Well hello people, I hope all is well in your world this week. The end of January is almost here and frankly it could not come sooner for my taste. Why did I ever pick this year to quit going to Bike Week, I'll never know. I sure could use some fun, sun, riding, and hit the beach right about now. Anyway, on to the weekend of past.
Friday night we were at Davy's Last Chance Saloon in Chenango Forks, and it was an awesome show. It was as close to a "10" in performance I think we could score it. Amazing after taking off two weeks how tight a show we could perform. The crowd stayed all night and so did we.
Saturday night we were back to the Central Hotel & Tavern for another stellar performance. The evening was filled mostly with friends and family who came up to celebrate KW’s retirement from Frito Lay (36 years later) here we are!We had some guests come up and play with us on stage Saturday. We had Jeffery “A” sit in the night with the band and we would like to thank him for his contributions. (We love that mandolin) And also our friends from Pawn Shop for coming up and playing a set of their fine musical selections. Sweet show! (You should have been there)And Bobby, Chopper and Donnie, thank you guys for some awesome spreads of food. Nobody went home hungry on Saturday night, that's for sure.
On Sunday we had our first meeting to begin work on this year’s “Run for Chow” - “Share the Music and Feed the People” show. The event will be on a Saturday this year, April 30th 2011. The first band starts playing at 1:00pm. Please mark this important date on your calendar. People who are less fortunate then yourself depend on it just to eat. We will have tons of door prizes, raffles, 50-50's and just a ton of good things that day for all to enjoy. More details and the band lineup will be announced as we move along here in the next few weeks. We will also be selling our year number two commemorative tee-shirts along with a few still packed away from last year. We're indoors so mark this as a 'rain or shine' event. Last year we raised almost 2300.00 for the food bank. Let’s try and double that figure this year.
Our weekend lineup for Feb. 4th and 5th 2011 is as follows. Friday Evening - VFW hall in Endicott, so don't miss this show as we head west this weekend for a change. We'll be rockin' by 8:30pm and the VFW is open to the general public for this show as well. There is no show this Saturday, as the band is going bowling!. (oh boy, look out)
And finally, best of luck to our good friend Ty, who just recently purchased the former Country Rock Cafe (I guess you would call East Laurens - 6 miles from Oneonta) The new bar will be called "Lumpys" Road House" (sweet huh?) And, I hear that Magic Eddie is helping out in the food department. Ride Sally Ride - Can't wait! Thursday night will be Ladies night, Friday is Country night, and Saturday is Classic rock night. Sunday is Blues in the afternoon. Ohh boy...
Be well, be cool, and we hope to see you at a show real soon,
Mikee^Dee
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Short Change Band - January 24th
Well greetings people, I hope your cold weekend of football playoffs went better than mine. Yep the Bears are done for another season as well as the New York Jets. In two weeks we will find out just who the toughest team was overall for 2010 in the illustrious Super bowl XXXXV.
I have no vested interest in either Pittsburgh or the Green Bay teams, but from the underdog perspective I'd like to see the Packers win this one. Number 6 seed - has gone the distance here.
Anyway, a couple quick notes. We fire up the big machine this weekend after taking some time off to work in the studio and of course watch some great football the last couple weekends.
We continue to make significant progress on the new album and next week we will venture back up to Candor once more to continue work.
Also in our time off we got to once again check out some bands other than ourselves perform. Friday night the Jason Wicks Band' At the Hitch in' Post and Pawn Shop at the new Mosquito Lounge. Jason's Band has an amazing lineup. The band members are from five different counties. The music is mostly 90's style radio country with some newer stuff too. Stronger points - Great Jake Owen/George Strait copies. Great Fiddler and Mandolin/harmonica players.
Pawn Shop- My gosh if you have not seen these guys please do- They did a rendition of Lady Gaga that was absolutely incredible. They just keep getting better and better every time out of the box. Nice upgrade there Mosquito Lounge. They're on State Street now across from McDonalds.
On to the shows for this week:
Friday night - Davy's Last Chance Saloon in Chenango Forks - Start Time 9pm
Saturday Night - The Central Hotel - Nineveh Junction - Start Time 6pm.
We hope to see you all there this weekend. And if you see K.W. wish him a happy retirement as he finally leaves Frito Lay after 36 years. Wow - what a journey!
Also, congratulations to Gaye and Terry for tying the knot last weekend. Best of luck. Catch you on the flip side.
