Mike Starcher – Drivin' It!

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

Hi gang!

Last week was a very busy one! Thanks to everyone who decided to spend their Easter evening with us at the CMC Sunday Jam including: Don Nero, Mal Mapes, Greg Kern, Pat Reiter, TJ Plechaty, Mike Frate, Liz, Victoria, Lenna, Mark, Dan, Marilyn and guest hosts George Hartwig and Tim Hamman. Great group of folks and great music! Thanks also to Emily and Vern for working hard behind the bar and in the kitchen! Congrats to Pat Reiter who won a $10 iTunes card courtesy of Forcefield Entertainment.

Tuesday’s CMC Jam at Doc and Louie’s Bar & Grille was quite a night! Big thanks to all who came out including: guest hosts “Furious George” Hartwig and Gary “G Rock” Stulak, jammers Jay Smith, Hayden Frosti, Gerald Hurd, Bob Laeng, Luke Pernici, Wally Marflak, John Kerver, Ronny B., Greg Kern, Dan Elliott, Don Lydon, Mike Cottom, Dale Hartmann, Lenna Pauley, Katyana Speckman, Mal Mapes, JMY T., Jimmy Deamiches, Dennis, Dan Haller, Evan, Rebel Grindstone (Jeff, Dave, Andrew), Blake, Lisa, Amanda, Jason, JoAnn, Tom, Vern, Sheri, Effie, Mike, Katie, Lil George, Grant, the Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons. Thanks also to John Kerver for sponsoring this week’s jam and congratulations to this week’s drawing winners! Lenna Pauley won a bucket of sidewalk chalk, Mike Cottom won a kite, Don Lydon won a rocket, Katy Speckman won a Frisbee, which she generously gave to the CMC Jam resident frisbee guru, Dan Elliott. Finally, Jimmy Deamiches won the coveted autographed 8×10 glossy of John Kerver and a $25 Subway gift card. Jimmy was heard to say it is awesome that he got to win the “weirdest ever jam night prize.” :c)

Friday’s Shady Drive gig at The Upper Deck was really a great time! Thanks to Jen, Sandy, Ken, Chris, Daryl, Amanda, Jason, Jeff, Andrew, Denny, Natalie, Laura, Glenn and certainly not least, the girls from Alpha Gamma who took time out from their scavenger hunt to party with us. We’re back there on May 31, so mark your calendars.

It was definitely party time Saturday night at 42 Eighty with Cleveland Music Club. The house was packed as Erin Rossi, Tony Koussa Jr., Chad May, Kevin Fancher and I provided the evening’s soundtrack. Thanks to Kathie, Melissa and Doug, Kathy, Pat, Wally, Barb, Kristin, Jim, George and everyone else who stopped by for making it a great night!

Sunday’s CMC Sunday Jam was a little light on attendance but certainly not on fun! Guest hosts Ed Sarley and Tony Camerato were onstage the entire evening with John Hamley, TJ Plechaty, Greg Kern, John Powell, Patricia Reiter, Tammy (vocals) and Mike Frate. I had the pleasure of hanging out with Mari, Marty, George, Tom, Kim, Char and the rest of the 42 Eighty gang. Thanks for making it a fun night!

Coming up this week…

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 Drew Doman and Uncle Steve Smith. 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 Wednesday it’s time for the Cleveland Music Club “Stuffed Crust” show at the Fairview Tavern (21867 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, 8pm – 11pm) with G.S. Harper, Kevin Fancher and me providing the extra cheese. It’s always a really fun time and the food and service are nothing short of remarkable. Don’t take my word for it though, come see for yourself!

On Friday, Shady Drive plays a private function, but Saturday will find us back at the Fairview Tavern (21867 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, 9:30pm – 1:30am) for our monthly appearance there. I know I say this every month, but the food there really is amazing, the service is great and the drinks are delicious. If that isn’t enough, Rob, Kevin and I will be playing all of your favorite rock and blues tunes while you’re enjoying the Tavern’s hospitality. Come join us! It’s a great way to spend a Saturday evening!

This week’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, Sonor Drums sponsoring, 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!

That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon…

Mike :c)

Hi gang!

