(Check the McMusical
calendar below for a late, last-minute addition!)
Be careful. Domestic bliss and modern creature comforts are conspiring to keep you basking in the glow of LCD screens and confined to the contours of a recliner. Don’t risk the disconnect from the real, live, face-to-face social networking opportunities in your community. (And you can dance, if you want to.)
Be careful. Domestic bliss and modern creature comforts are conspiring to keep you basking in the glow of LCD screens and confined to the contours of a recliner. Don’t risk the disconnect from the real, live, face-to-face social networking opportunities in your community. (And you can dance, if you want to.)
To further paraphrase and plagiarize: Get up! Get up!! Get out
of (wherever you are)!!! You won’t know if you don’t go.
Just such efforts were rewarded last night when the
only Little Vito (Stacatto) himself, AND two of the (original) Torpedoes,
somewhat spontaneously assembled at Chief’s
Tavern to take in some suds and the sounds of Big Wes Turner’s Trio. An unplanned but welcome mini-reunion. Not
to mention the appearance of friends-of-Big-Wes Jim and Sarah, band
photographers Jen and Rochelle, and random raucous revelers.
But that was just the beginning. A quick nick over to
the nearby Knuckle Down Saloon where The Bad Companions (featuring
former members of Phil Gnarly & the
Tough Guys) were jamming into the wee hours found not only
the regular denizens of the venerable eastside Blues venue, but longstanding
Madison songwriter of note Robert J, plus
former Essen Haus BFF of Big Wes Mitch F.,
and next-door neighbor, Mark B.
Hey! Us humans are social animals. Let’s not let our
humanity wither away by passing up opportunities to meet, greet, and put our
social graces into practice. (This advice courtesy of Hermit Crab McCrankypants.)
Naturally,
the best spots for socializing are those where you find LIVE music
being performed. Such as...
McMusical
Calendar
Saturday,
November 3
The Cashbox Kings (Joe Nosek and Oscar
Wilson) hold court in Chi-Town at The
California Clipper. Back-up Blues groovers will include our own bassplayist,
Tom McCarty.
***Just Added!***
Saturday, November 10
Saturday, November 10
Big Wes Turner’s Trio (featuring fabulous
fill-in guitarist, Billy Flynn) plays
for party people at The Athens Grill (on
Highway M, just down from Skipper Bud’s) for a tag team tap-takeover event
featuring two amazing threes—we’re talkin’ ThreeSheeps Brewing Co. (of Sheboygan) and ThreeFloyds Brewing Co. (of Munster, IN). Taps open at 6pm. Music starts at
7:30.
Wednesday,
November 14
Would it tequila-ya to come hear The SparksBand at Me & Julio on Fish Hatchery Road? Of course not. 6 to 9 pm.
Would it tequila-ya to come hear The SparksBand at Me & Julio on Fish Hatchery Road? Of course not. 6 to 9 pm.
Thursday,
November 15
The Sparks Band heats up an Autumn evening
on the shores of the Wisconsin River at TheVintage Brewery in Sauk City. Eat, drink, and rock out to 60s sounds.
Wednesday,
November 21
When
in Wisconsin’s Little Switzerland (aka, New Glarus), where better to party
hearty to swingin’ sounds than at Toffler’sBar & Grill. Enjoy their pre-Thanksgiving customer appreciation bash along
with The Birddog Blues Band.
November
23
Hey Kids! The Cashbox Kings plays kid-friendly Blues (seriously) before and after lunchtime at The Overture Center. Bring the family. Feed the wild blues musicians in their unnatural habitat.
Hey Kids! The Cashbox Kings plays kid-friendly Blues (seriously) before and after lunchtime at The Overture Center. Bring the family. Feed the wild blues musicians in their unnatural habitat.
November
30
The Sparks Band returns to The Atwood (formerly Mr. Roberts) on
Atwood Avenue with the most rockingest of their 60s repertoire.
Check
back soon for December dates in McMusical news.
Note: Big Wes Turner’s Newsletter has an amazing
new option: POSTCARDS! Whaaaaa? Yeah, you heard right. Most well-informed
Turnerites receive their sporadic action updates via email, but now they can
alternately (or additionally) get a scrap of cheap cardboard with information
scribbled thereupon... FOR FREE!!! Just ask.
'Nother Note: BWTN postcards are redeemable for a drink wherever Big Wes Turner’s Trio is found.
'Nother Note: BWTN postcards are redeemable for a drink wherever Big Wes Turner’s Trio is found.
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