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  May 13, 2006 


            ...from the Dixon May Fair, Dixon, California. May 11, 2006.
 What a great show last Thursday night at the Dixon May Fair up on Highway 80 towards Sacramento. My friend Vikki Lee and her Pinecones were playing up on the big stage ..headlining. They deserve it...

   Whoops! Wrong well actually it was the small stage but it was a fine stage. ...and well there was this other band their that night and they were the ones headlining and they are a rather well known band called Heart. That's right.

  Anyways now its Saturday night and I have an urge to get out of the house again
so I am not going to write out the whole story here.

  Just imagine you have the stage to play about 300 yards away from this world-famous band that are playing at stadium level volume. To be honest there were not a lot of people wandering around the fair that Thursday evening most everybody who was there were at the Heart show. The Pinecones had their work cut out for them and their was all kinds of weirdness floating around where people put on the event and don't even know you are playing and issues with a check etc... it was a bit of an ordeal. Flying colors..! What a great band, the Pinecones Rock!
LtoR
Russ Whitehead, Bass
Michael Jarrett, Keys
Chris Ivey, Pedal Steel
Bob Woods, Guitar, Vocals
Vikki Lee, Guitar, Vocals
Steve Namle, Drums

 


   here are two clips from the night. Note you don't get to play with the band Heart every day. 

   the first is the Pinecones version of a tune written by a band called Highway 101.
   the second is written by an English musician named Albert Lee, who occasionally is found playing with the Pinecones in funny little joints and some pretty big ones too, somewhere in California.

   Listen up and enjoy.

   Great performances all the way around. Russ Whitehead did his awesome Muleskinner Blues. Bob Woods sang lead on a few tunes and my God what is Albert gonna say! Jeez Bob you were on fire! Michael Jarrett added a couple of fine vocals on Money Honey and ahh that Ray Charles tune.. Chris Ivey, pedal steel... virtuoso... in my book. 
Vikki the force is with you! Rising to the occasion. Plus all backed up by the great Heart.

   Nancy and Anne invite me to a show someday and I will write you up too!

                            say hey guy@bandlands.com

 

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