First Friday Open Mic

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Hi there… So… There’s a thing called ‘First Friday’ open mic, not surprisingly on the 1st Friday of the month, in Oregon Illinois, at the VFW club… The food is good, and the music is varied, and a lotta fun… So, here are a couple tunes we did… Not the first time you may have heard them, but, we really like them… That’s why we played them…

One Bad Day, a Tami Neilson tune we love

The Way, by Fastball. Another tune we love to play

And, our friends ‘Spare Change’ Liz and Jeff Wagner, a fun duo, and, part of the band ‘Grass Attack’ that we play together in, did a couple tunes… Here’s their tunes…

What Will Become Of Me?
If Wishes Were Horses

Liz and Jeff are a lot of fun….

A British Tune/Show…

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I sooooo apologize, if I have posted this before, but, 1, I love this tune. 2, I love the way we did it. 3, we love the show….

It’s ‘The Detectorists’, a UK show, that is kinda like watching the most beautiful paint in the world, drying… But amazing….

Anyway, here is our take on the theme song…. A beautiful tune…

The Detectorists

BCUF Adventure

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Hey kids… A little while ago, we went to a ukulele fest, in S. Indiana. The Brown County Ukulele Festival. Good times. Great friends. Fab tunes…. Got to see peeps irl, that we hadn’t seen in a long time, and hear some amazing musicians… If you are interested, keep your eyes open, for the dates, etc…

Hangin’ in the bar, with Greg, Mike, us, Sharla, and Diane
In Class
Us, Diane, Sharla, and Jim
The very talented Diane Poole, Sharla Rae Stephens Weins, Michael August, and, the killer Jim Allen
The amazing Mike August…
Backing up Mike
One more…
Headed to the airport, to drop off Diane and Sharla,
then home

Again….Good times. Good friends. Great tunes. Lucky to be alive….

Fun at Funky Frets…

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Been a couple weeks since I posted. Been busy getting ready for this adventure… We left at 3am cst, for Pennsylvania and a ton of fun…

On the road

Spent the night in Somerset, Pa, cuz it’s too difficult to drive all the way in one day…

Resting

Made it to Pottstown/Boyertown the next day, and the fun begins…

Waiting for the class

Mike, Sharla, and Diane

Magtones

Louise, Mike, Diane, Kelly, and Sharla

Kurt, Louise, Magtones, and Mike…

Train Ride jam

Magtones having fun

It was a great trip/adventure. Kelly, and Funky Frets killed it…. So many good friend, and fun… Kurt, Kendra, Cheryl, Pete/Dee, Diane, Sharla, Louise, and 182 other close/new friends… And now, onto more fun!!

A Frank Lloyd Wright Day

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Hi there…. So, today is our 27th wedding anniversary, and, to ‘celebrate’ we went on a tour of the two Frank Lloyd Wright sites within 1/2 hour of our home…. The first, is the Laurent House… The only design he did for special needs…

Tourists

Bedroom

Garden room

Garden View

Exterior view

Then, we went over to Belvidere, Il, to see the Petit Chapel, one of Wrights early designs

We are lucky to have two distinct examples of his work, so close to home….

Two Rivers Fest, and, Straw Sculpting Fest

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Hey kids… So, we have a couple gigs this weekend… We play Friday at 4:30pm, and, Saturday morning, at 11:35am, at the Two Rivers Bluegrass Festival. So will several other amazing musicians. It’s free. Come out, it’ll be fun! And, to make it more interesting for me, I will play bass for/with the amazing Grass Attack, at 5ish Friday, and 11ish Saturday morning.

Grass Attack, W/ me on bass
Magtones onstage

Our latest, new, surprise gig, will be Sunday, 12:30-2ish, in Mount Morris, Il, at the Straw Sculpting Festival. Amazing sculptures, made from straw. Yes, that is why the name….

Mr Peanut
Grogs