History
Band History
Shows, recordings, lineup changes, radio visits, posters, and the ordinary working evidence of an East Texas string band, beginning with the newest record and moving backward.
Newest first · year by year
The dated archive
Each year pairs the band’s story with the surviving show, release, radio, and poster records. Open any row to see the filed details and artwork.
Read the full band history →Year summary
2026
The return continued through Edom Art Walk, KETK Hometown Harmonies, Make Music Day Tyler at ETX Brewing, a June Apple video, The Forge, and Noonday Farmers Market. The original acoustic argument stayed intact: clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, upright bass, close voices, old tunes, hymns, and Scrips originals.
podcast session Unordinary People Podcast Jacksonville, Texas Open file
Record 01 · August 9, 2026
Podcast recording and interview with songs and conversation; listening details will be added when available.
Filed locationJacksonville, Texas
show Noonday Farmers Market Noonday Farmers Market Open file
Record 02 · July 11, 2026
Brad-provided Noonday Farmers Market date, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM, treated as a morning farmers market appearance in the filed record.
Filed locationNoonday Farmers Market
show The Forge Ben Wheeler, Texas Open file
Record 03 · July 4, 2026
Brad-provided July 4 date at The Forge, 7:00–10:00 PM, filed from the June 2026 voice note and rollout reference copy.
Filed locationBen Wheeler, Texas
video June Apple video YouTube / social rollout Open file
Record 04 · June 29, 2026
Archive record prepared for a June Apple live video, documenting the traditional tune as arranged and performed by The Scrips in East Texas.
Filed locationYouTube / social rollout
show Make Music Day Tyler ETX Brewing Company, Tyler, Texas Open file
Record 05 · June 21, 2026
Free citywide Make Music Day Tyler set at ETX Brewing Company, with old-time tunes, hymns, Scrips originals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, upright bass, and close harmonies.
Filed locationETX Brewing Company, Tyler, Texas
television/session KETK NBC Hometown Harmonies KETK / Hometown Harmonies Open file
Record 06 · June 17, 2026
The Scrips recorded a Hometown Harmonies segment and played Called and Angeline.
Filed locationKETK / Hometown Harmonies
show/photo Edom Art Walk Edom, Texas Open file
Record 07 · June 14, 2026
The band played three sets under a shade oak during Edom Art Walk, using a simpler mostly one-microphone setup with bass amp support.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
Year summary
2025
After the paper trail thinned, The Scrips returned to public playing at Make Music Day Tyler, Rose City Farmers Market, and Moody Family Wines. The current four-piece lineup picked up the same tools - banjo, fiddle, guitar, upright bass, and voices - without treating the earlier band as a museum piece.
show Moody Family Wines Bullard, Texas Open file
Record 08 · August 30, 2025
Confirmed 6:00–8:30 PM; outdoor/4-piece logistics.
Filed locationBullard, Texas
show Rose City Farmers Market ETX Brewing Downtown Open file
Record 09 · July 26, 2025
Confirmed 9:00–11:00 AM; bring sound gear/banner.
Filed locationETX Brewing Downtown
show Make Music Day Tyler Broadway Square Mall Open file
Record 10 · June 21, 2025
Confirmed 7:00–8:30 PM set.
Filed locationBroadway Square Mall
Year summary
2021
A single True Vine appearance marks 2021 in the surviving record. It stands inside a quieter stretch when the dated papers grow sparse, but the band’s trail does not entirely disappear.
show True Vine Location not filed Open file
Record 11 · May 1, 2021
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed location
Year summary
2019
The Foundry and Rose City Farmers Market carry the live record through 2019. Public notes from the period also described nine recorded originals, eight free downloads, and four streaming singles, evidence that the catalog kept moving even as the show trail narrowed.
show Rose City Farmers Market Tyler, Texas Open file
Record 12 · November 9, 2019
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationTyler, Texas
show The Foundry Location not filed Open file
Record 13 · September 30, 2019
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Filed location
Year summary
2017
Vintage Edom, The Joy of Sight, and Hoptoberfest kept the band on regional stages while the Scrip-O-Phone limited release appeared in Edom. Work on Marybelle and Rice Queen pointed toward the wider digital releases that followed.
show Hoptoberfest Location not filed Open file
Record 14 · October 27, 2017
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed location
show The Joy of Sight Location not filed Open file
Record 15 · October 3, 2017
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed location
show Vintage Edom Edom, Texas Open file
Record 16 · April 9, 2017
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
Year summary
2016
A Beatles tribute opened a year that continued through True Vine, Stanley’s, and Edom Arts Festival. These middle years found The Scrips returning to familiar East Texas rooms while the lineup and instrument table continued to shift.
show Edom Arts Festival Edom, Texas Open file
Record 17 · October 16, 2016
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
show Stanley’s Location not filed Open file
Record 18 · July 30, 2016
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Filed location
show True Vine Location not filed Open file
Record 19 · May 28, 2016
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Filed location
show Beatles Tribute Show Location not filed Open file
Record 20 · January 22, 2016
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Filed location
Year summary
2015
Farmers markets, Music in the Park, the recurring July 4 gathering, The Forge, and Edom Art Fest make up the 2015 record. The band kept finding practical reasons to return to the stage while new recordings and visual projects gathered behind the dated shows.
