Snappy recently had the pleasure of hanging out on-stage and backstage with Houston’s own Ryan Scroggins & The Trenchtown Texans. The band’s namesake and frontman is a veritable renaissance man; artist, multi-instrumentalist, song writer, professional tattoo artist and former herpetologist for the Houston Zoo.  Mr. Scroggins originally made a name for himself in the music world as the organist for the well-known ska band Los Skarnales.

The Trenchtown Texans play a unique mix of Americana/Ska/Roots/Reggae/Swamp music and have released three albums and toured extensively, however these days the band only makes appearances sporadically.  As such, it was truly a pleasure for Snappy to be able to share the stage with them at Houston’s Continental Club:

After the show, Snappy was fortunate enough to spend a few minutes with Mr. Scroggins.  Having again been a former Herpetologist for the Houston Zoo, Ryan is very familiar with gators, however this would be his first encounter with a blue gator:

If you have a keen eye, you’ll be able to spot Snappy in the video below of the band performing “Too Tired to Fight”:

A quick YouTube search will return lots of videos of this great band, and if they happen to come to your town do make it a point to check them out live.

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We recently chronicled Snappy’s trip to the Houston Zoo on Instagram.  However we’re going to re-cap here as well as share some additional pictures of Snappy that didn’t make it onto Instagram; think of this as the bonus footage of Snappy’s trip to the Houston Zoo.  You can also revisit Snappy’s trip to the Houston Zoo on Pinterest!

First and foremost, what would a trip to the zoo be without seeing the famous pink flamingos?

After Snappy communed with the flamingos, he found this other unique bird that apparently has its kneecaps on backwards:

Snappy does like to take a moment to enjoy the scenery form time to time.  The Houston Zoo has tons of beautiful rest areas throughout its grounds.

One of the Zoo’s newest exhibits is the African forest.  This exhibit contains giraffes, rhinos and numerous other animals, but Snappy couldn’t pass up the photo op with this mask, near the entrance of the exhibit:

What can we say about this next pic?  If you followed this adventure on Instagram, you saw another picture of Snappy up in a different tree… for a gator, Snappy sure likes to climb!

The only appropriate way to conclude Snappy’s trip to the Houston Zoo is with a visit to his fellow gators.  This is an American alligator, just like Snappy!

If you’re in the Houston area, we highly encourage you to go visit the Houston Zoo.  Or at the very least, visit them online: http://houstonzoo.org.

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Fresh from a successful show at the SXSW Music festival in Austin, TX, BugGiRL rolled through Houston on their current tour and Snappy found himself on stage, and backstage, with the band!

BugGiRL are Australian siblings Amber (vocals & guitar) and Clinno (drums) along with Austin’s own Heather Webb (bass), whom you may remember from a prior Adventures of Snappy post.

Playing loud and fast rock n’ roll, BugGiRL are a tight and impressive live band.  Here’s Snappy rocking out on stage with them:

BugGiRL have released two EP’s and two full-length albums (with a new record on the way!) not to mention appearances on multiple compilation albums.  A quick YouTube search will show you exactly what this band is all about; that good ol’ fashioned punk- and metal-tinged rock n’ roll!

Here’s Snappy hanging out with the band after the show:

BugGiRL virtually never stops touring; be sure to catch them live when they come to your town!

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Snappy has been out and about on the town again. This time, Snappy appeared on stage with Adrian & The Sickness!  This Austin-based rock trio showcases the phenomenal guitar playing and song writing of the band’s namesake, Adrian Conner, and is rounded out by the rock-solid bass playing of Heather Webb.  AATS were voted Best Punk Band in the 2011-2012 Austin Music Awards and are presently on tour in support of their 2011 vinyl single “Criminal/Dog Days,” their fifth independent release.

Snappy was fortunate enough to have an excellent view of the show, once again hanging out right on stage:

Of course Snappy spent some time with the band after the show as well.  In the image below, you may notice that Heather is wearing a “Hell’s Belles” shirt.  Hell’s Belles are a world-famous all-female AC/DC tribute band, in which Adrian happens to perform lead guitar duties, as Angus Young.  Perhaps Snappy will find his way onto a Hell’s Belles stage at some point, but for now if you are an AC/DC fan, we would recommend checking that band out as well:

A quick YouTube search for “Adrian and The Sickness” will result in some excellent videos of this amazing band, although nothing can quite capture the experience of seeing them perform live. AATS regularly tour the United States and Europe, so keep an eye out for them and and catch them when they play your town!

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Our very own Snappy has been getting out and about lately, showing up in some unusual places.  We are going to endeavor to track and document the movements of our favorite Gator and share them with you here: The Adventures of Snappy.

Snappy has been showing up on stage with Houston’s own premier Foo Fighters tribute band, Foo Fakers.  The Foo Fakers recently took first place in a multi-week Battle of the Tribute Bands showcase, and Snappy was right on stage with them!  Admittedly, the pictures are a little bit blurry, but Snappy spent the entire show on the backline, rocking out:

In fact, the entire Battle of the Tribute Bands set was streamed live and can now be seen on YouTube, complete with Snappy, right here.  If you watch the whole show, you’ll even hear a couple of shout-outs to the Gators in attendance that night.

This wasn’t Snappy’s first time on stage with the Foo Fakers.  In fact, it is not unusual at all to find Snappy on stage at their shows, as he is a huge fan and generally has no problem getting backstage VIP treatment:

We will be bringing you many more adventures of Snappy, as that Gator is getting out and about more and more these days, but we want to thank the Foo Fakers for their support and for plain rocking as well as they do!

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