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Thanks Dave, We have a festival in Waterford on Saturday. It's a road trip for us and we rented a big van so we can travel together. It hasn't been easy, however it's been a fun summer Daryl

We pulled it off. The dep guitarist did a fine job he was super nice guy. A few pics. Not the best but any pic is better than no pic. I enjoy looking at the band the pics everyone posts. These are just load in pics. Blue

It'll be interesting. Our guitarist can't make it and we're using a dep. It's a " money grab" gig for me. I understand I have to be flexible. Agreed, no pressure. Blue

Just in ! Any of you had to deal with short notice gigs? I received this message this morning. "Hey all, potential very last minute Maple Rd gig tomorrow night, Thurs. 8/17 for Music on Main in West Bend, 6:30-9:30. The band they had scheduled had to cancel do to illness. " Blue

Cool pic! Blue

Friday Night The Jazz & Blues Crawl was a success. This is the 19th year of the event. We had a great crowd closing the event at 9:00 at Wild Shots Pub & Grill. We had a dep drummer who was struggling. Pics 1. Strange load in 2. Band pics Saturday Afternoon Cancer Benefit outside at The Stillery with a 3:00 start. When I arrived all our gear was set up on stage covered with tarps as rain looked like a sure thing. The rain never came. Great sound on stage. Very cool crowd and we had our old drummer Tim who was brilliant. Jenny was great interacting with the crowd. We had a few fans that showed up for both shows. No pics. Blue Nice pay day gig.

Nice pic. Blue

Agreed, initially I thought they were back to back. Having Saturday to recover is a blessing. Blue

For the last couple of years late night bookings have been few and far in between. I think it's by design. Blue

I happen to be a card holding member of The " Old Farts" union. Blue

Double header this Weekend I'm a little worried about the 9:00 start time Friday night. I haven't had a late night gig in a couple of years. Plus it's an hour commute one way. Blue Maple Road Plymouth Jazz & Blues Crawl August 11th Wild Shots Pub & Grill Plymouth WI 9:00 PM Sunday August 13th The Stillery (outside) Grafton WI 3:00

Wow! That story is hard to top. I can relate to all of it. We had something similar happen with a bunch of Irish dancers and musicians. I occasionally play my 51 Precision re-issue. Blue

Nice look. Blue

I'm hoping my issue is the transmitter. I have a spare . Daryl

Dave, You were having wireless issues too? Daryl

Thanks Dave, Yes, I felt pretty good yesterday. Next week we have a road trip to Plymouth Wisconsin with a late 9:00pm start. Daryl

Turned out to be a fun gig. We didn't start " clicking until the 3rd or 4th song My line6 wireless failed and I had to ditch my pedal board . Very appreciative crowd. The 2.5 hours went by quick with a 20 minute break. Pics 1. Fair grounds 2. Load in back stage. Air conditioned trailer with a refrigerator stocked with water and beer. 3. Stage pic. Thats Rebecca & The Grey Notes. They played before us Blue

Thanks for the information. I'll try and get some decent pics. Our show is on 9/16. Blue

Wisconsin State Fair this Saturday. Blue

I know a guy that trys to show off how " old school " he is by leaning his bass up against his amp. Very foolish. Blue

When I was a kid, we didn't have instrument stands or anything decent to tune our basses. Daryl

What's that SG leaning against? Blue

No gigs this weekend. We had the Thursday night show at the Washington County Fair. If I had a choice I'd pick our 1.5 hour special event shows. It's less work and more money. Theater gigs are hard to come by. Most of these historical theaters are from the 1920s and there's not many around. Just so happens we have The Bend Theatre right in my home town, West Bend. We probably play there twice a year. Daryl

Hi Dave, I can almost say we no longer play bar/oub gigs. There are so many fair and festival gig opportunities in the summer we can afford to pass on bar gigs. We get a theatre gig once in a blue moon. On 9/ 16 we're playing The AL Ringling Theatre in Baraboo WI. Daryl

Nicecto see a regular gig. I was starting to think all you guys were playing upscale theatre gigs and arenas. Blue