Greetings everyone. We’re starting a busy week this week so I will keep it short and sweet. The weather during the month of July this summer has been good so far, and one can only hope August will follow the same pattern as well. My gosh where did the year go?
On to the show reviews: Davy's last Friday night was a dry night but very warm. I really thought it would be a big bike night, but the attendance was on the light side. I find when this happens (and I know I speak for the boys in the band as well) It becomes a challenge to motivate ourselves when it does happens. But we really did kick it in the ass and delivered another smokin' show. We would like to thank Jason for coming up on stage and playing a few tunes with the band. Nice Job.
Saturday night we were at Tioga Downs. It was a nice venue and a great day of musical events. There were five bands that played that day. The festivities started at 11am and ran all the way to 1am as we closed out the evening. The special guest stars of the day were “The Fabulous ThunderBirds”. They hit the stage around 3:00pm and played for almost 90 minutes. The "Tuff Enough" boys put on an awesome show.
I was totally amazed at all of the different sound stage areas offered to all of the musical acts. There was music inside, outside, and everywhere. What a great day of events. I have to tip my hat to the Tioga Downs staff, they really know how to throw a party.
As the closers that night even at 10pm we still had a pretty captive audience. The sound quality was a bit of an issue as once again we tried to settle in on using the "outside" P.A. system, but as the evening wore on we found our place and by the last set we were smokin' .
When the crowd comes up and interacts with the band and even purchases our music, then that’s when you know that you are connecting. And as quickly as the night began, it was over. We’d like to send special thanks to Jeffery “A” for sitting in and playing some awesome Mandolin and Harp.
Not to mention our support team that followed us all the way out to the casino and spent the evening with the band. Thank you all.
We also made some new friends that night, and one in particular was a couple from Texas that were at the show celebrating 31 years of marital bliss. God bless ya's. They absolutely loved what we did and how we delivered it. This was the second group of visitors up from the south that were amazed at what we do here In the northeast. This was all in just the last few weeks and wishing that they had bands like us where they live in the south.
As I said earlier in the year, the Southern Tier is an awesome melting pot of collective music types and people from other parts of the country know a good thing when they hear it and see it. Support on- Southern Tier! It's what we do. We may not have the job market but we sure do have the music market covered.
On to this week’s Shows- We have three this week (one public and two private parties)
VFW in Endicott- Rt. 26- show begins Friday evening at 9pm – Open to the public
And Saturday is Harry and Melissa's private party
And Sunday is Tony and Doris' Family private family reunion
So there you have it - another week in paradise with the Short Change Band.
Be well, Be good, Behave,
Mikee^Dee
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Short Change Band - July Party Week, 2011
Greetings everyone and welcome aboard for another weekly tale-of -woe. Last weekend was all about the band as we all celebrated at the 2nd annual “Winters Fest”. The crew had a great Friday night staff party as we invited a couple of old friends for the evening (mostly from the
Beam Family... Yeah good old Jim) that will make you do things that you can't remember happened the next day. What a great night of pickin', grinnin’ and jammin'. (I do remember that much)
Saturday was “family day” up to the cottage and I want to thank Cindy and Kevin for putting on one great event. Special thanks went out once again to Patrick and Frumpy for their awesome interpretations of Slushy Drinks. Wow they were perfectly mixed this year. One great party there!
Come Sunday was mostly a day devoted to R & R. I took in some TV and just relaxed a bit more. I couldn't believe as I was watching some Sunday movies, "Pure Country" with George Strait is going to be 20 years old this fall. Wow and Ray Charles has been gone now seven years too. Like The Rolling Stones once stated "Time waits for no one and it won't wait for you" -How true it is.
On to the shows this week:
FRIDAY NIGHT- Davy's in Downtown Chenango Forks - the show begins at 9pm. Ride your bike there this week and party with band.
SATURDAY- Blues party at the Tioga Downs Casino with bands all though the day as we play a closing show Saturday evening at 10pm for the featured afternoon artists “The Fabulous Thunderbirds”. We hope you can all stop by and take in a great full-day of musical guests.
In closing, try to stay cool this week with the record breaking heat. Stop by this weekend and have a cold beer or two when you come see us.