Last week’s CMC Sunday jam was really rockin’ with fabulous guest hosts: Becky Boyd, Michael Bay and Kevin Fancher! The great music continued throughout the evening with the night’s jam participants playing everything from blues to jazz and rock to country. Thanks to all our jammers including: Autumn of Aeons (Steve, James, Hiede, and Ashley), The Pepper Monkeys (Fred Esposito, Chris Podracky, Anthony Esposito and Scott), Gerald Hurd, Bob Laeng, Joe Zelinski, Chase Ockuly, John Hamley, David Crowe, Bob Laverty, Dougie Lixx Manross, John Powell, Gene Klaus, TJ Plechaty, Blake Kniola, Sammy Free, Greg Boehnlein, George Shumway, Pat Reiter, Katyana Speckman, Aimee Bellinger, and Mike Frate. Thanks also to our sponsor for the night, Dirty Town Guitar and Amps (Congrats to winners Pat, Mike and Chase), to everyone else who came out to listen to some music, eat a little, drink a little and have a lot of fun including: Lisa, Phil, Kathy, Renee and George. Colossal thanks to Emily and Vern who did a fantastic job keeping the crowd fed and watered all night.

Tuesday’s edition of the CMC Musicians’ Jam Night at Doc and Louie’s was another fun-filled evening with guest hosts Joe Brunetti and Eroc Sosinski. Thanks to Jay Smith, Mike Frate, Ben Carr, Jeffrey Beam, Dan Pfeifer, Louis Johnson, Bob Laeng, John Kerver, Gerald Hurd, Luke Pernici, Dave Poirier, TJ Plechaty, David Lewicki, Jim Luchesse, Bill Sanders, Greg Kern, Katyana Speckman, Saam Cabot, Dan Hearns, Honeycomb and Dennis Raymond for filling our night with music. Props also to Lisa, Ron, Barb, Dave K., Pat, John B., Vern, Amanda, Jason, Jimmy, the Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons for your continued support of all things music! Finally, thanks to Doc and his crew for making sure we never run out of food and beverages.

Wednesday’s CMC gig at the Fairview Tavern with ‘Furious’ George Hartwig and Kevin ‘Hollywood’ Fancher was a lot of fun! It was great to see Jen, Diane, Jan, Gerald, Lenna and new friends Nora, Gary and Traci out to party with us on a Wednesday evening!

Coming up this week…

Tonight’s CMC Sunday Jam at 42 Eighty Food and Drink (4280 Shenandoah Pkwy., Brunswick, 7pm – 11pm) features guest hosts ‘Furious’ George Hartwig and Tim Hamman, 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 ‘Furious’ George Hartwig and Gary ‘G Rock’ Stulak. 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 returns to The Upper Deck (375 W. Bagley Rd., Berea, 9pm – 1am) to party the night away. Playing ‘the Deck’ is always fun with their regular gang and great food and drinks. It’s a great room and there’s plenty of parking, so come join us!

Then on Saturday, Cleveland Music Club will appear at 42 Eighty Food and Drink (4280 Shenandoah Pkwy, Brunswick, 8:30 – 12:30) Come join Erin Rossi, Tony Koussa Jr., Chad May, Kevin Fancher and me as we play your favorite tunes from the 60’s through today! It’s party time!

That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon…

Mike :c)

Hi gang!

Another week has come to a close and supposedly it’s now spring, although you sure can’t tell by the weather. ;c) Anyway, we kicked the week off with a St. Patrick’s Day performance by Cleveland Music Club at Doc and Louie’s. G.S. Harper, Kevin Fancher and I played from 4pm to 9:30pm for a small but awesome group including Guy, Nancy, Chris, Daryl, Dave and Lorraine. It was fun!

Tuesday brought another edition of CMC Musicians’ Jam Night with guest hosts ‘Furious’ George Hartwig and Gary ‘G Rock’ Stulak (thanks guys!). Thanks to everyone who came out to jam or to hang out and listen, including Jay Smith, Bob Laeng, John Kerver, Jim D., Rob Hayes, Hayden Frosti, Greg Kern, Greg Lapsevich, Dan Elliott, Don Lydon, Greg B., Dave Klamut, Katyana Speckman, Don Nero, Stan, Jmy T., Lenna Pauley, Liz, Lisa, Steven, Derek, Vern, Faye, the Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons. Finally, big thanks to Doc and Sherry for workin’ hard keeping the plates and glasses full all night.

Friday marked Shady Drive’s return to Irish Kevin’s and a small but VERY enthusiastic crowd. It was great to see Paul, Greg, and the rest of the Kevin’s gang again!

