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Jeffrie's Landing: Bridgewater, PA 724-728-7878 (Please call for directions)
9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Sat.
"Boilermaker", "Somethin's Cookin", "Rock N Roll City", "Graceland" & "White Trash Tragedy". Everybody had a great time tonight. The music sounded so good it just put everybody in a rock n roll mood. Lots of folks dancin' and laughin'. Local hero Herman Granati got up early in the second set joining in on keyboards and vocals. Herman immediately caught the groove on "Burnin' Up". He was then featured on an old Spencer Davis tune "Give Me Some Lovin'. "That Girl", "Heat Of The Night" and "Love Dog" all satisfied audience request. Norman really seemed to enjoy the addition of keyboards on this special rock n roll evening.

April 28 - 2005 Map
Moondog's: 378 Freeport Rd, Blawnox, PA (412) 828-2040
8:00 p.m. - 12 a.m. - Thurs.
Once again a magic night. A perfect mix of music and bull crap. Norman started out the night playin' his ass off. "Bulldog" was a trip. "Play" was rippin'. Whitey & Harry were kickin' it. "Boilermaker" was an adventure. As has been the custom, Thursday night at Moondog's there were a few special guest appearances. Chuck Koeler has been comin' out and singin'. Tonight he played guitar and sang and sounded great. Longtime Moondog regular, Ray, came up played guitar on "Gloria" and "Baby Please Don't Go". Tonya came don from Erie and did a few Janis Joplin numbers. Shades sang "Dead Flowers", all the while Norman, Whitey & Harry played their hearts out.

April 23 - 2005 Map
Cafe Supreme: 200 Main St, Irwin, PA 15642 (724) 864-9766
Directions to Cafe Supreme: (couple ways) From Trafford, take 993 straight into Irwin, make right onto Main St., Venue is one block up on the right.
Second way: From Rt. 30, Irwin Business District behind Dunkin Donuts, follow road to PA Ave, left on PA Ave, Right on Oak, go to fifth stop sign then turn left onto 2nd St, Left onto Main Street, Venue is on your right.
10 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. - Sat.
Late start so the guys just played about 2 hours and 20 minutes straight. Nobody left early so it was a good rock n roll night all the way around. "Boilermaker" and "Somethin' Cookin'" both smoked! "Nothin' To Lose" was a serious showcase for Norman's manful guitar style. Yeah! That's Pittsburgh rock n roll buddy! Norman dedicated "We Come A Long Way" to the people who've been comin' to his shows for 20 years or more. New song "Wild Yonder Blues" turned into a serious slide guitar storm! "Bow Legged Woman" got a lot of applause tonight. For the last half hour of the night, Whitey Cooper took over on vocals while Norm's cousin Pete Oddo took over on drums. "Sweet Soul Music", "Shamalama Ding Dong", "Try Me".....Everybody was dancin' and Whitey Cooper was da man!

April 21 - 2005 Map
Moondog's: 378 Freeport Rd, Blawnox, PA (412) 828-2040
8:00 p.m. - 12 a.m. - Thurs.
There were some special performance tonight. "Bow Legged Woman" really came off well. Norman sounded great. He took his time and had his black Strat talkin'! Someone in the audience yelled out "Play somethin' from "This Ole Train!" and it came to pass. Another requested song kicked butt "Easy Money". What a great Pittsburgh rock n roll statement "Easy Money" is! What a shame Pittsburgh radio never figured it out! Once again "We Come A Long Way" came up big. Tonight Norman sang a Buddy Miller tune "Don't Tell Me". Chuck Koeler came up and did 3 songs. "Can't Help Falling In Love", "Teddy Bear" and "A Man In Love". Chuck's been soundin' really good lately.

April 16 - 2005 Map
Excuses: 2526 E. Carson St. (South Side), Pittsburgh, PA (412) 431-4090
10:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. - Sat.
Tonight we rocked! Lord Have Mercy! We rocked! "Boilermaker", "Rck N Roll City", "White Trash Tragedy" and "Somethin's Cookin'". Yeah, it just came pourin' out all over everybody. Excuses is a great club to hear Norman play. Whitey sang "Chain Gang" in the first set. Then in the second set he got up and sang 5 or 6 soul tunes while Norman's old friend from New York City, Lenny Ferrari (Lou Reed's former drummer) banged out the beat. Whitey was soul shoutin' serious! "Ole Number 21" sounded great tonight, as did "We Come A Long Way". Where were you?

