Forty Days

Tooele Arts Festival 2010

2010-06-28T19:50:00.001-07:00

Forty Days had their first official concert of the season at the Tooele Arts Festival this past Saturday. The guys were excited to unveil several of their new, original pieces that they have been working on over the winter months. It was a terrific concert and they all did amazing! As part of their line-up this season, the band has put together an acoustic section of the show that sounds AWESOME! The video is of Forty Days' acoustic arrangement of Seven Bridges Road. For the first time drummer Bryce Jensen joined the vocal ranks and even brought out a percussion box. They all sounded so good together!!

New Website & Update

2010-02-14T18:51:00.000-08:00

Hello Forty Days Fans!

This is Joseph (from the band). It's been a while since we've had a post on the blog so I thought I'd let everyone know what's been going on. First, however, I'd like to let everyone know that we recently launched our official website. Updates about some of our events will still be posted on the blog. Check out the new site:

www.fortydaysband.com

As for the lack in postings over the past few months, we've actually been working hard putting together a brand new line-up of music for the busy upcoming performing season. We're really excited to share what we've been working on! Particularly, we have been working on quite a few new original pieces as well some fresh cover tunes. In the next few weeks we will be recording a demo that we hope will be the first step in a future album.

We hope to see you later this year at one of our events!

Pumpkin Walk at the Benson Grist Mill

2009-10-19T09:39:00.001-07:00

Forty Days played for the Annual Pumpkin Walk at the Benson Grist Mill Saturday night. By the end of the show it was pretty cold outside, but the band sounded great and everyone seemed to be having a such a good time! The atmosphere at the Pumpkin Walk was a lot of fun! Dillon, Joseph and Chad even matched for this concert (not planned)! Here are a couple videos from the performance. The first is "Standing Outside the Fire" by Garth Brooks. The second is a fiddle/drum medley that Joseph and Bryce came up with to Joseph's arrangement of "Simple Gifts." It sounded really good!

Grantsville H.S. Homecoming Game

2009-10-19T09:16:00.000-07:00

Look familiar? The band was back at GHS on Friday playing for the Homecoming Football Game tailgate party. They added a few new original songs to their show, which sounded great! The band was given matching homecoming t-shirts for this performance. Don't they look GOOD?! It was a really fun concert!

State Fair

2009-09-15T12:04:00.001-07:00

Here they are at the STATE FAIR!!! What a fun place for Forty Days to perform. Once again, the guys did such a great job! It was really neat to see people who were just walking by stop to hear the band.

Here is a video of the band's arrangement of "Fishin' in the Dark" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It is one of my favorites that they play.

Grantsville High School Tailgate Party

2009-09-10T06:52:00.000-07:00

Forty Days played at Grantsville High School's tailgate party this past Friday. It was the high school's first football game of the season, so there were a lot of people there to support the team and hear the band. The band was a real BIG hit with everyone at the party! It was announced that they would be playing again for the high school's homecoming game in October and everyone cheered really loud!!

For this show the band was asked to play a couple different numbers, one for when the opposing team came out, and one for when Grantsville's team came out. Being the talented band that they are, Forty Days came up with the two numbers the night before! I've included the videos of both. Since Grantsville's mascot is a Cowboy, it was requested that the song for the opposing team be "Should of Been a Cowboy" by Toby Keith. That got the crowd excited! Sorry about the shaky camera in some moments, though. I was trying to turn the camera on the tri-pod to catch the excitement and it wasn't cooperating. The song for Grantsville's team was "Eye of the Tiger." Good times!!

Riverton Fundraiser

2009-09-08T15:53:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to add a couple more pics from the fundraiser. The total raised that day was almost $10,000! That is so amazing. We were told that it will cover the majority of their bills for this year. I'm glad that all the guys in Forty Days were willing to help out. They did great!

2009-09-02T22:40:00.000-07:00

Playing out for a good cause. There was a close call when the family made a request for a slow song, but Rick saved the day. He gave the guys a few chords and told Bryce it was in 4/4 and off they went. No one really knew, they had never played the song once. Thanks Rick.

Benefit in Riverton

2009-09-02T21:21:00.000-07:00

Just to add to what Michelle mentioned, the benefit concert in Riverton went GREAT last Saturday. The guys are just SOOO awesome! It was wonderful to see so many people coming to support the cause. Forty Days was proud to add to the venue and participate in the event.

Here is a good shot of the three vocalists!

