrates life, generally it's the more difficult parts and it doesn't always feel like a celebration, but every party needs a pooper and that's where our music comes in. I wanted to take this opportunity to tell everyone (or anyone) who reads this to know that we are going to put a record out. I was listening to some things with Dallas just today and everything is sounding wonderful. We are however not in a hurry to finish, just to finish. We gave up on a schedule a long time ago and chose instead to concentrate on putting out the best record we could make. I am sorry if this causes inconvenience to any of you or makes cause for frustration for any of our fans. I promise it will be worth the wait. Special thanks and consideration to the Crawford's who have been waiting so patiently since we highjacked their lodge almost a year ago. Thanks to everyone who has worked on the project, lent their talent and advise, we are nearing the end and I hope you all are as excited as I am.

   SmallTown Heroes: Your Country Alternative's Friend Space (Top 12)
SmallTown Heroes: Your Country Alternative has 217 friends.
 Foghorn Stringband 


 Rebekah MacLeod 


 ryan hill 


 Bethany [Jones] Johnson 


 Jonathan 


 Laura 


 Woodstove Flapjacks 


 John Lacy 


 Peter Jon Gillquist 


 Mike 


 John 


 Craig 





SmallTown Heroes: Your Country Alternative's Friends Comments
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Megan





May 27 2008 9:07 PM

boo! I see you are online.
Did you happen to look at Dallas and Bethany's wedding photos?
Peter Jon Gillquist





May 25 2008 7:03 PM

Photobucket
*JiLL*





May 25 2008 6:48 AM

hey, saw you guys are going to be at the taste. can't wait! just letting ya know your two fans will be there. lol.
Butterscotch





May 8 2008 4:38 PM

Hey I just wanted to stop by and wish you a very happy and safe weekend!!
britnycake. ©





Apr 23 2008 1:42 PM

Brian! yeah i am staying out of trouble. i am a momma now to a month old beautiful babygirl. and i am engaged. and mom and me are bestfriends again and never fight.. : ] miss you!
LayFlats Arts & Music Festival





Apr 21 2008 1:12 PM

Congratulations, you have been selected to perform at the LayFlats Arts and Music Festival on September 13th 2008!

Go ahead, add it to your upcoming shows calendar and tell your friends!

Craig





Apr 17 2008 2:04 PM

I play bass for you with no pay and no member status...the least YOU could do is add me as a myspace friend.
Cliff Snyder





Apr 15 2008 3:53 PM

Support the Indianapolis songwriter community!




Hello there! If I've already been in touch on this please bear with me but I'm trying to get the word out about www. indianapolissongwriterscafe. com

I'm working to create a place that ties together all the people, places & events that are relevant for an Indianapolis songwriter or a fan of this kind of music. There's also a community calendar (that needs a lot of dates added to it) that will soon be a one-stop shop for any songwriterish shows going on around Indy.

Please visit the site and if you've got a moment please add www. myspace. com/indianapolissongwriterscafe to your friends list.

If you'd really like to help spread the word I'd be grateful as can be if you copied the little piece of code from either the ISC website or myspace page to display the banner on your page. Just drop me a line if you'd like to but aren't sure how.

*JiLL*





Apr 13 2008 8:22 AM

well my friend's grandpa played in the seeger teacher talent show (Brian Yates), so we saw you guys there and loved your songs. thought we would go listen to what other stuff you played at skylight.
it was really good! so if you ever do get a cd out let me know! :-)
Mike Reeb





Apr 10 2008 9:26 AM

I've posted THREE new songs today. Listen, download, spread the word...
LML Mark


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Mar 28 2008 9:57 PM

John





Mar 26 2008 4:34 PM

hey i finally logged in and saw your comments. I'm glad you're coming to all saints again! I might eat your album for breakfast lunch and dinner.
LayFlats Arts & Music Festival





Mar 17 2008 11:09 AM

LML Strange Brew





Mar 13 2008 9:14 PM

Megan





Mar 5 2008 6:44 PM

Hey do you have a picture of your fridge on your fridge? (I am sorry I couldn't resist)...
plus ditto Laura on your album. Seriously, when is the next one coming out?---Please don't hit me Dallas.
Laura





Feb 7 2008 6:35 PM

con-freakin-gradulations!!! i can't wait to purchase one of your cd with your blood, sweat, and tears. ....but i'm only going to pay........ a ga-billion-gillion-fillion dollars!!!! it really is spetacular. i'm proud to call you all my friends and brother!
The Grass Less Traveled





Feb 6 2008 8:23 PM

Hey Small Town hero type people... Thanks for being our newest friend... Love the tunes!.. Stop by and leave us a post sometime, we'd love to hear from you... Thanks Mike Gibson, The Grass Less Traveled
Betsy





Feb 3 2008 12:22 AM

I really enjoy what you do.

