GoldStrike Casino

Here's a shot from the last night at GoldStrike. Jeremy Smith on drums and Chris Geswein on bass. So where's Chris? Oh, it's just his arm. And yea, that's me on guitar. We are due back on August 25th.

Ok if you've read this blog before, you'll notice there was another picture below. I've remove it for the sake of " who really wants to see road kill".

Now back to our regularly scheduled program. Here's a picture from 1965 of a band called "Thee Beachcombers". Talk about retro, check out the "duds" and the "do's". David "Murt" Harris on drums and Buzz Allsup(second from left) on lead guitar. These guys opened for "The Byrds" at the Municipal Auditorium in Pensacola. Why these guys? We work for the same people.

Sunset on the Square

Hello Collierville! That was fun. Not too hot, late in the afternoon and in the shade. Lots of familiar faces, thanks for the support. Suzy from VA, hope you enjoyed the trip down and I'll see you in September. You know we will be at the fireworks on July 3rd. That's at the park on Powell Rd. We will be the last band on before the fireworks.

Starting July 2nd, we will be playing at Goldstrike Casino for a couple of weeks. Check the "All Shows and Times" for specific dates and times. And next week we're in the studio.

Scroll on down, I've got you a back-stage pass. Ya know you can click on the pic for more detail. Did you see AFKAS at the show?
Happy birthday Todd!

Target House

Today we spent the afternoon in Millington at a Q107 remote broadcast. Kennedy and Karson, from the Q, gave away tickets to an American Idol show and a guitar autographed by Chris Daughtry and his band. The catch was to win the musical chairs game. Adults only. Oh there were injuries. People trying to act like adults to get the last seat. Comical!
Jeremy Smith on drums rejoined us for this one. Chris Geswein on bass and Zack playing lead. Dani and I on the left and yes I'm playing guitar.

Sunday night (April 29th), Dani, Zack and I will be playing a charity show at Neil's on Madison. This will benefit St Jude's Target house. Dave from Vexar Entertainment has put together a CD from those of us who have played for the families at Target house. It's called "Wednesday Nights in Memphis". Dave has been organizing Wednesday nights at Target House since late 2005. What a treat! Not only for the families, but what a blessing I get when I meet those guys going through treatment.
Here's the line up.

Sunday, April 29th:
2PM - Nancy Apple
2:30PM - The Central Standards
3PM - BREAK
3:30PM - Tucson Simpson
4PM - Lately David
4:30PM - BREAK
5PM - Jacquelin Simmers
5:30PM - Scott Sorrells
6PM - FreeWorld
6:30PM - BREAK
7PM - Young Loseph and The Law
7:30PM - Dani
8PM - BREAK
8:30PM - Ashley McBryde
9PM - Mike Dees

Come on out. You'll be supporting a great cause.

It goes like this....

Bad news/good news/great news .Thursday at the FedEx Forum has been rescheduled due to the TIGERS being in the sweet sixteen. The Memphis/Texas A&M game will be shown during halftime of the Grizzlies/Lakers game on the Jumbotron. So they don't need any live Rock n Roll. I was going to TiVo the game which could've been challenging 'cause there was no way I would not hear the score. So this works out great for me, we reschedule and I watch the Tigers game. But bad news is, Kobe doesn't get see us. Throw him an elbow and he'll be alright.

Saturday night went good. When we arrived, the loading crew met us at the door, unloaded our equipment and wheeled it up to the stage(I could get use to this). Sound check went off with just a couple of adjustments. Then off to the green room, food, drinks and pics(see below). We had to drop a song due to Jason Aldean's band playing the same one too. Not a problem. So we got to meet Jason backstage after the show. You know he plays a Gibson guitar(thought I'd throw that one in)?

Speaking of Gibson guitar, did ya notice the April 19th date? I've been invited back to be in the house band for a Fried Glass Onions show. You know there are 3 CD's out now. Ya gotta still love the Beatles. And the more I listen to the "Love" CD, the more I like it. It's pretty cool hearing hints of other songs in the mix. "You say good-bye, and I say hello".

Shrimp Fest

Oh man, what a week-end! Had such a blast, I almost forgot the back pain. That's us pictured with Ron Kutter in the VIP tent after playing Saturday. On Friday, we ate some great gumbo brought in from Lulu's and on Saturday it was BBQ and boiled shrimp. What a treat!
We drove in on Friday and played an hour later, whew. Bushed, we didn't stay to hear alot of music, but met the band backing Kim Carson, The Casualties.
Checking into our condo for the week-end was a nice surprise. Found out we were on the 10th floor over looking the gulf. Needless to say, we all checked-out early for the night since we'd been on the road since 4am. The place was packed Saturday. We met the guys from Foxy Iguanas and AFKAS snuck in some pictures with the Wes Loper Band. Did you check out the web cam I mentioned earlier? Or even the pictures Dave posted along the way? Those are some candid shots. The one below with Dani was shot with his camera phone.
Gotta send some thanks out. Ginger Parnell, your crew really treated us great. Rick, thanks for getting us there and back in one piece and the daily devotions. And thanks to our roadie, Justin, who was a big help to the band. Zack you're the king of "6 degrees of separation".
Don't forget to visit the photo album. AFKAS was there too, and he has his own pics.