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Beedster, It's hard to be irritable when your so grateful to just be there gigging. Lol Daryl

I often wonder what my young bandmates say about my age when I'm not around. I can imagine comments like; " He's so grateful " lol Daryl

Hi Marc, I find giging at age 70 a lot more fun than I did as a young lad. Being retired obviously makes gigging easier, plus I'm a lot smarter now. Lol Datyl

Fretmeister, A lot of older folks over here do have financial issues with Healthcare. Just so you guys know. I have excellent Dental & Healthcare insurance coverage. Daryl

Fantastic Myke, My late mom was born in 1927. She is how I got into rock & roll. I remember watching all the rock & roll dance TV shows with her in the late 50s. And we listened to all the Black R&B radio station together too. She passed at 84. She never got old. Daryl

Hi Myke, I'm a huge Tom Jones fan. I think he's an amazing artist to this day. I consider myself fortunate to be playing with younger, responsible talented and smart musicians . Daryl

I'm 70 years old and all the other members of the band are in they're late 30s. I'm pretty slow when it comes down to tearing down lights and sound and driving at night isn't a good idea. Other than that I'm good for a few more years. Daryl

I can see that. It's really like an anthem. Daryl

A shuttle bus arrived and they all were wearing orange & camo. Fun, but very strange gig. I was surprised we could entertain such a young demographic. However, keep in mind there was a lot of booze flowing.And you guys know what can happen with free unlimited alcohol and youngsters. Daryl

Fantastic gig and a Fantastic photo. Daryl

I love that drum beat in the intro. Daryl

Do you guys do "Saturday Night " ? Daryl

Thanks Dave, Do you guys do the intro? Great looking band. I love the costumes, the energy and all the movement on stage. Daryl

Dave, None of our band members seem to have much interest in taking pics or video. I'm the only one that trys to take gig pics. Last night was an exception. Most gigs were playing to folks with one foot on a banana peel and the other in the graveyard. Daryl

Dave, I love the camera. During our break last night, I walked around looking for attention and anyone who wanted to take a picture with me. Lol A guy my age finally approached me and shared his whole life history with rock & roll with me. Lol Daryl

I love " Ballroom Blitz" . And would love to see a video of you guys performing it. Daryl

Well, it wasn't a Country Club. I guess you could call it a tent and the stage was adequate. The event had something to do with people that hunt with a bow. We played 3 long sets with 2 long breaks. They had a DJ playing Salsa when we were on break. There were a lot of attractive people that were advanced Salsa dancers. Very diverse crowd, which was cool. All ethnicities and ages.We were quite loud. We were pretty good and we actually had a lot of young people dancing. I didn't get home until 1:00. I don't like that. However the pay was top notch. I do like that. No video. However here's a few pics. All humorous comments are welcome. Lol Daryl

Nice! Good lighting, the band d sounds and looks great t Daryl

Hi Dave, We have a private event tonight. We're on the same page. Not sure the host's friends will share his appreciation of the band. Daryl

Nice! Thanks for sharing the pics. Daryl

Private Party tonight for Maple Road. Tented event with stage at a Country Club . That's what I'm told. Lol We start at 7:00. Daryl

I took a pic of what we using for main and subs. We use the RCF stuff for smaller gigs. Daryl

Nice! I listened to the clip with ear buds. Excellent vocals! Daryl

Great comment Dave. At the local level here in the Milwaukee area ticketed events are primarily for signed known touring bands. This is fair and festival country and most municipalities have weekly live music series. All this stuff is usually free to the public. I hate to brag about our local live music scene. There's so much work we've had to turn gigs down because we couldn't fit it into our schedule. This is a tough one, but a good discussion. Especially for new young bands. At the end of the day you want to avoid playing gigs that don't match your band. However, there are exceptions. One being the money was too good to refuse or you're a new young band and you'll play anywhere .Another would be if your networking with an agent that can get you high profile gigs you can't get on your own. And sometimes we get surprised. I was somewhat skeptical on our gig Friday night at The Old Village Beer Depot. It turned out to be a great gig with a respectful size crowd. Allot of " boomers" that still like loud tube driven rock and blues guitar. We're good at that. I get that loud guitar bands are not welcome everywhere. I always say "good loud" is quite different than unbearable " bad loud ". Daryl

Very cool gig. Daryl