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BRENT'S DIARY
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March 29,
2005
Saturday
March 26th we packed up the RM family and took it out to Madison
for our debut at the Badger Bowl. Having not played
Madison since last summer, we weren't sure what to expect for
turnout. We were surprised that many of the folks who used
to see us at the Dry Bean, remembered the name and despite being
the eve of an early morning Easter egg hunt for many of our
crowd, braved on and faced the following day with a little less
sleep. We have to give thanks to Lisa from Madison (sorry,
didn't get a last name) for apparently telling just about
everyone she knows to come out to the show. Apparently
most of them did in fact show up!
The first
set started as it usually does with Kashmir by Zeppelin.
This always gets a roar of approval but on this night immediately
following the roar, out
of the dark came a heavily intoxicated woman pawing at Bobby's
legs. It was humorous to watch his reaction and Kevin and
I both found it difficult to continue playing while laughing
hysterically at him. He could not have been ANY further
from the front of the stage and at one point I swear his ankles
were wedged against the front of Kevin's drum riser trying to
escape her grasp. However, it wasn't so funny when I had
to sing Rosanna and she focused her attention to me. Not funny
at all in fact.
We had
some Madison friends and even some Milwaukee friends make the
trip up. Many people probably remember Brooke St. James (formerly
of the Toys) - Brooke has a new project called Creem and they
make their debut at Badger Bowl this Friday night so he was out
dropping off some promo material and hanging out. Check
them out this weekend! They rock!
A few new
things in the camp, but outside the camp as well. For
anyone that doesn't know, Bobby performs every Thursday night at
Bubs in Germantown with his acoustic project SPANK featuring KB
from the KLH morning show and Kevin Sucher from the Heros.
It's like a combination of music and comedy and it's truly worth
the trip to see it. Not for the faint hearted, though! It can
get pretty raw!
Also
newsworthy, Dave Dettlaff is now teaching guitar at Cascio
Interstate Music in New Berlin. If you've seen the band,
which you probably have or you wouldn't be reading this, you
know that Dave is a fantastic player and one of the best in the
city.
Locate the
Cascio Interstate link on our web page to contact the store to
set up a time for Dave to teach you how to play Eruption and The
Clap!
Lastly,
for those interested. I have a Def Leppard tribute band that's
currently under development for an '05 debut. It features
yours truly, and former RM Keyboardist Tim Davis as well as some
close friends who are great players. You can check out the
website at www.photographrocks.com.
Rhythm
Method returns to the Milwaukee Ale House on April 23rd and
we're bringing back a few old songs and adding a few new ones to
the sets! Come out early, because last time it filled up
by 9pm and stayed that way through the end!
Take care
and see you in a month,
Brent
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