Hi gang!
Last Tuesday’s CMC Musicians’ Jam Night at Doc and Louie’s was a fun time as usual! Thank you Jay Smith, Hayden Frosti, Gerald Hurd, Bob Laeng, Chase Ockuly, Hichem Ferrah, Tim Cottom, John Kerver, Blake Kniola, Ronny B., Greg Kern, Dan Elliott, Mike Cottom, Don Lydon, Dale Hartmann, Mike Frate, Jaime Flores, Jmy T., Don Stewart, “Rebel Grindstone” (Andrew, Jeff, Dave and Brinton), our guest hosts Drew Doman and “Uncle Steve” Smith, Pat, Katyana, Lisa, Ron, Marty, Mari, JoAnn, Tom, Sheri, Effie, Vern, Kyle, Helen, Bill, the Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons for your great company and a ton of great music! Thanks also to our sponsor Sonor Drums USA and to Doc and Sherry for putting up with our motley crew.
On Wednesday Cleveland Music Club appeared at the Fairview Tavern in front of a nice crowd that included Gerald, Traci, Nora and Eileen. It was great to see you all! We had fun. :c)
On Friday, Shady Drive played a private benefit for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. It was a really cool event and for a great cause! :c)
Saturday’s Shady Drive gig at the Fairview Tavern was really rockin’! Stopping by to party with us were Lisa, Joe, Sandy, Ken, Nora, Traci, Gerald, Trish, Lenna, Mark, Gordon and Sue along with the Tavern gang. Great time! :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 Rob “Shady” Hayes and Eroc Sosinski, Emily behind the bar and Vern manning the kitchen. 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, join us at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 7pm – 11pm) for the weekly CMC Musicians’ Jam Night. Guest hosts this week are G.S. Harper and Kevin Fancher and Dirty Town Guitar and Amps is our sponsor. 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!
This Friday, Shady Drive appears at the legendary Lampliter Lounge (6339 Olde York Rd., Parma Heights, 9:30pm – 1:30am) to party down with the Lamp crowd…and YOU! Bring your party attitude and dancin’ shoes and get on down to the Lamp for some rockin’ and rollin’ Shady Drive style!
On Saturday, please join Shady Drive for our debut performance at one of Strongsville’s premier dining establishments, The Bier Haus (17692 Pearl Rd., Strongsville , 8:30-12:30). They have a huge variety of craft beers to choose from as well as a great menu of delicious eats! Come on out and party with us! :c)
That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon…
Mike