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First Friday
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Return To Royal Oak
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Free Beer News
We're Taking April Off
Don't worry, we're back for First Friday at Cowley's in May!
It's been a grueling first three months of the year so Free Beer is taking off April for spring break. Our next public appearance will be at Cowley's for the First Friday in May on May 2nd at 9:30PM. Since that's a full six weeks after St. Patricks Day, it SHOULD be warm by then and our clothing choices (or lack thereof) will reflect it. Free Beer as a band cannot wait to see what everyone isn't wearing!! |
Free Beer Returns to Royal Oak
Rocking the Star Lanes again on Friday May 16th
Our last venture into Royal Oak was wild. There was a beer fest going on at the Farmers Market that created all kinds of traffic and parking havoc. And there were so may people at the lanes and theater there was a line out the door. We fully expect a lot more organized gig, with plenty of room for everyone. So Royal Oak ... REPORT FOR DUTY. |
Free Beer REPORTS
BackSeat Drivers? Naaah, it was Free Beer!Free Beer celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Mustang with Ford!
Free Beer occasionally will play a "Corporate Gig" if we like the company and the idea of the event. Ford Motor Company asked us to be the "House Band" for their outdoor celebration of the 50th annivesary of the Ford Mustang so we said yes. It was a very cool event with 150 Mustangs parked in the front parking lot of the Ford World Headquarters and the entire company coming out to check them out, have a hot dog, win some prizes and even get up on stage and help us sing. Gues what song? Read on for the answer! Only issue with gigs like this is our name. You can't put the words "Free Beer" on a corporate invitation. So we went under the pseudonym "Backseat Drivers". We met the necessary requirements. We're fun. We know a lot of your favorite songs and we can play (answer to the trivia question) "Mustang Sally". We invited anyone up to be a "Sally" and sing the "Ride Sally Ride" chorus. They even had the words printed up on a keepsake laminated sheet if you wanted to sing lead (which one of the engineers did). Playing against the backdrop of the World Headquarters in front of all those Mustangs made for an unforgettable scene. But if we ever do, we can check out these pictures! |
Want to see 623 photos of all of the Mustang Festivities (and a couple of the band too)? Check out Ford's Flickr site here!!
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ST Patrick's Day at Cowley's in FarmingtonMarcel Saves The Day!
This was our sixth annual appearance as the house band for John Cowley and Sons Pub's most important day. It did not disappoint, even if the calendar makers stuck it on a Monday. The Shawn Riley Band kicked off festivities at 10AM and played until 3P ... they loaded out and we loaded in with an extra member in our midst. Ron Jewell ... but where was Fiddle Flynn? Trapped at Work? On St. Patty's Day? No worries. Free Beer is lucky enough to have Irish (by way of the Far East) Fiddle pro Marcel Lim as a fan. Sure enough he just happened to have his fiddle with him ... and a kilt on. Marcel sat in for the Irish sets, and we alternated between Rock and Irish until 10PM. The house was still full when we quit. See the photos here. |
First Friday Fun at Cowley's on March 7th
We had a pretty good run there for the first of the year. So many gigs, so few days! First Friday in March is like the "8th Inning" when you know the closer (St. Patricks Day) is going to come in and strike out the side. We had a great early crowd and lots of first set dancers. Second set featured and impromptu guest singing stint by Janel Edelman and Buddah came and sang BOTH of the Rocky Horror songs without a script. Impressive.
Click here to see some photos of the festivities!! |
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We had a Motown WinterBlast! |
The Fans surprise Free Beer with a wildly positive reaction!
Yes, you shocked even the battle hardened Free Beer with your raucous reponse to every song. We will tell you that we have not had a reception like this in a while and it really made us feel GREAT after a long weekend of loading and unloading our instruments in cold, ice and snow. Thanks to everyone who braved the elements and came outside to come inside the tropical Budweiser tent at Winter Blast. The large crowd and Budweiser "anti freeze" kicked in and people danced, screamed, passed liquor to us and cheered wildly after every song. Again from Scott, Tom, Jim, Kurt and Dewey, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. |
Fans fend off frigid frost for First Friday of February at Cowley's
Sharee and Janel Edelman celebrate birthdays with Free Beer
It was First Friday at Cowley's. It was Frigid. It was Sheree's Birthday that week. It was Janel's Birthday. Janel is Guitarist Jim's Sister. All of Janel's friends were there to dance. Only one thing missing. Janel. She was at a wedding. No biggie. Everyone still had a great time and then Janel showed up an the place went crazy. Full dance floor until the end of the night and plenty of people watched us pack up and stayed until the very bitter end. Which was still bitterly cold outside. It always amazes us when the fans brave the elements and show up in force on such a cold night. THANK YOU. |
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Free Beer Lands at Plymouth Rock
ROCd' Plymouth on Saturday January 25th
Kurt's entire gang of friends converged on the Plymouth ROC to see what Free Beer has been up to over the past year. It was another great show with sound being provided by the house. There was a huge gang from Doyle's packed in the back and the dancefloor remained full most of hte night once things got underway. Check out the photos We hope to book a few more gigs there over the course of the spring and fall this year. |
Happy New Year in Port Huron!
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We will also say this, Port Huron residents are big fans of Under The Radar Michigan, because Tom got recognized no less that 15 times during dinner! We started playing quietly at 9PM and progressively got louder until the finish. Bobby G was admiring Jim's guitars so we invited him up to play and he ROCKED. The countdown happened, we played another hour. Overall a great time and we are sure surprised how friendly everyone was in Port Huron. As promised, we bought breakfast for anyone who was able to come down by 9:30AM and have Breakfast with Free Beer on New Years morning. See the survivors in the pictures.
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Hockeytown Winter Festival
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BeerMas -- Mother Nature Fights Back!
We are not so sure what we did to piss off Mother Nature during 2013, but we hope the vendetta ends in 2014. This time, she dropped 6 inches of Snow on Ferndale during the day prior to the show, seriously messing with the commute to BeerMas for most. But our fans are hearty souls. Domino Effect kicked it off with even Mike singing a song. The Candy Band became the IGGY GIRLS featuring a set of Iggy Pop songs. Free Beer did 5 holiday songs including 3 brand new renditions. The new owners gave us a vote of confidence with an invite back for later this year. While more people could have come through the door, it was still the merriest time of the year. |
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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!!
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Uncle Fester VideoHere's video from the "all Edelman band" Uncle Fester featuring Eric on Bass, John and Jim on Guitar, Johnny III on Drums and In-Law Mark Crowley on Vocals
This is the Jim Carroll song "It's Too Late" as performed by the Band of Edelmans Uncle Fester on 7/13/13 at Spectators in Chesterland OH. |
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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! |
Finally, Someone Sets The Numbers Straight!!
Can you Beer Me Now? Good!
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