Then on Saturday, Shady Drive joined up with the fabulous North Coast Horns (Al Widmer, Dave Frank and Darrin Clark) and keyboard wizard Chris Hanna for a sellout show at Doc and Louie’s. It was standing room only all night long as we cranked out tunes by Chicago, James Brown, the Blues Brothers, Wilson Pickett, Bruce Springsteen and more. Thanks to Lisa (Happy Birthday!), her Mom and Dad and hubby Joe, Chris, Daryl, John, Pattie, Pete, Amanda, Chris, Wally, Mari, Marty, Janet, Rick, Frank, Julie, Yvonne, Mary, Shane, Liz, Joe, Lisa, Dean, Shawn, Ron, Charlie, Pat, the Dancing Marilyns, Dave, Bob, Mary Beth and all the rest of the fantastic folks who came out and partied with us last night. Apologies to anyone I missed. It was one wild and crazy night! ;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 Becky Boyd, Michael Bay and Kevin Fancher, Dirty Town Guitar and Amps sponsoring, 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 Joe Brunetti and Eroc Sosinski. 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!

Wednesday brings another Cleveland Music Club appearance at the Fairview Tavern (21867 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, 8pm – 11pm). This week I’m joined by ‘Furious’ George Hartwig and Kevin Fancher. Come out and party with us while we play your favorites!

Shady Drive is off this weekend, but I’ll be out and about catching some live music in the area. Hope to see you!

That’s all for this week. We’ll talk soon…

Mike :c)

Hi gang!

What a week! We kicked it off on Sunday at 42 Eighty Food and Drink with the CMC Sunday Jam. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to play including: Blake Kniola, Bill Sanders, Greg Kern, Dave K., Robert D Garuccio, John Hamley, Joe Zelinski, TJ Plechaty, Dave Tupa, Chase Ockuly, John Powell, George Shumway, Arno, Mike on sax, Don Nero, and Pat Reiter! Thanks also to the supporters in the audience tonight including: Julie, Ray, Chey, Amanda, Liz, George and Jimmy; to sponsor Sonor Drums USA (congrats Pat R. and Rob G.), to guest hosts Rob Hayes and Bill March and last but not least, big thanks to Emily and Vern for taking such good care of us!

Moving on to Tuesday, there was big fun to be had at the CMC Musicians’ Jam night at Doc and Louie’s with Bob Laeng, Jay Smith, Hayden Frosti, John Kerver, Ted Bahas, William Kiehn, Greg Lapsevich, Greg Kern, Jim Luchesse, Dan Elliott, Carl De Scott, Ronny B., Tony Atkinson, Katyana Speckman, Captain Bill, Sheila Petro, Frances O’Daniel, Jmy T., Bob Devries, Taylor Lamborn and the band “Rebel Grindstone” (Andrew, Jeff and Dave) all providing some great music for us. Many thanks also to Pattie, Amanda, Sheri, Lori, Jason, Vern, Lisa, Ron, Hichem, Jaime, Mike, Peanuts, the Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons for coming out to hang out and enjoy the evening, to Sonor Drums USA for sponsoring, Drew Doman and “Uncle Steve” Smith for hosting, Sherry for taking care of everyone all night and Doc for letting us fill his place with music each Tuesday!

Wednesday night’s Cleveland Music Club show at the Fairview Tavern was a good time as always! It was great to see Gerald, Terri, Laura, Rich (all the way from N.Y.!) and the rest of the Tavern gang!

Saturday’s Shady Drive gig at 42 Eighty Food and Drink was nothing short of amazing. The house was packed all night long and rockin’ all the way down to the foundation! Thanks to Chris, Daryl, Janet, Amanda, George, Gary, Laura, Merle, Matt and the whole 42 Eighty gang for making it a great night!

Coming up this week…

In just a few short hours, I’ll head to Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 4pm – ?) with G.S. Harper and Kevin Fancher as Cleveland Music Club provides the entertainment for Doc’s St. Patrick’s Day bash! We’ll hit the stage at 4pm and play for as long as the party lasts! Doc has plenty of Guinness and Conway’s on tap as well as the rest of your favorite beverages and corned beef specials. There’s plenty of parking in Doc’s front and back lots, O’Reilly’s back lot and their front lot after they close, so come join us!

On Tuesday, I’ll be back at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 7pm – 11pm) for the weekly CMC Musicians’ Jam Night. 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!

Fast forward to Friday, when Shady Drive will take the stage at Irish Kevin’s (13601 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, 9pm – 1am). It’s been quite a while since we’ve played there and we’ve really missed the Kevin’s gang. Can’t wait!

