If it's local music from Wisconsin, it's heard here to Max Inc. Radio.
We are local music.
The Civil Engineers started building bridges to funk, rock, and soul in Madison in 2013,
and saving bridges somewhere along the way.
The seven-piece signature groove features the soaring vocals of Molly Fish underscored
by a funky rhythm section that gives way to hard-hitting horns.
Tonight, we have a special version of the Civil Engineers and acoustic quartet.
Right now, Molly, Tim, Jason, and Educational Davis.
They are in the studio. Welcome to Max Inc. Radio.
Thank you.
For our listeners, who may not be familiar, you guys are normally a seven-piece band.
How did you three end up holding the back here?
That's a good question.
I like to think of the vocals, the bass player playing acoustic guitar,
a sub-guitar player, and a sax player really is the core of any band.
Those are all the members you need, I think.
The rest of them can eat crow if they don't want to come to a gig.
I know bassists, they always want to play guitar.
You know, they always want to play guitar.
Tilo actually was originally a guitar player in this band.
Oh, really?
Oh, that's right. I think I remember that back in the beginning.
Back in the day.
Yeah, and you grow into the spots that you're needed.
And we needed a bass, and so that's how I started.
Wow.
And the rest is history.
He's now one of the funkiest bass players in Wisconsin.
He is. He's got a great, you know, walking bass lines.
I've always noticed that about your music.
For our listeners who are not familiar with the civil engineers,
tell us a little bit about the band's backstory.
And why are you called the civil engineers?
Is that some kind of like Mason's code, like secret?
Oh, it should be.
We should come up with the code.
We, way, way back in 2012, played our very first gig.
And we were the dubbed the civil engineers by the folks at that gig
because we'd written our first original song called Save the Bridge.
And who builds bridges?
Civil engineers.
Aha.
So that is the secret.
And we'll be playing Save the Bridge later tonight.
So you'll get to hear a little bit of that first song.
And the, the 30p for the civil engineers is called Heads on Birds,
which won a Mama Award for Best Pop album in 2022.
Molly, you've added pop singer to your repertoire.
That's got to feel pretty good, you know, to be recognized by your fans
and peers for such an award.
For sure.
We love the mamas.
We love performing.
We performed at the mamas announcement party,
finalist announcement party last year.
And we always, yep, on Father's Day, a bunch of our dads were there.
It was a super fun show at Wisconsin Brewing Company.
And we always appreciate the support of the fans and the parental support.
That's great.
And parental support.
Even when you're all growing up.
That's right.
Very grown up.
Well, let's get to some live music in the layer with the civil engineers, acoustic quartet,
presented by the Aaron Weber group.
The first song that you have for us tonight, it's called Blind Pigeons.
I mean, are they at least equipped with like sonar?
So I think, so I looked at the article that I originally read
which created the song.
He wrote this song.
Oh, sorry.
Tim Lopez.
This is being by Tim Lopez.
Tim Lopez, Tilo.
And there's an article in Nature about how pigeons can hear the electromagnetic waves
of the earth.
And that's how, that's how homing pigeons move around.
That's how they, that's how, so like, there's a lot of science behind it.
We don't know what the science is, but it exists.
Pigeons find themselves even when they can't see.
And then he used it to write a song that is really meaningful and more about
loneliness and finding your people.
So there's a lot of science behind it.
So pigeons, do you have sonar?
I would say in a sense, but it's like they can hear the electromagnetic waves.
So like every, every location, it has an actual like,
electromagnetic signature.
It's like a GPS tracking, GPS tracking system, something like that.
But they must hate electric cars, right?
They might, and we don't know.
That's probably why they poop on them.
It could be.
Yeah, it could be.
Wow.
But the, the idea behind the song is that
sometimes you find your people, those people come to you.
Whether or not it's the, when you're moving from place to place and the,
it's kind of, you don't know how or why or what draws you to your group.
But for me, moving from lacrosse to Madison, that was something that I felt when I went to the,
to the bar of the up north.
And the people brought this bad and all those people.
So that's, that's what that song is about.
Nice. Blind pigeons with sonar.
This is the civil engineers.
