8/15 - Mojo's Coffee House
The Mojos were back at Mojo's.
Thank you to Betty and her crew who made the gig worthwhile (again)!
Our new friend, Don was there and did a video of us on a couple of songs.
He had the camera aimed at me when I was singing "Carousel Dream" and it made me nervous. I wasn't sure where to look, so I end up coming across as having some horrible affliction where my eyeballs constantly dart about. Or I suppose it could look like I'm all hopped up on something and paranoid beyond belief. Either way, it's a little disturbing to watch.
The other song that Don recorded was "Stray Cat Strut". At least Mud and Jake (who likes long walks and candlelight dinners) looked normal.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
8/14 - Kepner's
I don't know how many of you have ever been to Hudson (that's where Kepner's is), but it's a quaint little town that's a wee bit too picture perfect, bordering on Stepford Wife-ish. Then we combined Steven King into the mix and were afraid that we would be stuck there forever with no way out, but no.
Everyone seemed to know everyone and I'm not sure how they were able to tell each other apart, because almost all the women had the exact same hair cut with the majority of them even having the same hair color.
And then there was the girl who like talked like non stop and like I like couldn't like believe that she could like make like a 3 word sentence like turn into like an entire like paragraph. She actually talked LIKE that.
Oh well, it was actually a fun gig. The place was hoppin' even up until 1-ish when we were leaving. I was amazed at the amount of people who showed up after midnight...guess I'm showing my age, huh?
I don't know how many of you have ever been to Hudson (that's where Kepner's is), but it's a quaint little town that's a wee bit too picture perfect, bordering on Stepford Wife-ish. Then we combined Steven King into the mix and were afraid that we would be stuck there forever with no way out, but no.
Everyone seemed to know everyone and I'm not sure how they were able to tell each other apart, because almost all the women had the exact same hair cut with the majority of them even having the same hair color.
And then there was the girl who like talked like non stop and like I like couldn't like believe that she could like make like a 3 word sentence like turn into like an entire like paragraph. She actually talked LIKE that.
Oh well, it was actually a fun gig. The place was hoppin' even up until 1-ish when we were leaving. I was amazed at the amount of people who showed up after midnight...guess I'm showing my age, huh?
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
8/7 - Jackalope
JAKE IS BACK!!!! I'm just a wee bit happy about it....
Our new friend, Madeline was quite the crazy chick. She had long blond hair, was about 8 feet tall with legs up to her ears, wearing a skirt that was as short as she was tall, with CFM shoes (girls ~ you know what those are, but in case you're unaware it stands for Come F_ _ _ Me). During the course of her dancing, she decided to flick her shoes off and in doing so sent one of them sailing through the air, coming to land on a woman sitting at a table about 10 feet away. I saw the shoe flicking and sailing part, then looked at Jake to see if he saw it. Not only did Jake see that, but he got to see it actually hit that unsuspecting woman. I looked back just in time to see her shocked reaction. I still can't believe that a fight didn't break out right in front of us. Luckily, the actual shoe part hit her and she wasn't impaled by the never ending spike that served as a heel. It's all fun and games 'til someone gets an eye poked out.
She wasn't the only one who went home worse for the wear. Our favorite bus boy (is it still politically correct to say "bus boy"...oh, who cares) was coming out of the bar into the patio area and a waiter (I know, I know...they're all servers now. Don't care) was going from the patio area into the bar. The BB pushed open the door and continued on, while the waiter stepped up onto the ramp in front of the door and was reaching out toward the door handle. The open door stopped when it hit the waiter's foot and the BB stopped when his head hit the door. That poor kid probably had one terrific head ache. I talked with him later and he said that it hurt, but he had to keep working so he just carried on. Just so you know, the waiter felt horrible and kept asking the BB if he was okay and apologized every time they crossed paths.
And there was lots of activity on the pier. A group of boys seemed to be quite the fishermen and being boys they were fishing while laying on their stomachs looking into the water and pointing, so it looked like they were giving the fish directions to their hooks.
Other than the minor accidents, it was a great evening. The place was packed all night, there were quite a few people who were dancing (and no, there is no dance floor), a lot of people were singing along and we actually found a couple of Dan Hick's fans.
We're hoping for that kind of group (or the same group plus more) back there on the 29th to help us celebrate our 500th gig. No, I didn't type an extra zero in there...five hundredth gig. So, if you weren't part of that group and you're not afraid of flying stilettoes, come on out on the 29th and join in the festivities. Better bring some protective head gear just in case.
