Garden Inn / Drunken Monkey / GMB @ Afton Pub / Bob’s Bday Coming Up
Another gig at the Garden Inn in Beloit. We’ve played here a few times now and it’s a different place to see the band. We play the “lighter side” of our tunes but still keep it danceable.
It’s a lounge type of room and the right place to see us if you’re not a beer bar type person. It was a cold night, but a decent crowd and we thank all who stopped out. We added a new song, “Shaky Ground” by Delbert McClinton that went over well. Everybody worked on their own parts and we played it for the first time that night. It’s a little risky to try new songs cold but it worked out fine.
Back at the Drunken Monkey on Saturday and had a good night. A couple of birthdays – Sandra Pack and Kimmy McKinney made for a fun night. Dawn Richter took a handful of pictures which you can see on Facebook. Quite a few pics of Bob, Matt, and I doing our 3-piece version of “La Grange” by ZZ Top. Billy Gibbons (guitarist in ZZ Top) is famous for his “pinch harmonics” that adds a high whistle sound to the note. I usually say before the last solo, “Can you make it whistle?” in reference to Billy’s technique. Now you know what the caption means! Our new song went over well on Saturday too. Cyndi was having a little bit of a rough night vocally so I called more of Gary, Matt’s and my songs to give her a break. It helps to have multiple singers in a situation like that. I don’t know what the bands with one lead singer do if that person is sick – probably cancel which is the very last resort!
The Gary McAdams Band finished off Sunday afternoon at the Afton Pub. It was a fun afternoon and a good crowd. Jr. Moore sat in for a few. Guitarists Steve Peck and Matthew Goodwin were also in the crowd. I drove back to Milwaukee after the gig.
We’re back at “Off the Hook” in Indianford this Friday. It’s our only gig of the weekend so stop out if you get the chance. Bob’s birthday is Monday, March 2nd so we’ll be celebrating that night. We’ll see you there!