Hard to believe, but today is exactly 8 years to the day from the first time Korin & Augie first performed their original songs on stage with the four-piece incarnation of The Hard Lessons at the Michigan State University Student Union!

The performance was a Battle of the Bands and the $400 that THL took home went toward duplicating the band's first ever demo CD, which surprisingly produced a #1 single on MSU's radio station, The Impact, beginning a very interesting 8 years leading to this very day. CONGRATS!

All photos by Janet Reid Boltz!

AND DON'T FORGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The band's debut album Gasoline  is available for download for the first time ever RIGHT HERE. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!