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.
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Year summary
2026
The Scrips are an East Texas four-piece built around clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, upright bass, and close harmonies. In 2026, old-time tunes, hymns, and original songs carried the band through Edom Art Walk, Make Music Day Tyler, The Forge, a KETK Hometown Harmonies session, and a visit to Unordinary People Podcast. An outdoor recording of “June Apple” brought that same acoustic sound to the screen.
podcast session Unordinary People Podcast Jacksonville, Texas Open file
Record 01 · August 9, 2026
The Scrips visited Unordinary People at Replay for an in-shop session of old-time, bluegrass, and folk songs, with conversation between performances.
Filed locationJacksonville, Texas
show Noonday Farmers Market Noonday Farmers Market Open file
Record 02 · July 11, 2026
A morning date at Noonday Farmers Market, listed for 9:00 AM to noon.
Filed locationNoonday Farmers Market
show The Forge Ben Wheeler, Texas Open file
Record 03 · July 4, 2026
An Independence Day evening at The Forge in Ben Wheeler, from 7:00 to 10:00 PM.
Filed locationBen Wheeler, Texas
video June Apple video YouTube / social rollout Open file
Record 04 · June 29, 2026
The Scrips take the traditional tune “June Apple” outdoors for an East Texas field-recording session.
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 joined host Tommi Jo at KETK for songs and conversation, performing “Called” and “Angeline.” Recorded June 17 and published June 19 as East Texas Tunes.
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
With Kelsey back in town and schedules opening up, The Scrips began playing together again. Make Music Day Tyler, Rose City Farmers Market, and Moody Family Wines brought the four-piece back in front of East Texas audiences, with banjo, fiddle, guitar, upright bass, and voices.
show Moody Family Wines Bullard, Texas Open file
Record 08 · August 30, 2025
An outdoor evening of music at Moody Family Wines in Bullard, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM.
Filed locationBullard, Texas
show Rose City Farmers Market ETX Brewing Downtown Open file
Record 09 · July 26, 2025
A morning set for Rose City Farmers Market at ETX Brewing Downtown, from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.
Filed locationETX Brewing Downtown
show Make Music Day Tyler Broadway Square Mall Open file
Record 10 · June 21, 2025
A Make Music Day Tyler performance at Broadway Square Mall, from 7:00 to 8:30 PM.
Filed locationBroadway Square Mall
Year summary
2021
A planned May show at True Vine’s downtown Tyler taproom was canceled. It belongs to a quieter stretch in the band’s story, not a record of a performance that took place.
show True Vine Canceled True Vine downtown taproom · Tyler, Texas Open file
Record 11 · May 1, 2021
This planned show at True Vine’s downtown Tyler taproom was canceled.
Filed locationTrue Vine downtown taproom · Tyler, Texas
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
The Scrips at Rose City Farmers Market, Tyler, Texas.
Filed locationTyler, Texas
show The Foundry Location not filed Open file
Record 13 · September 30, 2019
The Scrips at The Foundry.
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
The Scrips at Hoptoberfest.
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show The Joy of Sight Location not filed Open file
Record 15 · October 3, 2017
The Scrips at The Joy of Sight.
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show Vintage Edom Edom, Texas Open file
Record 16 · April 9, 2017
The Scrips at Vintage Edom, Edom, Texas.
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
The Scrips at Edom Arts Festival, Edom, Texas.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
show Stanley’s Location not filed Open file
Record 18 · July 30, 2016
The Scrips at Stanley’s.
Filed location
show True Vine Location not filed Open file
Record 19 · May 28, 2016
The Scrips at True Vine.
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show Beatles Tribute Show Location not filed Open file
Record 20 · January 22, 2016
The Scrips at Beatles Tribute Show.
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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
The Scrips at Edom Arts Festival, Edom, Texas.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
show The Forge Ben Wheeler, Texas Open file
Record 22 · July 26, 2015
The Scrips at The Forge, Ben Wheeler, Texas.
Filed locationBen Wheeler, Texas
show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 23 · July 4, 2015
The Scrips at July 4th, YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart.
Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart
show Music in the Park Location not filed Open file
Record 24 · May 30, 2015
The Scrips at Music in the Park.
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show Farmers Market Location not filed Open file
Record 25 · May 23, 2015
The Scrips at Farmers Market.
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
The Scrips at The Foundry.
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show True Vine / Hoptoberfest Location not filed Open file
Record 27 · October 25, 2014
The Scrips at True Vine / Hoptoberfest.
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show Illusions & Bluegrass Location not filed Open file
Record 28 · July 26, 2014
The Scrips at Illusions & Bluegrass.
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show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 29 · July 4, 2014
The Scrips at July 4th, YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart.
Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart
show True Vine Location not filed Open file
Record 30 · June 25, 2014
The Scrips at True Vine.
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show Brad Cork Open Mic Location not filed Open file
Record 31 · April 23, 2014
The Scrips at Brad Cork Open Mic.
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show Carnival Location not filed Open file
Record 32 · April 22, 2014
The Scrips at Carnival.
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show Deep Ellum BFF Location not filed Open file
Record 33 · March 28, 2014
The Scrips at Deep Ellum BFF.
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
The Scrips at Stanley’s.
Filed location
show The Forge Ben Wheeler, Texas Open file
Record 35 · August 29, 2013
The Scrips at The Forge, Ben Wheeler, Texas.
Filed locationBen Wheeler, Texas
show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 36 · July 4, 2013
The Scrips at July 4th, YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart.
Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart
show The Forge Ben Wheeler, Texas Open file
Record 37 · May 16, 2013
The Scrips at The Forge, Ben Wheeler, Texas.
Filed locationBen Wheeler, Texas
show Pokey LaFarge The Prophet Bar Open file
Record 38 · May 3, 2013
The Scrips opened for Pokey LaFarge at The Prophet Bar in Dallas.
Filed locationThe Prophet Bar
show Aaron Lee Martin The Vineyard Open file
Record 39 · February 23, 2013
The Scrips shared a bill with Aaron Lee Martin at The Vineyard.
Filed locationThe Vineyard
radio Terry Miller Morning Show 99.3 Radio Open file
Record 40 · February 4, 2013
The Scrips joined the Terry Miller Morning Show on 99.3 Radio for a live session. The band’s channel also preserves a 2013 performance of “Angeline” from the show, uploaded April 1.
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
The Scrips at Dillard’s secret show.
Filed location
show/poster Coffin Shop East Texas Open file
Record 42 · December 1, 2012
A December show at the Coffin Shop.
Filed locationEast Texas
show Edom Arts Festival Edom, Texas Open file
Record 43 · October 20, 2012
An autumn performance at Edom Arts Festival.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
show Bridge 281 Longview Open file
Record 44 · October 6, 2012
The Scrips at Bridge 281, Longview.
Filed locationLongview
show The Scrips at Mojoe’s Location not filed Open file
Record 45 · July 28, 2012
The Scrips at The Scrips at Mojoe’s.
Filed location
show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 46 · July 4, 2012
The Scrips at July 4th, YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart.
Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart
show Bridge 281 Longview Open file
Record 47 · May 25, 2012
The Scrips at Bridge 281, Longview.
Filed locationLongview
show Sean Michael & The Traveling Troubadours Location not filed Open file
Record 48 · May 24, 2012
The Scrips at Sean Michael & The Traveling Troubadours.
Filed location
show/photo Rusty Shovel East Texas Open file
Record 49 · May 17, 2012
An East Texas date at Rusty Shovel during the band’s early run of shows.
Filed locationEast Texas
show Liberty Theater Location not filed Open file
Record 50 · April 21, 2012
The Scrips at Liberty Theater.
Filed location
show Rick’s / Laura Gibson / The Magills Tyler, Texas Open file
Record 51 · March 12, 2012
The Scrips shared the bill at Rick’s in Tyler with Laura Gibson and The Magills.
Filed locationTyler, Texas
show New Mojoe’s Mojoe’s Coffee, Henderson Open file
Record 52 · January 27, 2012
The Scrips at New Mojoe’s, Mojoe’s Coffee, Henderson.
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
The Scrips at KE Bushman’s.
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show KE Bushman’s Location not filed Open file
Record 54 · December 16, 2011
The Scrips at KE Bushman’s.
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release Chapel Sessions EP released Bandcamp / NoiseTrade / ReverbNation orbit Open file
Record 55 · October 15, 2011
The Scrips brought their acoustic string-band sound to the Edom Festival of the Arts.
Filed locationBandcamp / NoiseTrade / ReverbNation orbit
show Edom Arts Festival / The Shed Café Edom, Texas Open file
Record 56 · October 15, 2011
The Scrips brought their acoustic string-band sound to the Edom Festival of the Arts.
Filed locationEdom, Texas
press/show Shiner Rising Star KHYI 95.3 The Range / Shiner Beer Open file
Record 57 · September 17, 2011
The Scrips were selected for Shiner Rising Star, the KHYI 95.3 The Range and Shiner Beer band competition.
Filed locationKHYI 95.3 The Range / Shiner Beer
show Love and War Location not filed Open file
Record 58 · September 15, 2011
The Scrips at Love and War.
Filed location
show July 4th YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart Open file
Record 59 · July 4, 2011
An Independence Day performance at YWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart.
Filed locationYWAM / Living Alternatives / Fatherheart