Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Hello everybody. I hope that you have all begun your Christmas shopping as I have not even started yet. Our five-event weekend like the one that just passed leaves little or no time to explore the possibilities of gift shopping. With myself, I have to be in the mood or it doesn't happen. So no time = no mood= no shopping- film at 11.On to the week in sports---- Let's go to the week in Rock and Roll history

This week in Rock and Roll History- Roy Orbison dies of a massive Heart Attack this week in his Tennessee home in 1988. Also - The Grateful Dead officially disband 4 months after Jerry Gracias death- this week in 1995

On to last Friday night. This was a crazy weekend for the band as well as myself. I began Friday afternoon putting on a spaghetti dinner at the fire house. I feel it was success as we served over 60 meals. Wasn't quite the turnout we wanted but we covered expenses and made a few bucks as well. On to Davy's Friday night-The crowd was much lighter this week from weeks past. But if you looked out onto Rt. 12- there was not a lot of road traffic either. It was dead. But the show went on and the couple dozen patrons got to witness a show that was of a double digit quality for sure. We just decided to play like the house was packed even though it wasn't . At the end of the night we had people come up to us and actually compliment the performance we just pulled off. So it always pays to play your best- and who cares where you are- just do it. Great show brothers.

On to Saturday at the Central Hotel. Well, it began to snow early in the afternoon and I think the road conditions deterred a lot of people. Also, there were many Christmas parades, parties and like real people do - Christmas Shop. Once again the band kicked ass and took names. We even have a few photos , check them out. Life was good.

Onto event #4, We went back into the recording studio Sunday morning for yet 2 more guest installments. This album will surely be the bands greatest production ever. We have been on it since July and it just keeps developing with every stroke we add to it. This weekend we will add the horns and then onto the final guest weekend possibly on the 18th. So much work and so little time. We also entered one of the new tunes into a song writers contest and we are all excited for KW as we await our results. You may even have the opportunity to vote, so we will keep you informed. We continue to play out many of these new tunes every weekend and I no longer announce we are doing our own material till after the song finishes. I am amazed at people’s reaction to our songs if they think they are someone else's. Some people actually sing the words in some cases- sweet huh?

Then out of the Studio and on to gig #5 for the weekend I gotta tell you something - this band has probably hosted or have played a hundred benefits in the 25 yrs. we have been together, and I have to say this, we have never played a more somber (sad) event then we did this last Sunday afternoon in Windsor. This benefit was for John and Beannie Brown as Beannie was suffering from pancreatic cancer. The morning of the benefit Beannie lost her gallant fight to the disease and the news traveled so very fast.

Then came the benefit. There was not a dry eye in all the house. Tuff, the owner of McBrides in downtown Windsor hosted the event. You could not have found a more asserted, dedicated person to host this event. What a great job Tuff and his staff did- as well as all the folks who donated raffle items and volunteered their time.The band played out of the goodness of our hearts for brother John for over 5 hours and like I said earlier- there wasn't dry eye in the house - as we all could feel Beannies presence. Incredible. Peace to you John as you grieve in your own way. We love you brother.{and note this we just played their wedding here last May. How tough is that?}

And in closing, we are out of town this weekend playing a Christmas Party for some friends down in Walton. We are back at the Hitchin’ Post on Saturday, December 19th at 8:00pm.

Be safe and drive safe, and have a safe week.

Mikee^ Dee