Hi gang!
Tuesday night’s CMC Jam at Doc and Louie’s was the start of another rockin’ week as we celebrated the Jam’s two year anniversary! Thanks to all of the great people who came out to jam and/or hang out and listen, including John Kerver, Hayden Frosti, Bob Laeng (the REAL Bob Laeng!), Scott Urbas, Wally Marflak, John Horvath, Bill Sanders, Greg McGill, Jon Darling, Dan Elliott, Benny Pacheco, Blake Kniola, Ronny B., Mal Mapes, Carla Funk, Lenna Pauley and Bob DeVries, Jen, Pattie, Cindy, Barb, Lisa, Bob, Gerald, Gary, Vern, Katyana, Lisa S., Ron, Bill, Sheri, Nancy, the Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons.
A special thank you to all of this year’s various sponsors: Dirty Town Guitar and Amps (who sponsors every week and who has been with us since day one)…. Sonor USA… Guitar Center of N. Olmsted… Fat Cat Music… Forcefield Entertainment… and John Kerver. Thanks for going the extra mile to add a little extra fun to jam night each week. Congratulations to this week’s drawing winners (courtesy of John Kerver and Dirty Town Guitar and Amps): Lenna Pauley, Jon Darling, Blake Kniola, Wally Marflak, and Dan Elliott.
Thanks also to all of the great CMC guest hosts this year including: Brian Davidson, Tony Camerato, George Hartwig, Gary ‘G Rock’ Stulak, G.S. Harper, Kevin Fancher, Eric Sosinski, Rob Hayes, Drew Doman, Steve Smith, Dwayne Dickman, Joe Brunetti, Bill March, and Mike Wypasek. aking of talented and fun… time to list those jammers!, thank you all for choosing to spend your Tuesday night entertaining us (both on stage and off.)
Finally, thank you Doc and Sherri for all of your hard work and support. We’re looking forward to another great year!
Moving on to Friday’s Shady Drive show at Doc and Louie’s, it was great to see John, Eric, Amanda, Jason, Mark, Jackie, John, Pat, Charlie, Laura, Gary Merle, Nancy, Vern, Marilyn, Marilyn, Joe, Liz, Eric and Leland. We had a blast and hope you all did too! We’ll be back at Doc and Louie’s on October 25.
Saturday with Shady Drive at the Lampliter was one hell of a party! Many thanks to Janet, Sandy, Ken, Carolyn, Gary, Mary, Andrea, Jeff, Dawn, Katy and Beverly and the whole Lampliter gang for coming out!
Coming up this week…
Tuesday night, we’ll kick off the third year of the CMC Jam at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., N. Olmsted, 7pm – 11pm) with a bang as guest hosts ‘Furious’ George Hartwig and Gary ‘GRock’ Stulak join me onstage at 7pm for another night of fun, frivolity and music. Our sponsor each week is Dirty Town Guitar and Amps. 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!
On Wednesday, ‘Furious’ George and I are joined by none other than Mr. Tim Hamman as Cleveland Music Club takes the Fairview Tavern (21867 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park) stage from 8pm – 11pm. We’ll be playing all of your favorite tunes, so come on out and join us for dinner, drinks and a whole bunch of fun!
Friday marks Shady Drive’s return to the Parma Tavern (5680 Broadview Rd., Parma, 10pm – 2am) to party down with all the regulars…and YOU! The food is great, the beer is cold, the service rocks and so does the house, so c’mon out and let’s kick off the weekend in style!
Saturday brings Shady Drive’s debut at Divot’s Sports Bar (13393 York Rd., North Royalton, 9pm – 1am). Let’s all get together and show them what a Shady Drive party is all about! See ya there!
That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon!
Mike :c)