Dead Set Celebrates 5/8/77 Nectar's, Burlington, VT May 8th, 2018.

Hello everyone. I hope you are having a fantastic day. It’s in the upper 70’s with bountiful sunshine today in Vermont. The planets aligned and I had off from both jobs today. Which is what I needed after an incredible night of music. Some of Vermont’s finest came out to celebrate the most celebrated show in the Dead’s history, Cornell ’77. So without further ado, Dead Set celebrates 5/8/77.

     You can stream the OG here. I know a recording was made but it doesn’t make it onto the World Wide Web too often. How big is this show? Take your pick from 17 different sources. Multiple matrixes. Crazy!

http://www.jamstreams.net/gd/1977/1977-05-08

Set 1 Minglewood Blues, Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightening>Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancin’ in the Street

Set 2

Scarlet>Fire, Estimated, St Stephen>NFA>St Stephen> Morning Dew E: Saturday Night

Line up

Zach Nugent – Guitar Jerry vocals, Daniel Marc-Guitar Bobby vocals, Ed Grassmeyer-Bass, Josh Dobbs- Keys, Russ Lawton-Drums, Joe Chapman-Drums

     Upon our arrival Shawn remarked how many old Dead Heads were out. He usually only sees them at the festivals. You could feel the collective memory in that room. It was great seeing older heads still out and about, showing the youngun’s who has the clout. I saw a lot of familiar faces, the regulars if you will for Dead Set. It was also the most crowded I ever saw for a Dead Set. Super jam packed.

     Loser is really heavy when Zach plays it. Jack Straw followed by Deal was the high energy mark of the first set. The first opportunity for some deep space was Supplication. Damn, really went out there with it. BE Women is another one that Zach really rips it up. His Disco Dead band have done BE Women>Get Lucky> BE Women. So much fun. They ended the first set with Row Jimmy because they were going to throw down some real heat to start the second set.

    The total Disco- Cry Baby Pedal to the Metal – Dance like you are James Brown Funk Fest that is Dancin’ in the Streets started off the second set. The late 70’s arrangement of this tune is just an ultimate release. So glad they opened with it. Then SCARLET>FIRE. It’s in all caps because it should be shouted from the hill tops. Both drummers doing their thing with a hint of calypso during Scarlet. The opening wah wah’s of Fire elicited the loudest cheer of the night. The energy blew the roof off and the doors out. Estimated let us catch our breath because another prophet was about to arrive. So few bands cover St. Stephen so it’s always a treat to hear it. And to have a sandwich with the meat being Not Fade Away? Peak Grateful Dead indeed.

     Last night I met some new friends and hung with peeps I’ve known for years from Phish Tour. Today I got to sleep in, take Hobbs on multiple walks to multiple parks (Ethen Allen Park is next after I finish writing this), and grilling at the Talberts for dinner on this absolutely beautiful Vermont spring day. Happy Hump Day!

Dave Kemp

BA American Stuides

PhD Rock and Roll

Pappy and the Pards, Live at Nectar's, Burlington, VT Feb. 22nd, 2018

Hello, hello, hello. As a nor’easter howls across New England, I am snug in my tiny apartment with a cathedral ceiling. One last review to hang on the internets, so here it is. Kempepedia is proud to present Pappy and the Pards, Live at Nectar’s, Burlington, VT February 22^nd, 2018.

Pappy and the Pards

February 22^nd, 2018 

Pappy and the Pards are

Patrick Biondo – Guitar/Banjo/Vocals

Gordon Stone – Pedal Steel

Pat Melvin – Bass

Sean Preece – Drums

Justin Mazer – Electric Guitar (Second Set)

Set One

New River Train, Louis Collins, Diamond Joe, Grandpappy, Walking Catastrophe, Love Please Come Home, Clinch Mountain Backstep>Turkey in the Straw>Close Enough, Catfish John, Nashville Blues

Set Two

Since You Said Goodbye>Crazy Mama>Cocaine>Call Me the Breeze, Dead Flowers, Rabbit in a Log, Old Farmer’s Mill>High on a Mountain Top, Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow, You are My Sunshine  

You can stream it here

https://archive.org/details/pappy2018-02-22.sbd.schoepsMK21.AKG414.flac16

      Pappy was seated on a stool for the entire first set. This set was the most laid back out of the eight sets. Diamond Joe was great and Pappy really conveys the contempt the narrator has for Diamond Joe. Grandpappy is a nice laid back new tune. Walking Catastrophe is another new tune with a shout out to Cabinet’s home town of Scranton, PA.

