10/10 - Riders Inn

Samantha, the resident cat (the one with the record number of litters) seems to have mellowed with age, because she hadn't had another litter recently nor was she pregnant. Turns out that her boyfriend, Cal got the big snip. She did manage to find her way outside while we were there (but this time it wasn't my fault), so by the time we make our way back again (Dec 4th ~ mark your calender) we'll be able to tell if she's loyal to Cal or if she's trying to break her own record.

There was a couple who came from Strongsville (for the food, not for us) who really enjoyed Mudcat's version of "Stray Cat Strut", especially after seeing Samantha dart through the pub on her way outside via the door that was left open (did I mention it wasn't my fault this time?).

Our new friend, Dave moved in from the bar to watch Mudcat maneuver his guitar strings around. Dave had to sell his guitar when he was in FL for gas money to get back to OH. He misses his guitar, but doesn't miss FL.

And what's a gig without an absentee song request? Dan came through for us this time. We did "Rock Me". He left just after we started and didn't come back in until we were well into another song. He must have had a really long cigarette or a really big beer to consume, because "Rock Me" is a fairly lengthy song.

We got quite a lot of other requests from Dan's friend, who didn't leave even when we didn't know her requests. But, I wrote down her requests so that we can learn them and add them to our song list. Whatdya wanna bet that if she's there again in December, she'll request something else that we don't know.