Then on Saturday, Shady Drive, the North Coast Horns and Chris Hanna will appear at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 8pm – Midnight) to rock the house with your favorite swing, funk, blues, Motown and R&B tunes by James Brown, Chicago, Brian Setzer, Stevie Wonder, The Blues Brothers and more! Get your dancin’ shoes and party attitude ready, ’cause you’re gonna need ’em!

That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon…

Mike :c)

Hi gang!

Another week in the books and it looks like spring is finally just around the corner. Last Sunday’s CMC Jam crowd was pretty light, but those that were there had a blast! Thanks to Ed ‘Buzzy’ Sarley and Tony Camerato for guest hosting and to John Powell, Greg Kern, George Sipl, John Hamley, Joe Zelinski, TJ Plechaty and Patricia Reiter for coming out to jam with us! Thanks also to Chase Ockuly and Blake Kniola for stopping out!

Tuesday’s CMC Musicians’ Jam Night at Doc and Louie’s was another remarkable evening, with John Powell, Marc Alu, Don Lydon, Greg Kern, Jay Smith, Hayden Frosti, John Kerver, Luke Pernici, Wally Marflak, Joe, Ronny B., Blake Kniola, Louis Johnson, Mal Mapes, Dawnie B, JMY T., the band Rebel Grindstone (Andrew, Dave and Jeff) the band Galaxy Deluxe (Al, Johnny, Jon, Phil and Sonny) the band Southern Solstice (Ricky, Brandon and Alan) and the band Broken English (Chase, Dolinar, Adam and Randy) all providing the music for the evening, Lisa, Katyana, Ron, Amanda, Jason, Jimmy, Lenna, Vern, Derek, Sheri, Jim, Dan, Ira, Greg, the dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons providing the cheers and applause and Dirty Town Guitar and Amps providing the prizes. Thanks to all for a great night!

Friday’s Shady Drive’s show at Sassy’s Bar and Grill was a bit short on attendance but not on fun. Thanks to Joe and Lisa and Mark Sr. and Jr. and all of the friends and family they brought out! We had fun and hope you did too!

At Shady Drive’s Fairview Tavern show on Saturday it was great to see Chris, Daryl, Eroc, Blake, Gary, Laura, Merle and all the Tavern crowd out in full force. The house was packed and it rocked all night long. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it a great night!

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 Bill March, 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 Drew Doman and Uncle Steve Smith. 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!

Wednesday night will find G.S. Harper, Kevin Fancher and me at the Fairview Tavern (21867 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, 8pm-11pm) for our monthly Cleveland Music Club gig. The food is great, the drinks are delicious and the staff is super fast and friendly. Come out and have dinner and some drinks while we play your favorite rock, blues and country tunes!

This Saturday, Shady Drive heads back to 42 Eighty Food and Drink (4280 Shenandoah Pkwy., Brunswick, 9:30pm – 1:30am) to party the night away with the 42 Eighty gang…and YOU! Come early to get a good seat and enjoy dinner and some drinks while Shady Drive rocks Brunswick’s hottest night spot!

There will be no CMC Sunday Jam on St. Patrick’s Day, but Cleveland Music Club will be rockin’ and rollin’ at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 4pm – 8pm). G.S. Harper, Kevin Fancher and I will be wearin’ the green and playing all your favorites! C’mon out and party with us!

That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon…

Mike :c)

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)

Hi gang!

Last week was loads of fun, beginning with the CMC Jam at Doc and Louie’s on Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy their Fat Tuesday with us. We had a great group of musicians including: Jay Smith, Bob Laeng, Hayden Frosti, John Kerver, William Kiehn, Steve Raz, Ronald Bill, John Powell, Jim Luchesse, Mike Cottom, Greg Kern, Carl E. De Scott, JMY T., Bob Devries, Captain Bill, Mal Mapes and the band “Rebel Grindstone” (Andrew, Dave and Jeff) Thank you all for filling the night with music! We also had a spirited crowd of revelers including: Jimmy, Jason, Amanda, Katie, Lisa, Katyana, Ron, Steven, Sheri, Patty, Kyle, Uncle Peanuts, the danicing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons. Thank you for coming out week after week to support live music. Thanks to Sonor USA for their sponsorship (congrats Mal, William and Carl!), to Drew Doman and Steve Smith for guest hosting and to Doc and Sherry for working hard in the kitchen and behind the bar.

