Past And Future - Tense [Weekend Review/Preview]
This last weekend, the festival went fabulously, if expectedly rainy. There's nothing like a really professionally done monitor mix to make you realize how fantastic a singer you aren't. Oy.
At the show, we hooked up with our usual crew, the festival's familiar faces, and a guy I've never seen before wearing a Slapshot t-shirt. No shit, a Slapshot shirt at a blues festival. I talked to the guy later, and he self-deprecatingly confessed he likes all kind of music. Amen, brother.
And with that, I give you the schedule for the days ahead:
Thursday - August 25, 2005 - 9:00 PM
The Holy Ground
1600 Hancock Street
Quincy, Massachusetts 02170
617.773.4334
http://www.theholygroundrestaurant.com
Special Guest: Sax Gordon Beadle
Friday - August 26, 2005 - 9:00 PM
The Chickenbone Saloon
358 Waverly Street
Route 135
Framingham, Massachusetts
978.879-1138
http://www.thechickenbone.com
Special Guest: Scott Shetler on sax
Saturday - August 27, 2005 - 9:00 PM
Rockafella's
231 Essex Street
Salem, Massachusetts
978.745.2411
http://www.rockafellasofsalem.com
Special Guests: Kenny Gardiner (Drummer #1!)
Mark Earley (Roomful of Blues) on sax
We also have a special show:
Sunday - August 28, 2005 - noon 'til close
Benefit for Jackie Redmond at
Inn On The Blues
7 Ocean Avenue
York Beach, Maine
207.351.3221
http://www.innontheblues.com
This Sunday the Matthew Stubbs Band, along with an all-star cast including Rockin' Jake, Sweet Willie D, Bruce Marshall, Chris Fitz, Racky Thomas, Evan Goodrow, Brian Templeton, Cheryl Arena and Mike Welch will be performing from noon 'til close as a fund raiser benefit for former Inn On The Blues owner Jackie Redmond. Jackie owned and operated this northern home of rhythm and blues until the fall of 2003, when she sold it to the current owners, Joe Lipton and Chris Crane, who have kept the R&B alive and well on the shores of York Beach. Jackie opened a new club in Pompano Beach, Florida called Bittersweet Blues, but became ill soon thereafter and had to retire from the club business. As with many folks in this line of business, she has had no health insurance and needless to say, the bills kept coming. Please show your support if you're in or around the York Beach area this Sunday for a great friend of the musicians, patrons, and club scene. For more information as far as performance times and directions please visit: http://www.innontheblues.com/email/redmondbenefit.htm
At the show, we hooked up with our usual crew, the festival's familiar faces, and a guy I've never seen before wearing a Slapshot t-shirt. No shit, a Slapshot shirt at a blues festival. I talked to the guy later, and he self-deprecatingly confessed he likes all kind of music. Amen, brother.
And with that, I give you the schedule for the days ahead:
Thursday - August 25, 2005 - 9:00 PM
The Holy Ground
1600 Hancock Street
Quincy, Massachusetts 02170
617.773.4334
http://www.theholygroundrestaurant.com
Special Guest: Sax Gordon Beadle
Friday - August 26, 2005 - 9:00 PM
The Chickenbone Saloon
358 Waverly Street
Route 135
Framingham, Massachusetts
978.879-1138
http://www.thechickenbone.com
Special Guest: Scott Shetler on sax
Saturday - August 27, 2005 - 9:00 PM
Rockafella's
231 Essex Street
Salem, Massachusetts
978.745.2411
http://www.rockafellasofsalem.com
Special Guests: Kenny Gardiner (Drummer #1!)
Mark Earley (Roomful of Blues) on sax
We also have a special show:
Sunday - August 28, 2005 - noon 'til close
Benefit for Jackie Redmond at
Inn On The Blues
7 Ocean Avenue
York Beach, Maine
207.351.3221
http://www.innontheblues.com
This Sunday the Matthew Stubbs Band, along with an all-star cast including Rockin' Jake, Sweet Willie D, Bruce Marshall, Chris Fitz, Racky Thomas, Evan Goodrow, Brian Templeton, Cheryl Arena and Mike Welch will be performing from noon 'til close as a fund raiser benefit for former Inn On The Blues owner Jackie Redmond. Jackie owned and operated this northern home of rhythm and blues until the fall of 2003, when she sold it to the current owners, Joe Lipton and Chris Crane, who have kept the R&B alive and well on the shores of York Beach. Jackie opened a new club in Pompano Beach, Florida called Bittersweet Blues, but became ill soon thereafter and had to retire from the club business. As with many folks in this line of business, she has had no health insurance and needless to say, the bills kept coming. Please show your support if you're in or around the York Beach area this Sunday for a great friend of the musicians, patrons, and club scene. For more information as far as performance times and directions please visit: http://www.innontheblues.com/email/redmondbenefit.htm