You're listening to Maxing Radio live in the layer.
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That I was sailing to another world.
And I found it's not that different from home.
Soon enough, I'll find you like a pigeon.
Searching through a stone.
Lips were dry, so I stepped up to the bar.
Your thoughts match my hands out stress with a cart.
It was homeless by the line.
Soon enough, I found myself familiar with someone unknown.
My beauty laid for that kind of thing.
I'm wrapped in whiskey and I'm sure if I'm still moving.
Maybe tomorrow, with the nitty-blot time,
we'll recreate gold in the style,
that you got to bring to mind.
Have you ever met your past and stranger's eyes?
Were you comforted by the memories of love's gone by?
Did you ever find yourself wondering where in your mind did they slip to?
Later on, we were wrapped in conversation.
I always cast to the wind, freely spent,
with more than whispers in the dark, and more listening.
Soon, let's call for a series of decisions made several times before.
Might be too late for that kind of thing.
I'm wrapped in whiskey and I'm sure if I'm still moving.
Maybe tomorrow, with the nitty-blot time,
we'll recreate gold in the style, that you got to bring to mind.
And if I pass cross, so by remember your name,
we're tracing surf, forward like propellers on a plane.
You cast my memory to a warm place in time,
and I swear if those days could return what I give.
A petrified thought and cause for concern.
Don't dwell in the past, leave them bridges unburnt.
I'm wrapped in whiskey and I'm sure if I'm still moving.
I'm wrapped in whiskey and I'm sure if I'm still moving.
I'm wrapped in whiskey and I'm sure if I'm still moving.
Maybe tomorrow, with the nitty-blot time,
we'll recreate gold in the style, that you got to bring to mind.
And if I pass cross, so by remember your name,
I'm wrapped in whiskey and I'm sure if I'm still moving.
Maybe tomorrow, with the nitty-blot time,
we'll recreate gold in the style,
that you got to bring to mind.
You are listening to Live in the Lair on Maxinc Radio,
powered by the Aaron Weber Group.
All right, we are back with this civil engineers,
Tim Lopez.
Let's get to know a little more about the Bantanite.
Tim Lopez, tonight you're on guitar,
but normally you're on the bass.
How did you get into music?
What is your backstory?
So, originally,
I started out on piano,
and the reason being is because I was diagnosed early on with ADD.
If that's a surprise to you, but my mom found out that
getting kids involved in music early on
can help.
It's sort of a treatment that didn't require riddling.
And so that was what she put me in.
And five years old, I was playing piano.
And then picked up the cello in eighth or third grade when I was eight.
And I got my first guitar when I was in high school.
And it was mostly guitar until I joined the band,
you know, ten years ago.
And then picked up the bass?
Yeah, well, so here's the thing,
is that we are a first guitar player.
He was playing the original arrangement.
I was playing a acoustic guitar.
He was playing an electric guitar.
And Chris Castro was our first guitar player.
Like, he was,
there was no chance that when we ended up having to figure out who's going to play bass,
there's no chance it was going to be him.
So, you know, that's how it goes.
I'm sure that's the story for most bass players.
I think it is.
You're absolutely right.
And I was going to ask about your parents' role in your musical upbringing.
Now, did they also play music or?
My dad played the mean clarinet I'm told.
Never heard it.
It's been in a box.
It actually just, he just gave Karl Reckier drummer his clarinet that he played in high school.
But other than that, it's been more of the encouragement.
And they've always found, like, they were the type of experience that were at every show.
They're at every concert.
That sort of thing.
For Christmas, I was getting guitar pedals.
I was getting an electric guitar.
It's getting amps.
That was kind of the thing growing up.
Wow. Helps to have ADD.
Oh, yeah.
We got to get this game.
So, normally, the civil engineers perform as a seven piece bands.
But today, you have strips down the instrumentation.
To highlight Molly's vocals for songs that are not normally in your set list.
So, tell us a little bit about the special arrangements that we have today.
And what goes into stripping things down?
Yeah. When we were thinking about doing this gig, we actually,
and knew a couple people couldn't be here.
We thought it would be a fun opportunity to dive back into some of these older songs
that we used to do when Tilo did play a guitar in our band.
