Monday, November 8, 2010
Pt.2 Welcome Riku!
The search for a new keyboardist didn't take too long as Riku Lönnberg decided to take the plunge to join the band. Riku and I go a long way back being hockey dad's and when I asked him if he knew of any interested keyboardist's, I was surprised that he expressed interest himself because he's mainly a guitarist (A Kari part2.....) Did that matter? Nyah..... The important thing that he is from the greatest generation and after a jam last week, it was a done deal. Welcome aboard the sinking ship Riku!
Changes Pt.1-Good Luck Stefan!
Our friend and keyboardist Stefan has decided to leave the band to follow his musical journey in a different direction. I'd like to state that the age differences had nothing to do with it. After all, it's not his fault that he's 20 years younger than the rest of us. ;)
And if you go, you may as well go with a bang as that last gig sure did have that "bang". Anyway, onwards and when all the dust settles on these changes, I'm looking forward to having a few beers with Stefan while listening to some live jazz and reminiscing of the good old days!
And if you go, you may as well go with a bang as that last gig sure did have that "bang". Anyway, onwards and when all the dust settles on these changes, I'm looking forward to having a few beers with Stefan while listening to some live jazz and reminiscing of the good old days!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
October gig, Magic, pure magic!
When the new owner of Robin's says that he was concerned that there were too many people in the bar, you know that something is right! And when the packed crowd responds with a wall of positive feedback, you know everything is just fine!
The sets went great and the band had so much fun playing, the songs often went longer than planned because it felt so good. One bad point was that I got so wired up and was moving around a little too much on small stage, that I stepped on Jouni's stomp box and broke the cable. For the last few songs Jouni was playing handicapped but it didn't stop him!
It's break time again as once again everybody is moving in different directions with their work. Keep you posted on where the next gig will be.
The sets went great and the band had so much fun playing, the songs often went longer than planned because it felt so good. One bad point was that I got so wired up and was moving around a little too much on small stage, that I stepped on Jouni's stomp box and broke the cable. For the last few songs Jouni was playing handicapped but it didn't stop him!
It's break time again as once again everybody is moving in different directions with their work. Keep you posted on where the next gig will be.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
New Owner, Old Pals Concert!
Once again we're performing at Robin's on friday, October 1st. This is going be the opening night for the new owner Tomi Kuusela and it should be a blast!
Let me use this space to lay rest to any rumours that Tug My Boat's beer tab at Robin's was one of the reasons for the ownership change. Our thirst has nothing to do with it!
Our friend Dave Rogers will be doing stand-up between sets, so hope to see you all there!
Let me use this space to lay rest to any rumours that Tug My Boat's beer tab at Robin's was one of the reasons for the ownership change. Our thirst has nothing to do with it!
Our friend Dave Rogers will be doing stand-up between sets, so hope to see you all there!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Flash!---TugMyBoat singer has LSD!!!
Yes folks, you've heard it here first. Kari has LSD...........
LEAD SINGER DISEASE....
He has lost his voice and we don't know when he will get better. See what happens with some fall gigs.
The story here is that after the Otava gig, the next day Sunday, he was saying his voice was a little weak. No wonder. One of the high points of the gig was on how Kari took command of his voice and put on a stellar performance. Then after that he went to an island with some friends for some R&R.
What happened on that island can only be speculated. But with the rumours that are coming out now, it goes something like this. Laced with Muumi Pop along with some fantastic summer weather, Kari stood up with his hands in the air and shouted "I feel FREE!!!" and then began his rarely witnessed nature boy transformation to FinnTarzan where a middle aged disrobed male begins to climb trees in an ape like fashion and proceeds to yell the Tarzan yell. You know the one "AAAAEEEEEAAAAAEEEEEIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!" This always happens to some degree when Kari travel to nature. The gang on the island began to laugh and enjoy watching and listening to Kari's self-proclumation of freedom with nature in a somewhat rebellious fashion.
Passing by boaters may have noticed FinnTarzan because of the way the tree he was perched on was heavily swaying because of his weight, and they probably applauded in the performance.......but.....after a reported 4 hours, the "AAAAEEEEEAAAAAEEEEEIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!" began to get a little tiresome and was then the performance was suddenly put to a halt when a rare Great White Owl, who wasn't getting his daytime nap, had enough, flew to our lead singer and responded with even a bigger "AAAAEEEEEAAAAAEEEEEIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!". Stunned back to reality, our lead singer fell off the tree and has been unable to speak since. Strange but true.
Once again falls gigs are put on hold. Will keep you posted.
LEAD SINGER DISEASE....