      It is safe to say that anything Pappy’s sings sounds better with a pedal steel guitar. Gordon Stone is a master of that instrument. Loved the Clinch thru Close. Turkey in the Straw is one of those songs that was probably one of the first tunes many musicians learned. I have probably seen Pappy sing Catfish John more than any other tune. It never gets old. And Nashville Blues was the perfect high energy way to end a set. Nashville Blues featured a great solo from Mr. Pat Melvin. He played 3 of the shows and was definitely the MVB (Most Valuable Bassist) of the residency.

     The second and final set of the residency was my favorite of all the sets. Justin played across town at the Ryan Montbleau/ Yes Darling show at the Higher Ground and then came to Nectar’s to throw down some nasty licks. The whole run of Since You Said Goodbye through Breeze was fantastic. It was like there was all this pent up energy from the first set that nobody noticed and then exploded. Nearly 40 minutes! What a way to kick off a set!

     I was 15 in Ocean City MD with my family.  I came across 2 musicians playing on a small stage directly off the boardwalk. While bantering between songs, one remarked that the next song was written by the best country music writers of all time.  That song was Dead Flowers by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. Once I discovered Sticky Fingers, it quickly became one of my favorite songs by anyone. I knew Pappy played it because he performed it with Gatos Blancos in 2017. I don’t like asking musicians to play specific songs unless asked, so I didn’t request it. But lo and behold here it was! I was the only person yelling and clapping. You can hear me on the recording lol. The pedal steel was the perfect complement to an already perfect tune.

     Mr. Stone really shined on Rabbit. Cabinet tunes made a return with Old Farmer’s Mill into High on a Mountaintop. Mountaintop is one of my favorite bluegrass tunes and it is always a treat when I hear it. Love the jam that begins about 7 minutes in Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow. And then a delicate take on You Are My Sunshine to close it all out.

     And as February ends and we march closer to spring, the residency is over. What an amazing time. Met some cool new people as my new life up here gets better and better. Feel proud to be part of a vibrant musical community and look forward to the future.

Furthur!

Dave Kemp

BA American Studies

PhD Rock and Roll

Plentiful Pickin' for the People : Pappy and the Pards, Live at Nectar's, Burlington, VT Feb. 15th, 2018.

     Hello everyone. Well, we are past the half way point of the residency with this show. I am not going to lie, it has been fantastic having this to look forward to each Thursday in February. I work Saturday and Sunday mornings so I have to squeeze a whole weekend into a single night.  And Pappy and his Pards make it all worth it. So without further ado, Kempepedia is proud to present Plentiful Pickin’ for the People : Pappy and the Pards, Live at Nectar’s, Burlington, VT February 15^th, 2018.

Set 1

On and On, Shady Grove, Old Farmer’s Mill, Susquehanna Breakdown, You Don’t Know My Mind,  Back to the Basics, I Told Them All About You, Goldrush, Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow

Set 2

I’m Walkin’, Sunday 60 Breakdown, Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright, Diamond Joe, Rabbit in A Log, Sunset in Vergennes, Little Maggie> Turkey in the Straw>Bill Cheatum , Poor Man’s Blues

You can stream it here

https://archive.org/details/pappy2018-02-15.fernandez.sbd.ca14.flac16

Pappy and the Pards are

Pappy Biondo - Guitar/Vocals/Banjo

Doug Perkins - Guitar

Pat Melvin - Bass

Patrick Ross –Fiddle

Adam Frehm – Dobro

     The only repeat performers from the first bluegrass night are Doug Perkins and Pat Melvin. I have it on good authority that Doug is a Vermont legend. He knows more about playing the acoustic than few others. Patrick Ross, fiddle genius, is a French Canadian who lives near the border. I’d love to hear more of his playing to investigate the similarities between the French Canadian folk music and French Cajun Creole folk tunes. Catamount Cajun anyone? I would guess that Pappy played the acoustic guitar at least the time. I love the dobro because it is relative rare to hear one and Adam looked so chill while laying down cosmic tones.

