We need your support!
Vote for us as Atlanta’s Best Local New Music Act!

We want to invite you to vote for The First Stone in the Creative Loafing “Best of 2009″ poll as Atlanta’s best Local New Music Act.

There are a few ways to vote:

1.  Through Creative Loafing’s Facebook.com app.

2.  Through the Creative Loafing website.

3.  The direct link to the poll.

In order for your vote to count, you must vote in at least TEN different categories.  We’re hoping to come out on top this year.

Voting ends on July 31st, 2009, so VOTE NOW!

Thank you in advance for your support and vote!

-BK, Nate, Dave, & Aubrey

Come out on October 13th for a great show!

Hey all!

We just confirmed a date with Smith’s Olde Bar for October 13th at 7:00PM.  Other bands haven’t even been announced, but we’ll be sure to announce them as we find out more information.  The last time we played at Smith’s was a huge success so they invited us back.  We’re looking to pack the place again, so be sure to come out October 13th at 7:00PM.

Also, if you haven’t heard, we have a lot of new songs for you to listen to when you come out.

We’re looking for help at our merch table for this night, so if you are available, please email us at:  info@thefirststone.com.  Thank you in advance.

Hope to see you all there!

-The First Stone

*****Update*****

This show has become a 3 for 5 show.  This means they will be having 3 bands for $5 bucks!

Smith’s Olde Bar website:  http://www.smithsoldebar.com

Hey all!

We just booked a show at Lenny’s Bar in Atlanta on August 5th, 2009 with special guests:  Mog Rocket, Shadow Boxer, and Dayglo Dago.  Lenny’s Bar is a great supporter of live music and we love this place.  Please come on out and support!

LENNYS BAR IS A 21+ VENUE

Lenny’s Bar
Dynamic Properties
486 Decatur Street SE
Atlanta, GA 30312

-Brian, Dave, Aubrey, Nate

Hey all!

We just got news from Eddies Attic!  We have a small spot  available on November 23rd to play some of our acoustic material live in their songwriter showcase contest.

This is BIG news because this isn’t just any small place in Atlanta to play.  It is THE place for singer/songwriters to go.  If you are interested, please check out their website for more information, or go to:

http://www.eddiesattic.com/AbouttheAttic/tabid/82/Default.aspx

Anyways, we’re pumped to play!  Hope to see you out there.

-Nate and Brian.

Help us promote this ALL AGES show! Click this image and print!

WOW, we’re booking a lot of shows lately!

We’re also working on some GREAT new music, so please be sure to check out all of our new dates.  We just booked a new show for August 29th at The Scene in Marietta with special guests:  Haven, Altered, & Digression.  This is an ALL AGES SHOW, so be sure to come on out and support.  Cover is $10 and well worth it for these great bands!

For more information, please visit:  http://www.myspace.com/thescenevenue

Oh yeah, forgot to mention….. we need some help promoting, so please click the image of the flyer and print it!  Thanks in advance.  See you there!

-The First Stone

Hey everyone!

Hope all is well.  We had a great winter and spring tour season and we’re taking a small break.  For those few lucky fans in Atlanta, you might get to see us this summer for a few local shows, but be sure to check us out in the fall with a some new tunes and our second album coming very soon.  In the past few months, a lot of big things have happened for the band and we’re VERY excited to tell the world about it.  Please be sure to sign up for our email list to find out when we’ll be playing next and when you’ll be able to hear new music.  Until then, keep rockin!

-Brian, Dave, Aubrey, & Nate

PS.  An update!!!  We would love it if you can vote for us at the Taylor Guitars website.  We just entered a contest to become a Taylor Guitars & Elixir Strings Endorsees and also win studio time.  It doesn’t look like the site is up yet, but be sure to check out:  http://testdrive.taylorguitars.com to vote for The First Stone!  We would LOVE your support!

GREAT NEWS!  We’re now on iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon.  Please review our new album!  Links are below

iTunes

Can’t say enough about CDbaby…a must for every independent artist.

