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| Friday, July 13, 2007 Coach House Grill W233s7260 Vernon Ln (262) 662-4444 Big Bend, WI [View all Coach House Grill shows] |
Sound: Kevin Patrick Operated by Kevin Messerschmidt Lights: Impact Audio Operated by Kevin Messerschmidt |
| SET 1: Same Ol'Situation - Motley Crue Unskinny Bop - Poison It's My Life - Bon Jovi Working for the Weekend - Loverboy Sister Christian - Night Ranger Turn Up the Radio - Autograph Turn Me Loose - Loverboy I Hate Myself for Loving You - Joan Jett Talk Dirty to Me - Poison Goodbye - Night Ranger Don't Stop Believing - Journey Jump - Van Halen Rock of Ages - Def Leppard Still of the Night - Whitesnake All I Want - Saigon Kick Ah Leah - Donnie Iris Foreplay/Long Time - Boston |
SET 2: Living on a Prayer - Bon Jovi Mr Brownstone - Guns N'Roses Separate Ways - Journey Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi Slide It In - Whitesnake You've Got Another Thing Coming - J'Priest Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White Rebel Yell - Billy Idol Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi Any Way You Want It - Journey Down on Me - Jackyl Cult of Personality - Living Colour Breaking the Law - Judas Priest Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison We're Not Gonna Take It - T'Sister Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard Enter Sandman - Metallica For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica Fade to Black [Excerpt] - Metallica ---------------- You Really Got Me - Kinks/Van Halen |
| A Word from Josh: Although we've never played here before, the Coach House Grill invited us to play this weekend to help celebrate their 3rd anniversary. They put us out in a beer tent on a baseball diamond next to the bar. Not a bad idea in theory. However, the event was very poorly planned from a technical point of view. For some reason, they insisted on providing sound and lights for us, which can be a good thing. But, in this case, not so much. They ended up providing no lights and a sound system that had never been used for a full rock band before. At the last minute we called in our friend Kevin Messerschmidt to add lights and help with sound. He really bailed us out of a tough situation. His reward was an evening of headaches dealing with insufficient power and a patched-together under-sized PA system that he was unfamiliar with. The ultimate headache came when the primary power-amp failed during "Foreplay/Long Time" forcing an early intermission during which Kevin grabbed one of his own power-amps out of his truck and wired it into the system. Like I said, Kevin really went above and beyond to make this show happen and to allow us in the band to not have to worry about it. I should also mention that the owner of the sound system, Kevin Patrick, also went to great lengths to make the best of the situation. It was because of the efforts by both Kevins that most people in the audience probably didn't even realize that we were having such difficulties. The stage was narrow but deep so we tried an unorthodox arrangement where I was actually positioned behind Shane all night. It actually worked out pretty well, largely because of my freakish height. All things considered, the show itself went pretty well and a strong crowd helped us develop a pretty good vibe. We enjoyed our share of beautiful women up at the front of the stage, including one with a hat fetish and another one who put on a pie show of her own. Another babe in the crowd was a young bachelorette named Kim. John invited her up on stage during the second set and gave her the usual crap about getting married. He was asking her about her groom-to-be Chuck so they decided to call him on her cell-phone. One can only imagine what Chuck was thinking when he answered the phone and was greeting by hundreds of people screaming, "HI CHUCK!!!" We had a lot of fun with Kim and Chuck and they were really good sports. --Josh Were you at this show? Would you like to comment on it? Cori: "Great show. You're always so much fun!!!!" Bittersweeteus: "It's hard to believe it's July when you're at a show and the chill is such that you need a light jacket. But under the tent and as you watch the patrons around you having a rockn' jammin time with CherryPie you quickly warm-up. The band lights up the stage with their proficient exhibition. And John, who is stellar and has the best diversified entertaining antics, showed the patrons the best way to rock. I had a great time and also learned something too. That sometimes the smallest action has the tendancy to stay on your mind more then the biggest. Whether it be before or during the show. It doesn't really matter." |
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