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Uncle Dale

1/5/2015

If you've ever been to a The Lone Bellow show, you know that part of the excitement is getting to hear some personal stories from the band. While we have been privy to quite a few of these stories, there is something about Zach's "Uncle Dale Stories" that we find particularly amusing. We recently learned that Uncle Dale celebrated his birthday on New Year's Day, and Zach's dad was kind enough to share some photos with us (see below). He also shared a really funny story with us about Uncle Dale's habit of wearing a bear rug in the woods to scare everyone. We get the sense that Uncle Dale really enjoyed the thrill of frightening others! So, do you have a favorite Uncle Dale story? Please tell us in the comments, on the forum, or on our Facebook page.

4 Comments

Kayla

3/7/2015 02:13:45 am

:) Sounds like you guys have caught a lot of the same shows I have, so we might have heard the same stories as well, but other than the stories about scaring little Zach & fam by pretending to be various wild animals - ha a la the mtn lion/4-wheeler story - was the coma story Kanene made him tell, I believe in Richmond?

My fault if I'm mis-remembering any details, but I wanna say Zach's aunt (Dale's wife, I think) did motocross and was in an accident that led to a (medically-induced?) coma. Apparently Uncle Dale went out and bought a fake grey beard, which he wore when they brought her out of the coma soon after, & said something about how he'd been waiting for that miracle for forty years. I guess briefly thinking that her coma had lasted that long scared her into throwing up at his feet, hahah which sounds fairly well-deserved. :-P He sounds like the life of any party, for sure! Thanks for following my twitter (@YouBelong...ha The Lone Bellow is one of the few reasons I bother to have one!) and for always posting such awesome TLB updates! :)

Bobbie and Abra link

3/7/2015 07:32:08 am

Hi Kayla! Thanks so much for sharing that story! Uncle Dale is something else!

And thanks for your kind words and for reading our site!

Will you be at any of the upcoming shows?

Kayla

3/7/2015 08:49:15 am

I will actually...this Friday in DC. You? I live in the area (Kanene and & went to college together) and I'm with yall in that I try to make it to any shows I can that are within a few hours of me. :)

Bobbie link

3/8/2015 04:54:21 am

That's cool about you and Kanene being in college together. She seems like an amazing person.

We live in Boston, but I will be at the Atlanta show Wednesday, and Abra and I will both be at the Philly show on the 24th.

Would love to hear details from you about the DC show.

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We are Abra and Bobbie, two friends living in Boston who go to a lot of concerts together. We saw The Lone Bellow, having never heard of them, and could not believe our good fortune in discovering such talent. We now try to go by the "Four-Hour-Rule", meaning if we can get to a show within four hours, we will be there, hopefully right up front.

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