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dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1692
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 03, 2013 - 8:00 am:   Edit Post

My new band, Green Paint, is playing a four band show at the Penny Road Pub on Friday Jan. 18.

Penny Road poster

Green Paint is Lisa Sayers, Gregg Woods, Danny DeWitt, Gary Belniak and me. We do a mix of covers and original tunes.

Green Paint 1

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 Saturday Friday January 18th at the Penny Road Pub in Barrington (west of Chicago).

Mike

[moderator's edit: correct date]

(Message edited by davehouck on January 10, 2013)
rustyg61
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Post Number: 741
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Thursday, January 03, 2013 - 8:36 am:   Edit Post

Cool looking flyer! Have a great gig!
jacko
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Post Number: 3307
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Monday, January 07, 2013 - 7:04 am:   Edit Post

Have a great gig Mike. We couldn't get away with flyers as cool as yours over here - Scotland's too conservative :-(

Graeme
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1693
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - 8:27 am:   Edit Post

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
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Post Number: 1696
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - 6:00 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: pauldo

Post Number: 913
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2013 - 7:11 pm:   Edit Post

Mike - good to hear you are gigging post Noah.
Rock on!
:-D
dadabass2001
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Post Number: 1698
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 7:06 am:   Edit Post

Thanks Paul,
Many of the same folks involved so I hope we get active again this year.
Mike
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1770
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 9:52 am:   Edit Post

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:
Green Paint
Gary me & Dan
Dan

You can see I'm using my fretted Epic with my Crate head and a single Acme Low B-2
Gary me & Lisa
Gregg
Lisa
GP 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
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 3039
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 10:52 am:   Edit Post

Mike,
Very cool ! Playing bass and singing is not all that easy, especially if you like to play counterpointal bass chops.
davehouck
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Post Number: 11186
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 8:44 am:   Edit Post

Nice pics!
jacko
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Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 9:09 am:   Edit Post

Looks like a nice sunny day Mike. Wish I could play places like this.

Graeme
pauldo
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Post Number: 1053
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 12:53 pm:   Edit Post

Mike,
Nice pics, looks like a great gig.
What's the back story on the name, Green Paint?
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5545
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 1:31 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1772
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, September 30, 2013 - 6:10 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1774
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013 - 10:54 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1803
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 9:42 am:   Edit Post

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.
Hampton Road at Rewind

me @ Rewind 2014

HR horns 2014

Later Friday evening I played in a short jam session to end the night:
Rewind Friday jam 2

Mike
davehouck
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Post Number: 11453
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 1:44 pm:   Edit Post

Cool shirt!
jacko
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Post Number: 3563
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 12:50 am:   Edit Post

Great pics Mike. You just need to stand a bit further forward. And dave's right.... very cool shirt. :-)

Graeme
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1807
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2014 - 4:05 pm:   Edit Post

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!
GP at Barnstock2014.jpg
dadabass2001
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Username: dadabass2001

Post Number: 1808
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, August 22, 2014 - 6:40 pm:   Edit Post

Let's try that again...
GP at Barnstock 2014

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