Hello, my Friends!
Yes, here it is Easter and I am only JUST getting around to talking about the St Pats Weekend…And as it is only 50 weeks until the next one, never to soon to start planning.
Paul’s excuse for not Blogging here is, as all of you who were at the shows know, is that he is SICK. Sick like the Irish had a potato famine. Full blown FLU, poor guy. He made it through the shows, barely, and then promptly lost his voice, completely and totally. (just in time for our show with the New Folk Collective, this past Friday, which, we sadly, had to cancel)
Here is a picture of Paul on St Pats, in his Happy Place….
All of the shows were WAY too much fun, even with Paul sick. People do NOT mess around about St Pats, and this year it started on Friday. On Saturday, we played Sham Rocks in St Paul for the first time, in a tent, at 2 in the afternoon, and I thought, who the heck will be there then????
MAYBE 1000 PEOPLE! All dressed to the 9’s in Green. I felt SO under dressed, not easy to do in Black Velvet and Rhinestones! And then onto Charlie’s for the evening…
Sunday was video with the Tim Malloy’s, shot by Bill Sitiler. Here is Bill and Adam conspiring…
And Johnny, the Spirit of St Pats Day himself, with a fan who looks like he has WAY more energy left than Johnny….
On Monday we started at 4 and the place was packed, and went up from there. We made SO many new friends! And of course, no St Pats would be complete without , oh yes, Crazy Dancing Guy!!!!!!!! Who came down and was as crazy a dancer as one could ever have hoped for , bringing all of his friends and making our night! We love you Crazy Dancing Guy and Friends!
There are far too many moments to remember, the Twisted Sisters, Vodka Lady, the nice woman who took our tip jar around, the Possee, and Georgia Guy. YOU are the ones who make the show. You and all of the others my still-clouded tired brain is forgetting. (Let me know if I am missing you, and I sure will take care of that!)
We came. We played. We had a Blast. We fell down, and are still trying to get our brains back. Thank you all SO for coming, and thanks to the Stillwater paper who had us on the cover, and the St Croix Valley River Press, who did such a fine article on us and Charlie’s Pub.
As Paul has all of the pictures of ME on his camera and he is still lying in bed , silently, I will leave you with a lovely serene picture of ME, taken on a mountain, outside of LA the day BEFORE the madness….
We can’t wait to see you, each of you, and all of you, again very soon. Please come back for some more fun, because, as ever, it isn’t any fun without you!
Love and Irish, Lorraine