Short Change Band - End of September, 2011

Well hello everybody, we had another fantastic week in the world of the Short Change Band.
The moon must have been in line with Jupiter for sure last week because we pulled off an incredible weekend of music.

Every now and then we get very close to a #10 rating for show quality, but never quite hit it. These last two performances should have been recorded because they were every bit of Album quality.

Friday Night at Seebers Tavern (the weather outside was frightful, but inside was pure delightful) we started the night off smokin’ and we never looked back. You know when you’re knocking the bottom out of something when the people stand in front of the band and just watch your every move. Or when the people at the bar are dancing and singing along as you play. Now that's a show!

So you would think after getting that performance out of our system Friday night that one might ask what do we have left for Saturday. Well, we packed the trucks and headed west to Watkins Glen for a delightful show at the infamous "Yacht Club'.

Every time we head out there we always experience an outer aura in the sense that we setup a tailgate show in the camp ground and celebrate what some would call a "pre game" before the show. Saturday was no different and you can see by the photo provided that this 1.75 liter magnum was brought along consumed and conquered.

So as we finished up our cocktail hour and dinner, we continued the evening with none other than Mr. Jeffrey “A” as he sat in with The Short Change Band providing some incredible mandolin, harmonica and guitar solos throughout the evening. Thank You Jeffrey A!

Now keep in mind most of the guests at the club here are quite a bit older so the volume would be a concern as they had been in the past. So what we did this time that was different is setup the sound just above an acoustic show level and voila.

Everyone was dancing and singing in the aisles and the band performance was yet another 10+ show for sound and quality. What a great time! We hope to do it again next year.

On to this week’s upcoming shows:
Friday, September 30th – We’re back at the Hitchin' Post on Belden Hill to begin the "Fall Show Series" The band starts at 8:30 pm.
Saturday October 1st - We return once more to the Central Hotel in Nineveh. The show time there 6pm.

Don't miss out as the band has been playing some smokin' shows here in past couple weeks - get in while the fire is hot!

Next weekend we will be off, so take advantage of the double batch of love this week.
So as we close, I hope all is well in all of your world, and just maybe we will see you out this weekend. We'd love to see ya's!

Peace and Love,

Mikee^Dee

Short Change Band - Last week of September, 2011

Greetings everyone, I hope things are better in your world then they were last week. My gosh, what a year for weather it has been. We’ve had snowstorms, earthquakes, hurricanes, and flood waters - Hello can we have a break now? Anyway, we just have a few things from last week so I won't take up too much of your time.

Reviews: Last week we played one show at Davy's in Chenango Forks. It was a nice show with a good crowd, and we kept them there most the night. The band played well and I think just about everyone enjoyed the evening. We’ll see you back in October for the big Annual Halloween Party.

This week we have two shows, one public one private. Friday Evening 9pm we are at SEEBERS Tavern in downtown Smithville Flats. We hope to see you all there, come out and help support us at this new venue. Saturday evening we will be out of town in Watkins Glen playing a private venue along with special guest star Jeffery “A” joining us for the evening. It should be a fun filled weekend for sure.

And as we move along, we will be going back into the studio in the next few weeks to wrap up the final work on the album "Back to Basics". I'm almost thinking that we started this project last October. Well it will make a nice present for under the tree this year. We'd like to thank Pak Rat for all of the album cover work and pictures he has contributed to this project and also Susie and Jake for coming down and adding some spice back in January sometime. We've been on this for an awfully long time. I can tell you this though, it will be well worth the wait as we all worked very hard on the production of this puppy.

As we close out here, I hope to see you all back on the road again soon.

Stay safe and well, peace and love,

Mikee Dee^^
p.s. - Check out the Blues Brothers here pictured last week in Atlantic City.
(Jake and Elwood had nothing on us!)

Short Change Band - Mid September, 2011

Greetings everyone, it's been a couple crazy weeks here in the triple cites between Irene and Lee - I'm just glad it's over. How we endure all of this - god only knows. We're strong and a tough group of people, so we will overcome.

I hope you all made it through these tough times. My one silver lining this week was the birth of my new grand baby girl, Katelynn Nicole. Congratulations to Erin and John for a job well done. {Flood Baby}

So welcome back... we missed ya... Last weekend our crew headed to the luxurious Showboat Casino in Atlantic City for a couple days of planned R & R. We had a rough time getting out on Thursday during the height of the storm as many of the Highways and back roads were flooded over. But like a couple of Boy Scouts - we got out.

Atlantic City Boardwalk is not quite what it once was but it's still a pretty exciting area to visit if you haven’t been there. Everyone leaves home with the thought of hitting it big but few very rarely do. Most lose their ass and complain about it but hey “it is what is”. If you can keep it under control and spend responsibly, it can be a lot of fun.

By the second day we all decided instead of making Donald Trump richer, we would treat ourselves to a good time instead. So Friday afternoon we had a great seafood dinner, then came back and dressed to the nines and headed out for an evening of local entertainment.
For the next six hours we partied like it was 1999 all over again. We took in some clubs and seen some great bands and made countless numbers of new friends.

We finished up the evening consuming over $200 worth of Whiskey and that was truly a new accomplishment for even the SCB by any standard. We kept it all in check as we finished out the night walking home two miles on the boardwalk.

Next time we need to work our way backwards, that will make the trip back to the hotel a bit easier.

Great trip, great time boys... can't wait till next time. Like I used to tell my boys, the sign of a good evening of partying is "nobody got hurt" "nobody died" and "nobody got arrested" –priceless!

On to this week’s show:
Friday evening we’re in downtown Chenango Forks at Davy's Last Chance Saloon
The show begins at 9pm. We hope you can stop down and say “hi”
Tell us about how the floods affected you.

In closing we would like to wish Brock Towers as very safe deployment into the Marines next week. Hurry back home buddy as Saturday evening was your night to party. Thanks for including the Short Change Band in your plan before you leave.

And again as I close here, I wish you all well and be safe.

Peace and love,

Mikee Dee^^