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Dave, We have that 9:15 star billing for Bastille Days Friday night. We have an afternoon gig at The Ziegler Winery on Saturday. It's a 2 hour drive one way. Daryl

Thanks Dave, Everything looks good . Who knows what surprises we might be in for. Daryl

Bastile Days this Friday night. Bastile Days is one of Milwaukee's largest 3 day multi stage festivals. It's the first time we've played to a large night time crowd on the east side of Milwaukee. We have to be good. Here's the line up. I don't know how we got headliner status. Bastile Days Milwaukee 7/12 Beaux Art Stage 11:45am Tribal Belly Dance 1:15 Chris Pipkins 2:45 The Incorruptibles 6:00 Rebecca & The Grey Notes 9:15 Maple Road Daryl

Cool, my zip code is 53095. I'm not sure what that brings up on Google. Daryl

I'm going to impress my band mates with that Bastille history. Thanks Daryl

CV22, What da? Lol Daryl

Sounds like the gig we did in Baraboo. Pitched to us as an upscale tent blues festival. Sound and lights provided ( sort of). OMG, we get there and we were directed to this small raggedy tent with the roof leaking from the rain. I think the stage was made from a series of stacked plastic milk crates. The sound was from 1972. Two old guys sitting in front of an ancient 12 channel Beringer board. I asked one of them about an XLR out. He pointed to a spare XLR cord on the grass. Can you believe he actually expected me to physically connect the XLR. LOL The whole thing was strictly "po dunk". Daryl

We played an hour busking gig at Summerfest today. Dep percussion. I'd give us a 5 on 1-10. Bastile Days coming this Friday night. Daryl

It can be a tough business. For example, the attached pic is pretty cool. You can't tell we're playing to 10 people in a huge room. Lol Daryl

It can be a tough business. For example, the attached pic is pretty cool. You can't tell we're playing to 10 people in a huge room. Lol Daryl

It can be a tough business. For example, the attached pic is pretty cool. You can't tell we're playing to 10 people in a huge room. Lol Daryl

Depending on the venue 50 people ain't bad. Lot's of us have played to allot less. Daryl

No gigs this weekend.😒 Daryl

Nice, and what a huge crowd. Daryl

Dave, Number 3 is providing sound and lights to other bands. Daryl

Hi Dave, Maple Road is comprised of 3 divisions. 1. Maple Road ( full electric 4 piece rock& blues) 2. She's Right I'm Left ( acoustic offering) 3. Sound & Lighting Daryl

I struggle with our set lists. Here's the good thing. I have absolutely no say in the matter. Lol Daryl

Fantastic vocals and another cool sports jacket. Daryl

Nice videos. Love your singers sports jacket. Daryl

My pedal board failed last weekend.I went bass to amp. My G&L ASAT has an active pre amp so it wasn't so bad. When I returned home I looked at everything and found the my wireless transmitter and receiver were set to different channels. An easy fix. Lol Daryl

This was a gig we maybe should have passed on because of the drummer stuff. However Strawberry Fest is a big event and we have a good relationship with the owner of Weislers who sponsored us. So I guess it was more of a business decision. It was a 3-7 gig. That's very long for me. And our 2 breaks were short. Not a good gig for me. I can't point fingers at the dep drummer. He did the best he could under the circumstances. Daryl

Rhearsal footage. Pretty long version. I love how the bass player is playing way outside of the box.Very raw, no post production. This is what Chic sounds like live. Headphones or ear buds needed for this one Daryl

We've been playing a lot of the same stuff for over 15 years. However, our material is pretty much wide open. And we never play anything the same twice. I posted a video of us performing Neil Young's " Ohio". We've been playing it for years but not like the video. It was basically a jam format. When it works it's very cool. When it doesn't it's a drag. Daryl

This Saturday we're playing Strawberry Fest. Sponsored by C.Weislers. Huge event with lots of walk by traffic. We start at 2:00. There will be a covered stage. Dep drummer, no rehearsal with him. We'll be winging it. I need this gig money. I have property taxes due on 7/31. Daryl