show Edom Arts Festival Edom, Texas Open file
Record 21 · October 19, 2015
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
show The Forge Ben Wheeler, Texas Open file
Record 22 · July 26, 2015
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationBen Wheeler, Texas
show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 23 · July 4, 2015
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart
show Music in the Park Location not filed Open file
Record 24 · May 30, 2015
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Filed location
show Farmers Market Location not filed Open file
Record 25 · May 23, 2015
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Filed location
Year summary
2014
The Scrips stretched from Deep Ellum and The Foundry to True Vine, Illusions & Bluegrass, and Hoptoberfest. Gabe Clayton brought hammered dulcimer into the lineup, while live-streamed rehearsals and one-microphone experiments with a vintage Nagra III pushed the band’s lo-fi instincts further.
show The Foundry Location not filed Open file
Record 26 · November 7, 2014
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show True Vine / Hoptoberfest Location not filed Open file
Record 27 · October 25, 2014
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show Illusions & Bluegrass Location not filed Open file
Record 28 · July 26, 2014
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show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 29 · July 4, 2014
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart
show True Vine Location not filed Open file
Record 30 · June 25, 2014
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed location
show Brad Cork Open Mic Location not filed Open file
Record 31 · April 23, 2014
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed location
show Carnival Location not filed Open file
Record 32 · April 22, 2014
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed location
show Deep Ellum BFF Location not filed Open file
Record 33 · March 28, 2014
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Filed location
Year summary
2013
By 2013 The Scrips had become a working East Texas concern: radio on the Terry Miller Morning Show, a Dallas opening date with Pokey LaFarge, repeat visits to The Forge, Stanley’s, and the July 4 orbit. The posters called the sound Sparse Mountain Folk, a phrase that fit the songs and the weather around them.
show Stanley’s Location not filed Open file
Record 34 · November 15, 2013
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed location
show The Forge Ben Wheeler, Texas Open file
Record 35 · August 29, 2013
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationBen Wheeler, Texas
show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 36 · July 4, 2013
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Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart
show The Forge Ben Wheeler, Texas Open file
Record 37 · May 16, 2013
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationBen Wheeler, Texas
show Pokey LaFarge The Prophet Bar Open file
Record 38 · May 3, 2013
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationThe Prophet Bar
show Aaron Lee Martin The Vineyard Open file
Record 39 · February 23, 2013
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationThe Vineyard
radio Terry Miller Morning Show 99.3 Radio Open file
Record 40 · February 4, 2013
Radio appearance with dedicated setlist document.
Filed location99.3 Radio
Year summary
2012
The map widened through Henderson, Tyler, Longview, Edom, Liberty Theater, Rusty Shovel, and the Coffin Shop. Robert Finney entered the record on upright bass and vocals, and the surviving posters and photographs begin to turn scattered dates into a continuous working-band story.
show Dillard’s secret show Location not filed Open file
Record 41 · December 2, 2012
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Filed location
show/poster Coffin Shop East Texas Open file
Record 42 · December 1, 2012
Poster/show evidence.
Filed locationEast Texas
show Edom Arts Festival Edom, Texas Open file
Record 43 · October 20, 2012
Show and application evidence.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
show Bridge 281 Longview Open file
Record 44 · October 6, 2012
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationLongview
show The Scrips at Mojoe’s Location not filed Open file
Record 45 · July 28, 2012
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show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 46 · July 4, 2012
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Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart
show Bridge 281 Longview Open file
Record 47 · May 25, 2012
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Filed locationLongview
show Sean Michael & The Traveling Troubadours Location not filed Open file
Record 48 · May 24, 2012
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Filed location
show/photo Rusty Shovel East Texas Open file
Record 49 · May 17, 2012
Photo evidence follows show.
Filed locationEast Texas
show Liberty Theater Location not filed Open file
Record 50 · April 21, 2012
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Filed location
show Rick’s / Breathe Owl Breathe / The Magills Tyler, Texas Open file
Record 51 · March 12, 2012
Show record; Laura Gibson orbit noted in archive.
Filed locationTyler, Texas
show New Mojoe’s Mojoe’s Coffee, Henderson Open file
Record 52 · January 27, 2012
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Filed locationMojoe’s Coffee, Henderson
Year summary
2011
The first hard trail begins with a July 4 appearance, a place among twenty-four bands at Shiner Rising Star, and a run through Edom and KE Bushman’s. That fall The Scrips recorded five songs completely live in a small chapel near Flint and released Chapel Sessions on October 15, leaving both a show record and a lasting first document.
show KE Bushman’s Location not filed Open file
Record 53 · December 30, 2011
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show KE Bushman’s Location not filed Open file
Record 54 · December 16, 2011
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release Chapel Sessions EP released Bandcamp / NoiseTrade / ReverbNation orbit Open file
Record 55 · October 15, 2011
Five-song EP released; recorded live in Flint, Texas.
Filed locationBandcamp / NoiseTrade / ReverbNation orbit
show Edom Arts Festival / The Shed Café Edom, Texas Open file
Record 56 · October 15, 2011
Show documented in the band’s working records.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
press/show Shiner Rising Star KHYI 95.3 The Range / Shiner Beer Open file
Record 57 · September 17, 2011
One of 24 selected bands; quote files praise the sound and songwriting.
Filed locationKHYI 95.3 The Range / Shiner Beer
show Love and War Location not filed Open file
Record 58 · September 15, 2011
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Filed location
show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 59 · July 4, 2011
Earliest dated show currently preserved in the archive.
Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart