Greetings to all this fine week after Thanksgiving. It’s a mere 4 weeks till the Big Guy makes his annual appearance down your Chimney (Christmas, Christmas ,Christmas) There I said it and I hope no one was offended by the use of the ‘C' word. It’s my favorite time of the year.So let's do “This week in Rock and Roll History” first:
This week in Rock, the band “Beau Brummells” guest star on the Flintstones - this week in 1965. And the late great George Harrison of the Beatles dies this week of cancer in 2001
Friday Night we were at Davy's, and Black Friday came and went. The roads were empty by 9pm up around the Chenango Forks way. That's because all the people were in the bar at Davy's. It was a great crowd once again as well as a great show by the band. (Actually the last 5 or 6 gigs have been outstanding) we're due for an off night – but it didn't happen this weekend. We once again blew the doors down as both KW and Darrell were all on their marks. Sweet! We even had a guest appearance by none other than John Davies. It’s been a while since we seen ya bro, nice job on the Medley.
Then Saturday afternoon we went to the "Larry and JoAnn Stanley” wedding in Newark Valley. We had a great time there as we all who toasted the bride and groom and threw down a few bowling games to boot. It was my first reception at a bowling alley, but ya know - it works!
Then on to the Hitchin’ Post an another acoustic unplugged show. We finally feel comfortable with this process and it's really beginning to show. The house was packed and we were actually asked to play over for another hour. We will return on December 19th to do it again.
Now on to this week. Do I hear a triple gig weekend plus? Yep, you got it! Friday night we’re back up to Davy's for an encore performance around 9pm. Then Saturday night we’re back to the Central Hotel in Nineveh Junction. The show begins there at 6:30pm.
Then, Sunday at 10am we’re back to the studio one more time to continue work on the Full Circle CD. Then on to McBride's in Windsor to play a benefit for our good friends Beanie and Johnny Brown. They just got married in the spring and now Beanie’s dealing with cancer. So, once again we support the cause and hope you all can as well. The Benefit will be held up to McBride's this Sunday at 2pm in Windsor. We hope to see you all there.
Thank you and peace,
Mikee^ Dee
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
So here we go boys and girls. What a weekend we all had. Let's start off with Friday night up to the Hitchin' Post for a hunters dinner. The yearly ritual went over well as our pre hunting party people enjoyed a dinner, grog, and conversation. D.J. always the host and his charming crew hook us up well. Then opening day begins up to the summit, not much to report as turnout by both hunters and deer were both light. I think with this year being year #3 for the Saturday opening day of gun season has all but killed the tradition. That along with tags that now have doubled in price and ammunition that has tripled, it's tough to enjoy the tradition any longer.
Then Saturday night's show up to the hotel came on. It was a slow start but there was some magic in the air that night when the whiskey started to flow and the people started to rock. Once again we played a double digit show that left the crowd in awe. We'd like to give special thanks again for Donnie and Patrick showing up for a visit and the pure appreciation Donnie showed to us with our partner "Jack". We all but killed another bottle to help support the cause.
It's been a while now with our colds and all. Sunday on to the Studio for what was to be a truly magical day for recording. Our guests this week were Gene and Donnie, along with a past member of the SCB band Phil. They all put down musical contributions to the cause. All I can say is "there was some pure magic going on in the studio on Sunday". Gene played a smoking performances on a couple tunes along with Donnie. We had to completely redo one of the tunes as there were some serious timing issues present from an "old "cut an paste" entry, sorry Pack Rat. We should have mixed it down the day you were there. Sometimes I hate digital recordings but they are what they are. My drums were way off that day. Not enough "Jack" from the night before I guess. Phil put some ultra sweet guitar licks on my song and I got to tell you this - wait till you hear the vocal "pretty Patty Patterson" put down on this with me! Move over Nora Jones.