Next time you play a show, don't stop playing. Ever. Just keep playing until your fingers bleed and your vocal chords develop blisters.

I don't wish pain on you, but art is pain. And really, it's not a lot to ask.

Well done.
The Sensation Brothers





Jan 30 2008 11:30 AM

Photobucket
darcilyna





Jan 17 2008 6:42 PM

hey there
thought you might want to check out this guy i came across.. he's in the same area and you might like his music:
http://www.myspace.com/joelbrovont

hope you are well...
darci
ryan hill





Jan 17 2008 3:43 PM

You know, I ask myself that from time to time.... I miss you guys more than you could ever know.
Rick DeSutter and The Clutter





Jan 16 2008 2:56 PM

You guys should definitely put up the picture from the paper for your profile pic. I liked it a lot.
ryan hill





Jan 10 2008 6:25 PM

oh man.... another lonsome hearts club dinner.... shoot, i may have to come down for that.
Adam B





Jan 9 2008 8:28 AM

I saw your nice write-up in the J&C, way to go.
Jonathon DeSutter





Dec 31 2007 10:39 AM

Hey guys, thanks for the add.
How's it going?

-Jonathon
John





Nov 4 2007 5:13 PM

I think the 11th is still on.. only thing that could derail it is if the painting dept throws me a curveball. Is there sill music on friday? Let's talk about details soon...
John





Oct 30 2007 9:08 AM

John





Oct 25 2007 11:05 AM

do you have a picture of your fridge on your fridge?

and by the way.. hoosierbus.com
holla!
Ryan Wolfe





Sep 26 2007 12:00 PM

Your page still says you're playing Saturday.
Laura





Sep 17 2007 4:35 PM

just saying hey. maybe since we can't be friends and see each other in real life, we can say hi and talk and be friends in the world wide web myspace style! so... hi, how's the life of a facs teacher?
Dallas





Aug 27 2007 1:26 PM

DJ made it to the 3rd round of American Idol auditions. I'm not sure what that means, other than we have definitely missed our chance to play a show with him. Well... that and he's one step closer to breaking the second commandment.
Mike





Aug 9 2007 11:21 AM

yeah my board is pretty cluttered with comments from rick and ash. Things are great here. I'm ready to work on a SmallTown Heroes Album!
Laura





Aug 2 2007 8:36 PM

i just wanted to drop you a kick some ass encouragement! hope you get things done and that you can come to MI as soon as possible!....Mr. Greene!
Woodstove Flapjacks





Jul 12 2007 5:44 PM

Please, please, please!

B
Megan





Jun 27 2007 8:27 PM

I agree Sunday was one of the best nights I ever had too! And all of those super nice things you said about Foghorn I second as well (except hublest--not sure what that is :)
Anyway, totally sad that Foghorn won't be my friend on Myspace, I feel slightly rejected... I might even be mad if they weren't so dang nice and their music wasn't so dang good.
John Lacy





Jun 19 2007 6:08 PM

Bonnaroo was awesome! I can't wait to go back. Planning for another one. Either 10,000 Lakes in July and/or Austin City Limits in September. Let me know about Fiddler's. Thanks for asking!
Rebekah MacLeod





Jun 7 2007 6:02 AM

not much...just work. :)
no fun...but i get money.
Dallas





May 31 2007 11:04 PM

hey i'm playing tonight at village coffeehouse. playing a few tunes to open for a cool band called arts & sciences. 8pm. thought you (we) should know.
JOHN DAVEY





May 31 2007 11:18 AM

haha. I didn't realize what the background was until I saw that it's grass was blue.
Bethany [Jones] Johnson





May 26 2007 8:53 AM

i'm enjoying the new pictures... i'm particularly digging the "Dallas'-fridge" backdrop.
Cam McIntyre