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Website: Castle Builder DesignWednesday, July 16, 2008
 New Heathens played at the 11th Street Bar last night and look who came out...everybody!  Singing the Backsliders' "Abe Lincoln," with Brandy. Out of frame is the song's author, Chip Robinson, flipping Butch the bird. Also note my Monty Warren t-shirt, he'll be at the Lakeside Lounge on Sept. 27, check it.  Heathens! And from Brandy and Bart's wedding on the 4th of July...  On the left, in the cast, is Eric Jayk the charismatic frontman of the band Wildstreet. On the right is groom and Wildstreet collaborator Bart (who also came out to 11th Street last night, clad in slightly less white).  Steve Wynn jumped onstage to play the ever-romantic song "Money (That's What I Want)"  Brandy's mom, Sue Wood, fiddled the more apropos, "It Had To Be You." (In case you wondered if Brandy's musical talent had a genetic link).  Brandy, serenading her beloved Bart (foreground) with the tune, "Inagaddadavida." Dig!  Happily ever after... I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock 'N' Roll? Tuesday, July 15, 2008
 She still does! That's Brandy, clad in an American flag wedding dress, rockin' the bass to "Sweet Little Sixteen" at her own wedding reception in Richmond, VA, July 4, 2008. Solo at Freddy's Backroom Sunday, July 6, 2008 Did this gig a few weeks ago. My friend Anne just sent the pic.  Had a great weekend watching the lovely Brandy Wood tie the knot with her beloved down in Richmond, VA. Stay tuned for more. 
Baltimore, The Best NH Fans Around
Thursday, July 3, 2008 The New Heathens took it down to Baltimore last Friday for a gig at our favorite spot there, the Waterfront Hotel. We had a few members out for matrimonial reasons (Dom, Brandy) so my friend and great songwriter and guitar player Jon Itkin and his bassist Ben Sparks helped us out.  Me, striking a typical, understated pose. In the background are Jon Itkin on the left and Ben Sparks on the right, helping us out on guitar and bass respectively.  Butch! Gotta' give a shout out to a couple of our biggest and best fans. Minerva, a.k.a. the "Bodiva," pictured below in the Jersey Girl t-shirt, drove all the way to Baltimore from Jersey City to see us play. Her friend Andi came all the way up from Virginia Beach for the show. And their friend Tamara, who we hadn't had the pleasure of meeting before, came from California. Gasoline ain't CHEAP, friends, these Gals are simply the best fans any band could ask for. Love 'ya all.  New Heathens, up top, and the New Heathen 'Gals below, Minerva, Tamara and Andi. Jam Party at Mine Tuesday, June 24, 2008
 Domenick, Me, Emory Joseph & Chip Robinson, grinning. Had a few friends over with guitars on Friday night. Wine & song until the wee hours. Great fun.  What a treat to hear Chip Robinson in your living room! The Curse of the Sucker Monday, June 16, 2008
 Sucker! It was a fantasy gig: my good friend Joe Cassady booked me to play a solo gig in High Bridge, NJ. Just so happens my favorite Jersey trout stream, the East Branch of the Raritan River, runs through High Bridge. This gig meant I could fish until dark, then go play music. Perfect, right? There are several fish species in the Raritan, the most prized are the trout; rainbows, browns and brookies. There are also a bunch of suckers, ugly fuckers that suck gunk off the riverbottoms and are rumored to bring a curse to whomever is unlucky enough to catch one. Fortunately, I'd never caught a sucker. On my third cast I hooked a big one. My rod doubled over and I felt a mighty tug. I saw a flash of gold at the bottom of the river. "Ooh!" I thought, "I've hooked a big, brown trout." Judging by that flash of gold, I thought it might run 18-inches. I battled that fish to the side of the river, it hung deep in the water and shook its head. Finally I got it up to the surface... And saw, to my disgust, that it was a 20-inch sucker. "Oh well," thought I, "that curse thing is just a fisherman's legend." I bent down to unhook the ugly beast, and my cell phone fell out of my pocket and sank to the bottom of the river.  The real sucker, onstage at Circa in High Bridge Of course I blame the sucker for any wrong chords I may have hit at my gig. Played at a bar/restaurant called Circa and had a good time. Looking forward to going back in July. The only way to reverse the Curse of the Sucker, according to legend, is to catch a beautiful trout. Slept that night on Joe Cassady's couch and tried again in the morning. Nothing. Finally got lucky on Sunday afternoon at a lovely little stream somewhere in Westchester County...  The little brown trout that reversed the curse.  Matching the hatch... Great Bottle Rockets Show Sunday, June 8, 2008
 Butch, me & Brian Hennemann of the Bottle Rockets, one of my favorite songwriters. (Note: dig me in full nerd mode: wearing a Bottle Rockets t-shirt, posing for a picture with the dude from the Bottle Rockets.) Saw a great Bottle Rockets show last night at the Mercury Lounge. The BoRox are celebrating its 15th anniversary with 15 special shows across the U.S. with a different fan writing the setlist at each stop. The BoRox tore through classics like "$1,000 Car" and "Indianapolis," and also stuff I've never heard them play live before, like "Wave That Flag" and a couple new tunes.  It was cool when Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, who opened for the BoRox with scorching set of his own, joined the band for their encore. Here's Brian and 'Scoe singing "White Boy Blues," a tune they wrote together on the Bottle Rockets 1999 record "Brand New Year."  How good was the show? So good that Charlene and Butch totally made out. |
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