So On to the concert Sunday. We trucked up to the show at Turning Stone on Sunday evening. We got our seats and let the show begin. Check out the picture. This 8,000 seat concert room was about 2/3 full. The crowd was excited as expected. The sound in this room is loud so if you ever go up there for a show, you might want to protect your ears. So the show starts and the band is hot. (true to form and we are loving it) We kept waiting for them to play something "new" - anything "new". but it never came. That was my shortcoming about this show. If you are like must people, "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Freebird" are your songs. Not me, I wanted something from the last 15 years and it never happened. There were alot of new faces on stage- maybe they weren't familiar with the new stuff. So it was "what it was" an oldies show. My goal was to somehow get one of our CD's up on stage at this concert. The security was ultra tight. The staff up there are anything but "harmonious" frankly their attitudes sucked. Nobody would pass anything to anyone. It's not like in the old days when you could throw flowers, Tee -Shirts, and other things up on the stage anymore. I guess everybody fears the worst. So I continued my quest to the stage. I was told to take my seat - I told them to "bite me" and before you know it, I had G-Men all around me. Good thing I wasn't 20 years younger, the outcome may have been quite different and I probably would have spent the night at the local "Crow Bar Hotel". But I did try my best. Mission Aborted.
Then, a mere 90 minutes after it all began - it was over. So here is my take: Music quality = 8, Music content = 3, Overall concert = 5. Sorry it wasn't what I expected after putting down $15 for the new album and $75 for a ticket to an oldies show, enough said. My heroes let me down.
This Friday is Black Friday. We're at Davy's 9 pm in downtown Chenango Forks and Saturday is our new revved up acoustic electric show up to the Hitchin' Post on Belden Hill at 8pm. We hope to see you folks at either show as they will both be interesting venues for sure.
And Finally this week in Rock and Roll history:
John Lennon works on final mix downs for the Album "Double Fantasy" before he is shot down the following day on his way home from the studio- this week in 1980
Be safe, be good and have a great Holiday weekend and remember - never drink and drive. It's 0.8 don't blow it.
Peace Mikee^^Dee
Then Saturday night's show up to the hotel came on. It was a slow start but there was some magic in the air that night when the whiskey started to flow and the people started to rock. Once again we played a double digit show that left the crowd in awe. We'd like to give special thanks again for Donnie and Patrick showing up for a visit and the pure appreciation Donnie showed to us with our partner "Jack". We all but killed another bottle to help support the cause.
It's been a while now with our colds and all. Sunday on to the Studio for what was to be a truly magical day for recording. Our guests this week were Gene and Donnie, along with a past member of the SCB band Phil. They all put down musical contributions to the cause. All I can say is "there was some pure magic going on in the studio on Sunday". Gene played a smoking performances on a couple tunes along with Donnie. We had to completely redo one of the tunes as there were some serious timing issues present from an "old "cut an paste" entry, sorry Pack Rat. We should have mixed it down the day you were there. Sometimes I hate digital recordings but they are what they are. My drums were way off that day. Not enough "Jack" from the night before I guess. Phil put some ultra sweet guitar licks on my song and I got to tell you this - wait till you hear the vocal "pretty Patty Patterson" put down on this with me! Move over Nora Jones.
So On to the concert Sunday. We trucked up to the show at Turning Stone on Sunday evening. We got our seats and let the show begin. Check out the picture. This 8,000 seat concert room was about 2/3 full. The crowd was excited as expected. The sound in this room is loud so if you ever go up there for a show, you might want to protect your ears. So the show starts and the band is hot. (true to form and we are loving it) We kept waiting for them to play something "new" - anything "new". but it never came. That was my shortcoming about this show. If you are like must people, "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Freebird" are your songs. Not me, I wanted something from the last 15 years and it never happened. There were alot of new faces on stage- maybe they weren't familiar with the new stuff. So it was "what it was" an oldies show. My goal was to somehow get one of our CD's up on stage at this concert. The security was ultra tight. The staff up there are anything but "harmonious" frankly their attitudes sucked. Nobody would pass anything to anyone. It's not like in the old days when you could throw flowers, Tee -Shirts, and other things up on the stage anymore. I guess everybody fears the worst. So I continued my quest to the stage. I was told to take my seat - I told them to "bite me" and before you know it, I had G-Men all around me. Good thing I wasn't 20 years younger, the outcome may have been quite different and I probably would have spent the night at the local "Crow Bar Hotel". But I did try my best. Mission Aborted.