On to Wednesday when Dwayne Dickman and Kevin Fancher joined me for the Cleveland Music Club Wednesday show at the Fairview Tavern. A good time was had by all! :c)

Saturday found me with Shady Drive at Zeppe’s Tavern and Pizzeria in Newbury, playing to a packed house. Many thanks to everyone who came out and especially to John, Katy, Rachel, Angie, Dani and the rest of the awesome staff at Zeppe’s!

On Sunday I was back at 42 Eighty with Ed Sarley and Tony Camerato for the CMC Sunday Jam. Stopping by to jam with us were Tim Hamman, Tj Plechaty, Bob Laverty, Dave Tupa, Dave Deitke, Don Baker, Ken Porter, John Hamley, Keith Davis, Greg Kern, Tom Konopka, John Powell, Kevin Fancher, Jeff Beam and Bob Devries. There was a lot of jam night magic on that stage! Thanks also to all of the music lovers who came out to hang with us, including Ro, Marilyn, George, Amanda, George, Katie, Patty and Joe. Thanks to our sponsor for the evening, Sonor USA for their continued support of the CMC Jams and congratulations to drawing winners Kevin Fancher and Bob Laverty! Be sure to keep Sonor, Dirty Town Guitar and Amps, Studio 42 Music and Bruno Brothers Music in mind when you are looking for gear, lessons, and/or repairs. Finally, thanks to Emily and Vernon who were working hard all night behind the bar and in the kitchen and Robert for giving the CMC Sunday Jam a great home!

Coming up this week….

This Tuesday’s CMC Musicians’ Jam Night at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 7pm – 11pm) features guest hosts Mike Wypasek and Tony Camerato and sponsor Forcefield Entertainment. 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 returns to The Upper Deck (375 W. Bagley Rd., Berea, 9pm -1am) to rock the house once again! This is a great venue with awesome food and beverages and a super staff! Let’s kick old man winter to the curb and get the weekend started off right!

On Saturday, 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!

Sunday brings another chapter of the CMC Sunday Jam at 42 Eighty Food and Drink (4280 Shenandoah Pkwy., Brunswick, 7pm – 11pm) with guest hosts ‘Furious’ George Hartwig and Tim Hamman, 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!

That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon…

Mike :c)

Hey gang!

Tuesday’s Cleveland Music Club jam night at Doc and Louie’s started off a bit rough for me as I had been under the weather for a few days, but it’s impossible to not have any fun with our gang of ‘irregulars’. Many thanks to Hayden Frosti, Jay Smith, John Kerver, Bob Laeng, Dave Porier, Luke Pernici, Ronny B, Dan Pfeiffer, Louis Johnson, Jim Lucchese, Mike Cottom, Eric Fischer, Billy Fischer, Frank Fischer, Katyana Speckman, Hannah, Jason Neitenbach, Jimmy Deamiches, Dan Haller, Rob Winwood, Bob Devries, Mal Mapes and JMY T for entertaining us all night. Thanks also to Amanda, Tim, Suzy, Pat, Peanuts, Lisa S., Ron, Steven, Joe, Lisa, Sheri, Vern, the Dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons for hanging out with us, to guest hosts G.S. Harper and Kevin Fancher for all of their hard work and Doc and Tracy for keeping our plates and glasses full! Last but not least, thank you Dirty Town Guitar and Amps for sponsoring!

Friday’s Cleveland Music Club gig at Doc and Louie’s was just a bunch of fun! The crowd was a bit on the light side, but it was great to see Ken, Sandy, Pat (Happy Birthday!), Charlie, Nancy, Lisa, Ron, Katy, Bree, Brad, Jimmy, Dan, Jason, Amanda, Terry, Teresa, Rita and Erin! Thanks for stopping by and spending your Friday night with us. My thanks also to G.S. Harper, Dirk Garman, Chris Hanna and Billy Mangano for turning in one heck of a performance. It’s always a treat to share the stage with you guys. :c)

At 42 Eighty on Saturday night, the crowd was anything but light. Shady Drive played to a full house that included Chris, Daryl, Marty, Mari, Wally, Christine, Stefanie, Amanda, Gene, Shelly, Dan, Chris, Dan, Michelle and Merle. Thanks to all of you and the rest of the 42 Eighty gang for coming out to party with us. :c)

The CMC Sunday Jam crowd was light but not on fun. Thanks to Dave Poirier, Dave Deitke, Dan Elliott, John Powell and Saam Cabot (who also won the Dirty Town GC) for jamming with us, Drew Doman and Steve Smith for guest hosting, Gerald, Sarah, Barb, George, John, Patricia, Emily, Vern, Robert and the 42Eighty faithful for hanging out with us and Dirty Town Guitar and Amps for sponsoring! Fun night :c)