And even wrote that song that we just played.
He wrote it on guitar.
And then played it on guitar, originally in our band.
So, I feel like this was a cool opportunity to showcase that he still got the chaps.
And then the fact that you can hear that you can hear me a little bit better,
just kind of makes it for a fun challenge for for me to, you know,
have to actually show up and perform instead of just being drowned out by horns.
Just kidding, Jason.
Sorry.
He doesn't like it when I tell him that he drowns me out.
But it's a constant battle between vocalists and horns sections, I believe,
in the funk world.
But it is, we play a lot of genres of music as the thing.
And we always have, when we started, we were a lot more influenced on lighter rock
and some things that would lend itself to be acoustic more than like funk does,
I would say, or soul, which has, you know, always got heavy drums, heavy horns,
and heavy bass lines.
Since we don't have a bass line, this felt like a cool opportunity to revisit these songs.
We really like them.
So, hope you enjoy.
Sounds great. Thanks.
Well, let's get back to live music in the layer with civil engineers, acoustic quartet,
presented by the Aaron Weber group.
The next song that you have for us tonight, it's called Save the Bridge.
Where is that confounded bridge?
It's in our hearts, rocker.
It's in our hearts and in our brains and in our community.
And we really like to say we're building bridges of music and connection with the community and with our audiences.
And, you know, there's a lot of real bridges too.
We took a photo shoot on the bridge right by where I grew up on the east side of Madison over the Yarr River.
Oh, yeah.
So, I feel like that's maybe the closest thing to a real bridge.
But we by no means have saved any of them in real life.
Okay.
But yeah, this was the first song we ever wrote.
And it gave us our name.
Wow, the namesake song.
And in our civil engineers, acoustic quartet on Maxing Radio, we are local music.
Well, we got to build bridge from here to tomorrow.
Or maybe next year.
I said we got to build bridge from here to tomorrow.
Or maybe next year.
Save the bridge.
Well, the waters we're crossing are deep in their dark.
But you don't got to fear no.
I said the waters we're crossing are deep in the dark.
But you don't got to fear no.
Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, no, no, no.
Save the bridge.
The future will build in.
We'll save for children.
But there's a price to pay.
The future will build and we'll save for children.
But there's a price to pay off.
Oh, for robin and stealing.
The White House's dealings.
And what we cannot say.
That's right for robin and stealing the White House's deal.
That's in what we cannot say.
Save the bridge.
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All right.
Save the bridge.
That was awesome.
Molly Tim, tell us the story of educational Davis joining the Civil
Engineers.
I'm going to let Tilo take that one.
He's with you tonight in the layer.
No, but he's an official member now.
I'm just kidding.
We were looking for that vibe that he could bring.
And so we're so glad that he's joined the band.
Just permanently forever he has to play every gig.
And he's super stoked about it, obviously.
That's why everybody.
That is educational Davis.
Hey, educational Davis.
Tell us a little of your backstory.
And we know you were just in the play.
I'm from a national Wisconsin.
Go Blue Jays.
How did you get into music?
My dad blasted rock music.
Loudly a lot.
And it was pretty cool.
It was kind of the background music of my records.
The stereo.
Frank Zappa.
Frank Zappa.
All right.
So it wasn't really like a choice.
It was just.
I'm not many people.
My family really play a lot of instruments all the time.
So when did you summers?
When did you come to Madison from,
Minesha?
It's 2004 for college because I need to.
I thought maybe I'd be able to meet more musicians in Madison.
I was right.
And you came to the University of Wisconsin.
It's going on tonight.
You're still here.
Yeah.
I mean, I just was talking to you.
Well, I wasn't talking, but you know,
it wasn't the last band that was on.
Right.
So the moral story is,
go Madison.
Got me in a bunch of bands.
Thanks.
Hey, what kind of degree did you graduate with?
Geography.
All right.
Now he knows where Madison is.
Yeah, there he is.
Well, let's get back to live music in the layer
with the civil engineers acoustic quartet presented by the Aaron Webber group.
The next song that you have for us tonight.
It's called Mediator.
Is this a song about conflict resolution?
