Greetings everyone and welcome to week 16 of 2013.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people that were affected at the Boston Marathon this week. (Heinous people committing Heinous acts) But we will never stop being Americans! (true and strong)

This week’s Show is at Davy's Last Chance Saloon located on Rt.12 in downtown Chenango Forks. The Show starts at 9:00pm.  We’ll see you there.

Last Week we played two shows.  The first was on Saturday Evening back the Central Hotel - where it all began so many years ago.  We had a great crowd and a great show that even extended into overtime.  It was good to relive it all for the entire evening.

Thanks to the huge crowd that supported the cause for over four and a half hours of Outlaw Country and Rock. (Salute)            

           

Sunday we played another outstanding event for the "Bodie Benefit” at the River Club in Afton.  What a fantastic fund raiser once again.  Hundreds of people came out to support the cause and thousands of dollars were raised to help defer medical costs for Bodie.

Along with Short Change providing the tunes, our friends from the band “Rise” also helped support the cause. We all got to jam together for a bit as well.  That’s the kind of things benefits are known for.  So thanks to all who came out to support the event and there were hundreds of you there, and thanks to Jack for letting us once again do something nice and giving back to the community.

This year so far has proven to be a year of need for many. This was our fourth benefit we performed this year, which brings me to my next topic.  On April 27^th (next Saturday) the 5th annual "Share the Music and Feed The People" Jamboree  is scheduled at the Coventry Fire Hall.  The Showtime is 1:00pm with  bands/acts, food, prizes, 50/50's, raffles and event T-Shirts, Beer, a car show and motorcycle show.  The list is endless.  Please stop by and help us meet the needs of the Afton Food Pantry through music and community.  Be a part of history and check out our new location at the corners of Rt. 235 and Rt. 206 in Coventry.  (Rock on)

Peace and love,

Mikee^^Dee

Here is hoping everything in your world is happening for you  the way you want this week.

Last weekend’s show at Seeber’s Tavern was a packed house with some great music.  We’d like to send special thanks to Captain Walt Larnerd for making us sound like song birds on the console.  We would also like to thank all of our friends for coming out and supporting us once again.  It's never the same without you.

This week I would like to mention a very special show coming up Saturday Evening.  We're going back to where it all began (all those years ago) Live at the Central Hotel & Tavern Saturday evening at 7:00pm.  It is sure to be a memorable event and a piece of our little hometown history making.

In closing, Last weekend was the yearly Academy of Country Music Awards Show.  I'm sorry I missed them on TV, but the next morning CBS ran a news special about them and the new "Country Music" formats that are still being played and are taking over on country radio.

It’s amazing, as they went on to say that Country Music Radio is the only media that is still showing positive growth and gaining popularity once again.  It reminded me of 1993 all over again when the country music craze and line dancing took off, then three years later it was like a poison to say you were a country band.  So here we are twenty years later and here we go again.  Country music is now at the next level and going higher by the year.  Listen to some tunes from as little as five years ago, they don't even cut it in today's market.  So, as life goes on, so does the music and I tell myself every show we that we play "We were truly “country when country wasn't cool".  We just fattened it up bit by adding some Outlaws to the mix and some Southern Rock tunes.  That's who are and that's who we always were.

Peace and remember there’s only two weeks before the big Jamboree takes place.  Tickets are now on sale as well.

-Mikee^ Dee

Greetings everyone!  Here is hoping everyone had a safe and fantastic Easter.  We finally move forward this week into spring as March came “In like a lion and went out like Lamb”

Last Friday night was a great evening at the infamous Hitchin' Post atop Belden Hill.  It was good to see many familiar faces that stayed for most the show.  And as the show ended, the place emptied out.  That's always a good sign that the crowd was there just for us. (thank you!)

Saturday evening The Short Change band headed out to see some old familiar faces from the past in country music as the band Restless Heart performed at Tioga Downs.  It was a great show as well as a great "meet and greet" directly following the show.  We also got to spend some time with our friends from The Sundown Band (Rick and Lori)  What a fantastic evening.

On to this week, we have one show at Seeber’s Tavern located in downtown Smithville Flats. The show time is 9:00pm.  We hope to see you all once again.  We have a special guest - Captain Walt, our professional sound guy is coming out this weekend to help us out as well.  We might even record a live show!  So, come out and see us this Saturday.

Peace and Love,

Mikee Dee

P.S.  It’s less than four weeks until the Jamboree, so mark the date down - Saturday April 27th- at the Coventry Fire Hall