Be well, drive safe, loves ya's Peace,
Mikee^^Dee
I have no vested interest in either Pittsburgh or the Green Bay teams, but from the underdog perspective I'd like to see the Packers win this one. Number 6 seed - has gone the distance here.
Anyway, a couple quick notes. We fire up the big machine this weekend after taking some time off to work in the studio and of course watch some great football the last couple weekends.
We continue to make significant progress on the new album and next week we will venture back up to Candor once more to continue work.
Also in our time off we got to once again check out some bands other than ourselves perform. Friday night the Jason Wicks Band' At the Hitch in' Post and Pawn Shop at the new Mosquito Lounge. Jason's Band has an amazing lineup. The band members are from five different counties. The music is mostly 90's style radio country with some newer stuff too. Stronger points - Great Jake Owen/George Strait copies. Great Fiddler and Mandolin/harmonica players.
Pawn Shop- My gosh if you have not seen these guys please do- They did a rendition of Lady Gaga that was absolutely incredible. They just keep getting better and better every time out of the box. Nice upgrade there Mosquito Lounge. They're on State Street now across from McDonalds.
On to the shows for this week:
Friday night - Davy's Last Chance Saloon in Chenango Forks - Start Time 9pm
Saturday Night - The Central Hotel - Nineveh Junction - Start Time 6pm.
We hope to see you all there this weekend. And if you see K.W. wish him a happy retirement as he finally leaves Frito Lay after 36 years. Wow - what a journey!
Also, congratulations to Gaye and Terry for tying the knot last weekend. Best of luck. Catch you on the flip side.
Be well, drive safe, loves ya's Peace,
Mikee^^Dee
Monday, January 10, 2011
Short Change Band - Start of the new Year 2011
Well Happy New year everyone, as we enter into another brand new year. The true start of the next decade as well - 2011. I hope everyone's Christmas and New Years went well as ours sure did and last Friday night we fired the SCB machine up for the beginning of another season of music.It was our first gig of the year at Annie's in Windsor. We had an interesting start to the day picking up about 5 inches of snow in the hills, but by band time it was clear enough to set the machine into motion. It was 2 degrees outside but it was pretty hot inside. It had been three weeks since we played a single note together, but it was like we never missed a beat. The boys were jonesin’ and it showed. The crowd was remarkably good for such a poor weather filled day that was more than we had expected. We even had the infamous Annie Mills herself come up and do a number with the band. Yes, life was good today. It was good to see some of our old friends again as well. Thank you for showing us the support.
Saturday was another interesting show as this one was in support of a family that had lost their young child in a motor vehicle accident that took place back in late November. We were glad we could help out and try and raise some money and show our support. The benefit was well received and contributions and door prizes given for raffles were awesome.We would like to thank Patty, Jeff, and our newest friend Steve G. for making the trip down to Nineveh on such short notice and perform for the benefit. The event could not have been the success it was without the help of Bobby and Chopper from the Central, Donnie, Tammy, Theresa and Hailey, Rob not to mention the family who also contributed all of their hard work and efforts as well.And myself, I would like to thank my brothers in arms - Kevin and Darrell for their support as well as our wives who help make the efforts we put forth so worthwhile. And, like Kevin says "it's what we are and what we do, we give back" -perfectly said.
Oh, and now I know the true meaning of what a Chinese auction really is , thank you Darrell.There are no scheduled shows this week as we once again head back into studio #2 in Candor to continue working on "Back to Basics".
Loves ya and I’ll see you next week,
Mikee^^Dee
Saturday was another interesting show as this one was in support of a family that had lost their young child in a motor vehicle accident that took place back in late November. We were glad we could help out and try and raise some money and show our support. The benefit was well received and contributions and door prizes given for raffles were awesome.We would like to thank Patty, Jeff, and our newest friend Steve G. for making the trip down to Nineveh on such short notice and perform for the benefit. The event could not have been the success it was without the help of Bobby and Chopper from the Central, Donnie, Tammy, Theresa and Hailey, Rob not to mention the family who also contributed all of their hard work and efforts as well.And myself, I would like to thank my brothers in arms - Kevin and Darrell for their support as well as our wives who help make the efforts we put forth so worthwhile. And, like Kevin says "it's what we are and what we do, we give back" -perfectly said.
Oh, and now I know the true meaning of what a Chinese auction really is , thank you Darrell.There are no scheduled shows this week as we once again head back into studio #2 in Candor to continue working on "Back to Basics".
Loves ya and I’ll see you next week,
Mikee^^Dee
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