     They open up with On and On and you can hear the lonesome in Pappy’s voice. Next up is definitely one of the more well-known bluegrass tunes, Shady Grove. Like so many other Heads, I too was introduced to this tune through Garcia’s work with David Grisman. Everyone has a chance to shine on this version clocking in at over 11 minutes. Next up is the Cabinet tune Old Farmer’s Mill. Around the 7 minute mark, it gets real quiet, just the banjo and the bass talking. Then they really turn on the jets and the Mill takes off.  The Breakdown features some nice back and forth between Pappy and Patrick.

     The rest of the set features some repeats from the first night of bluegrass. They end the set with Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow, the old Cabinet standard. Patrick really brings it with the fiddle on this tune. Everyone is given a chance to jam it out and they do not disappoint.

     One of the things I love about this recording is hearing Pappy telling the musicians what key the song is and how they should proceed. One can only do that with top notch musicians, and these are some of the best in the Green Mountain State.           

  

         The second set starts off with a Fats Domino tune from the 1950’s, I’m Walkin’ with Doug taking the lead vocals. For those keeping score, both bluegrass nights started the second set with a tune from the early days of rock and roll. I really liked Don’t Think Twice. Playing it at a slower pace shows off more of its melancholy nature. I was rather pleased when they started up Diamond Joe. It is one of my favorite Cabinet tunes with this version featuring Pappy playing acoustic guitar instead of the banjo.

     Sunset in Vergennes is a companion piece to another Pappy original, Sunrise in Vergennes, which I have seen him perform with Gatos Blancos. Little Maggie rocks out as usual. Now there is one woman you do not want to cross. Little Maggie also features my favorite dobro soloing of the night.  The sound and tone of a dobro sound like signal from the past, one that no one alive has witnessed. The band also throws in bits of The Streets of Cairo towards the end of Little Maggie. The transition into Turkey and the Straw is pretty sweet. Finally it’s the Cabinet classic Poor Man’s Blues, which describes the cost of living in Burlington very accurately.

     3 shows down and 1 to go. One more night in this historic venue. One more night in this amazing city. And one more night of Cosmic Country and JJ Cale.

Dave Kemp

BA American Studies

PhD Rock and Roll

Cale 'n Country: Pappy and the Pards, Live at Nectar's, Burlington, VT February 8th, 2018

     One of the incredible things about living in the Old North End in Burlington is its close proximity to Nectar’s, the venuemade famous from Phish’s early days. They are all about Live Music Served Daily. And on Thursdays in February, master chef Pappy Biondo is serving up some scrumptious vittles. On this week’s menu it’s all about Mr. JJ Cale and cosmic country, seasoned with funk and a Bakersfield twang. Kempepedia is proud to present Cale ‘n Country. Pappy and the Pards, the February Residency at Nectar’s, Burlington, VT. Feb. 8^th, 2018.

     One of the great things about Nectar’s is how intimate it is. The stage is maybe 3 feet high and the soundboard is within 20 feet of the stage.  A long bar takes up a quarter of the room. There is another room the same size but that’s for playing pool, watching giant screen TV’s and eating.  I’m just here for the tunes.

Pappy and the Pards, Feb. 8^th, 2018

Set 1

Since You Said Goodbye, Call Me the Breeze, Waymore’s Blues, Hey Baby, Lies, My Gal, Cajun Moon, After Midnight>Cocaine

Set 2

Albatross, Freddy’s Time, Old Farmers Mill, Summerville, Cool River, Angel

You can stream it here

https://archive.org/details/pappy2018-02-08/pappy2018-02-08set2t06.flac

Video Set 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpSl4_030_8

This time Pappy and the Pards are

Pappy Biondo - Banjo-Steel Pedal-Vocals

Justin Mazer - Guitar

Ray Packowski – Keyboards

Dylan Skursky – Bass

Russ Lawton – Drums

     First up, the JJ Cale set.  Right off the bat, Ray kills it. Tasty licks throughout but brings it onCall Me the Breeze. I love the Hammond B3. But with one hand on that and the other on the clavinet, Ray takes it to a new level. I love the shuffle of Waymoore’s Blues. Be sure to check out Hey Baby and My Gal.  The interplay between Pappy and Justin is outstanding. Sounds like to old friends catching up. Seriously. And Justin’s mastery of guitar tones continues. He plays a telecaster with 2 pickups (I think. Not a gear nerd.) The things he does with a very honky tonk modulation are crazy. Lies has a nice sense of menace to it. I think it was the solo on My Gal around the 7 min mark, he de tunes a string during the solo, just to get extra energy. Don’t think I ever saw anyone do that before. Cajun Moon I knew from the Gatos show back in January. It is among my favorite Cale tunes.   

