Gig Updates

August 14, 2010-Saturday

Legacy Lanes: Pittsburgh, PA

Bikers…. Bowlers……..n’ some good lick, cheffed up real nice….there were cocktails n’ beers…….. Dam...I’m glad we’re here. Under da BIG TOP da whop wit da bop…da sound of pins crashin n’ a eastside band dat’s trashin. “Lazy Bones” lured the unsuspecting closer…in a casual way…”Till The Cows Come Home”, “Somethin’s Cookin”, “The Blues Come Blowin In”. About this time we’re howlin out loud n’ I’m talkin loud n’ sayin nothing, everybody’s laughin out loud…..I’m right where I need to be. Harry hit hard with his lonesome vocals on “King Of The Road”…Brice brought “If I Had A Child” to da peoples. “Over Said And Done” made me think of Glenn Pavone, and tears started fallin thru da simple words…..”Yogi” was well received by da greeze balls. “Sick n’ Tired” stopped ‘em in der tracks. I played one verse of my new tune, “Three Kings in Memphis”, just to see what it felt like. “Little Things” snapped a girdle or two. Truth is, gigs like this are about as much fun as I can stand. We’ll see these knuckleheads again next year…..count on it……

August 13, 2010-Friday

Moondogs: Blawnox

The passing of dear friend and legendary guitarist Glenn Pavone earlier this week cast a powerful weight on every heart in da joint on this evening. We sent “Boilermaker” out to Mr Pavone with as much love as we had in our bones. I never really got into that smooth flow that usually comes to me. My heart weighed a thousand pounds……..we hit a few high notes on tunes like “The Tree”, “The Blues Come Blowin In”, “America’s Son”, “Little Things”. And the first set closed with “Burnin’ Up”……that new instrumental that I called “After Glow”, is now named “Kingfish”, after da late great Warren King……. we threw it a beatin to open act two. My ole buddy Frank Giove came up and did a little thang wit us, singin “Anne Had A Baby” n’ “Josephine” he also did some nice guitar work on “I Hate A Nickel”, “Bare Footin”, “Round n’ Round” & “Walkin To My Baby”….I was just glad we got thru da night……we’ll start pickin up da pieces tomorrow…..

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