Come See My Dead Person brought a mixture of folk, bluegrass, and rock to the greater Houston music scene. With Mike Mejia among its lead singers and guitarists, the group paired roots instrumentation with darkly comic storytelling and forceful ensemble playing. The song “Mr. Rickety Bones,” discussed in a 2010 Houston Press interview, captures that combination of narrative humor and accelerating, dance-oriented passages. The band also appeared in Houston’s independent arts community, including the 2011 Spacetaker gala, where its participatory live approach connected acoustic traditions with the energy of a rock performance.
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Held artifact from Free Press Summer Fest 2009, an edition the act played. Free Press Summer Fest 2009 lineup poster. Printed copy reads AUGUST 8TH AND 9TH, 2009 AT ELEANOR TINSLEY PARK — HOUSTON, TX, with Broken Social Scene, Explosions in the Sky, Of Montreal, The Sword, Octopus Project, Voxtrot, Devin the Dude and Prince Paul. Artwork: Shelby Hohl. Free Press Houston Archive holding.
2 appearances documented on Free Press Houston bills. Records are kept to the lineup sources the archive holds; nothing beyond them is stated.
Lineup row held for Westheimer Block Party, fall 2009, source wbp-2009-lineup-page.
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Archive articles that name Come See My Dead Person. A mention is a sighting in the paper’s own pages, not a statement that the piece is about this performer.