April 15 - 2005 Map
Moondog's: 378 Freeport Rd, Blawnox, PA (412) 828-2040
8:00 p.m. - 12 a.m. - Fri.
You should have been at Moondog's tonight. The over 2 hour first set was filled with all the new songs Norman's been writin'. "Boilermaker", "Somethin's Cookin'", "White Trash Tragedy", "Nothin' To Lose", "Graceland", "Shackin' Up". Did I mention how much fun everybody had tonight? Norman was out of his mind. Whitey, Harry & several audience members were bustin' his balls. The Manful Hanful was on a roll talkin' loud and sayin' nothin'. Set 2 opened with "Ole Number 21". New song "We Come A Long Way" really got a great round of applause tonight. "Burnin' Up" closed out a great night of music mixed with White Trash insanity.

April 14 - 2005 Map
Moondog's: 378 Freeport Rd, Blawnox, PA (412) 828-2040
8:00 p.m. - 12 a.m. - Thurs.
There's a nice thing happening at Moondog's on Thursday nights. It started off with "Bulldog", "Somethin's Cookin'" and "Boilermaker". Then a serious portion of Norman's bullcrap. They don't call him "little big mouth" for nothin! Norman's been talkin' about Michael Jackson on Thursday nights a lot. He mentioned a song a friend of his from Cleveland wrote. The lyrics for the song are "come sit on my lama but don't tell your mamma!" He then Moon walked across the stage! "Sick N Tired" ended the first set with Whitey sounding fantastic doin' his falsetto gospel style vocals. New song "We Come A Long Way" really sounded powerful tonight. Set two started with a Happy Birthday for Patty, straight into her favorite song, "I Seen Too Much".

April 12 - 2005 Map
Jonny's Restaraunt: 876 E Midlothian Blvd Youngstown, OH 44502 (330) 788-6459
8 p.m. - 12 a.m. Tues.
Not a big crowd tonight but it seemed everybody had a great time. Norman started things off nice n easy as he really seemed to connect with the Youngstown people. A couple of tunes stood out tonight..."Wild Yonder Blues", "Shackin' Up", "We Come A Long Way" and "Million Tears". Tonight's sound man Steve got up and played some guitar and sang very soulfully. Norman sat and smiled watching as Whitey & Harry played with one of Youngstown's finest. "Smoke Two Joints" closed out the night.

April 11 - 2005
Wilberts: (Norman & The Guys following the Cleveland Indians Home Opener!!!) New club Downtown Cleveland across from "The Jake" (Jacob's Field)
6 p.m. - 9 p.m. - Mon.
Opening day of Cleveland Indian baseball. Around 400 drunken people filled the downtown Cleveland Club, wearing Indian hats and jackets. Norman and the guys came to play. "Rock N Roll City", "White Trash Tragedy", "Heat Of The Night", "Easy Money". Tonight wasn't a night for the polite music. Tonight was a night to stuff Pittsburgh rock n roll down the faces of Cleveland Ohio. They say Cleveland is the rock n roll capital of the world. Tonight, Cleveland got rocked world class and it was good!

April 7 - 2005 Map
Moondog's: 378 Freeport Rd, Blawnox, PA (412) 828-2040
8:00 p.m. - 12 a.m. - Thurs.
"Lazy Bones", "If I Had A Child", then about 10 minutes of mindless b.s. from the Manful Hanful. I love everything about Thursday night at Moondog's. Boxcar Harry, the Hobo Bottoms, sang "King Of The Road". Norman did a more complete version of "Pecker Tracks N Skid Marks" than last week. He also revived an old song called "Somethin' Cookin'" that sounded pretty good. Chuck Koeler sang a couple songs in the first set, then came back to play guitar in the second set. Ronnie "Moondog" Esser closed out the night singin' his ass off. "Bow Legged Woman" and "Send You Back" both came off real well tonight.

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