Then, a mere 90 minutes after it all began - it was over. So here is my take: Music quality = 8, Music content = 3, Overall concert = 5. Sorry it wasn't what I expected after putting down $15 for the new album and $75 for a ticket to an oldies show, enough said. My heroes let me down.
This Friday is Black Friday. We're at Davy's 9 pm in downtown Chenango Forks and Saturday is our new revved up acoustic electric show up to the Hitchin' Post on Belden Hill at 8pm. We hope to see you folks at either show as they will both be interesting venues for sure.
And Finally this week in Rock and Roll history:
John Lennon works on final mix downs for the Album "Double Fantasy" before he is shot down the following day on his way home from the studio- this week in 1980
Be safe, be good and have a great Holiday weekend and remember - never drink and drive. It's 0.8 don't blow it.
Peace Mikee^^Dee
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Moving along and having fun this week in mid November. There are not too many times I can remember hunting from my tree stand with just a Tee Shirt on in mid November, but I'm lovin' it anyway. Every 60 degree day in November is another day without having to fire up the furnace and one less day it can snow. If it's not 60 degrees and sunny, I get all funny. So let's move right along.
This Week in Rock and Roll History:
1954 Sammy Davis Jr. loses an eye in a car crash driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. C.W. McCall of "Convoy Fame" turns 81 this week
On to Saturday night's show at Gordy's in Windsor. Who would ever think that there could actually be another "Hotel" type place on earth - but there is! We fit right into this place as we took a step back in time just a bit. The good old time Tavern is exactly the type of place the Short Change Band takes off on. The hospitality was second to known as we were treated like gold on Saturday. (Thank you Pat!) The house was packed and the crowd stayed right up to the end of the evening. We had a ton of guests come up and play and sing with us. Check out the Website for all the latest pictures from the weekend. Musically, once again, we played everything from "Silver Wings" to Sharp Dressed Man"- we did it all. And like I've said before, as quick as it all began, it was over. The band would like to thank all of you folks that came out and showed your support. We will be back to Gordy's on January 16th, 2010. If you missed us this last week, we hope to see you all again at the January Show.
This Saturday it's hunters weekend and once again we will be doing a "meet and eat" show up to the Central Hotel in Nineveh. The band starts early that evening - 5:30pm as food will be served generally in that time zone. So, get there early.
Sunday we're back into the studio for yet more work on the "Full Circle" CD. We're coming around the bend now on this project as we hope to wrap it up by years end and on to master/mix down in January.
Also this Sunday the band heads to Turning Stone to the Skynyrd Nation tour: (God and Guns) I've seen these boys for going on 4 decades, and every show is better than the one before.
They may not be quite as good as the Ronnie Days, but neither am I, so we're even.
Be well, Be good, and good luck on opening day- Bang a big one!
Peace and Love
-Mikee^^Dee
This Week in Rock and Roll History:
1954 Sammy Davis Jr. loses an eye in a car crash driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. C.W. McCall of "Convoy Fame" turns 81 this week
On to Saturday night's show at Gordy's in Windsor. Who would ever think that there could actually be another "Hotel" type place on earth - but there is! We fit right into this place as we took a step back in time just a bit. The good old time Tavern is exactly the type of place the Short Change Band takes off on. The hospitality was second to known as we were treated like gold on Saturday. (Thank you Pat!) The house was packed and the crowd stayed right up to the end of the evening. We had a ton of guests come up and play and sing with us. Check out the Website for all the latest pictures from the weekend. Musically, once again, we played everything from "Silver Wings" to Sharp Dressed Man"- we did it all. And like I've said before, as quick as it all began, it was over. The band would like to thank all of you folks that came out and showed your support. We will be back to Gordy's on January 16th, 2010. If you missed us this last week, we hope to see you all again at the January Show.
This Saturday it's hunters weekend and once again we will be doing a "meet and eat" show up to the Central Hotel in Nineveh. The band starts early that evening - 5:30pm as food will be served generally in that time zone. So, get there early.
