Hi gang!
Last Tuesday, the Cleveland Music Club Jam Night absolutely rocked at Doc and Louie’s. Many thanks to Drew Doman and Steve Smith for co-hosting with me, to Guitar Center of North Olmsted and Dana Clarke for sponsoring, to Doc for having us, Kristen for keeping our glasses full, and to The Melz (Melissa Williams, Simon Rogers, Rick Palencar and Dick Devries), Don Lyton, Doug Doman, Blake Kniola, John Kerver, Bob Laeng, Larry Ketola, Ted Bahas and Steve Simantiris for coming out to jam. Thanks also to Joanne, Tom, Marty, Mari, Ami, Harry, Rick, Jim, Scott, Carl, Bob and Tina for hanging out with us and making it a fun night! Congrats to Rick Palencar, Dick Devries and Doug Doman who won T-shirts, Melissa Williams and John Kerver who won sets of Fender guitar strings and Ted Bahas who won a Harley-Davidson guitar strap!.
Last night was a remarkable night at Bullfrog’s! Thanks so much to everyone (and there were a LOT of you) who came out. Thanks also to our special guests: Erin Rossi who always brightens our stage when she appears with us, Tim Hamman for an outstanding job filling in on bass, Bob Hayes on keys and the fabulous North Coast Horns. Great show everyone!
Coming up, it’s a busy week! It all starts on Tuesday November 22 (7pm – 11pm) at Doc and Louie’s for another installment of the Cleveland Music Club Jam Night. This week, my co-hosts are George Hartwig and G.S. Harper. You don’t get many chances to catch these two very talented guys on the same stage so make plans now to be there! This week’s jam is sponsored by Forcefield Entertainment, so we’ll be giving away some nice door prizes and continuing to take entries for the Sonor Drums giveaway on November 29, when some lucky jammer will walk away with a Sonor bass drum pedal. Definitely a “don’t miss”!
On Wednesday, November 23 (9pm – 1am), Shady Drive returns to Legacy Village and Claddagh Irish Pub to kick off your Thanksgiving holiday weekend in style! This will be our last East side appearance for 2011, so mark your calendars now! Claddagh has great food and drink specials to start the weekend off right, so come join us!
After sleeping off our Thanksgiving turkey, we’re right back to work on Friday November 25 (9:30pm – 1:30am) as Shady Drive heads out to Harpo’s in Brookpark! Harpo’s has a great dance floor, an amazing menu and great drink specials, so come on out and dance off that second piece of pumpkin pie!
Shady Drive is off on Saturday November 26, so I’m headed down to the Fairview Tavern to catch the Tie Dye Harvest annual reunion show with Eroc Sosinski, Jim Tigue, Bob Gerhard and Vince Broncaccio. Where are YOU gonna be? :c)
That’s all for this week! We’ll talk soon…
Mike :c)