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We played Friday Night: An Evening with Maple Road Washington County Fair Park & Convention Center West Bend WI December 4th Friday Night 7:00- 10:00 We drew about 150 people. A real nice crowd. We played 3 hours straight, no breaks.We also networked with the director who books all the National Headliner Recording artist for the county. Hopefully this will give us a better slot at the fair this summer. Possibly opening for a headliner in the amphitheater or a better evening time slot in one of the larger tents Next weekend we'll play in Dundee at The Road House Saturday Night. 7-11. Then Sunday morning we will film a 45 minute set at the historic West Bend Theatre for a virtual New Year's Eve Show. Blue

I saw a booking for July 14th, 2021. But who knows, it might get cancelled. Blue

Most of our december gigs have been cancelled due to new restrictions. There's no end in sight. Blue

My band is still hanging in there. We're targeting larger unconventional venues for distancing. We're playing Washington County Fair Park on 12/4. It will be the first time in our 18 years of gigging where we will charge at the door. Blue

Depending on the band, the type of band and gigs you play ageing can get weird. I'm 67 and I notice the punters approach the other band members before me. They're all in their 30s Blue

I've continued to gig, we've had thursday. and Saturday gigs for the last two weeks. Some were ok and some were kind of deadsville. The Harley Davidson gig was a bust. I think people were cautious about coming out. Next gig 10/17 Blue

Prestia had been battling various illnesses since 2001 – in 2014, he underwent a “lifesaving” kidney transplant.Tower of Power bandleader Emilio Castillo confirmed the news on the band’s official Facebook page, writing: “Our dear "Rocco" passed away last night, peacefully with his family by his side at a hospice in Las Vegas. “As a bass player he was totally unique and as a person he was one of a kind. He fought a long fight over the last 20 years and now he's with the Lord and heaven is his home. Blue

One of the greats is gone. Rocco was 69 years youbg.RIP ROCCO. BLUE

Two more outside acoustic gigs this week . Thursday Farmers Market South Milwaukee 5:30-7:30 Saturday The Harley Davidson Motor Milwaukee 5:30-8:30 Blue

The organizers for this outside event did a good job with distancing. When we arrived the staff were drawing circles in the street setting up the distancing parameters and they had masks for everyone. Blue

I have an acoustic gig tomorrow night in Fond Du Lac at The Thelma Performing Arts Center. It's an hour and a half gig . It should be nice if we have decent weather. Blue

All of our Post Covid gigs have been outside, public and private. Social distancing for outside gigs has not been a problem except for that Beach Resort I didn't see much distancing. We have our first inside public post covid gig coming up on 9/26 at The Harley Davidson Motor. I think Harley will have strict distancing policy abd logistics in place. Blue

Maple Road Bilda's Friess Lake Pub Ritchfield WI Sunday 3:00-7:00

Here in the States the rules can vary from county to county, State to State abd City to City. Blue

That's interesting, we've been gigging steadily since March. However all gigs have been outside events , public and private. We have gigs into October that are still outside. We haven't made any decisions about indoor bar gigs yet. Things might slow down by November. Blue

Really nice. This is how a trio should sound. Blue

We played a 6:00- 9:00 private party. A couple were celebrating 15 years of marriage and renewed their vows. There were about 70 people. Good hours and above average pay. Blue

Nice! Blue

Yeah. Pete we started our first band together in 1966. Blue

I've been off the last 2 weekends. Maple Road is back on stage this Sunday. It's an outside Country Club gig. We start at 5:00. We haven't played inside since the Covid. Side note, my friend and great guitarist/ producer of 60 years went to a an old recording studio that was selling off gear. He found a GK 400RB Ii. He sent it to me. The thing looks brand new. It's nice when you receive a gift you can actually use Blue

Nice! It must have felt good after a 6 month break. Blue

Separate room from the bar? We have had really bad luck with that. We will only book bar gigs when we're playing in the same room as the bar abd as close to the bar as possible. People are not going to choose us over alcohol. 😄 Blue

Nice job! 90 people is fantastic. I love when bands nail LZ riffs. Great lead vocals Blue

Maple Road had a busy weekend. We played Friday Night at a local Home Grown Music Festival in West Bend. Saturday we played A Holiday Camp gig at. The Tiki Beach Bar Resort in Campbellsport ( 4 hours). Sunday we played Hefner's 25 anniversary ( bar restaurant) in Grafton. All 3 gigs were outside. Nothing this weekend. Private gig the following weekend. Blue

I like having an extra $400.00 in my wallet from weekend gigs. It's a nice cushion. Unfortunately after summer all that might come to an end. Blue