Peace and Love,
Mikee Dee
Beam Family... Yeah good old Jim) that will make you do things that you can't remember happened the next day. What a great night of pickin', grinnin’ and jammin'. (I do remember that much)Saturday was “family day” up to the cottage and I want to thank Cindy and Kevin for putting on one great event. Special thanks went out once again to Patrick and Frumpy for their awesome interpretations of Slushy Drinks. Wow they were perfectly mixed this year. One great party there!
Come Sunday was mostly a day devoted to R & R. I took in some TV and just relaxed a bit more. I couldn't believe as I was watching some Sunday movies, "Pure Country" with George Strait is going to be 20 years old this fall. Wow and Ray Charles has been gone now seven years too. Like The Rolling Stones once stated "Time waits for no one and it won't wait for you" -How true it is.
On to the shows this week:
FRIDAY NIGHT- Davy's in Downtown Chenango Forks - the show begins at 9pm. Ride your bike there this week and party with band.
SATURDAY- Blues party at the Tioga Downs Casino with bands all though the day as we play a closing show Saturday evening at 10pm for the featured afternoon artists “The Fabulous Thunderbirds”. We hope you can all stop by and take in a great full-day of musical guests.
In closing, try to stay cool this week with the record breaking heat. Stop by this weekend and have a cold beer or two when you come see us.
Peace and Love,
Mikee Dee
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Short Change Band - Mid July, 2011
Greetings to all. Here’s a quick installment into the weekly blog for mid July 2011.
There’s not too much to report on from last week. We played three shows though across two states.
Two events were outdoors and one was indoors. All three events were fun and basically event free.
It was the first time in the Summer Concert Series at the Hitchin' Post the weather cooperated on the deck.
Our Hallstead PA gig went over well with one exception. We brought along the summer
outdoor PA system and that proved to be a challenge in an a indoor venue. We got through
it though and that's how you learn for future shows.
We thought we would have the issue at the Super Celebration as we were moved from the elevated outdoor gazebo to a ground tent. (Challenges, it's what I like about who we are. We always play the variables).
All went well and we had a great weekend overall. Thanks to all that attended. We saw many old friends last week.
This week is the 2nd annual Winters Fest. And then next week on to TIOGA DOWNS... for a closer evening show with the Fabulous ThunderBirds.
That's our week - past - present - and future.
In closing we'd like to wish a safe and speedy recover to little Andy as she recovers from a nasty MVA of a couple weeks back.
Be good, be well, and enjoy the hot and dry weather while we have it.
Peace and Love,
Mikee^Dee
There’s not too much to report on from last week. We played three shows though across two states.
Two events were outdoors and one was indoors. All three events were fun and basically event free.
It was the first time in the Summer Concert Series at the Hitchin' Post the weather cooperated on the deck.
Our Hallstead PA gig went over well with one exception. We brought along the summer
outdoor PA system and that proved to be a challenge in an a indoor venue. We got through
it though and that's how you learn for future shows.
We thought we would have the issue at the Super Celebration as we were moved from the elevated outdoor gazebo to a ground tent. (Challenges, it's what I like about who we are. We always play the variables).
All went well and we had a great weekend overall. Thanks to all that attended. We saw many old friends last week.
This week is the 2nd annual Winters Fest. And then next week on to TIOGA DOWNS... for a closer evening show with the Fabulous ThunderBirds.
That's our week - past - present - and future.
In closing we'd like to wish a safe and speedy recover to little Andy as she recovers from a nasty MVA of a couple weeks back.
Be good, be well, and enjoy the hot and dry weather while we have it.
Peace and Love,
Mikee^Dee
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Short Change Band - July 4th Weekend, 2011
Greetings to you all once again. We now entered into the second half of 2011, "like a snowball headed straight to hell" as the “Hag” would say. Here's hoping that everyone had a safe and relaxing Independence Day Weekend. I could not have asked for a more fulfilling weekend. I had “kinfolk” visit all the way from South Carolina and let me tell you this: “they will go home with some stories to tell about us country boys here in the north”. Nobody has a clue as to what we do here on the weekend in the Triple Cities, but we can stand alongside the best of them.
We began the weekend with the 3rd annual SCB golf tournament at Belden Hill. We had a terrific day with warm weather, and our group played quite well. We only got the golf carts stuck in the mud once and K.W. came about as close as anyone can come to a hole in one. It was a great day for the crew! Then we celebrated with some pizza and beers and then we were off to Fosters for the first of several 4th of July parties.