Oh, and we can't forget Chad. He does such a GREAT job on acoustic guitar! Big thanks to his wife, Nicole--she ran the soundboard for this concert!

Here are a couple videos from the concert. The first is the band's arrangement of Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly" and the second is "Can't You See," originally performed by The Marshall Tucker Band. Sorry that the camera was so far away. Next time I'll zoom in a little more.

After the final number there was a request from a gentleman for a slow love song so that he could dance with his wife. Luckily, Rick had a few up his sleeve and the rest of the band was able to improvise very well. Here is a little snippet. Gotta love the pink outfit! Way to support the cause!!

Pretty In Pink???

2009-09-02T15:16:00.000-07:00

Got pink? Forty Days did by the end of their concert in Riverton this weekend. They were helping to raise money for a woman suffering from breast cancer. Chad came prepared in his pink shirt. Dillon and Bryce ended up with pink head bands. Take a good look because you probably won't ever see Bryce in pink again! And his drums even got a pink skull sticker for the bass drum. It was a very relaxed, good time!

Fridays on Vine

2009-08-16T19:03:00.000-07:00

Here are the guys in their latest concert at Tooele City's weekly Fridays on Vine. Forty Days was the last to play out of 6 different performing groups and were DEFINITELY the hit of the evening! Rick, the bass player, was unable to attend and was greatly missed, but it was still an AWESOME show!!! Unfortunately, once dusk settled in, the park's lighting wasn't very adequate, so the performance was cut shorter than planned. Also, because it was getting dark, it was hard to get some good pictures. They were turning out a little blurry, so I edited them in some fun ways to show off the guys jammin' out =).

Forty Days is getting better and better at every concert. It is always so fun to watch them perform. They are ALL so talented!!! I can't wait for their next show!

Benson Grist Mill

2009-08-07T22:52:00.000-07:00

Forty Days opened for the Adventures of Tom Sawyer musical at the Benson Grist Mill. This was probably my favorite performance by them so far. I couldn't take pictures (I did the soundboard--thanks Arit and Michelle for helping me!) so hopefully I can get some pictures from one of the great ladies behind these great guys (or have them post, which might be even funner). Rick's son Ben was on the keyboard this time since he was home visiting, and it added a lot to it. They sounded so great, and it was a lot of fun to see the crowd really enjoying it.

My favorite songs of the night were Standing Outside the Fire (they just have that one down so great), and Fishin' In the Dark. I can't say it enough how impressed I am with how well they are doing! They seriously do such an awesome job!

Tooele County Fair, and a Name!

2009-07-31T22:32:00.000-07:00

Jammin' out at the Tooele County Fair. And they have a name! They decided on Forty Days. They played for an hour, not counting the 45 minute sound check :). The new guy you see on the right is Chad, on the acoustic guitar.

The dancers. They were sure groovin'. Complete with crotch-grabbing, ha ha! Dillon said we would have them at every show, if they didn't cost so much. But then said they'd be worth every dime.

They played the same songs as the first concert including the fiddle and drum solo, but minus the Josh Gracin song. They added Wanted (by Brad Hurst--yea for Dillon's brother), In My Own Way (The Marshall Tucker Band), Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band), Simple Man (Lynard Skynard), Feel That Fire (Dierks Bentley), All I Know For Sure (by Dillon), and Fishin' In the Dark (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band).

First Time Performing Together!

2009-06-27T20:59:00.000-07:00

The official first time the band played together was at the Tooele Arts Festival! It was AWESOME! It was so much fun to see them, with all their energy. They've put in a lot of work, and it totally paid off. It was so great!

They haven't decided on a name yet, but they've been together for about 2 months now.

Dillon does vocals and rhythm guitar.

Joseph is on the fiddle, vocals, and guitar.

Rick is the bass player and also does vocals.

Bryce is on the drums.

My goodness, everyone has so much talent! I might be biased, but I know the crowd sure enjoyed it as well. Just ask the other wives of the band members:). Sorry, it appears everyone has their eyes closed in the individual pictures, but that's because I didn't have many to choose from, and had to crop the pics as well so they are a bit fuzzy...I'll get better ones hopefully in the future. But they still all look great, they are just feelin' the music, baby.

The songs they performed are:

Standing Outside the Fire (Garth Brooks)
Take it Easy (The Eagles)
Fiddle Solo (Joseph)
Learning to Fly (Tom Petty)
Pinball Wizard (The Who)
Drum Solo (Bryce)
Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
Nothin' to Lose (Josh Gracin)