Also, come hang out with Nate and I tonight at the Redlight Cafe in Midtown. We’re performing with some great indie artists and we’ll be holding it down acoustic. I’m really looking forward to playing some stripped down versions of the tunes on the record. Show starts at 8pm. $7 make ya holla

-BKelly

Hey all,

We had a blast this past week and have had a lot of great pictures taken.  We’re pretty lucky to have some of Atlanta’s best photographers take these shots.  First, we played at Sweetwater Brewery for a brewery tour and we had about 150 people there.  Daddyo Photography took some great photos of us.  Link to gallery here.  It was a great night, then on the weekend, we played a private party at Rev Coffee and we had another awesome photographer from MacAndCheesePhotography come out and shoot some photos.  Link to gallery here.  Next month, we have 3 great shows, be sure to come out because we have some new songs for you to hear!  Some pics are below for you to see!

Hey all!

Looks like you get two updates in one evening from us.  We just got word that we’ll be playing with two great acts on May 25th at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta and we couldn’t be more excited to share the stage with them!  The show is only $5 to get in and you get to see tree bands.  Not a bad deal anywhere in Atlanta, so come on out!

The first act:  Trees Leave from Nashville, TN.  Check out the video below and also, check out their myspace. Trees Leave has had the privilege of sharing the stage with the following artists: The Greencards, Sam Bush, Angie Aparro, Tim O’Brien, The Infamous Stringdusters, Irons In The Fire, The Lovell Sisters, Mac Powell (Third Day), Shane and Shane, Trevor Morgan, Randall Goodgame, Brianna Lane, Kort McCumber, and many more.  Their music is pretty dang good.  See below.

The other act:  Justin Kennedy from Atlanta, GA.  Justin Kennedy will be releasing his new CD “Letting Go” on April 25th at the St Marlo Club House Event Room in Duluth, GA so head out there and show some support for him during his new CD release.

Justin’s music is really rockin’ and he is a GREAT guitar player.  When you get a chance, please visit his myspace page and take a listen.  Great stuff.

Anywho, we’re excited about the Smith’s Olde Bar show on May 25th. Tickets are just $5, so see you there!

Hey all!  We just booked an AWESOME show with one of our favorite local groups called “Grand Prize Winners From Last Year” at The North River Tavern in Sandy Springs, GA.  The North River Tavern has music three nights a week and a DJ on some.  What we really like about the place is their awesome sound system and Wednesday night trivia though.

We previously played a show with Grand Prize Winners From Last Year at Vinyl in Atlanta opening up for Nicholas Megalis.  That night, we also got the opportunity to play with Janie Chu and Sonen as well and it was an amazing turn out.  We’re sure this night will be no different, so please come out for this FREE SHOW and see The First Stone with Grand Prize Winners From Last Year.  (See pictures below or on the pictures page)

We’re always looking for new people to help promote shows, sell shirts, CDs, & more, so if you are interested in promoting for the band, please email us at:  streetteam@thefirststone.com or visit our ReverbNation.com page or street team page and sign up for the Street Team.  Be sure to let us know in which area you’d like to help promote.

In other news, the band just bought a great new item to add to our sound.  We got a Fender Rhodes piano and it will ad a lot to our next album.  Also, in other news, we added some bands to the line up for the Smith’s Olde Bar show on May 25th.  The two bands are great.  Check out their links below:

The Justin Kennedy Band from Atlanta, GA  www.myspace.com/justinkennedyband

Trees Leave from Nashville, TN www.myspace.com/treesleave

That is just about it as far as news.  We’re writing some new songs and will a few to showcase for you when you come to the show are The North River Tavern on June 26th with Grand Prize Winners From Last Year.  See you there!

Come out on May 25th for a great show!

Great news!

The First Stone will be at Smith’s Olde Bar on May 25th at 8pm. Doors open at 7pm. There will be three other groups to be announced very soon. Gets your tickets now before they sell out.  This is a part of their “3 for 5 night” which means 3 bands for only $5 bucks!