We truly opened the eyes of our southern kinfolk as we spent the better part of fifteen minutes climbing hills and mud holes to get to “Fosterville”. The family was also amazed at the waterfall and gravel pit and some of the beautiful camping areas at the “ville”.
Then we moved on to “Markieville” directly down the road and visited with some other friends from the Jersey shore area. It was a great day!
On to Sunday and the Central Hotel show. Once again we brought the family out to see the better part of five hours of Country Rock under the pavilion. They also got to sample an awesome Chicken barbeque. (A Central Hotel staple)
The weather that day was also tricky. We were at odds all day as to whether we play indoors or out. Of course we never learn from our past mistakes, so we played outside.
Everything was going fine until the skies opened up at about 6:30 pm. It rained so hard and so fast that my drum kit was mere inches from rushing ankle deep water moving at a rapid rate. And when it all ended so did the power. Now most bands would have packed up their shit and called it a night, but not this band. (Check out the photo of the acoustic/percussion jam that followed for the better part of an hour. (Thanks for Jeffrey A, Meredith, and our buddy Jim for helping us out with some great performances)
This is how we roll. When we powered back up, we played for another hour at no extra charge I might add.So as the evening came to a close and Sunday arrived , our friends from the south headed out - but not before hitting “Grandmas” Restaurant for some nice upstate home cookin’ before the long trip south began.
Yes the weekend was a great, me and momma even took the scoots out that afternoon and rode for about 75 miles through the hills of the northlands. Yes, "Life was good today"
So now on to the shows for the week:
We began the weekend with the 3rd annual SCB golf tournament at Belden Hill. We had a terrific day with warm weather, and our group played quite well. We only got the golf carts stuck in the mud once and K.W. came about as close as anyone can come to a hole in one. It was a great day for the crew! Then we celebrated with some pizza and beers and then we were off to Fosters for the first of several 4th of July parties.
We truly opened the eyes of our southern kinfolk as we spent the better part of fifteen minutes climbing hills and mud holes to get to “Fosterville”. The family was also amazed at the waterfall and gravel pit and some of the beautiful camping areas at the “ville”.
Then we moved on to “Markieville” directly down the road and visited with some other friends from the Jersey shore area. It was a great day!
On to Sunday and the Central Hotel show. Once again we brought the family out to see the better part of five hours of Country Rock under the pavilion. They also got to sample an awesome Chicken barbeque. (A Central Hotel staple)
The weather that day was also tricky. We were at odds all day as to whether we play indoors or out. Of course we never learn from our past mistakes, so we played outside.
Everything was going fine until the skies opened up at about 6:30 pm. It rained so hard and so fast that my drum kit was mere inches from rushing ankle deep water moving at a rapid rate. And when it all ended so did the power. Now most bands would have packed up their shit and called it a night, but not this band. (Check out the photo of the acoustic/percussion jam that followed for the better part of an hour. (Thanks for Jeffrey A, Meredith, and our buddy Jim for helping us out with some great performances)
This is how we roll. When we powered back up, we played for another hour at no extra charge I might add.So as the evening came to a close and Sunday arrived , our friends from the south headed out - but not before hitting “Grandmas” Restaurant for some nice upstate home cookin’ before the long trip south began.
Yes the weekend was a great, me and momma even took the scoots out that afternoon and rode for about 75 miles through the hills of the northlands. Yes, "Life was good today"
So now on to the shows for the week:
THURSDAY- 6PM- BIKE NIGHT- HITCHIN' POST- RT 7 BELDEN HILL
FRIDAY - 9PM HALLSTEAD AMERICAN LEGION – NEW YORK AVE. HALLSTEAD, PA SATURDAY EVENING - 8PM COLESVILLE SUPER CELEBRATION – WELTON AVE.
(There will be Fireworks following the band around 9:30pm)
In closing, I hope to see you all at one of the shows this week, as we have many to choose from.
Be well,
Peace and love,
Mikee Dee^
(There will be Fireworks following the band around 9:30pm)
In closing, I hope to see you all at one of the shows this week, as we have many to choose from.
Be well,
Peace and love,
Mikee Dee^
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