Or is it the next Marvel movie?
Honestly, it's neither, but it should be both.
And it is another, you know, early Tilo composition with the,
that he brought to the band.
And we, yeah, it's, it's a fun one.
I'd say it's, uh, I don't know what this song is about,
but it should definitely be about the net.
Let's all just pretend it's about the next Marvel.
I think I was the other thing in Mediator.
It might be the person in the car on the way to your gig when you're arguing about the directions
to where the actual club is in the middle of nowhere.
That's the mediator.
That it.
Yes, it is.
Nailed it, rocker.
All right.
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I've been swimming around here for days through the polls up my moral face.
I had a lot of fun with the music, but I'm still playing in the background.
I've been listening to the songs from the movie, and I've been playing with the music,
and I've been listening to the songs from the film, so I'm just a little bit more aware of the music.
To bring the tension down, yeah it's so hard to run my mind around.
I've been listening to the songs from the film, so I'm just a little bit more aware of the music.
I've been listening to the songs from the film, so I'm just a little bit more aware of the music.
I've been listening to the songs from the film, so I'm just a little bit more aware of the music.
I will open a pan, spill it out, cast off the fight, and that will come about.
Speaking first and thinking last, everything is clear when the view towards the past.
To bring the tension down, yeah it's so hard to run my mind around.
To bring the tension down, yeah it's so hard to run my mind around.
To bring the tension down, yeah it's so hard to run my mind around.
I am immediate out of it, you won't see me cry, there's no tears, but it's flooded inside.
First impressions, they seem to say.
And when my left beat breaks, my water will wash away, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm diving, but I lose my breath, try to break them free.
Too much confusion, and it's too hard to see, oh it's so hard.
To bring the tension down, yeah it's so hard to run my mind around.
If it's local music from Wisconsin, it's heard here, it's maxing radio.
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The civil engineers are right here in live in the air with us, and they have a show coming up.
Harmony bar in Madison on April 27 with invisible cartoons.
The harmony is one of your favorite places to play in the invisible cartoons or one of your good friends from Chicago.
Tell us about the harmony and the cartoons that we can't see.
We love the harmony bar.
I grew up not one block from the harmony bar on the east side of Madison, and I literally grew up there.
My parents tell stories about me crawling around on the floor when they used to have the shells down there.
I remember.
I literally grew up there, but it was a really fun home town show.
I remember when we first played there, and it's always been one of our favorite places to play.
Excited to be back there on April 27, especially with the invisible cartoons or buddies.
They do smile rock, and it's exactly what you think it is.
It's rock that makes you smile.
They will make you smile. They are so much fun.
The first time we ever played a gig with them, I couldn't tell you what it is.
Maybe Tilo could, but we just clicked instantly with all those guys.
They had us come stay at their house when we were down in Illinois.
They come stay with us.
I know Jason's hosted them multiple times at his house.
Yeah.
Tilo's parents has hosted them in Brookfield, Wisconsin, just like they are our family.
That is very close.
Yeah, exactly.
So we love them. They're great.
You should all check them out in invisible cartoons.
Molly Fetch, you are a Saltree singer, the magazine cover story,
the owner of an independent bookstore.
The owner of an independent bookstore.
Yeah, many things.
Many things.
Lake City Books, 107 North Hamilton Street, right up here on the square,
by the Old Fashioned, the Children's Museum.
Sorry, I interrupted you.
No, you're good.
I'm just purely independent bookstore, and I got really excited.
As you should.
What made you decide to open a bookstore in the digital age?
I mean, books are back, baby, is what I would say.
Okay, books are back.
Young people need a break from their screens, and they're turning more and more to print books.
It is a real thing, and it is a trend that I see every day,
and I've literally staking all of my livelihood on that trend.
So it's going really well so far.
I just want to say it's funny that we have this Harmony Bargagan April 27th.
That date is burned into my brain because it is also independent bookstore day.
And I accidentally told Jason it was okay to book this date,
and I realized that is going to be the busiest day of the year at my store.
And then I have our first big gig in Madison for many months.
That same night.
So I will be probably a drunken mess by the end of that day.
But it will be a super fun show.
