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FIRST FRIDAY
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St. Patrick's Day
Tuesday March 17th
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Free Beer News
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First Friday in March! (The Prequel)It doesn't seem to matter what happens, the gang is coming for First Friday and the crowd keeps growing. Maybe it's because we learned a bunch of new songs, or that our Bass Player's classmates from Wayne State started taking an interest, or that Sandy and Karen starting bringing their friends, or that everyone has a birthday around the first of the month. We don't know and we don't care. We're just saying that it's been a lot of fun the past few months on First Friday at Cowley's and you should come by and see what's happening! Just like last month, it's Friday the 6th of the month. This time, it's our St Patty's Day Prequel. See if you can practice up for the party that's going to occur only 11 days later!
Cowley's is located on Grand River and Farmington in Downtown Farmington MI. Admission at Cowley's is Free. We'll hit the stage around 9:30PM on Friday March 6th. |
Start thinking St. Patrick's Day!
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If Free Beer were sponsored on St Patrick's day, we would be sponsored by the number 2. We will be adding 2 members to our band. Jim Flynn on virtuoso Fiddle, Mandolin and Penny Whistle player and Ron Jewell who plays guitar and knows every Irish song (and quite a few spicy jokes). We divide every set into 2. The first 4 songs are Irish drinking songs (there is no other kind!) and the last 8 are Free Beer Rock songs (there are no other kind). This year we are taking the show to 2 places. First is McGuckin's Pub in Taylor from 11 to 3. Second is Cowley's Pub in Farmington from 6 to Midnight. Flynn has played at McGuckins with his band in the past and when they went looking for someone to fill a spot in their schedule, we were first on the list. Then we'll pack up the gear and head out to Cowley's. The Shawn Riley band will have the first shift there and we will be picking up the closing slot. If you think you can make both of the gigs, we will do something nice to commemorate your dedication (and stamina!)
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Free Beer Reports
Free Beer First Friday / February!This was a tough night for Kurt, only returning a few days earlier from his mom's funeral. That being said this was one of the best First Friday's ever!! Kurt kicked it off by dedicating the Beatles "You're Mother Should Know" to his mom. We celebrated birthday's from Jim Jim, Rich The Bitch and Janel "Seestror" Edelman. Later arrived Sheree Glynn from a night of dancing to celebrate her birthday. Jeff had to bolt right from his class at Wayne State University to play bass. He also brought most of the members of his class along with him including Han who doubletimed a version of Wonderwall both in speed and skill. He sang and played guitar! Bobby White from the Love Junkies joined us on stage to sing Some Kinda Wonderful. Great night. See you in March!
Of course there are plenty of photos with the Sock Monkey. Check'em out! |
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First Friday of 2015 at Cowley's!You would figure that everyone is tired out after a good 15 days of straight up celebrating wouldn't you? Not the Free Beer Fans. Every year they never cease to amaze me. Everyone comes out just a couple of days after New Years and lights it up. Sure there are a few of us who swear off drinking for the month of January (Scott, we are looking directly at you) but even they have enough residual alcohol flowing in their veins to party like rock stars. It is a known fact that Free Beer tends to make more mistakes on stage when Scott is not drunk. Strange. It's not just Scott either! Stranger. You think it would be the other way around. Special thanks go out to all the folks celebrating birthdays incluuuding Teresa and Denise. Also thanks to Bobby White from the Love Junkies who just got back from the New Years Eve gig out in Port Huron who joined us on stage for a few songs. Want to see the photos? Click Here!
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Beermas Good Cheer !!!
Good Weather and Bus Drivers make for a Jam Packed
New Way Bar BeerMas at the New Way Bar. Wow. It's been so long since we have even had ACCEPTABLE weather, it was a great pleasure to have a nice pleasant day where fans weren't taking their lives in their hands just to attend. It was interesting when we arrived to find AFSCME Local 166 (The Ferndale School Bus Drivers) holding their Holiday Party right in the middle of the dance floor! That was fine, we worked around them and Domino Effect hit the stage as planned at 9PM. The Bus Drivers remained! After an encore that brought everyone to the dance floor, Domino Effect cleared the stage and The Candy Band hit the stage. The Bus Drivers remained. |
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The Candy Band set included some Iggy Pop, some Ramones, some Motor Dolls (for Kurt) and Kurt even got up on stage and sang Danzig's Mother. They also did some Nursery Punk, just not "The Wheels On The Bus" for the Bus Drivers!
Next up was Free Beer. After a couple of warm ups, we launched into two CANDY BAND songs (Monster and Monkey) then invited Paula from the Candy Band on stage to play guitar on Smoke On The Water. Some more songs (including the iconic "Hit Me Baby One More Time") and then we launched into the Christmas set including our psuedo original "Most Wonderful Time To Drink Beer", "The Grinch" and "Run Run Rudolph". Thanks to everyone who came out. Oh, by they way ... Bus Drivers were still there at the end of the set.
