Introducing The Dock Martins

Greenville, SC Wild Wing Café 2/26 & 2/27 2006

We were back in Greenville this weekend. Friday night was Electric Boogaloo and The White Leppard Crue, Saturday was the debut of our new 90’s show.

For me personally, Friday was a bit hectic. I was up late the night before and had to work my day job all day Friday, so I was pretty tired for the drive to G’Vegas. To add to this, I didn’t get on the road until 7:15 or so. Although this was plenty of time to get there and get set up, I still prefer to be on the road no later than 6:00 or so.

Once there I was able to get set up pretty quick and I even had time to sneak in a bite to eat.

The show on Friday night, as always, was great. The crowd was into it and so were we. With The Slippery guys doing a White Leppard Crue show in midtown Atlanta every Wednesday starting this week, we haven’t been doing the costume change in Atlanta. WE still play the songs, but we do it all as Electric Boogaloo. So doing the Crue this weekend was kind of fun. I almost forgot how fun it is to be Bobby Mullet.

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Saturday afternoon started with a trip to Clemson for Chad and I to pick up a friend that was there. We then headed to Bertolo’s in Downtown G’Vegas for some pizza. Pretty greasy pie that you have to dab with a napkin, but it rocks.

After that, we headed to Ear Shot Records, a pretty cool record store. I ended up picking up the new Sergio Mendes and the new Ron White (they call me tater-salad) cd’s. I also picked up a really cool box set called The Funk Box. A box set of great grooves, in a purple velvet box.

We then headed back to the room for a quick run through of some of the Dock Martin songs. Three long hours later, we headed to the club.

Now, I won’t lie, I was a tiny bit concerned about the turnout, but once we got there I was pleasantly surprised. There were several friends of Stone Cold Fox in attendance. At first I was concerned that they were coming expecting SCF, but they all said that they have been reading this blog and that they were coming to check out the new show and to support us. Shane from the Tiki Hut was even in the house! It was also good to see Mr. & Mrs Freddie “Boom Boom” Washington in the house. And as always, I appreciate Freddie doing some gigs for me, giving me the opportunity for a weekend off here and there.

When we hit the stage, the first set went rather smooth. The crowd reaction was great. A lot more sing-alongs than I thought there would be. During the break the crowd hung out and stayed for the 2^nd set. The second half went well too. My favorite song of the 90’s show, Man In The Box, was in that one. However, so far the song that seems to be the big favorite is Song 2 by Blur. “wooohooo!”

There are some things that will need to be tweaked, but so far I think we have a pretty good show to add to the mix.

This coming weekend finds us doing the 90’s and 80’s in Alpharetta. Hope to see ou there.

John (filling in for OJJ)