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Gig Updates Thursday, March 23-2006 Excuses: South Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. Some enchanted evening, I came up with da phrase "Guido in da speedo", a woman in the audience thought she saw me at the gay beach, Harry broke a manjo string and also sang "Ring of Fire" for the first time, jammer Jim sat in on drums, Whitey sang "Shama Lama Ding Dong" and "Lonesome Highway" and sent chills runnin up my spine. Wednesday, March 22-2006 Jugheads: Strip District, Pittsburgh, PA Tonight we taped a show for WBGN, 15 Minutes-Norman Nardini's Half Hour Variety Hour. Bonnie, a dog groomer from Pup, Pup and Away, manscaped an almost naked man. Jill Simmons sang beautifully. Frank da cabbie danced. A devil in a blue dress growled. Slim and Stormy brought back da ghost of Hank. Three unknown comics brought laughter. Slats brought nothin. Ray Ray played guitar. Whitey and Harry did their thing. Hey, who was dat greeze ball in da cheap suit! Saturday, March18-2006 Rex Theater: South Side, Pittsburgh, PA Solo acoustic, nice stage, a bunch of nice folks......a little shallow conversation......"I'm A Man", "Hells Highway", "You Go Your Way", "Steeler Nation", "Two Story House", "Sick n' Tired", "I Was Blind". It's a little intimadating performing solo, but I like that feelin. Saturday, March18-2006 Excuses: South Side, Pittsburgh, PA Yea baby, two gigs on the same night I walked on stage already warmed up! "Git By", "Boilermaker", "Somethin's Cookin", "White Trash Tragedy", "Till The Cows Come Home",SMOKIN! We tried to pull off the old Silencers classic "Side Walk Romeo" for terrible Tom and also "Easy Money". New tune "Son Of A Gun" came off real well. We're starting to get a handle on that song. LOVE IT! Whitey shouting "Shama Lama Ding Dong", everybody dancing to "Treat Her Right", da joint was rockin, goin "Round n' Round"............ Friday, March17-2006 Moondogs: Blawnox, PA Me, Whitey, and Harry did the first set. I hit some high notes, although not as many as I would have liked. But I kept slugging. We opened set 2 with a song for Gil who just lost his mom, "Over Said and Done", my moms favorite Norman song. Enter young gun Zak Wiesinger on guitar. "Git By" came off real well, which pleased the dork boy. "Walkin To My Baby" also had a great feel. "If I Had A Child", "Send You Back", "I Hate A Nickel", "Bow Legged Woman". Set 3: "Boilermaker" was cool, different, but cool. "Bulldog" barked, woof. It was fun tradin licks with young Zak." Hoochie Coochie Man" gave Zak a chance to sing a lead vocal although Moondog jumped up and sang da last verse. Mooney was raging, LOVE IT! Whitey Cooper and Moondog both wore the "Moondg" dog mask. Thursday, March 16-2006 Excuses: South Side, Pittsburgh, PaA These regular Thursdays at Excuses are turning out to be a lot of fun. We're playing very acoustic, low volume shows and thankfully people have been receptive. We're also having some fun with some traditional country music. Tonight I sang "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down", the old Merle Haggard song. Jammer Frank sang "Tiger By The Tail". Jammer Jirus played bass on "Help Me Make It Thru The Night", while played manjo. Jammer Jim played drums while Whitey sang "Chain Gang". Jammer Chris sang "Stand By Me" and "My Girl". Thursday March 9-2006 Excuses: South Side, Pittsburgh, PA Week number two of our hopefully, long time stand doing Thursdays at Excuses. Harry Bottoms is a "Long Gone Daddy". Whitey Clyde Cooper is "So Hung".................WHAT? Da dork boy is a "Son Of A Gun". See ya next Thursday. Friday, March 5-2006 Moondogs: Blanox, PA Tonight was a worthy tribute to Pittsburgh Post Gazette music writer Ed Maisley, who is moving out of town. Me and my guys opened the show and just ripped, like it was easy. Both Whitey and Harry were on top of the music, so I was just skyin. "Boilermaker", "Rockin Roll City", "Nothin to Lose", "Graceland", "Burnin Up", "You Go Your Way", "End Of The Line", "Son Of A Gun". Moondog got up on the mike and put on quite a performance. Legendary Pittsburgh rock band Torn n' Frayed did a rare show and crushed. New guitar player Daryl did a great job blending with Vinny Q, one of my faves. Scott and Rocky are still a powerful rythm section. Marks vocals sounded better than ever. The Hi Frequencies were up next and were very cool in a sixties surf retro kinda way. Good, good stuff. Man of the evening, Ed Maisley took the stage and rocked two hours straight with a bunch of different musicians. The Framptons, Black Tie Revue, The Dime Store 45's, and Eds current band, The Breakup Society all made appearences in some way. Tommy Ameaba wore a worm suit to add to the beauty of the moment. Cool, huh? A couple hours of Maisley songs, dis guys a real good song writer. Friday March 3-2006 Church Brew Works: Pittsburgh, PA The high priest of da church of rock and roll on stage at the Church Brew Works. We had a great time tonight. Lotsa laughs. The folks from the club treated us very well and we appreciated that. "Nothin To Lose" was crushin tonight. Alterboys Whitey and Harry both had blessed performances, I on the other hand was given three hail marys and two our fathers for my sometimes, off color behavior...........bless me father for I have sinned................
Thursday, March 2-2006 Excuses: South Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. Tonight was the first "Thursday Acoustic Jam" at Excuses. We hope to be doin a long run of these shows. This a great chance for us to really hone our skills by taking a different approach to these performances. Harry really shined tonight playing "MANJO" {banjo}, he did Hank Williams "Long Gone Daddy" and the Flatt and Scruggs classic "Pettycoat Junction". He also sang the ole outlaw stable "Sunday Morning Comin Down" along with "Pots n' Pans" and "Singin The Blues". Whitey sang "Town With No Name" and "Pourin Water On A Drowing Man". An ole friend in the audience yelled out "Secret Agent Man" so Whitey sang that. We'll be looking to feature more country flavored material on these thursdays. Also, watch out for some special guest performers.
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