WEEKLY UPDATE FOR OUR MUSIC FANS!

Today, as Siobhan and I celebrate our thirty six years of being together, we are savoring the last Four days spent with many great people! Here’s the scoop.
Last Thursday, we got in another splendid evening on the deck for our monthly happy hour at The Timber Creek. Thanks to all who were there to enjoy the night with us. As always, thanks to Susie for letting us play our songs at her place. We missed Jill because she had to take her dog to the vet, but thanks to Susie and Torrance for filling in for her. Already, we’re looking forward to our show on October 11!
We hosted the open mic at Brew and Brats on Friday, and oh what a blast it was! Thanks to the following players who contributed to a really fun evening: Jim Holden, Nate Holden, Oakley Holden, Hank Ranney, Jack Jones, Kendall Wilt, Bob Dugan, Ed Loesch, John French, and even the ubiquitous Pam Lazio. Yes, I said Pam Lazio. This is not fake news. Pam added some great backup harmony in our traditional end of the evening finale. As always, thanks to John and Katie Brahm and John and Sherry French and their staff for creating such a great venue and making us feel like we are part of the Brew and Brats Family. Finally, thanks to all the patrons who came out to listen to the players and share the evening with us. Looking forward to our concert at Brew and Brats on October 13!
Saturday we started a two-day stint at Rio Tomatlan with our monthly dinner show. Perry Cleaveland was free to join us, and as always, he dressed up our show with some great sounds from his mandolins and fiddle and some beautiful backup harmony. Sunday was even a bigger music day at Rio. Heat Wave, a great bluegrass band with players Max Flansburg, Richie Colf, and Brandon Masure, kicked off the day with some great tunes on the deck for Rio’s Sunday brunch. They’ll be playing several brunch events at Rio; so keep an eye out for them! At 3 PM, the music at Rio moved to Quiote (upstairs) for our concert series for songwriters. Tom Whitmore of Watkins and the Rapiers was our guest, and once again, he delivered a great show as he has for the past several years. In addition to his humorous songs, Tom has an uncanny way of injecting humor into some very serious topics, and he brought a chuckle or smile to my face throughout his entire show. Based on the enthusiastic response from the audience, he must have done the same for them, too. Thanks to Scott Regan for promoting Tom’s show on WRUR’s “Open tunings.”Thanks to Perry, Max, Richie, Brandon, and Tom for making it a great two days of music for Siobhan and me. Thanks to Raf, Chris, Erin, Teresa, Brittany, Julie, Amy, Trevor, Sadie, Darrel, and the rest of the staff at Rio for just making us feel like we are part of the Rio Family. Looking forward to our next time at Rio when we host another songwriter’s concert featuring Jack Jones on October 7!
Still reading? If so, have a great week and thanks for being in our lives!