Soaring Eagle Rock Stage Royal Oak / Saturday September 3, 2016
Arts Beats and Eats
This year was a bit more tolerable than other years ... We're not saying playing at Arts Beats and Eats is a chore. It's an awesome way to give your fans a taste of your tunes while they wander and check out hundreds of other top Detroit Area bands. We love playing there. It's just that our record with the weather has been less than stellar. Last four years went like this. The Most Humid Day of the Year. 98 degree heat with direct sunlight. A wicked downpour that crippled the city. High 80's in the middle of the day with the sun directly in our faces. This year was PERFECT. High 70's. Big Friendly crowd. Lots of family and friends we haven't seen in the evening (between 10P and 2A when we usually play!)
Only thing missing this year was Tom Daldin from Under the Radar Michigan on Drums. A family vacation precluded him from the kit. No problem. This time Bobby White from the Love Junkies who is always in the audience at Cowley's already knew our set and was able to step in on a moment's notice! We kicked it off with So American by the Mutants and by trusting the audience with our camera and our Sock Monkey for some selfies with Free Beer in the background (we got the camera back before the monkey!) We finished off our run at Arts Beats and Eats with the Violent Femmes medley, the Rocky Horror medley and The Doors Love Me Two Times with an Iggy "I Wanna Be Your Dog" encore. Great finish to a great day.
Only thing missing this year was Tom Daldin from Under the Radar Michigan on Drums. A family vacation precluded him from the kit. No problem. This time Bobby White from the Love Junkies who is always in the audience at Cowley's already knew our set and was able to step in on a moment's notice! We kicked it off with So American by the Mutants and by trusting the audience with our camera and our Sock Monkey for some selfies with Free Beer in the background (we got the camera back before the monkey!) We finished off our run at Arts Beats and Eats with the Violent Femmes medley, the Rocky Horror medley and The Doors Love Me Two Times with an Iggy "I Wanna Be Your Dog" encore. Great finish to a great day.