| Author | Message | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1692 Registered: 6-2002 |
My new band, Green Paint, is playing a four band show at the Penny Road Pub on Friday Jan. 18.  Green Paint is Lisa Sayers, Gregg Woods, Danny DeWitt, Gary Belniak and me. We do a mix of covers and original tunes.  We'll be playing with good friends, various sit-ins and jams (most of the groups are Dead-friendly) ... this one's going to be a lot of fun. Hope to see you Mike [moderator's edit: correct date] (Message edited by davehouck on January 10, 2013) | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 741 Registered: 2-2011 |
Cool looking flyer! Have a great gig! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3307 Registered: 10-2002 |
Have a great gig Mike. We couldn't get away with flyers as cool as yours over here - Scotland's too conservative :-( Graeme | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1693 Registered: 6-2002 |
Thanks Rusty and Graeme. One of the guys from Mars Light posted the Penny Road poster as part of the Facebook notification, I don't know who created it. Gregg Woods designed the Green Paint flyer. The day is Friday (as on the poster), not Saturday (I'm date challenged). Mike | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1696 Registered: 6-2002 |
Well, they've now posted that the show will start at 7 rather than 8 pm, with a half hour break between each act. That means I'll still start at 9 pm, just the stage turnaround won't be a complete cluster*!^%&!.  Mike | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 913 Registered: 6-2006 |
Mike - good to hear you are gigging post Noah. Rock on! :-D | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1698 Registered: 6-2002 |
Thanks Paul, Many of the same folks involved so I hope we get active again this year. Mike | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1770 Registered: 6-2002 |
Well, Green Paint did an outdoor freebie in Batavia IL last week. Their "Art In Your Eye" Festival included an Art In Your Ear stage, hosted by Hix Brothers Music of the Aurora/Batavia area. Same lineup as above, but here are some daylight photos playing in the band shell:    You can see I'm using my fretted Epic with my Crate head and a single Acme Low B-2     Everybody but me sings, with Gregg doubling on second guitar and keys. We also had a guest sax player(Chris Eastwood) sit in for a couple of songs, but Chris was the photog, so no pix of him. ;) Mike | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3039 Registered: 5-2009 |
Mike, Very cool ! Playing bass and singing is not all that easy, especially if you like to play counterpointal bass chops. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11186 Registered: 5-2002 |
Nice pics! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3425 Registered: 10-2002 |
Looks like a nice sunny day Mike. Wish I could play places like this. Graeme | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1053 Registered: 6-2006 |
Mike, Nice pics, looks like a great gig. What's the back story on the name, Green Paint? | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5545 Registered: 7-2004 |
Mike: Looks like a fun gig. But twin tuxedo strats? Maybe you need to spread a little more Alembic mojo in the direction of your guitar players! lol Bill, tgo | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1772 Registered: 6-2002 |
Thanks guys for the kindly comments. Wolf, I'm just a mediocre singer at best (my first good band in the 70's nicknamed me "Cliff"), although I do find singing weird harmony parts sometimes rewarding(e.g. the horn harmony on the intro to "Home At Last"). Graeme, it was a beautiful day, warm enough in late September to make us sweat, but with a nice breeze. It was so bright none of us could see our headstock tuners once we got on stage. Luckily it was a tight single set and we were set up off stage before hand, so the stringed instruments didn't drift badly. Paul, Green Paint was the last, desperate idea after months of each of us coming up with 5 names, submitting them, and no one really digging any of them (Friends of Fife, Quantum Glass, Fine Food & Dining, etc). I believe it might refer to a controlled substance in many, lesser-aware territories. ;) Bill, Gary (standing next to me) is a dive bomber with the whammy and a David Gilmore fan. He's got a nice Les Paul that appears about once a year, but Strats are his love. He also has a beautiful old sunburst that doesn't come out to shows much any more, a mid 50s with original P.A.F. pickups. Gregg,(with the white vest) is a musical offspring of the 80s and has his Squirer (sic?) Strat outfitted with a Roland VG pickup and plays exclusively thru an old Roland (VG8? it's the size of a multi-effects board) model guitar emulator (anything from Tom Scholz Boston type sounds to a pseudo Rick bass to acoustic guitar or Beatle-esque electric 12 string. I've know Gregg for about 15 years and NEVER seen him plug a standard guitar plug into the instrument. I've tried to show them both the truth and light, but they serve their own tonal gods. Both are good guys. Gary knows more songs than anybody I've ever played with, and picks tunes up with amazing ease, great ears. Mike | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1774 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'll be performing with Green Paint Saturday, October 12, for Octoberfest at Pub Yahoo in Carol Stream - our 1 1/2 hour afternoon set starts at 3:00 pm - outside if weather permits. Also appearing will be New Fun Band and Heebie Jeebies. Mike | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1803 Registered: 6-2002 |
Green Paint will be performing at Barnstock in Compton, IL this Saturday, Aug. 16 at 6 pm. We're the first band up (I like playing early) and doing a one hour set. On August 1 & 2 I played at Rock n Roll Rewind in Dubuque, IA again. This year I only played with two bands, Hampton Road and Waterfall, but each played Friday and Saturday and are made up of many of the same players and singers (with a few additions). Hampton Road was my largest band to date with 12 performers: 5 horns, 3 singers and a 4 man rhythm section.    Later Friday evening I played in a short jam session to end the night:  Mike | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11453 Registered: 5-2002 |
Cool shirt! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3563 Registered: 10-2002 |
Great pics Mike. You just need to stand a bit further forward. And dave's right.... very cool shirt. :-) Graeme | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1807 Registered: 6-2002 |
Thanks Graeme and Dave. The shirt was a gift from a former bandmate. Almost Smaug-like! ;) "Rock The Hub" photos is Mark, an excellent photographer in Dubuque. He's got a Facebook page and shoots an incredible amount of beautiful images. Here's a shot of Green Paint at Barnstock, a very "old school" vibe and a heck of a good time! | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1808 Registered: 6-2002 |
Let's try that again...  |