I will be very loose, and we will have a great time.
So you can come visit me at either of those locations on April 27th at Lake City Books.
For independent books for day, we will have specials.
It will be a blast.
And then at the Harmony Bar later, that evening.
Sounds like a full day.
It's going to be big.
I have a lot of regrets, but there is no going back now.
So we are just going to do it.
It is going to be great.
What is your favorite book?
Oh my God.
What a question.
If you can track or with the hard hitting questions.
I mean, my answer to that, my canned answer is one of my favorites that I have read many, many times.
It is 100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
He is a Colombian writer who is the father of magical realism as a style.
It is a gorgeous book.
It has everything, you know, history and families over generations.
And it is just, I have read it at every decade of my life at least once.
I look forward to reading it many times again in the future.
So that is one of my favorites.
But I read a ton.
So it is always hard to pick.
Maybe on the 28th.
Maybe I will read again on that.
So how do we find your bookstore online?
Lakecitybooks.com, baby.
It is a happening place.
We are actually trying to help replace Amazon in Madison for books.
So you can order books on our website, even if we don't have it in the store,
and then just come pick it up in like a week later.
So it is super easy to use.
It is super fun to come pick up books downtown.
Also you can run grab coffee at Bradbury, support a bunch of local businesses,
and get the same books that the big A would sell you.
But you are supporting me and other local businesses.
And all the money that I get goes into other local Madison businesses.
So it is a great community.
Wow.
I love that.
Support local.
Molly, what is your backstory?
I mean, how did you start singing?
How did you get into the music?
I mean, really, they couldn't stop me.
It was what it was.
As a child, I was just a big ham.
And I wanted to sing and be the center of attention all the time.
And so my parents were like, I don't know.
It is shipper up to theater camp in the summer.
And then they came and watched me at the end of the summer camp in middle school.
And I was like the star of Charlie Brown.
You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
And they were like, oh shoot.
I guess we got to get her.
Were you Charlie Brown?
I was Snoopy.
Okay.
The unsung hero of your good man, Charlie Brown.
Oh, yeah.
So they were like, I guess we have to start doing voice lessons and piano lessons.
And I did all the things.
But so I'm a big, I started off a musical theater for sure.
But pivoted quickly to just pop in general.
And I've always looked up to Soul and R&B singers.
Ella Fitzgerald, Rita Franklin.
And these were like my idols growing up.
It's where I listen to all the time.
So you can hear a lot of that in my voice.
And like 90s rock, Alanis Moore said, that kind of stuff is awesome too.
So yeah, you couldn't stop me.
I just sing all the time.
It's pretty annoying probably.
And this was my first band that I joined.
I've been another band since, but civil engineers.
They popped my band, Jerry.
And you enjoy parental support?
A lot of parental support.
They still come out to gigs when they can when it's not too late.
But they're also very supportive of the bookstore.
My mom was just there today helping check people out.
Giving me a lunch break.
She brought me lunch and like let me go eat in the back while she checked people out.
So they're super supportive and helpful.
How cool is that?
Well, let's get back to live music in the layer with the civil engineers.
Acoustic quartet presented by the Aaron Weber group.
The next song you have for us tonight.
It's called Same My Name.
Well, not if your name is uncle.
I say no.
Just say Lake City Books.
That's my name for now.
I want to remember everything.
The smell of your sweater.
The light in your eyes.
With rains falling.
When you're telling me goodbye.
But say my name before you leave me.
Say my name before you go yet.
Because it sounds so sweet.
When it leaves your lips or won't you just.
Won't you seal it with a kiss.
So let's pour another gin.
Have one last glass of wine.
Hold me like we're infinite.
Instead of out of time.
But this night can't be endless.
If we never, never forget it.
Oh, they can take you from me.
But they can't.
No, they cannot.
They can't be regretted.
If you just say my name.
Say my name.
One time to me.
Out loud for me.
Because it sounds so sweet.
And I might never hear again.
Oh, seal it with a kiss.
Yeah, you won't call.
I won't mind.
Maybe you will.
You're thinking me off from time.
Yeah, the time.
Maybe, yeah.
