Hi gang!
It’s time to close out another week! Our Tuesday night jam at Doc and Louie’s was a great night with jammers John Powell, Hayden Frosti, Jay Smith, Katyana Speckman, Bob Laeng, Dan Elliott, John Kerver, Carol Dieball, Greg Kern, Alex Strekal, Dave Poirier, Brandon Austin, Charlie Adams, Craig Kapolka, Rob Hill, Dave Deitke, Mike Binder, Bob Devries and Tony Shultz stopping by to share their talents with us. Thanks to Lisa, Cathy, Jimmy, Amanda, Jason, Joe, Jim, John, Brent, Derek, Pam, Priscilla, The Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons for your continued support! We can’t forget our sponsor Sonor Drums and congrats to Bob Laeng, Dave Deitke and Bob DeVries on their wins. Big thanks also to guest hosts Dwayne Dickman and Tony Camerato, to Tracy for all her hard work behind the bar and to Doc for bringing us back each week!
On to Friday’s Shady Drive appearance at The Mad Cactus, where we were joined by Michelle, Gina, Darrin, Debbie, Jeff, Gordy and the Cactus crowd! A really fun night :c)
Early Saturday morning, Shady Drive was on the move again, playing a private function near Painesville at noon. From there, we were off to join the Soul Men at Seven Hills Home Days at 7:30pm. Thanks to Ken, Sandy, Marty and Mary for stopping by, the Soul Men for having us along and to all the Seven Hills event staff for putting on a great event!
Coming up this week, on Tuesday night the Cleveland Music Club will host a special “Horn Jam” at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 7pm – 11pm). My co-hosts are Rob Hayes (Shady Drive), Kevin Fancher (Cactus Jack, Shady Drive) and the fabulous North Coast Horns! We’ll have over 25 charts available, so our horn playing friends can get their jam on! Don’t forget Doc’s 2 for 1 burgers and $3 margaritas! It’ll be a great night so stop on out!
On Friday, Shady Drive appears at Twilight at the Zoo joined by Erin Rossi and the North Coast Horns. We’ve added lots of new tunes since last year. This event is a smash hit every year and loads of fun. Tickets are available at: http://www.clevelandzoosociety.org/events_twilight.html
Then on Saturday, Shady Drive is back in trio configuration and making our debut at 100th Bomb Group (20920 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, 7pm -10pm). We’re out on the patio so come enjoy a Cleveland summer evening with great food, good friends and some of the best rock and blues around town!
Shady Drive will finish out the weekend on Sunday evening, appearing with the Soul Men at the Greenbriar Commons (6200 Pearl Rd., Parma Heights, 9pm – 11pm.) These guys are always a blast, so make plans to join us!
That’s it for this week! We’ll talk soon…
Mike :c)