Before we get into it, Happy Fathers Day to all the good dads out there and to all the moms of kids with bad dads too.
Most of my week was dominated by prepping for the Taste. I had meetings with vendors and volunteers one day, made sure the event tents were in good shape another day, and helped lug safes and other materials to a bank on a different day.
Additionally, I had the pleasure of joining Ric Mason on Z96-5 WAZY during the 7am hour for most of the week. Hanging with Christina Shipley, Little Boxes, Green Room Rockers, and Johnny Bhive from Tuesday through Friday, respectively, made waking up early worth it! Each act played a couple of unplugged tunes, read the weather, and announced birthdays live on the air.
Thanks to Mr. Mason and WAZY for having us and to the bands for knocking it out of the park. You dudes represent this town well! Double thanks to Johnny for letting me sit-in and jam the birthday song. :-)
I took a couple of opportunities to get out and play to clear my head too.
Lafayette Live was on Thursday night last week due to
another event happening on Wednesday night at the theater. I wasn’t on the list
to play, but I took my stuff anyway. I figured some peeps wouldn’t be able to
fulfill their commitment with the date change and... I was right.
Here’s the set:
“Pocket and Soul”
“Settling”
“Amputee” – Oceansize cover
“Out of Our Hands”
On Friday night Joey (my little bro) and I teamed up to do an acoustic show downtown at Java Roaster.
Here's the set:
“Pocket and Soul”
“Amputee” – Oceansize cover
“My Rx”
“Zzyzx Rd” – Stone Sour cover
“Out of Our Hands”
“Imagine” – John Lennon/A Perfect Circle cover
“Before it Gets to Me”
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“Faithfully” – Journey cover
“No Second Chance” – Adrenaline cover
“Long Day” – Matchbox 20 cover
“Something Else is Something More” – Adrenaline cover
“Guilt that Keeps on Giving”
“Settling”
“Dear Reason”
“Black Balloon” – Goo Goo Dolls cover
I finished up by jamming some funny covers for laughs and smiles. Thanks to all that stopped in to fuel-up, sing along, heckle, and load the tip jar!
Between the show and being back downtown at 4am to start setting up the Taste, I managed to get home, unload gear, and grab a 4 hour nap.
Joey tagged along to lend a hand too.
We shut down the streets, put out logistics fires, directed traffic, gave a golf cart hell, and were gophers for Scott Freeman (Taste Event Director) for about 8 hours before heading back to IND HQ to grab another short nap & repack the van with heavy, loud gear.
Then the day became really interesting...
All week we had a 0% chance of storms in the forecast for
Saturday. Since it was pretty hot during the day and, you know, the biggest party of the year was happening downtown, a couple of storms popped
up during the afternoon.
As far as the Market Stage goes, Little Boxes sound-checked
and then evacuated the stage when the weather got crazy enough to suspend the
event. Luckily, it wasn’t a total wash for them and they busted out a couple of
gems before Snorb! took the stage.
The dudes in Snorb! have been buds of mine for quite some time. Actually, their bassist Grandon has done pretty much all of my guitar mods over the last 8 years. If you ever wondered who tricked out my Fender American Standard Dishastercaster, it was him!
The Snorb! set went off without a hitch; providing some sweet swirl for the crowd and creating a great build-up for Chris Stone and her super sick band.
I was
tickled to get to talk shop with Chris's drummer, Preston Nash (Dope, Primer 55)
for a bit. Adrenaline opened for his solo group back in 2002 or
2003. While he remembered the show, I'm almost positive he had no idea who I was. :-)
It's all good, I did have a lot more hair then...
Anyway, those cats got a couple
of songs into their set before another untimely storm and event suspension made an encore. Bummer. She’s a hell of a singer and the band was on fire!
Hopefully I can catch another of her shows really soon!!
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| Photo by Jason Morgan |
Here’s the set:
“Guilt that Keeps on Giving”
“My Rx”
“Feed Me a Lie”
“Pocket and Soul”
“Heartkiller” – H.I.M. cover
“Before it Gets to Me”
“Settling”
“Boys of Summer” - Don Henley/The Ataris cover
“Out of Our Hands”
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| Photo by Jessica June |
Kudos to Joey for working the crowd afterward and selling some Whistle When We Break Down CDs. What a bro!
After we finished up, Green Room Rockers stormed the stage; getting the crowd dancing to their signature Reggae/Soul sound. Those dudes are definitely a Taste favorite.
After the fireworks show, The Mound Builders closed out the night. I'm really happy they were included this year as they provided a destination for the hard rockers at the end of the night.
TMB's cover of “Mississippi Queen” was a nice addition to their
riff-heavy originals.
As usual, I've included links to each group. I encourage you to check them out their tunes online, shoot them a 'like,' and catch one of their shows. I wouldn't plug them if I didn't think they were awesome. :-)
Thanks to the committees, sponsors, volunteers, restaurants, other bands, and attendees for making the 2012 Taste of Tippecanoe a success despite the storms. Initial projections are that attendance was down a little because of the weather, but I saw a crap-ton of people and they were having a blast!
Finally, here's a pretty cool time lapse video of Main St. between 2nd and 3rd if you have a few minutes to burn:
That does it for this week’s update.
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And... you'll get a free download of "Before it Gets to Me" when you purchase Whistle When We Break Down from the Bandcamp Page! That's 4 songs for $3!!!
Speaking of songs, "Dear Reason" will disappear from the iTunes and Amazon.com stores on July 2nd...
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| Check out the lovely Roxie Vette of Minsky Kinks modeling the shirt |
Rurban and Chris June IND launched a contest to give away a Rurbanized IND logo shirt.
To enter, ‘like’ the Chris June IND, Minsky Kinks, and Rurban pages on Facebook… and leave a wall comment on each saying “Roxie sent me.”
In addition to the shirt, the winner will also receive some Minsky Kinks swag (button, magnet, & Roxie Vette patch).
We’ll draw the lucky lady’s name from a hat on Friday, July 20th at 7:06pm and pass the goods off to her at our Aces Pub show on Saturday, July 21st.
It’s worth mentioning that Aces Pub is a 21+ establishment and the winner must be present to claim the prize(s).
Also, the shirt size is SMALL.
Guys may enter to double the chance of their ladies winning the prize(s) and ladies may enter to double the chance of their ladies (Hubba hubba) winning the prize(s).
Disclaimer: Roxie Vette not included
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!!
Over and out