Time marches on, they say, and with a good drummer, the passage is a pleasure. Words to live by, say I. But, try as we may to stay in step as the world turns, we’re only
human. Everybody misses a cue now and then. Right? (Mea culpa.)
For
example, take ye old McMusical Calendar. New gigs to report and one
or two that somehow escaped our earlier attentions. Thus
we make amends directly. (Pictured: The 602.)
McMusical
Calendar
Saturday,
May 28
Birddog
Blues Band
at Tofflers
Pub & Grill,
200 5th
Ave. in New Glarus, WI. Ken “Birddog” Olufs, Mel Ford, Derek
Hendrickson, and Tom McCarty. In the back yard from 8 to 11 pm.
Saturday,
June 4
Birddog
Blues Band
at
Full
Mile Beer Co. & Kitchen,
132 Market St. in Sun Prairie, WI. Beer? Check. Food? Check. Blues?
Double-check. What more could you want? 7 to 10 pm
Sunday,
June 5
Mel
Ford & the Fairlane*
Tofflers
Pub & Grill,
200 5th Ave.
in New Glarus, WI. Afternoon on the deck. 2:30 to 5 pm.
*(Mel
Ford & the Who? Suffice it say that back in the day, ‘round
about Y2K, guitar wiz Mel Ford carried around a quartet of sidemen
cleverly monikered “The Fairlanes,” bringing Bluesmuzik to the
bars, bistros and beer tents of the Midwest. That was then. These
days the estimable Mr. Ford pops up on occasion with the last 25
percent of the Fairlanes, bassist Tom McCarty (aka Feral Lane). Hey. They sing. They
play. They’re good enough and, gosh-darn-it!, people like ‘em.)
Thursday,
June 9
The Sparks
Band play hits from
the 60s (and immediately adjacent decades) at Vintage Brewing in Sauk
City. On the deck (weather permitting) and early (7ish to 9ish). Eat,
drink, and watch the Wisconsin river flow.
Thursday,
June 16
Birddog
Blues Band plays Blues
at the
Cottage Grove
Firemen’s
Festival in
Cottage Grove, WI. Ken ‘Birddog’ Olufs, Mel Ford, Derek
Hendrickson, and Tom McCarty. What time? Ask a fireman.
Friday,
June 24
Birddog Blues Band at Tofflers Pub &
Grill New Glarus, WI. Evening in the backyard (weather permitting).
Ken ‘Birddog’ Olufs, Mel Ford, Derek Hendrickson, and Tom
McCarty. 7 to 10
Saturday,
June 25
The Sparks Band opens up for WAMI winners
Bella Cain at Celebrate Waupun at Tanner Park in Waupun
(WI). 4:45 to 6:45 (or so)
Friday,
July 1
Birddog
Blues Band
at
Wisconsin Brewing,
at
1079
American Parkway, Verona WI. Spacious indoor and outdoor spaces for
roaming
around or imbibing brews. 6 to 9 pm
Saturday,
July 2
Birddog Blues Band at Club LaMark, Madison,
WI.
Thursday,
July 7
Birddog Blues Band at Lone Girl Brewery,
Waunakee, WI. 7 to 9
Friday,
July 29
Birddog Blues Band at Tyranena Brewing, Lake
Mills, WI. 6 to 9 pm
Saturday,
August 6
Birddog Blues Band at Tofflers 8 to 11 pm
Saturday,
August 16
Birddog Blues Band among a stellar line-up at the Waukesha Rotary Blues Fest held in Hartland, WI.
Friday,
August 19
Birddog
Blues Band
warms up the stage for some band called The
Jimmys at
the
Mineral
Point Blues and Roots Fest.
Enjoy
the surroundings at “Orchard Lawn” and the grounds of The Gundry
House at Church and Pine in historic, picturesque Mineral Point.
Thursday,
August 25
Birddog Blues Band at Lone Girl Brewery,
Waunakee, WI. 6 to 9 pm
Friday,
September 2
Birddog Blues Band at Wisconsin Brewing,
1079 American Parkway, Verona. Spacious spaces
for roaming around or imbibing brews. 6 to 9 pm
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