Brennan's Place, Holyoke, MA 3/18/11

For the second year in a row we traveled to Holyoke, MA to take part in their annual St. Patrick’s Day weekend festivities, and once again we were rewarded with beautiful weather, warm hospitality and a fun show. The set list included three debuts in “Ain’t Good Enough For You,” “American Land” and “From Small Things.” The show also featured the debut of the Shuffle Mardi Gras beads, which were a big hit. Due to time constraints we eliminated one of our planned breaks, and plowed through with two long sets instead, which included two encores. Other highlights of the road trip included stops at three legendary Connecticut joints: Rawley’s, Super Duper Weenie and Danny’s Drive-In. All three were outstanding. Many thanks to Patrick and the staff at Brennan’s for taking care of us and making us feel at home. We’re looking forward to a return trip next year!

Farrell's, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 03/12/11

It was a rollicking night at Farrell’s in Point Pleasant as the band gave a high-energy 37-song performance to a crowd that was dancing from the first song on. Audience members weren’t the only ones cutting a rug as saxophonist Bill "Dancing Machine" Shanker proceeded to tear it up on the dance floor throughout the night as well, jamming out on his beautiful brand new sterling sax. Forgoing our planned second break, we wound up performing an extra-long second set that included a few audibles as well as songs like “Candy’s Room” and “Thundercrack” which were both performed by request to close out the show. Also, we want to wish a Happy Birthday to our friend Joe who was celebrating his 40th with family and friends at Farrell’s Saturday night.