Michael Cleary Band: Blog

MC here, filling in briefly for Jonny Gates in the Blogosphere to recap our last few gigs.

 We made a stop at Jakes in Wallingford on October 23rd to a fantastic crowd who was treated to our mini psychedelic light show. We like to utilize their built in projector and screen which sits behind the band and is perfect for this type of setup. Tony, the friendly gent who books us there, commented that "you guys do it right with your whole show" at the end of the night. Our friend Jim Mingo brought in his PA with his new Presonus board and powered QSC Speakers and had the sound pumping steadily all night. Shout outs go to Dave Brewer, Anne Marie Cannata, Lori Esposito, Dave Alston, Lisa Ramsey Hollenbeck and Mike Lapitino from WPLR. It was great to see all of you guys as well as the whole crowd at Jakes who made it a memorable night.

 On October 30 mcb traveled down to Donahues in Madison for a wild and crazy Halloween party. The band got dressed up in a varied assortment of costumes with "Best" going to Lee as Gumby. He managed to play the whole gig with his costume on much to mc's delight. What a good sport! The crowd was happily dancing in their clever costumes and we handed out an assortment of prizes to the best dressed. Shout outs to Edwin Bartlett, from CT Out and About, Janice Vecchito Thomas and her crew, and Byron, our sound guy for the evening, tastefully dressed as Spock.

On November 6th we played a totally high energy blowout gig at The Main Pub in Manchester. It was Keith, the owners, birthday and the place was jammed. Keith remarked how it was our best gig ever and was thrilled to have us play on his Birthday. The crowd rocked with us the whole night with high points being Lee singing the Derek Trucks song "I know", The Trey Anastasio tune "Cayman Review" which kicked off the first set, "Mind Made Up", "You Got My Love", and an intense Santana medley featuring Oye Como Va, Evil Ways and Soul Sacrifice to close out the first set. Special Guest Chip Fenney sat in on Sax in the second set and helped tear the rest of the roof off the place with a rousing set that featured What is Hip, Musicology, and closed with Child Inside. Thanks Chip! Shout outs go to Uncle Phil Wilson, Leah and Adriano, Lisa Karam and Michele Deluco and their crew, and of course Keith Beaulieu. Happy Birthday Keith, we hope you had as much fun as we did!