Hello everyone, a big weekend has just passed for us, so let us get right into it.
First, I needed to give you all an update on the time capsule. {my truck} What a week it had been as I took a step back in time with thirty five years of Rock and Roll of the past.
The old cassette tapes I made while doing college radio at WSCC sounded as good as the day I made them. Some of the titles were awesome - Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens - High Lonesome- Charlie Daniels Band- Long Hard Ride - Marshall Tucker Band - and even some local music of the time- The Barnaby By Band.. If nothing else I can say this - Music is like talk radio - and after a while you become complacent and lose your objectivity. That's what has happened to FM radio as we know it today. We let them supply what you listen to everyday over the air. After a while it just becomes the same ole shit day in day out. It was nice to go back to a time where the listener made the choice as to what was good and what was not and what got air play. When you see bands like Nickelback making country cross-over tunes - "Houston we got troubles". I want my own Sirus radio Show so I can tell everybody how it used to be in the music world.. I know more than 40 songs- really I do! I will continue this week back in the time zone as today I was headed into the winter of 1979 - Joe Jackson, Heart, Eddie Money, and many others too.
Anyway- let us move on. Friday night at Dino's was another outside show - set indoors. We just can't cut a break weather wise this year with the outside shows. Some good music and some great people- What more can one say.
Saturday back up to the Junction. It was an outside show with perfect weather for the entire evening. It was a smoking show that brought out guest musicians such as one of our own past members on drums Joey P and good friend of the band - Tom's son Jason D... Let me tell you this - Jason has a set of pipes on him that are fabulous... He did a version of Mustang Sally better then the Wilson himself...
Anyone looking for a front man for a band - you may want to snag this guy before he's gone... just awesome.
Back to the band - So we put Joey back on drums - me on Bass - DD on Keys and K.W. on the Les Paul... Let me tell you, smoke was coming from the stage area for a while there... {Rudy had to high speed balance his rear wheel on his Softail} Hey smoke happens...
I gotta give this show about a (9+) Everybody got their monies worth that night.
Thanks Joey for stopping in. We see Joey about once every 3 years if we're lucky. His work takes him to all parts of the globe - literally. It was fun! We’ve had two weeks in a row with past family members.. Sweet....
Hey check back on the blog site for one of the first composites of the new album cover... Taken by none other than Pak - Rat himself.. We love that guy...
We're going to pick out the best three pictures and let you the "fan" chose the next album cover. We'll let you know when we pick the three pictures.. very soon...
And finally- this SATURDAY- the 27th annual "AFTON SPORTSMEN'S CLUB ANNUAL PARTY". Show starts early so get your tickets soon before they sell out. Last year we played a 9 hour show... We can't wait for this years to begin...
I need to head back to my time capsule and I'll catch you all next week for the big holiday weekend tour....Peace Love and be well,
-Mikee^Dee
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