Maybe, yeah.
No, you won't have past.
We'll just have tonight.
So won't you do me just one favor.
Before you take that fly.
Say my name.
Say my name.
Before you leave me.
Don't you leave me.
No.
Oh, it sounds so sweet.
When it leaves your lips, baby.
So maybe, seal it with one last kiss.
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Wow, that was an incredible song.
That really rocked.
Thank you.
So we're going to bring up your sax player.
Let's meet Mr. Jason Buck playing saxophone here in the Lair.
Jason, what's your back story?
I mean, how did you get into music?
I would say probably also, it's a parent thing, you know, my dad.
You know, when I was a kid, I was just listening to whatever's on the radio.
And he started getting me into like queen and Led Zeppelin and traffic and the crusaders and stuff like that.
So I think that got me into music mostly.
That's interesting because, you know, I always ask people what their back story is.
And then I say, you know, what was your parents role in your musical upbringing?
And before I could ask each one of you that question, you brought up your parents.
And what role that they had.
And I think that that's really cool because I've noticed a connection between all the musicians with parental support.
So one up for you guys.
Well, that's awesome.
How did you join the civil engineers?
They needed a sax player and obviously you didn't use to play guitar, did you?
No.
Well, actually, it's sort of, I wasn't as good as T-Lo, but a little bit.
I was playing in another band that was called Level 5.
And our piano player, Garrett, came to a couple of the shows and when they needed a saxophone player,
he got a hold of me because I was working at Epic with him at the time and actually emailed me through Epic.
And then I came to rehearsals in the rest of the history.
Are you a Madisonian?
I am.
Yeah, I grew up in Brookfield, Wisconsin and then came here for college and just sort of never left.
Oh, and another one. That's too so far I've heard tonight.
So the civil engineers are attempting to engage with your audiences outside of social media.
What does that even look like?
A lot of that really comes down to word of mouth, I think, like telling people about the show.
We still put up posters, you know, on the different like poster stands throughout the city.
I think Molly talks us up at her bookstore a lot with customers that come in.
Yeah, the bookstore has only been open a year.
So we've had like three gigs in that time because I was like, you guys also, Jason had a lot going on in that time too.
I had my bookstore baby and he has real babies.
Well, let's get back to live music in the layer with the civil engineers.
A acoustic quartet presented by the Aaron Weber group, the next song you have for us tonight.
It's called tequila and I became invisible after shot number six.
Well, this is why we had to stop playing this song is because we would play it and people would get super riled up.
And then they would bring us lots of free shots of tequila.
And there were many a rough evening after that.
So we do not play this song anymore, although we've been talking about bringing it back and maybe just saying, like, please, this is metaphorical tequila.
No shots, please, no.
Well, tonight we have shots of bourbon, so we'll have to substitute.
We'll take that.
Oh
Are you sleeping?
I don't want to wake you up before I go, sweat bullets.
Grabbing my shoes and socks and I'm looking for the door.
Oh, what's your hurry?
You think that I can hear you leave, but I can tell you what to run that night.
As has the damage, my body will recover, but I can't say the same for my pride.
Tequila can be dangerous.
It makes trouble seem like a real good time.
I didn't want to fall in love anyway.
But tequila can be dangerous.
I woke up at backstage, afternoon sunburnin' a hole in the sheets.
Oh, hey Alexa, can you close the shades and I could really use a bite to eat this water tastes funny.
Say what's in this glass, can't fight my phone to tell me how much time has passed.
I could get up now and catch my bus, but there's a pounding in my head.
And since you're already gone, I guess I'll stay in bed and tequila.
Can be dangerous.
It makes trouble seem like a real good time.
I didn't want to fall in love anyway.
But tequila can be dangerous.
If I close my eyes, I can almost remember how I got here, but the world is spinning.
How I can taste there's a salt on your skin.
And I hope I never say again.
Tequila can be dangerous.
Am I right ladies?
It makes trouble seem like a real good time.
I know that's right.
I didn't want to fall in love anyway.
But tequila makes me dangerous.
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You can see why we had to stop playing that song.
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I hear you guys may be performing on the 4th of July for fireworks in Manona.