Sunday we're back into the studio for yet more work on the "Full Circle" CD. We're coming around the bend now on this project as we hope to wrap it up by years end and on to master/mix down in January.
Also this Sunday the band heads to Turning Stone to the Skynyrd Nation tour: (God and Guns) I've seen these boys for going on 4 decades, and every show is better than the one before.
They may not be quite as good as the Ronnie Days, but neither am I, so we're even.
Be well, Be good, and good luck on opening day- Bang a big one!
Peace and Love
-Mikee^^Dee
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Well hello to all. Another busy week is taking shape, so once again this will be a "short and to the point" Blog entry.
First, this week in Rock and Roll History:
The singles "Jailhouse Rock "by Elvis and "Wake up little Susie" by the Everly Brothers are No.1 and No.2 hits on both the Billboard charts as well as the Country charts. [this week in 1957] Neil Young turns 64 this week.
Now onto this week in Short Change review. Saturday's show up to the Central Hotel was a tough one. With both KW an myself suffering from some type of Bronchitis, last week or so, we were hurting pups come Saturday night. We could hardly even speak much less sing.
Anybody else would have cancelled the show for sure, but guess what happened? We played our asses off and did the best we could. I know we blew DD's mind... "Goonies never say Never"
Then onto the highlight of the evening, a busload of Stinky Boys' - That's right, our brothers from different mothers trucked all the way up from Susquehanna to party with the SCB. In a bus no less - so cool. Thanks folks for coming up - all 30 of ya's.... And what a great performance too - SHA NA NA - has nothing on you guys...You rock..Thank you.
Then, Sunday at 8am we were right back into the studio. Candor here we come! KW and I worked on 5 tunes, adding more of the finishing touches and guitar work and percussion. We booked 2 more dates in the up coming weeks for people who haven't come up yet (your time is running out) We love to have all of our guests get in and get it done, but time is limited now. The intent was there anyway
And This week were on to Gordy's for a Saturday night show. We will be up there about 8pm - hope to see you all in Windsor
And finally, our deepest condolences go out to Jeff with passing of his dad last weekend.
God Bless my brother,
Mikey Dee
First, this week in Rock and Roll History:
The singles "Jailhouse Rock "by Elvis and "Wake up little Susie" by the Everly Brothers are No.1 and No.2 hits on both the Billboard charts as well as the Country charts. [this week in 1957] Neil Young turns 64 this week.
Now onto this week in Short Change review. Saturday's show up to the Central Hotel was a tough one. With both KW an myself suffering from some type of Bronchitis, last week or so, we were hurting pups come Saturday night. We could hardly even speak much less sing.
Anybody else would have cancelled the show for sure, but guess what happened? We played our asses off and did the best we could. I know we blew DD's mind... "Goonies never say Never"
Then onto the highlight of the evening, a busload of Stinky Boys' - That's right, our brothers from different mothers trucked all the way up from Susquehanna to party with the SCB. In a bus no less - so cool. Thanks folks for coming up - all 30 of ya's.... And what a great performance too - SHA NA NA - has nothing on you guys...You rock..Thank you.
Then, Sunday at 8am we were right back into the studio. Candor here we come! KW and I worked on 5 tunes, adding more of the finishing touches and guitar work and percussion. We booked 2 more dates in the up coming weeks for people who haven't come up yet (your time is running out) We love to have all of our guests get in and get it done, but time is limited now. The intent was there anyway
And This week were on to Gordy's for a Saturday night show. We will be up there about 8pm - hope to see you all in Windsor
And finally, our deepest condolences go out to Jeff with passing of his dad last weekend.
God Bless my brother,
Mikey Dee
Monday, November 2, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Well hello everybody. I hope your Halloween was all that you wanted or expected.Now we move into November and all the holiday’s as well. Are you ready to let that happen? Not.........Anyway, let us move along.
