I was going through my cd's last night and stumbled upon the Ian Moore band cd. It came out in '94. This got me thinking, with help from The Doctor Jerry Krauss, there was a big boom in guitar slingers after Stevies untimely death in 1990.

 Besides Ian who played a great show at Capt. Trips Rainforest Preserve. There were Corey Stevens, http://www.coreystevens.com/ who played a Sylvan beach party. He had some good stuff on "Blue Drops Of Rain & Ordinary Zen". Then there was  the Kenny Wayne Shepherd band. Kenny was about  17 when he hit it big. http://www.kennywayneshepherd.net/ . There was also a guy who played a beach party at Hinkley Chris Duarte. http://www.thechrisduartegroup.com/ He had a great record Texas Sugar/ Strat Magic. I remember building the stage for him. I had to screw a giant tarp into the back of a rented Ryder truck. New Orleans gave us Sonny Landreth, South of I10 was really good. http://sonnylandreth.com/ Of course Johnny Lang was just 15 when he released Lie to me. I remember him opening for Blues Traveler at The Utica Aud.

Hey all, A friend of mine, Stick Sablicki, who was in a legendary local band years ago is in town and doing a show tonight at the Rt. 69 Steakhouse from 7-9. He has a very long musical legacy. If you are familiar with local rock Sky-church begat the Frogs who begat Vinnie and The Butchers via Paul Angerosa. Stick was the guy who started the band and put Paul in the spotlight. Stick has been around the US including L.A. He now lives in Ohio but is home, so check out the show tonight!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/bigbrother/article-1206617/Like-complete-unknown-Bob-Dylan-frogmarched-collect-ID-rookie-policewoman-fails-recognise-scruffy-music-legend.html

Seeing Dave Matthews live is awesome, but for Emily Kraus, it surpassed all expectations. Kraus was on her way to see the singer's show in Hershey, Pa., when her boyfriend spotted a stranded bicyclist. When they pulled over to help, they realized the bicyclist was Dave Matthews. The Grammy award-winning star had gone for a preconcert ride when his tire popped. The couple gave him a ride to his own concert. Matthews invited the couple to dinner, brought them backstage, treated them to front-row seats and gave her a shoutout during the concert (start watching at 0:55).. "All the planets aligned last night — something greater than I'll ever be able to comprehend," Kraus says. [Source]

Hey all its Boilermaker race time again and I will be doing it with The Drive at the Utica Zoo entrance!! We will have The Rick Short Band with us this year. They are a great band check them out here!!

https://www.facebook.com/Rick.Short.Band?fref=ts

We have the Guys from Family Tree Service with us too!! and Mcquade and Bannigan hsa lent us some scaffolding to get the Drive in the air for the race!! Come up and watch with us!!

Fans of Miley Cyrus have launched an online campaign in an effort to replace "The Star-Spangled Banner" as America's national anthem with the pop star's 2009 hit "Party in the U.S.A."

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The plan, which was thought up by one devotee from Redford, Mich., has been outlined in a petition posted on the White House website's We the People page, where citizens are encouraged to post proposals for the government's consideration.

The petition reads: "Obama please make Miley Cyrus' Party in the USA our national anthem. It is what is best for this country." A total of 100,000 signatures are needed by August 1 to have the proposal brought to officials' attention, but so far, the petition had garnered just 579.

HEY ALL, WE ARE WORKING ON ARRANGING A TRUCK TO DO A LOCAL FLOOD RELIEF DONATION PICK UP. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. CHECK OUT THE POST I HAVE ON THE DRIVES FACEBOOK PAGE IT HAS SOME DONATION DROP OFF SITES ALREADY OPEN.