Coming up this week…

This Tuesday’s CMC Musicians’ Jam Night at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 7pm – 11pm) we’ll welcome guest hosts Drew Doman and ‘Uncle Steve’ Smith and sponsor Sonor Drums. 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, Cleveland Music Club heads back to the Fairview Tavern (21867 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, 8pm – 11pm) for our monthly appearance featuring Dwayne Dickman, Kevin Fancher and me playing your favorite tunes from 8pm – 11pm. The food is delicious and the beer is cold, so come have dinner and a beverage or two while we play some of your favorite songs! :c)

Then on Saturday, Shady Drive treks to Newbury, Ohio and the fabulous Zeppe’s Tavern and Pizzeria (11110 Kinsman Rd., Newbury, 9pm – 1am) We had a great time playing bike nights there last summer and we’re looking forward to rockin’ the Zeppe’s gang on a Saturday night. The party starts at 9pm! :c)

This week’s CMC Sunday Jam at 42 Eighty will feature Ed Sarley and Tony Camerato as guest hosts and sponsor Sonor Drums. 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!

That’s all for this week. We’ll talk soon…

Mike :c)

Hi gang!

I’m a bit under the weather this week, so this will be short and sweet. Last week’s CMC Jam at Doc and Louie’s was a blast with guest hosts Rob Hayes and Eroc Sosinski. It seemed that every drummer in Cleveland was there at some point. Stopping by to jam with us were Ronny B, Bill K, Jon Darling, Charlie Simms, Marc Alu, Frank Castrucci, Don Lydon, Greg Kern, Dan Elliott and Mike Horvath, Dave Poirier, Jay Smith, Bob Laeng, John Kerver, Hayden Frosti, Charlie Pica, Jay Smith, Chris Boross, Dan Pfeiffer, Blake Kniola, Katy Speckman, JMY T, Tom Leatherman, Dan Hearns and the band of Rebel Grindstone (Andrew, Jeff and Dave). Thanks also to all of the cool people who just came up to enjoy the music and mayhem of jam night including: Mal, Pat, Krista, Sheri, Jen, Cathy, Steven, Vern, Kyle, Amanda B., Jason, Jimmy, Dan, John, Lisa, the other Lisa, the dancing Marilyns and the rest of Doc’s music loving patrons. Thanks to Ullman Sails and Forcefield Entertainment for sponsoring the evening and congrats to Frank C who won the gear bag, Mike Cottom who won the guitar strings and Tom Leatherman who won the drum sticks. Finally, thank you Tracy and co for all of your hard work. Hope the Doctor enjoyed his vacation!

Following that up were two great gigs with Shady Drive on Friday (Mad Cactus) and Saturday (Fairview Tavern). Thanks to Gordy, Jeff, Gary, Laura, Merle, Ken, Sandy, Blake, Brittany, Chris, Daryl, Chris and everyone else who came out this past weekend.

Coming up this week…

Tomorrow I’ll be at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 7pm-11pm) with guest hosts G.S. Harper and Kevin Fancher for the weekly CMC Musicians’ Jam Night. Our sponsor this week is Dirty Town Guitar and Amps! The burgers (w/fries) are still just $4.95 and margaritas are $3 until 9pm. Plenty of parking in Doc’s front and back lots, O’Reilly’s back lot and also their front lot after they close at 9pm. Full backline (two guitar amps, bass amp, Sonor drums, Alesis QS6 keyboard and PA) is provided. The party gets rolling promptly at 7pm. C’mon out and jam with us!

On Friday, Cleveland Music Club will make a rare full show appearance as G.S. Harper, Dirk Garman, Chris Hanna, Billy Mangano and I play your favorite rock, blues and country hits at Doc and Louie’s (24280 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted, 8:30pm-12:30am). We plan to have a real good time, so you should come join us!

Saturday night will find me with Rob and Kevin as Shady Drive returns to 42 Eighty Food and Drink (4280 Shenandoah Pkwy., Brunswick, 9:30pm – 1:30am). Come spend your Saturday night partying with us! :c)

Sunday brings another edition of the CMC Sunday Jam at 42 Eighty Food and Drink (4280 Shenandoah Pkwy., Brunswick, 9:30pm – 1:30am) with guest hosts Drew Doman and Uncle Steve Smith. The food is great (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!

That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon…

Mike :c)