You did that last year, right?
That's right.
That's to be determined.
We're so working on booking that.
But it seems like we'll be playing it.
Tell us about last year, was it?
Well, we're spilling the beans, I guess.
You're on maxing radio.
Sorry Patrick.
What's it like playing in a fireworks?
You played that last year, right?
It's amazing.
Just the energy in the crowd was great.
Normally, we play a lot of our original music, but to show like that,
you end up playing mostly the hits and cover songs and stuff.
That can be really fun to take, put your own spin on those songs.
When you're playing, do the fireworks start going off behind you?
Are you playing right before the fireworks?
We played before the fireworks last year.
I'm not sure what the slide is this year.
We watched the fireworks after our set.
That's excellent.
Summer is coming and look out for the civil engineers.
How do we find out about that in your shows online?
You guys are non-social media anymore?
No, we are.
We have a website.
We're on Facebook and Instagram as well.
When you've been a band for 12 years, it's hard to remember that you have to do social media tonight.
But we do.
We do it.
Flyers and books.
Yeah, we like, yeah, exactly.
Look, print.
Old school.
What a band.
Wow.
Bringing a band.
Yeah, we send carrier pigeons all around the city.
Flyers and books.
Sure.
So I saw that you recently played your second Porky's groove machine wedding.
Wow.
Now that sounds crazy.
Tell me what that is.
A lot of horns.
Well, a really horny band.
Yeah.
The Porky's groove machine is, they're definitely a funk band.
They put a lot of comedy in their songs.
And for whatever reason, they really like us to play their wedding.
So we've played two and hopefully there will be more.
Who in Porky's groove machine got married?
Marshall got married first.
We played his wedding.
He is the Trump player.
And then Matt got married second.
He's the hot dog.
The hot dog, yeah.
We played his wedding as well.
We're going for the whole band.
We told them they get the seventh wedding free.
Nice.
If they book us, we'll help them.
What about the unicorn wedding?
That's gotta be coming up.
Oh, yeah.
Maybe.
Yeah.
Yeah, Shasta, if you're listening.
Oh, all right.
Do you guys have any other shows kind of plan in the works coming up?
Besides the harmony or this is it.
The harmony is it.
So if we want to go see civil engineers, a full seven piece band,
maybe an eight piece band with educational Davis.
We're gonna have to do it.
Not a lot of the harmony in the war.
Well, your next chance to catch civil engineers lives at the harmony barn at Wood Avenue
and Madison on Saturday, April 27th with invisible cartoons.
Tim, Molly, Jason, educational Davis, thank you so much for taking the time to play with
us tonight.
We really appreciate it.
The last song you have for us tonight, it's called Walk It Out.
And, you know, I got to tell you that this is the first song by the civil engineers that
we ever played.
And it was also, I don't know if you know this, but it was the song that got you your first
gig at Atwood Fest.
I think it's a, I think it's a great song.
Tell us about Walk It Out.
Yeah.
So my favorite memory of Walk It Out and I think of this every time we play it, we were once
asked to play a gig at a church for their congregation.
So it was a private gig, which not really our thing, but when they told us how much they were
paying, we agreed to do it.
So we go to play at this church and we get there and they have a setup where like the
pastor would be.
And so we felt kind of weird putting our gear all over that.
And they had this sort of like congregation or like communion thing in the back that you
can walk behind.
And everyone in the audience like was probably 96, 97 years older than us.
I don't know.
I'm not a mathematician, but Tilo during his solo decided to walk through the back of the
congregation thing as he was dancing.
And when he got out the other side, the entire crowd was looking at us with zero amusement
on their face.
And so now I picture them every time we play this song.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, let's hear it.
We got two minutes.
So do the two minute version of Walk It Out.
Double time.
Tilo.
Come on.
I need to find a way to make it through.
Ain't nobody gonna ain't nobody.
I gotta do it with you.
One, two, three.
Well, you can't do what the venture of you.
What you getting into?
So you take a step away.
So baby, walk it out.
Walk it out.
Can't say we'll be able to go the honey.
You don't have to know.
We will get there in a new way.
If you just walk it out.
Walk it out.
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