Hi gang!
Another week is in the books and what a great week it was! The theme of last Tuesday’s Cleveland Music Club Jam at Doc & Louie’s was definitely fun. The line-up was Dwayne Dickman, Tim Hamman and me and there were lots of laughs and lots of good music. Thanks to Bob Laeng, Dick Devries, Marc Alu, Don Lydon, Carol Dieball, Jim Belanger, John Horvath, Bob DeVries, Blake Kniola, Pete, Mark, Diane, Bob, Scott, Jim and Doc & Louie’s music loving patrons for packing 6 hours of fun into 4 hours!
Congrats to Bob DeVries who was the big prize winner, taking home the Sonor kick-drum pedal. Congrats also to Marc Alu, Blake Kniola, Bob Laeng and Don Lydon who snagged some Sonor T-shirts. Thanks to Kristen Grove for continuing to provide great service with a heavy dose of fun! As always, thanks to Doc for letting all of these fine performers borrow his stage every Tuesday!
Friday found Shady Drive at Irish Kevin’s partying with the Kevin’s regulars. A great time as always, we’ll be back there in January for our monthly gig!
Coming up this week, I’m joined onstage by G. S. Harper and Adam Constantine at Doc and Louie’s this Tuesday (7-11pm) for the Cleveland Music Club Jam Nite. Bring your trusty axe and come join in the fun. This week our sponsor is Grabbit Stands and we’ll give away some nice door prizes. Also, last month’s Sonor pedal giveaway was so much fun, we’re gonna do it AGAIN this month! Each time you attend and participate in the jam night during the month of December, you’ll be entered in the drawing. We’ll give away the pedal on December 27th, so make sure you get your entries in! Doc’s Jam Nite specials are 2 for 1 burgers all night and $3 margaritas until 9pm. So, there’s great food and drinks, great music, prizes and most of all, FUN! You can’t miss, so get on down to Doc and Louie’s on Tuesday! On Friday, Shady Drive pulls into the Fairview Tavern (9:30pm – 1:30am) for our last appearance there in 2011! The Tavern features a mouth-watering menu, great drink specials and fast, friendly service. Add an evening of blues and rock favorites played Shady Drive style and you can’t go wrong! Come join us! :c)
On Sunday, December 11, I’ll appear with G. S. Harper and Kevin Fancher as Cleveland Music Club plays a set at Cebar’s during their Toys For Tots benefit. Call the club for details. After that, we’ll zip out to Bullfrog’s to catch Emily Keener from 5-8pm. If you haven’t experienced Emily’s show, you’re missing something special! Don’t miss this one. :c)
That’s all for this week. We’ll talk soon…
Mike :c)