An Atlanta weekend.

August 25^th (The Dock Martins) – Alpharetta, GA – Wild Wing Café

Friday night brought us home to Atlanta. We start the weekend off with the Dock Martins show in Alpharetta. I don't know why but it seemed like we hadn't been there in a while. It was good to see Doc, Mike, Jennifer and all the folks on the staff at Alpharetta.

That night 105.3 was doing a remote when we got there with some sort of special. You buy their mug for a few bucks then all draft is only $1.09. The only down side is that it was only going on til 10. At 10 they switched with their competititon (yeah kind of weird), 99x, and they were in the house. Also in the bar that night the Captain Morgan tattoo team.

At some point during the night, we stopped playing so the 99x guy could come up and give away 311 tix for the next night. They played spin the bottle. They had two guys tongue kissing and everything. Strange evening it was.

You know, the funny thing about Alpharetta. One night after a Stone Cold Fox show we agreed that it would be cool if I were to come to the bar during a song while playing my bass and pour a drink for someone. The problem is that my SCF costume is a bit much to be in that tight of a space with my bass and all. So we agreed that The Dock Martins would be a good show for it. Problem is, there just isn't a good song where I can get away from the stage for that long. Not to mention the height of the stage and the time it would take me to go down the stairs through the crowd to the bar then back around again. Maybe during one of the Stone Cold Sundays I will give it a shot.

August 26^th (Stone Cold Fox) – Suwanee, GA – Wild Wing Café

The next night took us back to home base, Suwanee. When we got there, they had the Falcons game on the big screen and we couldn't set up the drums until half-time. OH yeah, forgot to mention, on drums this weekend was Scott Kelley. Scott is our new "other" drummer. No, that doesn' mean Chad is no longer with us. Due to Chad living a little farther away and his work there, he is only available some of the time, so Scott will be sharing the drum duties with Chad. Basically, if the weekend involves the Dock Martins, or is farther than 5 hours from Nashville, Scott will be on the gig. 

More inof on Scott/Joey Shamrock and his various stage names are yet to come.   

BY the time sound check was done, the Wing was packed. Most of regualrs were there, Skip, Beth, Shannon, Daniel, Virginia, Docta, etc etc..........

Once Rolo and the boys hit the stage, it was off the hook. I think Suwanee had been waiting for its fix of The Fox. That place was packed from beat one al the way til the Hustle. Even the smokin section was cleared out while we were on stage.

Good stuff.

Next week, the band will be in Augusta, but without yours truly. I'll be taking the weekend off for the Dawgs first game. Go Dawgs.

Who knows, Maybe I'll blog about OJJ's game time fun.

OJJ

The Fox Has Come Back to G'Vegas!!!!!!

August 18^th (Electric Boogaloo) & 19^th (Stone Cold Fox) – Greenville, SC – Wild Wing Café

Friday night we rolled in to G’Vegas. During set up the vibe in the room was unbelievable. I think everyone was ready for some 80’s. After a quick dinner with Sean, Chadwick, and our friend Leslie, we had to marathon through sound check to start getting changed in time.

Once we hit the stage, it was on high the rest of the night.

It was good to see Miss Morbid and Company in the crowd. Turns out they had a room down the street and they were set to party.

Seems like the Greenville crowd has taken well to the non-Crue version of the show. If anything it makes it more of a variety and they get some of the hair band stuff earlier in the night.

As usually another great night at the Wing.

Saturday I finally got a day to sleep in. The CGGS came and got me and we hung out for a while that afternoon. around 5:30 or so, we met up with Sean, Chad, and Glenn and wen to Tsunami for some sushi. It was yummytime!

After that, I went bakc to the room to prepare for the show. Mstly this consisted of watching tv for about 10 minutes then heading to the Wing.

When we got there the place was already packed. Miss Morbid and her crew were already there waiting for us. In fact, the whole crew of regulars were there. I think somebody was missing the Fox. It had been 4 months since we had played the Stone Cold Fox show there. (And we won't be back until New Years Eve.)

Once we starte playing the place was electric. The Band was running on all 4 cylinders. Greenville is always great, but that night was unbelievable.

Another one for the history books.

Next up ------ Alpharetta & Suwanee