JAKE IS BACK!!!! I'm just a wee bit happy about it....
Our new friend, Madeline was quite the crazy chick. She had long blond hair, was about 8 feet tall with legs up to her ears, wearing a skirt that was as short as she was tall, with CFM shoes (girls ~ you know what those are, but in case you're unaware it stands for Come F_ _ _ Me). During the course of her dancing, she decided to flick her shoes off and in doing so sent one of them sailing through the air, coming to land on a woman sitting at a table about 10 feet away. I saw the shoe flicking and sailing part, then looked at Jake to see if he saw it. Not only did Jake see that, but he got to see it actually hit that unsuspecting woman. I looked back just in time to see her shocked reaction. I still can't believe that a fight didn't break out right in front of us. Luckily, the actual shoe part hit her and she wasn't impaled by the never ending spike that served as a heel. It's all fun and games 'til someone gets an eye poked out.
She wasn't the only one who went home worse for the wear. Our favorite bus boy (is it still politically correct to say "bus boy"...oh, who cares) was coming out of the bar into the patio area and a waiter (I know, I know...they're all servers now. Don't care) was going from the patio area into the bar. The BB pushed open the door and continued on, while the waiter stepped up onto the ramp in front of the door and was reaching out toward the door handle. The open door stopped when it hit the waiter's foot and the BB stopped when his head hit the door. That poor kid probably had one terrific head ache. I talked with him later and he said that it hurt, but he had to keep working so he just carried on. Just so you know, the waiter felt horrible and kept asking the BB if he was okay and apologized every time they crossed paths.
And there was lots of activity on the pier. A group of boys seemed to be quite the fishermen and being boys they were fishing while laying on their stomachs looking into the water and pointing, so it looked like they were giving the fish directions to their hooks.
Other than the minor accidents, it was a great evening. The place was packed all night, there were quite a few people who were dancing (and no, there is no dance floor), a lot of people were singing along and we actually found a couple of Dan Hick's fans.
We're hoping for that kind of group (or the same group plus more) back there on the 29th to help us celebrate our 500th gig. No, I didn't type an extra zero in there...five hundredth gig. So, if you weren't part of that group and you're not afraid of flying stilettoes, come on out on the 29th and join in the festivities. Better bring some protective head gear just in case.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
7/31 - Bootleggers
They have a way cool patio and there was even a stage for us! It overlooked a pond with a fountain and their golf course. And from where the stage was situated, we got to see the sunset while we played.
We had quite a gathering early on and a few parties ended up staying. I'm going to believe they stayed for us and not for the beer.
Later in the evening, there was a gathering of young pups to celebrate Monica's 22nd birthday. We sang our birthday song to her and repeated the "stand up and take a bow" verse and I guess she figured that we were going to keep singing it until she did it, so we only had to sing that verse twice. I was shocked and amazed that she and her friends were singing along to all the "oldies" and one of the girls even requested "Ring Of Fire".
They have a way cool patio and there was even a stage for us! It overlooked a pond with a fountain and their golf course. And from where the stage was situated, we got to see the sunset while we played.
We had quite a gathering early on and a few parties ended up staying. I'm going to believe they stayed for us and not for the beer.
Later in the evening, there was a gathering of young pups to celebrate Monica's 22nd birthday. We sang our birthday song to her and repeated the "stand up and take a bow" verse and I guess she figured that we were going to keep singing it until she did it, so we only had to sing that verse twice. I was shocked and amazed that she and her friends were singing along to all the "oldies" and one of the girls even requested "Ring Of Fire".
One of the birthday girl's friends came up and asked me if we knew "Amos Mountain". I told her that I didn't know what song she meant and she said,"you know..." and then proceeded to sing "Amos mountain high enough...". I politely told her (and without laughing) that now I know what song she means, but we don't know it. I'll never be able to hear Diana Ross sing "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" without singing it as "Amos Mountain". I guess it's her version of "there's a bathroom on the right" and "excuse me while I kiss this guy".
And speaking of requests...."Man Who Sold The World" was requested by yet another one of Monica's friends and since we were still Jakeless we couldn't do it. I told Mudcat that Jake will never believe us that someone requested his favorite song. Next gig we'll have Jake back. YEA!!!!!!
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