I want to take you through another week’s adventures as seen through the eyes of the Short Change Band. (It’s short and sweet)
Friday was an exceptional day for weather. The temperature was in the 80's and sunny. Little did I know that later that day we would be heading out on an adventure that would take us to see The Money Man himself - Eddie Money. But let me back up. So momma and I fire up the hogs and headed west to take in the 27th annual Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally. I think it has to be at least twenty years since I went to the last one. In those days you could park your scoot right in the park, which is a thing of the past. So we had to drive over to Broome Community College to park. We paid $5 to park and we were shuttled over by bus instead. Not a bad deal, as they really do have it organized with little wait time in either direction. (Let the show begin)
The concert began at about 8pm and for the next 75 minutes we got to "shake with the money man" He played all of hits as he has many and he even introduced a new song he wrote special for our troops overseas. As he performed it, four National Guardsmen came up on stage and took a bow with the band. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. (Nice)
The night finished out with "Two Tickets to paradise" and "Shakin’" and by 9:30 the place looked like a ghost town. I know D.D. as well as Jeffery A. both enjoyed the show as we continually got heads up signs from both of them through the evening as they stood up ahead of us counting down the hits being played. Eddie’s lead guitar player was awesome as he had been with Eddie all the way back into the late 70's . That's a lot of shows logged there my friends, for sure.
What a sweet night for riding motorcycle home that evening in nothing more than a Tee-Shirt for a coat. (Rare for our little neck of the woods)
On to Saturday, we met at 9am up to Frumpy’s in Greene, NY to begin shooting still photos for the new album cover. We thought it would be much nicer to use real stills rather than computer generated graphics for a cover. We had our good buddy Pak Rat come up and for the next hour or so and shot some two dozens photo's around everything from a ‘52 Ford to a ‘46 Chevy chopped pickup.
We are hoping to pick the best three out of the entire shoot and take it to you guys and help pick our new album sleeve via a vote.
So with that we finished up the photo shoot and had to kill a bit of time so we headed up to the cottage when we realized it was show time at Frumpy’s open house. What a sweet party Chris had right there at the shop. There were a good group of people that did finally show up even in the pouring rain. The food was great and the atmosphere was warm.
It was smart for us to locate ourselves in the shop area with all of the rain. We've had our share of "wet shows" this year both outside and inside if you can believe that one. I’d like to give special thanks all of you that made the day a success it turned out to be.
This weekend we play another private party as we head out once more to Ahner’s Pig Roast. The Short Change Band has been playing this party for over 25 years and still running. It’s another great band outing for sure!
Oh well time to beat feet, so be good, be well, see you all again soon!
p.s. In closing we are losing a couple of our great fans this next week as they load up the truck along with the other 7.2 million people that have moved from New York in the last decade... Robin and Chris best of luck in your new adventures in Wisconsin... Salute to our Cheese heads!
-Mikee^^Dee
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