He has lost his voice and we don't know when he will get better. See what happens with some fall gigs.
The story here is that after the Otava gig, the next day Sunday, he was saying his voice was a little weak. No wonder. One of the high points of the gig was on how Kari took command of his voice and put on a stellar performance. Then after that he went to an island with some friends for some R&R.
What happened on that island can only be speculated. But with the rumours that are coming out now, it goes something like this. Laced with Muumi Pop along with some fantastic summer weather, Kari stood up with his hands in the air and shouted "I feel FREE!!!" and then began his rarely witnessed nature boy transformation to FinnTarzan where a middle aged disrobed male begins to climb trees in an ape like fashion and proceeds to yell the Tarzan yell. You know the one "AAAAEEEEEAAAAAEEEEEIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!" This always happens to some degree when Kari travel to nature. The gang on the island began to laugh and enjoy watching and listening to Kari's self-proclumation of freedom with nature in a somewhat rebellious fashion.
Passing by boaters may have noticed FinnTarzan because of the way the tree he was perched on was heavily swaying because of his weight, and they probably applauded in the performance.......but.....after a reported 4 hours, the "AAAAEEEEEAAAAAEEEEEIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!" began to get a little tiresome and was then the performance was suddenly put to a halt when a rare Great White Owl, who wasn't getting his daytime nap, had enough, flew to our lead singer and responded with even a bigger "AAAAEEEEEAAAAAEEEEEIIIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!". Stunned back to reality, our lead singer fell off the tree and has been unable to speak since. Strange but true.
Once again falls gigs are put on hold. Will keep you posted.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
What a difference another gig makes.
Having heard the recording of the Huvikumpu gig, I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't that bad. I was expecting a lot worse. At Robin's we could no wrong. This time we could do no right.
During the gig we could only hear the drums and not ourselves and needless to say mistakes were made by all of us. In fact twice the pick-up dropped off my acoustic and I couldn't hear the difference. The best thing to go wrong was when near the ending of a song, a strange ringing sound could be heard.......It was Jouni's cellular calling!
The reason for the mess that we didn't have our mixer with us and two of the members of the other band "The Mojo Band" helped with mix after a crash course by Osku, who in return mixed them. After hearing the recording I can only thank them for a great job mixing in such difficult conditions. Thanks!
The Mojo Band were great! A polished performance with true blues feel. It was fun working with them.
As for us, we have all spread out in different directions for the summer and will get back together when feeling to make some noise again calls. I've started to get the ball rolling for a gig in Rautalampi in September hopefully. We need more gig time. We know our songs well and I feel the songs are performed better than at Robin's, but we lack experience in gig performancing when the challenges change from location to location. Makes thing interesting....
And now as I go to my corner for some r&r, I look back at all we've done since last fall with the band complete and gigs performed, I can only take a breath and think that this is kind of real neat!
Or.....as our fellow Dutch Philosopher would comment "It could of been much worse"......
During the gig we could only hear the drums and not ourselves and needless to say mistakes were made by all of us. In fact twice the pick-up dropped off my acoustic and I couldn't hear the difference. The best thing to go wrong was when near the ending of a song, a strange ringing sound could be heard.......It was Jouni's cellular calling!
The reason for the mess that we didn't have our mixer with us and two of the members of the other band "The Mojo Band" helped with mix after a crash course by Osku, who in return mixed them. After hearing the recording I can only thank them for a great job mixing in such difficult conditions. Thanks!
The Mojo Band were great! A polished performance with true blues feel. It was fun working with them.
As for us, we have all spread out in different directions for the summer and will get back together when feeling to make some noise again calls. I've started to get the ball rolling for a gig in Rautalampi in September hopefully. We need more gig time. We know our songs well and I feel the songs are performed better than at Robin's, but we lack experience in gig performancing when the challenges change from location to location. Makes thing interesting....
And now as I go to my corner for some r&r, I look back at all we've done since last fall with the band complete and gigs performed, I can only take a breath and think that this is kind of real neat!
Or.....as our fellow Dutch Philosopher would comment "It could of been much worse"......
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Otava Gig! Will be interesting.
Yes, summers here and off to the cottage and then to Otava for our gig. This will be interesting as we are sharing the stage with another band from the area. The Mojo Band. A blues band from Mikkeli. How this is going to work out is anyone's guess. Sets, mixing, drums is all up in the air and will be sorted out.
We've been practicing new material, even at yesterday's practice which is great, but the problem is that I'm still trying to remember the old stuff............. Will keep you posted!
We've been practicing new material, even at yesterday's practice which is great, but the problem is that I'm still trying to remember the old stuff............. Will keep you posted!
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