      And how else are you going to end a JJ Cale set than with After Midnight>Cocaine. I read Clapton once said if he could have anyone’s career it would be Cales. The transition between these two is perfect. After all the musicians get a word or two in the conversation, they kick up the tempo a notch right before the lyrics start. Justin rips it up during the solos. So freakin’ good. You would think these guys have been playing together for years. If this was a full time lineup they might destroy Vermont. I take a seat at the bar and prepare for set 2!

      Albatross is a mellow tune that lets Pappy show off his steel pedal skills. Freddy’s Tune is a Mazer original and it is quite spectacular. Great interaction between Ray and Justin.  Old Farmers Mill was a pleasant surprise and played at a slower pace than the Cabinet arrangement. I am pleased to report that this song is even better with a B3 organ.

     Summerville features some great telepathy between Russ and Ray. They have a duo act called Soule Monde that I might get to see on March 3^rd. They come highly recommended from everyone. I mean it. Everyone I mention them to raved about the duo. Cool River starts out as a tender ballad that soon becomes rockin’.  I love when bands use lyrics from their other songs. Pappy quotes the Old Moonshine line about lion laying down with the lamb in Cool River. Here is a vid from my favorite attended Cabinet show, 2012-09-29 at the Snail Pie Lounge, in Glen Rock, PA performing Old Moonshine. Woo Doggie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRZGbwyYVIM

Justin got a chance to step up to the mic and close out the night with Angel.  

     And there it is. Night 2 is in the books and I want to thank Pappy and the band for another stellar evening of music. I would also like to give some love to Phil and Keith for all the work they do in preserving the music. Up next is another bluegrass night, this time with a dobro!

Dave Kemp

BA American Studies

PhD Rock and Roll

Plentiful Pickin' : Pappy and the Pards, live at Nectar's, Burlington, VT Feb 1st, 2018

    

     Hello everyone. I hope some of you are celebrating the Eagles long deserved Super Bowl victory and others feeling the unbearable sting of the loss. But I’m not here to talk sports, I am here to talk music, specifically the Nectar’s residency by noted banjo picker Pappy Biondo. Kempepedia is proud to present the first of a 4 part series Plentiful Pickin’:  The February Nectar’s Residency of Pappy and the Pards 2018.

      The residency was announced back in December. I was geeked beyond belief. 4 shows on a night that works with my 2 job work schedule.  I figured Cabinet wasn’t touring in February. I was off by a little bit because they announced their indefinite hiatus a day or two after the residency announcement. Wow. I will miss Cabinet but they are a much different band now than the one I discovered back in 2011. It’s great they evolved and I loved what they were currently doing. But time marches on and was really intrigued about the residency.

     A whole bunch of musicians. No one was doing any more than 2 shows. A lot of JJ Cale. Cosmic country and cosmic bluegrass. Those both sound like something I have been searching for but didn’t know it. Some of the players I had heard of and some I hadn’t. Biggest name to me is Gordon Stone. Someone remarked he really doesn’t play out too often so that should be a big deal. Again, all a 20 minute walk from my crib. Kclinger’s was further from my place on E. Hanover St. February finally got here and after seeing Pappy play all night with Grass is Dead only 2 nights before,  I was stoked!

Pappy and the Pards, Feb. 1^st, 2018, Nectar’s, Burlington, VT

Set 1

I’ll Go Stepping Too, Susquehanna Breakdown, Back to the Basics, I Told Them All About You, Catfish  John, Little Maggie, Gold Rush, Machine Gun Kelly>Clinch Mountain Backstep, Call Me The Breeze

Set 2

Yakety Yak, Sunday 60 Breakdown, Poor Man’s Blues, Pine Billy, Old Home Place, Baby Girl, Nashville Blues

The Pards tonight were

Pappy Biondo - Banjo and Vocals, Doug Perkins – Guitar, Matt Flinner - Mandolin, Pat Melvin – Bass, Caleb Elder – Fiddle, Russ Lawton - Drums

You can stream it here

https://archive.org/details/pappy2018-02-01.sbd.akg414.schoepsMK4v.flac16

     A Cabinet song to open the residency and to touch on how Cabinet sounded way back when?!?!?!? Fantastic opening statement. This evening was going to be all about that high and lonesome sound. Back to the Basics featured some nice harmonies that were as comfortable as a worn wood floor. Catfish John was played at a nice steady pace. Gold Rush had a lot of fiddle as promised and several teases of Dixie.  I have seen Pappy perform Call Me the Breeze with 3 different bands in the last 6 months. This arrangement is my favorite. Skipping along with a lot of fiddle. On to the second set!

