Summer rolling along… will it stop raining please?
Just wanted to thank all our fans for making their presence known at all the great gigs we’ve been performing at this summer. And although we’ve had to dodge the rain on a couple of occasions, for the most part we’ve kept dry. Just performed at southern Iowa’s premiere summer event at Lake Rathbun: Summer Splash. There was so much water, you couldn’t see the lake. But other than that, we had a blast. Papers estimated about 2500 were in attendance, and had a great opening act: Three Miles North from …….. well, 3 miles north of Albia. John and Paul and George (no wait, that’s the Beatles) were cooking on some great blues and country tunes. Many thanks to Iowa Sound, Jason, Doug and company for helping us rock sonically. If you missed our RABRAI performance in Charles City, shame on you. It was a night to remember, or forget.. as I’m sure many of the reveling riders did the next day. I’m calculating, but I would guess there were close to 10,000 plus at that show. Again another great opening act: The Dweebs from Wisconsin, whom we’ll be working with in the future to expand our fan base. They rocked well and it was refreshing to hear their take on many of the songs we perform. I’ve got a FLIP camera video of us doing “Don’t Stop Believing” that I will post to youtube soon so you can see all the people singing along. One mishap occurred during the show: a group of bandits initiated a heist of a box of our new t-shirts. Oh well, what you gonna do…. If you read this, and you’re feeling bad just send the $10 or wear it proudly and promote the band, though they probably live in Alaska. Lest I forget, Ankeny Summerfest was another highlight thus far on our schedule. Another great year with about 6-8000 merrymakers rocking along with us. Thanks to Jodi and company for their sound magic, and to Stan Richard for taking some magical photos (which I’m sure will be appearing soon on our website). also got some video from Kevin Nabity that is currently on youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLvNUBOAOoY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKEsXPGpmjQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNrd_dLgDNQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_TCdPJRcBE There’s still plenty of summer left to come out and catch the group. State Fair coming up… Firemen’s Convention, the rock keeps rolling.
