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March 29, 2008- Saturday

Excuses: Southside- Pittsburgh, Pa.

For some unexplainable reason, my guitar was in a real good mood. I took advantage of that during the double instrumental opening. “Bulldog” and its minor tonality felt brand new and I don’t know why. The casual shuffle of “Lazy Bones” inspired measured aggression, teamwork, dat’s what makes it happen. Well there you have it; dat’s what makes it all happen, TEAMWORK. I was on a winning team on this Saturday night. WC Cooper and H Bottoms brought that feel, n’ bof o’ dem had their ears on. They was coming high n’ hard, low n’ firm, n’ from bof sides. Make a yinzer proud to ride wit em’. Whoa……..”White Trash Tragedy” n’ before you know it we was slammin “Nothin to Lose” round da tawn. I was listening to 1320 AM radio on the way to the gig n’ they played the ole Marty Robbins classic swang thang “Singing the Blues”. So I asked Harry to sing it, he kicked its ass. “Loverboy” gave me the opportunity to explore the monkey inside me. We sent “Sidewalk Romeo” out to Terrible Tom who, by the way, has the color back in his cheeks. Set two, “Son Of A Gun”, we got to start playing that tune more often. “How You Like Me Now” “If I Had a Child” “Hoochie Mama” was kickass, that tune kind of wrote it self, but I’ll gladly take the credit. “Ole Number 21” closed out the night and opened the season all at the same time.

March 22, 2008-Saturday

Glenn’s Place: Altoona, Pa.

Local legends, Felix and the Hurricanes opened the show and did a great job of getting the party started. These guys have played a ton a’ gigs and it shows. We opened this church meetin with “Nightclub”, “Rock n’ Roll City”, and “Mr. Right Now”. Folks was dancing n’ hanging, love it. “That Ain’t Gonna Happen”, and “I Seen Too Much”………powerful. “Hoochie Mama” continues to turn folks on, love it. Towards the end of the show we brought Felix up on stage to jam wit us. How bout some “It’s All Over Now”. How bout some “Barefootin”. How bout Felix on “Bow Legged Woman” with the tickler guitar orchestration. “Work Together”, “Mojo”, “Shake Your Moneymaker”, we should of brought Felix up on stage a little earlier, he’s fun to jam with.

March 14, 2008-Friday

Road Worthy Tavern: West Liberty, West Virginia

We set up in the bar area, probably a good idea. The first set didn’t come alive till we played “The Older I Get”, now we’re in business. “People Takin’ Care” also hit them hard. “If I Had a Child” really stood out. In set two we brought ole friend Everett up to sing “Folsom Prison Blues”. Jason Treuman got up and took over my guitar to back Everett up on “One Way Out”, smokin. I got back onstage to sing, while Jason played my ax. “It’s All Over Now’ was outrageous. “Work Together” and a simmering take on “Bow Legged Woman” really felt strong. Treuman is a dynamite guitar player. Set three featured “Hoochie Mama” and a slick take of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”. We missed Skibo tonight…………………..especially on da long ride home……………………

March 10, 2008-Saturday

Moondogs: Blawnox, Pa.-Mark Stutso's CD release party

Not a good weather day in da burg. Snow and icy rain mix. Woof, ouch n’nat, my achin a**. Got to deal with it. Considering the situation, we had a nice turnout. I’d like to thank those that did come out, your support is greatly appreciated. Glenn Pavone and the Cyclones certainly came out on this good rockin night. One song after another was kicking tail. Drummer Frank Spritz was bringing it with soulful vocals, love that. Of course Mr. Pavone was smoking hot, full blown, different than the way he would play latter that same night in support of Mark Stutso. Tom, the love man Valentine, the Cyclones bass man has stepped up his vocals and as always his bass playing is the perfect compliment to da big cheese. Can you tell I’m a fan? After a short pause me, Whitey and Harry busted it up with “Nightclub”. I looked at Whitey and said whatta ya wanna do? He said, let’s rock. So let it be written, we blew up “Rock n’ Roll City” then simmered it down with “We Come A Long Way”. Nice…………….Pavone gets back on stage, and then we bring up Mark Stutso, star of tonight’s show. Which celebrates the release of Stutso’s new CD “Rock My Soul”. “Million Tears”, “Victoria’s Secret”, “You Go Your Way”, “Just Like A Woman”, “Three Times Your Fool” which is my favorite. Love Stutso’s vocals on that. It’s tons of fun playing with Whitey and Harry and not having to sing lead. I was able to enjoy being ‘part of rhythm section’. Glenn Pavone is an extremely polite musician and a joy to play with; his ability to go from balls to the wall to soulful phrasing is extreme. Stutso started relaxing and ripped “If I Had A Child”, “I Hate A Nickel”, we sent “Bow Legged Woman” out to my sista. Somebody said they heard “Heartbreak Shake” on the radio, cool…….. So we kicked it ……… “Work Together” closed out the set…… what a pleasure it is, to play with the cast of musical characters we had at da dawg house tonight.

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