Pictures are here ... some video from Mark Hessencamp (Add It Up) and more video TJ Percindero (Love Me Two Times and The Grinch)
Next up was Free Beer. After a couple of warm ups, we launched into two CANDY BAND songs (Monster and Monkey) then invited Paula from the Candy Band on stage to play guitar on Smoke On The Water. Some more songs (including the iconic "Hit Me Baby One More Time") and then we launched into the Christmas set including our psuedo original "Most Wonderful Time To Drink Beer", "The Grinch" and "Run Run Rudolph". Thanks to everyone who came out. Oh, by they way ... Bus Drivers were still there at the end of the set.
Pictures are here ... some video from Mark Hessencamp (Add It Up) and more video TJ Percindero (Love Me Two Times and The Grinch)
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The Last First Friday of the YearIt was the last First Friday of the year and the place was packed when we walked in! Not even anywhere to sit for dinner before the show. Tom Daldin had also scheduled a book signing for the Under The Radar Michigan: "The First 50" which brought us a new (more literary) audience. There were plenty of Christmas parties and all of these various crowds blended with our regular First Friday crew. The dance floor was packed for the first song so we had to pick the beer winner at random. We also brought out a couple of the Christmas songs (Grinch and Wonderful) to kick off the season. Funniest moment of the night, Scott throws his Fake Beer to a fan on the floor, who mistakes it for a real beer and steps away, allowing said Fake Beer to shatter on the floor. Where was the camera for that?
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Black Friday comes to Cowley's When Black Friday comes ... Snow, Ice and Sleet will fall and drivers will test their skills, then their airbags against freeway medians. So you know that only the heartiest of souls made it out to see Free Beer ... and there were a lot of hearty souls. Some of the more fun points of the evening; The Cowley's declared a "Power Hour" from 11P to 12M where Bud Light, Labatt's and (wait for it) Buttery Nipple Shots were on sale for $2. Not only did it give Scott the opportunity to say "Nipple" over and over, it ignited the crowd. No one said that Buttery Nipples didn't have alcohol in them! Another high point; Sidi Henderson from Mainstreet Soul came out so we dragged him up on stage to sing a couple of songs. One More: Jim and Kurt "motor boating" Audrey during Add It Up. Something for everyone!
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Plymouth ROC ends Free Beer's 7 Week HiatusThis was the end of our longest hiatus in quite a while. Free Beer took seven weekends off to relax, work, practice, travel ... whatever you do when you are taking time off. Plymouth ROC was a great place to ease back into it as they have a stage, PA system, sound guy, lights an excellent waitstaff featuring two Emilys ... one who waited on us and a second celebrating her birthday ... and a built in crowd from Kurt's home town. We saw plenty of folks we have not seen in a white (Mario, Keith, Mary Kay, Andy Meloche, Cora, Tom and Coco) and invited Bill up on stage to play Bass for a song. Plenty of photos but a bunch of Sock Monkey photos were lost in digital space. Sorry folks! If you want to see which photos remain, you can find them here!!
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October First Friday at Cowley'sIt's the longest running bar night in Farmington History! Free Beer plays the first Friday of every month and October is the norm not the exception. Again another outstanding night. First Friday in October was a grand affair. It was the Red Wings opening night so the first hockey win of the season played on the big screen. Friends from all around attended knowing that Free Beer would not return until Thanksgiving weekend. Even Bob Hucheson came all the way from Nashville. Full Dance floor. Full Beer glass. Fun times for all. Don't believe me. I have PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE of normal people having fun at First Friday with Free Beer.
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THE FREE BEER BLOG
So much stuff started piling up on this page it was getting hard to load. So every six months, we will push it back to the blog ... which technically our home page is ... since it tells the story of Free Beer in pictures, text and links in a chronological order ... that's kinda what a Blog is. So we're owning up to it. If you have read this far, why not go for the long haul? Click hear to head down memory lane!!
Random Free Beer Related Stuff
Free Beer on Under The Radar MichiganWhat a great episode of Under The Radar Michigan featuring Free Beer recording our video at Groove Box studios.
Here's a link to the episode on UTR Michigan that ran this morning Here's a link to the video we recorded of "Love Me Two Times". |
Nice Article By Gary Graff In the Oakland Press
We know good journalism when we read it ... Thanks to Gary Graff for digging up the dirt on Free Beer and putting it in the Oakland Press. Appreciate it!!
Finally, Someone Sets The Numbers Straight!!
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Free Beer?Some people will go through anything to get some Free Beer!!
How to Catch A Canadian
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Kurt does a Girly Shot!See what happens when Emily sticks something hard in Kurt's mouth, and then the end of it gets all creamy and white, so Kurt rears his head back and swallows all of it, wipes the residue off his chin, just to lean forward all satisfied.
Watch the video and see if we here at www.freebeernet.com have any part of this incorrect. Enjoy! |