     No one in their right mind would call Yakety Yak, a tune from the rock and roll era of the 1950’s by The Coasters a bluegrass tune but it sure does work with this group. My favorite part is the drum solo with brushes by Russ. His set up was one long drum, a bass drum, and a cymbal. He also played standing up.

      Poor Man’s Blues was probably my favorite tune of the night. Pine Billy is just plain fun with the crowd participation. A rather dark and melancholy version (especially with the lights) of My Old Home Place was really powerful and a nice example of how the arrangement of a song can totally change the meaning of the tune.  After Baby Girl Pappy says they have time for a few more songs. A few became one as they did a 17 minute version of Nashville Blues. The song is just sick. Love the jam that ends at the 13 min mark. Upon further research, it is Nashville Blues>Shockin'> Dear Ol' Dixie

     When I got to the show, it was just flurrying. That turned into a surprisingly strong storm that dumped about 3 inches by the time it was over. Lots of people were caught by surprise, walking around downtown in heels and nice dress shoes. I wore sneakers because I was planning on dancing hard. But as I blazed a trail for home in the blowing snow, I was struck by the beauty of it. And my incredible fortune to end up in Burlington, a place where music is the thing. Can’t wait until this Thursday for an evening of cosmic country and a JJ Cale set.

Dave Kemp

BA American Studies

PhD Rock and Roll

Grass is Dead with Pappy Biondo, Live at Nectar's, Burlington, VT. January 30th, 2018.

 Hello friends near and far. Hope things are well for you. The end of January marks 6 months, a whole half of a year, since I made the herculean haul of myself, my dog, and my possessions to the Green Mountain State. And what better way to celebrate than some Dead music via the high and lonesome sound of Bill Monroe. Grass is Dead, Live at Nectar’s, Burlington, VT.

     Every Tuesday night at Nectar’s is Dead Set and this week they had Grass is Dead, hailing from Florida. It was a four piece tonight. The dobro player, Jared Womack, was really good. The sound of his instrument along with pedals and other effects was very nice. Billy Gilmore was lead singer for most tunes and commanded the stage with the Acoustic guitar, fiddle, and 3 different banjos. I wasn’t too close to the stage, so I am going to say definitely a 4 string and 6 string. The bass player, who is not the guy on the website, played an upright bass and sang a few songs. The drummer was solid. And last but not least, Pappy Biondo, of Gates Blancos fame, sitting in all night. Absolute bliss. Amazing to watch his reactions to the other musicians but especially Billy.

     I was having too much fun to keep a proper setlist so I will just talk about the highlights, which were plentiful. I loved their arrangement of I Know You Rider. I tend to judge bands based on their treatment of this song. New Oxford PA’s own Strive used to crush it back in the day. Anyway, the lyrics were at a slow pace but them they kicked out the jams with some serious triple time jams. So freaking good. Mam Tried, Midnight Moonlight, and Bertha were really good. They did a long Dark Star to start the second set off.  Brown Eyed Women had some serious jams and space. Most of the songs were rather long for bluegrass based tunes, and not an untz in sight. The encore of Ripple, performed in the crowd, was the icing on the cake.

     Up next on Thursday, February 1^st, the opening night of the Pappy and the Pards month long residency at Nectar’s. The music scene up here is incredible and feel truly blessed to be living in a place where music is so central.

Dave Kemp

BA American Studies

PhD Rock and Roll

Gatos Blacos, Live at Hostel Traverse, Jan. 19th, 2018

 Hello everybody! Hope you are doing well. I am rapidly approaching the 6 month mark of living in the Green Mountain State. So far, so good. But I do work a lot. So I miss out on a lot of stuff. But after the Cabinet show in December and talking to Pappy, I had to go see Gatos Blancos in 3 weeks. And without further ado, here is Gatos Blancos, Live at the Hostel Traverse in Warren, VT Jan. 19^th, 2018.

     Gatos Blancos is one of Pappy’s many projects. They are doing a 3 show run and since Pappy lives in this neck of the woods, the first show was in state. Warren is a tiny little village in the valley of the Mad River valley area. The elevation of this valley? About 700 feet. