Hi gang!
Last week’s mail never made it out of the draft folder, so this will be a long one! LOL
On Tuesday (2/19), the CMC Jam Night at Doc and Louie’s was a whole bunch of fun! Thanks to all of the night’s fine players including: Hayden Frosti, Jay Smith, John Kerver, Luke Pernici, Rob Hayes, Jim Belanger, John Horvath, William Kiehn, John Powell, Ronny B., Don Lydon, Dan Elliott, Greg Kern, Louis Johnson, Katyana Speckman, JMY T., “The Front” (Tom Guardi, PJ, Eric Kaleal, Ron Timko, and John McComb) and “The Cottom Catz” (Mike Sr., Mike Jr., Kaylee and Chloe Cottom.) You guys were all awesome! Thanks also to the music lovers hanging out with us including: Lisa, Vern, Liam, Wes, Steve, Cindy, Patty, Pattie, Karen, Sheri, Jimmy, Jason, Amanda, Steven F., Effie, Suzy, the Barbs, the Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons. Thanks for coming out to cheer and dance! Thanks to Mike Wypasek and Tony Camerato for the fabulous job guest hosting and to Sherry and Doc for keeping the plates and glasses full all night!
Then Friday’s (2/22) Shady Drive show at the Upper Deck in Berea was a great success, thanks to Mike, Mary, John K., Pattie, John P., Katy, Steve, Jasmine, Darrin, Debbie, Ken, Sandy, Bob, Chris, Daryl, Jen, Amanda (Happy Birthday!), Jason and Bob L., who all came out to party with us. Hope you all had as much fun as we did! :c)
Saturday’s (2/23) Shady Drive show at The Lampliter was a hit too, with Ken, Sandy, Mike, Pam, Cindy, Bill and Libby stopping by to join in the fun. Thank you all, and thanks to Toni and Dana for keeping everyone’s glasses full!
The CMC Sunday (2/24) Jam at 42 Eighty was a rockin’ good time with Bob Laeng, Ken Porter, Tj Plechaty, Hichem, Dave Deitke, Jim Belanger, Mike Cottom Jr., Frank Fischer, Crash, Blake Kniola, Chloe Cottom, Dennis Raymond, Mike Cottom Sr., Greg Kern, Jaime Flores, Lenna Pauley and Pat Reiter stopping by to play and sing for us and Bob, Laurie, Mark P., Joe D., Amanda, Ro and the 42 Eighty gang hanging out and providing the cheers and applause. Our sponsor was Dirty Town Guitar and Amps (congrats to prize winners Dave and Lenna!). Our thanks to all of the players and supporters who came out for the jam, to Emily and Vern for all of your hard work and to Robert for inviting us all back each week!
Tuesday’s (2/26) CMC Musicians’ Jam Night at Doc and Louie’s was totally wild! Regrets to Andrew, Jeff and Dave of Rebel Grindstone, and drummers George Haley and Mike Cottom all of whom had to leave before their turn on stage. Big thanks to guest hosts for all their hard work and for staying late to get everyone up. ‘Furious’ George Hartwig and Gary Stulak, you guys rock! Thanks to all of the music lovers who came to hang out with us and cheer on the jammers on including: Amanda, John B., Steven, Lisa, Ron, Maggie, Vern, Uncle Peanuts, Gerald, Wes, Sheri, Joe the Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons. Thank you to all of the fantastic players who joined us including: Jay Smith, John Kerver, Bob Laeng, David R Poirier, Hayden Frosti, Dave Ziggy Deitke, Chase Ockuly, Jeff Sherman, Hichem Ferrah, Jim Luchesse, Ronny B., Don Lydon, Jason Neitenbach, Jimmy Deamiches, Dan Haller, Mike Horvath, Jon Darling, Greg Kern, Rick Strah, Jeff Beam, Dan Pfeiffer, Eroc Sosinski, Blake Kniola, Katyana Speckman, Lenna Pauley, JMY T., Jaime Flores and the band Blind Voodoo (Dwayne, Chris, Brian, and Tony). Finally, thank you to Sherry for keeping everyone properly fed and “watered” and to Doc for keeping the rain off of us!
On Wednesday (2/27), ‘Furious’ George Hartwig, Tim Hamman joined me for Cleveland Music Club’s appearance at the fabulous Fairview Tavern. We had a blast playing all of your favorite tunes (and ours too!). Thanks to Lisa, Katy, Andrew, Ashley, Julia and Gerald for stopping by to spend their Wednesday evening with us!
Then on Saturday (3/2) G.S. Harper, Kevin Fancher, Dirk Garman and Chris Hanna joined me as Cactus Jack hit the 42 Eighty Food and Drink stage. It was great to see Daryl, Chris, Marina, Wally, Chris, Amanda, Gary, Merle, Jim, Jen, Rich and the rest of the 42 Eighty gang! We had a blast! Hope you all did too. :c)
Coming up this week…
Tonight’s CMC Sunday Jam at 42 Eighty Food and Drink (4280 Shenandoah Pkwy., Brunswick, 7pm – 11pm) features guest hosts Ed ‘Buzzy’ Sarley and Tony Camerato, Emily behind the bar, Vern manning the kitchen and sponsor Bruno Brothers Music. The food is awesome (40 cent wings and the most awesome homemade kettle chips w/ dip!), the beer is cold ($4 pitchers of domestic beer and happy hour prices until 9pm!) and full backline (two guitar amps, bass amp, Sonor drums, Alesis QS 6 keyboard and PA) is provided, so bring your favorite axe or sticks and come jam with us!
On Tuesday, the CMC Musicians’ Jam Night at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 7pm – 11pm) features guest hosts G.S. Harper and Kevin Fancher. As always, Doc’s amazing burgers are $4.95 (w/fries) all night and margaritas are $3 until 9pm. There’s plenty of parking in Doc’s front and back lots, O’Reilly’s back lot and their front lot after they close at 9pm. Full backline (two guitar amps, bass amp, Sonor drums, Alesis QS6 keyboard and PA) is provided, so bring your favorite axe, sticks or just your party attitude and dancing shoes and come join the fun!
Friday will find Shady Drive back at Sassy’s Bar and Grill (10755 Ravenna Rd., Twinsburg, 9pm – 1am) for the first of three appearances there this year. Sassy’s has an awesome staff, great food and drink specials and the room sounds amazing! The regular crowd there are loads of fun, so you really should come out and join the party! :c)
On Saturday, Shady Drive returns to the fabulous Fairview Tavern (21867 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, 9:30pm-1:30am) to rock the house. The food is out of this world (try the $10 strip steak special, the pizza or the chicken saltimbocca!), the drinks are delicious (check out the Third Shift Amber Lager) and the staff is super fast and friendly! Our gigs at the Tavern are always a blast so don’t miss out! Come join us! :c)
That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon…
Mike :c)