In other news, Brian gained another 10 lbs this week and has said that the extra weight is really helps with the ladies.  He is still trying hard for that Little Debbie Sponsorhip, but has about 30 more pounds to go.  For this show, we have been trying Little Debbie’s new Racecar Brownies.  If you have other suggestions to help Brian gain the weight, please email them to us at: band@thefirststone.com.

Our Sweetwater show(click for the details) is also approaching very quickly and the weekend after, we will be heading to the Sweetwater 420 festival for some good drinks and live music.   If you have a Facebook account, you can RSVP, by going to the event page.

That is about all the news we have for now.  Until then, take care!

Hey all!

We just entered in a new contest for the Briggs & Stratton Battle of The Bands and are excited to be in the top 300 bands!  This is an online battle of the bands determined by number of votes and you can vote up to 10 times a day.  So, if you can, head over to:  http://www.myspace.com/briggsbattleofthebands and vote for us so we can win our first online battle of the bands with Briggs & Stratton.

We need your vote!

Here are the directions:

1.  Visit:  http://www.myspace.com/briggsbattleofthebands

2.  Find “The First Stone.”  (If you have trouble finding us, click on the word that says “band” at the top of the first column and it will sort all bands by name.)

3.  Click “Vote Now.”

4.  It will ask for an email address, but you do not have to sign up for any email list.  It gives you the option to sign up if you want.

5.  Repeat 9 more times because you can vote ten times a day until May 3rd, 2009.
Again, thanks everyone for being such great fans.  We’re really excited about the Briggs & Stratton Battle of the Bands and also for our next gig on April 16th at Sweetwater Brewery in Atlanta, GA.  For those of you who do not know about the event, please visit http://www.thefirststone.com/sweetwater for more information.

In other news, Brian has gained 10 lbs in ONE DAY!  Yeah, he is trying hard for his Little Debbie Snack Cakes Endorsement!  Wish him luck .   Until next time!…

-The First Stone

Hey everyone!

Great news.  Our guitar player Nate just signed a deal with Anthem Guitars for an endorsement.  He will be glad to play this new brand of guitars at all of our shows and show support for this growing new brand.  Check out their line of guitars are:  http://www.anthemguitars.com/play-it/guitars.html
In the mean-time Brian, our lead singer, is still working on his endorsement with Little Debbie Snack Cakes, but they said he’ll have to gain 50 lbs before they’d consider him.  For the next few weeks, Brian is on a strict diet of Oatmeal pies.  Yeah, its tough being a rock star!

Congrats Nate on the deal with Anthem.  Come out to our next big show at SweetWater Brewery on April 16th and hear this great new brand.  Also, look for new videos of the guitar in action on the Anthem Guitars YouTube Channel at: http://www.youtube.com/anthemguitars

Other Anthem Guitar’s Links:
Official Website
Myspace Page
Facebook Page
Twitter

Also in other news, we just picked up another person to help with shows and touring over the summer.  If you are also interested in helping the band book/promote shows, please email us at:  info@thefirststone.com.    Thanks for being great fans!

-The First Stone

Just booked a show for those of you in Marietta, GA at Bradley’s Bar & grill on Roswell Road!  This place has a great atmosphere and great food as well. We’d love to see you all there.  Brian will be there with his oatmeal pies provided by Little Debbie!  Free moon pies for everyone and we’ll be rockin’ all night….or until Brian falls over.

See the Facebook page at:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=57364399573 and let us know you’ll be there.

The whole "grumpy onion" crew will be at Yesterdaze in Warner Robins, GA. Come on out with us!

This will be a 4 hour show mixing our originals and cover songs we do. Come out and party near Macon, GA and have fun with us! The whole “grumpy onion” bus will be coming from Atlanta. Let us know if you want to come. Email us: band@thefirststone.com.

For those of you in the Macon, GA area, Yesterdaze’s myspace page is at www.myspace.com/partyatyesterdaze. If you live in the Macon, GA area, please let us know because we’ll need help promoting this show.  Email us:  streetteam@thefirststone.com.