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February 28, 2008-Thursday
Inn-Termission:
Southside-Pittsburgh, Pa.
We just wanted to warm up the
crowd, “Git By”, “Till The Cows Come Home”, “Ain’t It
Amazin”. All just a prelude to the arrival of the main
man, Dave Dombrosky on da squeeze box. It’s always a
pleasure to strap it on with this guy. This was a great
opportunity to explore some very cool music. We started
double D off with a happy version of “Who Were You
Thinking Of”, the ole Texas Tornados classic. “Wasted
Days and Wasted Nights” gave a nod to Freddy Fender, luv
Dat. The Sam the Sham tune, “Wolly Bully” brought joy to
those in attendance. How bout “Are You Lonesome Tonight”
on the squeeze box, romance baby. “Camero” took us all
back to a little café on the Texas-Mexican border. Hey
poncho…….Hey Cisco……………..”Help Me Make It Thru the
Night” was dramatic, as it turned into “It’s Only Make
Believe”. We closed out our set with the man, double D,
with a vocal duet of “The Just Because Polka”. Double D
was chirping the high part, daddy clean was on da main
line………powerful. Had a great time, got to play for some
new folks…………polka people rock………..
February 23, 2008-Saturday
Excuses:
Southside-Pittsburgh, Pa.
“Git By” rolled off the floor, so
we gave it some more. “Boilermaker” was majestic in a
trashy kind of way. For the second night in a row we did
“Two Story House” early. “If I Had A Child” was smoking
on this Saturday night fish fry. I remember tellin the
story of the Beadman getting da name, Beadman.
“Loverboy” came off clean. Looking back, it makes me
think about how talented Frank Zuri was, and is. Set two
came to life when “Easy Money” bulldozed its way across
the floor. “When I Die And Go To Hell” was cool, except
I forgot a few words here and there. As I was setting
Whitey up to Sing “Try Me”, the great ole James Brown
number, I interrupted myself and broke into a half *ssed
version of “I Go Crazy”. I sang it in a key that was too
high, which didn’t help. Hey Whitey, get me outta dis
mess I got myself into. “How You Like Me Now” closed out
the night. Then da madness of da night crept into da
situation.
February 22, 2008- Friday
Moondogs:
Blawnox, Pa.
The roads was icy, so I was
delighted some folks came out to the show. “Nightclub”,
“Two Story House” , we was on a roll so I was having a
ton of fun, just being a guy in a bar band. I love my
job. “Burn’in Up” had an urgent feel to it. “Ain’t It
Amazin” got a big response from those in attendance. I
forgot to mention, ole buddy Chuck Kohler helped us get
rolling by helping to deduce the problems we were
having wit the house PA. I’d like to thank Chuck for
teaching me the word, deduce. Cool, huh? Not Really.
“Boilermaker”, “Loverboy” and “Hightimes” all spanked
some fanny. We sent out “Rock You” to ole pal Frankie T.
from Guntown. Decided to try “How You Like Me Now”,
after not playing it for probably 8 years. Out of
nowhere I started playing “Three River Rock”, which we
hadn’t played in at least 15 years. Katie Ramone sang
“Be My Baby” then we closed up shop with “Please don’t
Talk About Me”.
February 15, 2007- Friday
Michael O’Malley’s:
Austintown, Ohio
Not a large crowd tonight, but we sure had a lotta fun.
Got to meet a few new folks, and got to say hello to
some ole friends. Harry had his big speaker cabinet and
Whitey had an extra floor tom tom. Cool! Local celebrity
and kick ass DJ Freddy, was in da house shoutin out our
introduction, which lead into “Ready Freddy”. We did
“That Ain’t Gonna Happen” and “I Seen Too Much” early in
the first set, just for fun. “Hoochie Mama” was strong
n’ nat. “End of the Line” also held its own. Harry
ripped “Pot’s n’ Pan’s”, we followed that with
“Graceland” and “Yesterday’s Gone”. A powerful “Smoke
Two Joints” was a great closer for set one. “Somethin’s
Cookin”, “Weekend” and “Rock n’ Roll City” shined in the
second set. “Who Dat Do Dat” sparked up the final round
of this heavy weight action. Before it was all over,
Katie Ramone got a big round of applause for singing “Be
My Baby”. Somewhere in the middle of one of Freddy’s
delirious rants he called Whitey and Harry, “da trailer
park two”. Kind ‘a like dat……………
February 9, 2008- Saturday
Scottdale Fire Hall: Scottdale, Pa.
Things started rolling right off
the bat, sometimes it’s easy. I couldn’t get anybody
workin da dance floor early, but I do believe we were
scoring points. “Hoochie Mama” was just right, “Weekend”
was well received and “Rock n’ Roll City” had all the
heads bouncing in the house. We started off set two with
a song for ole friend Dave, from back in da Titlow Hotel
days, “T- Bird” which set the table for “Two Story
House”. “We Come A Long Way”, “Loverboy”, and a smoking
version of “Burn n’ Up”. “Graceland” came off well, as
did “Yesterday’s Gone”. By the time set three rolled
around, the house was rockin strong; da dance floor was
a sight. “Lovedog” got it all going, like so many times
before. Have I ever told ya bout da worst song I ever
wrote? The ole Smokey tune, “You Really Got A Hold On
Me” sounded sooo cool on this sacred Saturday
social………….and da high priest and his holy men drove off
into da nite…………
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