Happy Labor Day to all you hard workin' American menfolk and womenfolk!
Here's a bit of inspirational clickbait from good buddy Richard Wiegel. It goes back a few years but it's still plenty peppy.
Check out the McMusical calendar below for entertainment opportunities, but don't forget the most important day of the year--November 2, Election Day when Wisconsinites will choose a new governor.
The choice is between two guys. One is Tom Tiffany who, as a congressman, voted in lockstep with Trump, who keeps repeating Trump's lies about who won the 2020 election, and whose biggest campaign donors are three billionaires (two of whom live in Illinois). The other, my choice, is David Crowley, a bright young man who has been leading Milwaukee County and is endorsed by outgoing governor Tony Evers.
If you plan to vote for Tiffany, I would really like to hear from you. I want to understand why you think that's a good idea.
And if you don't plan to vote at all, I'd like to understand that decision, too. (No surprise, but I think it's a bad one.) Let's talk.
The McMusical Calendar
Sunday, September 6
BirdDogBlues (the band) plays (all kinds of Blues and R&B) at Ohana's (formerly Tofflers) in New Glarus. 3 to 6
Monday, September 7
BirdDogBlues celebrates Labor Day at Club LaMark (Hwy 51, just north of East Wash) from 2 to 5
Saturday, September 12
Faux Fawn, singer/songwriter Paul Otteson's for-fun project plays a house concert in Verona. 6 to 8
Sunday, September 13
Weather permitting, enjoy Doug White's driveway concert. (Moves indoors in case of rain.)The driveway is on Marconi on Madison's west side. You can't miss it. Keyboardist White, plus saxophonist extraordinaire Austin Cebulske, bassist and singer Tom McCarty, and drummer Jim Huwe. Bring a chair. 6 to 7
Friday, September 18
BirdDogBlues puts on their black ties and tune up to play a pricey fundraiser (former Badger great Ron Dayne will be in attendance) that was originally going to be at Foulker Farm, until somebody asked "What the ...?" New address, 333 South Madison Street in Waunakee. 6 to 9
Sunday, September 13
Another Doug White's driveway concert. Right in the middle of one-block-long Marconi St. on Madison's west side. Keyboardist White, saxophonist Austin Cebulske,
bassist Tom McCarty, and drummer Jim Huwe. 6 to 7
Saturday, September 26
BirdDogBlues plays the last big downtown Mazomanie event of the season. In the heart of downtown Mazomanie. 6 to 9
Sunday, September 27
Perhaps the last Doug White's driveway concert of the year. Don't miss it. 6 to 7
Friday, October 2
The Sparks Band plays 60s hits and rarities at Chief's on Cottage Grove Road. That's right across from Buck's Pizza (they deliver). 7 to 10
Saturday, October 17
Is this a private party The Sparks Band is playing for at Hawk's Landing? Could be. And what time? Dunno. I DO know that hits from the 60s will rule.
Saturday, October 24
BirdDogBlues plays the Parker Lake Lodge, just west of Oxford. 2 to 5
Tuesday, November 2
VOTE, dammit!
Friday, November 6
BirdDogBlues plays at Lyon's Irish Pub in Watertown. 6 to 9 (I think?)
Friday, November 13
The Doug White Quintet plays funky jazz for a happy hour at Cafe CODA (right across from the Willy St. Co-op on Willy St., right next to Dank of Wisconsin). Featuring saxophone double-threat Austin Cebulske and Tom Guillion, plus bassist Tom McCarty and drummer Jim Huwe. 5 to 6:30 no cover
Friday, December 4
And again, The Sparks Band lets fly with rock and sock-em hits from the 60s at Chief's (see directions above). 7 to 10
Saturday, December 12
Jeff Burkhart and a cast of many (at least ten) singers and pickers set up on The Harmony Bar stage to revisit the Chuck Bayuk song list and raise money for the Goodman Center. 2 to 5
