Consider the Source Announces Tour and Releases Live Album

John Ferrara and co announce "The Heat is On" tour focused around their hot sauce and also drop F**k It! We'll Do It Live - Volume 4: Hybrid Style

Consider the Source Announces Tour and Releases Live Album

John Ferrara and co announce "The Heat is On" tour focused around their hot sauce and also drop F**k It! We'll Do It Live - Volume 4: Hybrid Style

Instrumental Prog-Rockers Consider the Source found themselves with the opportunity to collaborate on an unlikely merchandise item about 4 years ago. After a show in Michigan, long-time fan DJ approached the band offering to make a custom hot sauce through his company, Lost Capital Foods. What seemed like a pipe dream to the 3 musicians at the time became very real months later with a taste testing and refining of the original recipe. CTS artwork aficionado Nate McClennen tied the whole thing together with his signature psychedelic cartoon artwork and “Consider the Sauce” was born.

The delicious sweet and mildly spicy Green Chile Saison sold over 500 bottles on Tour and online, quickly becoming a favorite for many fans with some even buying a case at a time. To celebrate the 500 milestone the band listened to their fans who craved psycho levels of heat and added a special Xtra Hot Edition with a heat level of 9/10.

Fast forward a few years and Consider the Source has steadily been selling their 2 varieties of hot sauce at their merch tables at shows across the country and online. At the time of this article they have sold approximately 1,250 total bottles of hot sauce and have no sign of turning back. Drummer Jeff Mann says, “To be completely honest, at this point we’re selling more hot sauce than any of our music based products. We thought about packing up the music thing to focus on our sauce game but decided we can still do both. We’re calling this Tour “The Heat Is On” after our song “The H Is O” to celebrate how successful our sauces with Lost Capital have been. It’s really more of a hot sauce tour than a music tour but we’ll be up on stage with our instruments each night doing our thing. We hope you can come catch a show but we’ll know why you’re really there.”

THE HEAT IS ON TOUR DATES: 

03.09 Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center – Greenfield, MA
03.10 Park City Music Hall – Bridgeport, CT
03.11 HMAC – Stage on Herr – Harrisburg, PA
03.23 Pearl Street Warehouse – Washington, DC $
03.25 The Summit Music Hall – Columbus, OH
03.30 Martyrs’ – Chicago, IL
03.31 The Parliament Room at Otus Supply – Ferndale, MI
04.01 The Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI

$ w/ Desmond Jones

To celebrate their Dec 2021 release of “Hybrid Vol. 1: Such As A Mule” they decided to add a special Hybrid Style recording to their live album series. This release will be on streaming services very soon & is currently available exclusively through the CTS Bandcamp page.

This recording features a full set performance from our Acoustic/Electric Hybrid Tour stop at Buffalo Iron Works in Buffalo, NY July 22, 2022.

“This was the first tour we ever tried with seated audiences and traveling with our acoustic instruments. It was something we’ve wanted to do for a long time and each night was truly special. We’re proud to have it officially documented for now and hope to do it again in the future.” ~ CTS

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