Thoughts On The 4/9 Dudley Manlove Quartet Performance
On Saturday 4/9 The Dudley Manlove Quartet performed at “Hops n Props”, an annual microbrew festival held at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. We’ve performed at this event for a number of years and it’s always enjoyable. This show included a number of our favorite songs in the set list, with some of the big crowd-pleasers in each set. I brought along the new goldtop for this show and used it for the first set, switching over to the black strat to wrap up the night. The new guitar sounds very good and has a gutsy growl when slightly driven. For songs like “American Girl” it has a nice beefy tone that seems to sit in the mix better than the strat. I’m sure this guitar will get a lot of stage time in the band.
Our drummer Jeff was out of town this weekend we had the pleasure of working with our pal Shane Peck as a sub. Stefan and I worked with Shane for years in two bands: 80s Invasion and Black Celebration. Previous to that, Shane regularly performed with Jumbalassy as a sub drummer. Great musicians are worth calling on again and again!
One down side to performing at Hops n Props is that we really don’t much of a chance to try the beer. With only one quick break between sets, we’re lucky to get a single taste of one beer before we need to return to the stage. Once the music is over the beer stops flowing and everyone breaks down to load out. My wife helped out by fetching a taste of one of the IPA selections for me to try at the end of the night. Another great show with great friend in DMQ. Always a pleasure.