The 19th annual GTG Fest will be Oct-18 at The Avenue Cafe in Lansing, MI!
Oct 16 – 8 PM, 21+, $5 Cover w/ A Rueful Noise, Ozenza, The Aliens, Feign, Braineaters (Hunky Newcomers members doing Misfits), Templetons (Ramones set), Pencil Marks!
Oct 17 – 8 PM, 21+, $5 Cover w/ At War With The Birds (Isaac from Hat Mdder!), Sad Leaves (The Plurals spin-off!), Narc Out The Reds, Candid Antics, Small Parks, Moon Pony, The Louderthans!
Oct 18 – 5 PM, All Ages, $5 Cover w/ Flatfoot, NEW, Overtone, Justice For Midge, GTG All Stars GTGreatest Hits set
Spring 2026 – we’ve got StoopFest in Lansing, Jeremy Porter tour and more!
Check out Stoopfest.org for full lineup, schedule, and tickets for the best dang springtime annual indie music festival!
Rounding up – Jeremy Porter & the Tucos is officially reconstituted and hitting the road for the first time since 2024. Midwest and upstate NY dates this month, check out thetucos.com and the Jeremy socials for full info. A Rueful Noise and No Skull continue to bring (yes) noise around Michigan, with both acts approaching new studio material soon. The Wild Honey Collective is in the midst of a creative writing revival, with shows and festivals a’plenty around Michigan, stay tuned to wildhoneycollective.com for all the show info. Dead Honey Collective is also still at Moriarty’s in Lansing every month, as well as Deadhead events in the Midwest and beyond. There’s plenty more GTG in the pipeline (The Plurals, Narc Out, et al), and your humble author is still putting on live music events at The Avenue Cafe (< there’s a monthly calendar thing at that very website to keep yas informed) every Sunday and periodic Fridays and Saturdays, so come say hi! Hey!
Also Wild Honey made a video for The Band’s “Christmas Must Be Tonight” using clips from the beautiful and classic Lotte Reiniger “Star Of Bethlehem” silhouette animation from 1956. Neat!
GTG Records announces The Wild Honey Collective + Jeremy Porter Together + Separate Southeast USA 2025 Tour! Lansing, Michigan’s award winning cosmic-folk-country-rock band The Wild Honey Collective team up with Detroit’s alt-country-powerpop-rock songwriter Jeremy Porter for a run through the Midwest and Southeastern states. The shows will feature the two entities both separately and together in various incarnations, collaborating on each other’s music in a classic-country revue-style setting.
For information about times, local support, and other details, please visit our websites and the venues’ websites or reach out directly.
Another “mini-album” collection, blooming as summer ends much like the vibrant Solidago (Goldenrod) lining the roadsides and horizons of Michigan. Just as the plant symbolizes healing and prosperity (“to make whole,” per one folklore phrase), this collection of tunes rounds up the scattered byproducts of the “Volume 3” sessions with a handful of spontaneous new recordings that point the way to the next phase of Wild Honey Collective. This time we’ve got 3 band originals (including one originally done by The Plurals and another – in an alternate mix – featuring Dead Honey Collective), the first studio sessions to feature Jack as a band member, another Carter Family traditional favorite, songs originally recorded by Lemonheads and Gene Clark, plus contributions from a range of friends including the ubiquitous Jerry Wenger, the future of music Liam, Medium Build low-end anchor Steve Hartmann, and the finely tuned ears of Rick Johnson.
Mixed and Mastered by Rick Johnson. Recorded Winter 2023 – Summer 2025, mostly by Tommy at McGorgers/GTG House South with sessions at Patty’s Lake House, Holiday Drive, and GTG House. “The Outdoor Type” primarily recorded by Rick at Cold War Studios. Additional recording by Timmy, Adam, Jerry, and Liam.
Tommy McCord – vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, electric 6 and 12 string guitar, bass Danielle Gyger – vocals, fiddle Adam Aymor – pedal steel guitar, dobro, electric guitar Timmy Rodriguez – vocals, bass Dan O’Brien – vocals, acoustic guitar, upright bass, harmonica, baritone guitar Joel Kuiper – drums, percussion Jack Schueler – vocals, acoustic guitar (“Wild Honey,” “Through Munising,” “Wildwood Flower”) Jerry Wenger – upright bass (“Wildwood Flower) Nicholas Merz – vocals, bass (“Through Munising”) Steve Hartmann – bass (“The Outdoor Type”) Liam VanDerHeide – electric guitar (“Train Leaves Here”)
Summer 2025 – the hazy vision of the “collective” has reached a new peak with the release of the song “Through Munising.” An original composition by Joel Kuiper, Tommy McCord’s lead vocal and musical arrangement was worked up amidst our Grateful Dead-focused Dead Honey Collective shows and elevated by Jack Schueler’s brilliant guitar playing and harmony vocal singing. The propulsive rhythm section of Joel and Nicholas Merz provided the perfect foundation for Adam Aymor’s celestial pedal steel workouts and the ensuing harmony interplay between Adam, Jack, and Tommy. The basic track was cut live in Tommy’s basement in March, at which point the rest of the principal Wild Honey Collective players – Danielle Gyger, Timmy Rodriguez, and Dan O’Brien – sweetened the arrangement with additional singing, fiddle, and harmonica. Adam mixed the recording, resulting in one of the purest pieces of collaboration in the Honey & GTG musical universe. An ode to a beautiful drive through the Upper Peninsula, with hints of a melancholy reality creeping in on the edges, “Through Munising” is a wonderful piece of collective creativity that we’re proud to deliver into the weird world of 2025.
Joel Kuiper – drums, composition Tommy McCord – lead vocals, guitar, recording Jack Schueler – harmony vocals, guitar Adam Aymor – pedal steel, mixing Nicholas Merz – bass, harmony vocals Danielle Gyger – harmony vocals, fiddle Timmy Rodriguez – harmony vocals Dan O’Brien – harmonica
