Rocking the Red Rose -Trip Report-

“We finally played in front of a crowd this weekend after 17 years.
We had a blast. About 50+ people showed up to hear some of our music.
We started off a bit rough with some technecal problems but were soon (kinda) fixed. Most of the night we struggeled with tech problems but we delt with them as best we could and did our best to ROCK the crowd.
Among the TT gang, Yam, Ewker, & Trekkngirl showed up to give us support. Thanks a bunch Yall!!!!!
We've already had several people want us to do another show.

....And no, I wasn't wearing Spandex.

Pictures”

“Looks like everyone had a great time!”

“Very cool pics. Way to go! Glad you had fun!”

“C'mon Mark, pouff up the hair! BIG 80s ROCK HAIR is back!!!

LOL! Looks fun. Hey, what's with the intelligent, spectacled Tater Girl?? LOL!”

“pretty cool, what kind of music do you play? Rock?
Bluegrass is REAL music!”

“I'm a total Rocker!!”

“What was the MDK factor?”

“LMAO! Yeah, how about MDK?”

“Looks like it rocked! Enjoyed the pictures.”

“Groupie #1 signing in.

The show was great!! Walkindude was fun to watch, he really gets into it. I thought the band sounded good, too, despite some of the technical problems.

ROCK ON DUDE!! Let us know when your next gig is.

hey Lizs, the glasses make me look (deceptively) brainy, don't they?!”

“Hey Dude..you're gig was great..I enjoyed every minute I was there.Sorry I had to leave so soon.You guys did a great job and Bill has a wonderful voice.Looks like yammy even got into the act after I left..Great fun Dude..Thanks for the invite..I'm your #1 oldie groupie..lol.. : )”

“MDK factor for brain cells were pretty high! Loads of DRUNK people there.

Yam, I didn't think we'd ever get you to keep that guitar on you long enough to get those pictures. LOL!!

Trekkngirl, Sorry you had to leave so soon. :(
Did you get to hear us play Blood Sucking Bich? That one probably kicked more ass than any other tune we did.



We're going to be checking on when the next time we'd be able to play would be. I'll keep everyone posted.”

“I can't get into Webshots to see the pics but it sounds like a great success. I bet 16 Tons knocked them dead.

TT Groupies, how cool is that. I gotta get to these pics.”

“Actually we didn't get a chance to play "16 Tons". Bill is still kinda recovering from the problems he's had since his lung transplant. He ran outta steam before we could do all the songs we planned to do.
We did do our version of Burning "Ring of Fire" though. Several people really dug that one. All the other tunes we did were our own tunes.

It felt real good to hear everyone clapping and cheering after each tune.

I even busted into a guitar solo after one song. It fukin RIPPED! :)”

“glad to hear the show went good! too cool.

Yall even sound like a resurected 80's band - your singer had a lung transplant! WOW!

I'm just teasin, I didn't know he'd gone through that.

gonna go check the pics now!

hey, so when will the live album be released???”

“Bill had his Double Lung Transplant exactly 11 months ago from the show date.
Pretty cool huh?

I'm not sure about any live stuff yet. We actually got it video taped but I don't know what the sound is like yet. If it's good enough quality then maybe we'll put some of it on a CD.”

“Hey walkindude, I mean Mr Rocking Dude. Great show last night. You play just like you hike fast and furious. I can't get in to see the pics. I hope I got some of them with your hair flying back and forth.
To bad we didn't get a pic of Yam's new boyfriend. What a cute brainy couple they make. At least she got to see his underwear ;)”

“I noticed the pictures weren't comming up also but if you click on the picture it'll show you the full sized version.

Yam's Boyfriend. LMAO!!!!!!!”

“Looks great WD. Would have liked to be there to see it.

You were on the road here last night too. My daughter and her friends listened to the CD all the way to a show I drove them to in Hartford.”

“That is too cool!
It's great to hear about people digging our music.
Thanks a bunch dude!!!”

“I finally got to see the pics.
What a blast! Yam Rocks! (cool specs)”

“...and why wasn't this posted on the trip page????

I would have came :(

Glad you had a great time!!!!
I am still enjoying the cd you gave me!!!!

Maybe I can come to next concert!!!!”

“WooHoo. Looks like so much fun. Wish I could have been there!

WD - I'll be seeing you this weekend!!”

“Just a normal night of Mark surrounded by adoring beautiful women.
The Rock Star life is so hard. ;-)

Cool pics Dude!”

“Awesome Dude !”

“Sweet pics! Looks like it was a great show, congrats on the long awaited gig. Wish I could've been there.”

“To bad we didn't get a pic of Yam's new boyfriend. What a cute brainy couple they make.
Ewker

sniff. I miss him already. I'm not sure what I like more about him.....his broken lenses in his glasses or his striking masculinity!”

“Yam, I am sure I can find him for you. He won't be hard to spot...lol”

“WOW! Looks like y'all had some fun! How did it feel to get back on stage again, WD? Bring back old memories?”

“I Promise I'll post the next time we get out to play somewhere. I just told some of the more local TTers.

Tara, Can't wait to see ya!!

StoveStomper, You should have seen the woman up there tugging on my shorts while I was trying to play a solo. This woman was soooo drunk. Susan thought it was hysterical. That's one thing I love about her. She's not got a jealous bone in her body.

Q, I really thought I'd be kinda nervous but I wasn't. I couldn't wait to get up there. It felt good! I actually had to calm myself down some so I could concentrate on my playing. I was a bit too hyper at times. LOL!!


It was deffinatly a (re)learning experience. We had some gear malfunctions and we know how to correct them before the next time we play out again.
One problem was the stage moniter sucked! We couldn't hear ourselves very well and it caused us to mess up a few times (nobody seemed to notice). When we turned it up louder, I was feeding back BAD. Last night I ordered 2 new floor moniters that will handle the job just fine.”

“Just wanted to let yall know that we're going to check on booking a Saturday Night show in April to play again at the Red Rose Caffe again.
March was already booked up.”

“looks like a good time. iffin' it didn't take 10 hours to get there, i would come see you.”

“Awe come on David. Bring ya banjo and we'll rock out!!

BTW, I think we rename Amy, from Yam to Jam”

“How about a TT hiking trip built into that weekend?”

“Always had a soft spot for the boys that make the music--grinning with/for you”