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This last week has been intensely busy. Two of my bands have had rehearsals, and all three bands have had at least one gig. The detailed itinerary: Thursday 8/12 Friday 8/13 Last Saturday the Dudley Manlove Quartet took a quick road trip to Lake Chelan for a wedding reception performance. The road trip, as always, was full of crazy humor and musical chatter. We arrived in Lake Chelan early and were set up on site pretty quickly. Mack had been hired to play piano during the afternoon, [...] Last Saturday The Dudley Manlove Quartet hosted our annual “80s Prom”. This year’s event took place at Neumos on Capital Hill, and was attended by nearly 300 people. We arrived early in the day and did a lot of setting up… there were streamers to be hung, balloons to fill, and lights to set up. All [...] The 1 Uppers will be performing this Saturday at Slim’s. As part of my preparation for this weekend’s gig I’m doing some practicing at home. It’s also an opportunity to continue the fine-tunining of the pedalboard. We are likely to surprise the audience with a few new items, and naturally you’ll be hearing some favorites as [...] Warr Guitar – Front Last night we had the first Preons practice in quite a while. We intentionally took a little break last fall, though it wound up being a longer break than we anticipated due to work, vacations, Swine Flu, and the holidays. But we’re a hard bunch to keep down, and last night we [...] On Friday 1/1/10 the 1 Uppers performed at the Conor Byrne in Ballard. This would seem to be a day of destiny with all those 1s in play. We were a little concerned when this show was booked; our assumption was that most people (and possibly the band) would be appropriately exhausted and hung over from [...] New Year’s Eve is always a great party, and this year was especially fun. The Dudley Manlove Quartet spent the evening performing at The Sunset Tavern in Ballard and we had a great crowd with many fine friends in attendance. Events like this are all the more fun when we look out from the stage and [...] How rare is a Blue Moon? It’s the second full moon in a calendar month, and occurs about once every 2 1/2 years or so. You want to talk RARE??? Once every 20 years or so, we have a Blue Moon on New Year’s Eve. That’s serious magic, friends. This year on New Year’s Eve, you [...] Last night The 1 Uppers played at The Hwy 99 Blues Club in downtown Seattle. This was our first performance in this club and we had a great time. Sharing the bill were our good friends Purdy Mouth, who are sounding better every time we hear them. Our set was a 45 minute cross-section of favorite [...] On Saturday The Dudley Manlove Quartet performed at The Triple Door in Seattle. This is probably the nicest night club in the city and has a wonderful staff. We arrived in the late afternoon for a somewhat chilly load-in. Once we got set up and changed into our suits, we spent about 45 minutes taking pictures. [...] |
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