Well hello everyone. Much like the song goes "The Boys Are Back In Town" - Yes that's right after sharing the stage for a single show last Thursday evening with our good friends "Those Guys" down in sunny St. Augustine Beach Florida. And, yep we're back.
The amazing story here is we were invited to play at the Famous Oasis Lounge on A-1-A in Florida, and in order to do that we needed to fly Double “D” down to Florida. Yes the entire SCB got to play a venue nearly 1300 miles from their home in the Triple Cities.
From all reports we played well and we didn't suck. The band members invited us to once again sit-in at the "Annual Rhythm and Ribs Festival" in downtown St. Augustine Saturday afternoon but there just wasn't enough time in the weekend to do so and being that far from home our return trip was awaiting - we had to take a pass. damn....
A very special thanks to the boys for letting us live the dream so many bands desire and never get to fulfill. SCB goes National - film at “11"
While we were down there we also got to catch up with our old friend Dave, now with "The Big Lonesome Band" formerly of “Those Guys” as well. Yeah it seems the band that once inspired us to try the impossible ourselves- recording after recording of original music- has gone their separate ways. As sad as that sounds, it's really all good. Everybody is doing their own thing with new people and they're making it work.
You give music (as you know it) the best shot you can at trying to become the next "recording stars” of the year. And, hey you keep trying and trying to live the dream. And much like a flame that goes out in time - you know when it's time to just move on.
Yeah it's sad but I gotta tell ya- we seen some awesome music pickers this week and it was all of remarkable quality. Dave best of luck with the "Big Lonesome Band" next week in Virginia and hey we love you guys. Walt, Barry, Chris and Jeremy...Keep up the versatility you guys show at each and every show you play.
So, our quick trip down to the sunshine state saw gasoline start out at 3.55 a gallon last week and as we pulled back into Binghamton this morning it was 3.99 a gallon – what a shocker. And like I told the desk clerk this morning as we left Virginia - "this is the Last Waltz for us" we won't be back till gas goes back down. The clerk stated, "I don't think that will ever happen" and I said to her in response" Well nice knowing you then".
It's such a shame for a band to travel south to fulfill a lifetime dream and have to shell out more money in fuel then in the Hotels we stayed in the entire time we were gone. I'm waiting now for a dividend check from Exxon for the support we showed in purchasing their products. Ugh!
Back to this week’s shows real quick:
Friday Night - The boys are back at Davy's - show starts at 9 pm. Come down so we can tell you all about our 'great adventure.
Saturday Night- The Central Hotel- Showtime- around 6pm.
And Don't forget the Chow Run Jamboree at the Hotel on April 30th - show starts at noon- $5 gets you in the door for 5 bands and another $5 makes you eligible for a chance to get in at all those great door prizes we are giving away. Come and help give the precious gift of food for someone less fortunate.
That pretty much concludes our great adventure story for this week. Music is a powerful tool and it's so nice to "share your tool" every now and again now isn't it?
Peace and Love,
Mikee^Dee^
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