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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

Nice! I can't believe the high level gigs some of you guys are playing. Blue

We had nobody dancing. Sound on stage was awful and I know Jenny and Rory couldn't hear any bass. Blue

Agreed, the high point of the night was being approached by a lady who had seen me in the video shoot I did with Terry Sweet. The " Days Of Dyanna" video . She was very nice. My response; " I can see that it's hard for you to believe your actually standing here talking to me" 😆 Blue

Thanks Dave, We'll get the next one. Yeah, after the first set Jenny looked at me and said " nothing is working for me ". Next week we have the Wisconsin State Fair. Daryl

Not good, the whole thing really bad. Nothing clicked . I've nothing more to say. Blue

All good, fun show. Blue

Looks like a " big time " gig.👍

Hi Pete, Yeah, I'm getting old. Yesterday I went to pay the young lady at the gas station at the check out. She said "good morning Sir, I hope your having a great day". I said, " I am, but you don't have to call me Sir, I missed the Civil War by a few years. Lol Daryl

I love that red Gibson Fire Bird ! Blue

"Hi Gang Maple Road will be performing this week on Thursday 7/27 @ The Washington County Fair. We'll have Tim Sardina on drums. We'll be on the Do Drop In Stage. We start at 5:00." I'll let everyone know how it goes. Access to the stage might be tricky. I hope we draw a cool engaged crowd Blue

I have to admit I don't miss working from 9-5 and going to play a gig straight from work. It's hard to believe I've been retired for 10 years. Blue

I'm old, if I was born 10 years earlier I'd have been playing with Benny Goodman. Lol Blue

I had a chance to be 20 again. But the stipulation was, when you go back you can't take what you know now with you. You'll be just as dumb as you were the first time . I turned down the offer. Lol 😆 Blue

I've made some bad band decisions over the years. But I made one excellent decisions 12 years ago. Blue

Two of my high school buddies bought one way tickets to London in 1973. One ended up in Brand X ( he's been with Billy Joel for the past 20 years ) that fusion band and the other with Bob Marley. Al is still leading The Original Wailers around the world. Currently touring with Joss Stone and Jethro Tull. Chuck is still with Billy Joel Blue