Let's go right to Friday night at Davy's. It was the annual Halloween Party, and all I can say is “if you missed this one you missed a lot.” The place once again was packed with many people sporting their Halloween outfits. The weather was unusually warm for late October so if you wore something heavy, you weredying from the heat. The band: “we know when we're hot and when we're not. On a 1 thru 10 rating I will put this one at about a 9. The only reason it was not a 10 was our vocals. Both KW and myself have that chest-garb' thing going on and it was hard just breathe, much less sing 70 tunes. But hey, you deal with what you have and you learn how to make something out of nothing. And obviously it worked - we didn't suck and nobody left.
Musically, we were in the 11 bracket. There was stuff going on musically that everyband wishes for every now and then for themselves. It was all there. Nice job my brothers. Oh and for the people who haven't seen or heard the band in many moons, all I can say is "we are not your mother’s Short Change Band anymore" We've moved on and grown musically to a point where we have never been before, and we are just loving it. There are no other musicians that I can say “I would rather be making music with these two guys”. Not many bands could ever make that claim. It's good where we are now and it shows, so anyway, we are who we are and we're not who once were so deal with it. (we did).
So in closing, Bacon and eggs and pumpkin heads were all the site to see Friday nightIt was a great night and as quick as it started, it was over. Great job everybody! This week we bring it all back home to the Central Hotel in Nineveh for a Saturday evening show. Hope to see you all up there around 6 or 7 pm. Once again we hope to rock the house. I love our acoustic shows and don't get me wrong- they are fun but it's nice to do the Skynyrd thing and "turn it up" a bit. This Sunday we're back in the studio and hopefully we will finish up with Donnie and Gene's contributions to the Full Circle CD. We keep pluggin away one week at a time.And as we close:
This week in Rock history:The Beatles Record their first single without drums titled “Michelle” and went on to become a number one hit song the next year. The song was recorded this week in 1965. Also, the Short Change Band puts the finishing touches on the Take The High Road CD this week in 2008. (Quite week in Rock and Rock history this week)
Anyway peace and love to you all and wish my sweetie Andrea a happy birthday when you see her.
-Mikee^^ Dee
Let's go right to Friday night at Davy's. It was the annual Halloween Party, and all I can say is “if you missed this one you missed a lot.” The place once again was packed with many people sporting their Halloween outfits. The weather was unusually warm for late October so if you wore something heavy, you weredying from the heat. The band: “we know when we're hot and when we're not. On a 1 thru 10 rating I will put this one at about a 9. The only reason it was not a 10 was our vocals. Both KW and myself have that chest-garb' thing going on and it was hard just breathe, much less sing 70 tunes. But hey, you deal with what you have and you learn how to make something out of nothing. And obviously it worked - we didn't suck and nobody left.
Musically, we were in the 11 bracket. There was stuff going on musically that everyband wishes for every now and then for themselves. It was all there. Nice job my brothers. Oh and for the people who haven't seen or heard the band in many moons, all I can say is "we are not your mother’s Short Change Band anymore" We've moved on and grown musically to a point where we have never been before, and we are just loving it. There are no other musicians that I can say “I would rather be making music with these two guys”. Not many bands could ever make that claim. It's good where we are now and it shows, so anyway, we are who we are and we're not who once were so deal with it. (we did).
So in closing, Bacon and eggs and pumpkin heads were all the site to see Friday nightIt was a great night and as quick as it started, it was over. Great job everybody! This week we bring it all back home to the Central Hotel in Nineveh for a Saturday evening show. Hope to see you all up there around 6 or 7 pm. Once again we hope to rock the house. I love our acoustic shows and don't get me wrong- they are fun but it's nice to do the Skynyrd thing and "turn it up" a bit. This Sunday we're back in the studio and hopefully we will finish up with Donnie and Gene's contributions to the Full Circle CD. We keep pluggin away one week at a time.And as we close:
This week in Rock history:The Beatles Record their first single without drums titled “Michelle” and went on to become a number one hit song the next year. The song was recorded this week in 1965. Also, the Short Change Band puts the finishing touches on the Take The High Road CD this week in 2008. (Quite week in Rock and Rock history this week)
Anyway peace and love to you all and wish my sweetie Andrea a happy birthday when you see her.
-Mikee^^ Dee
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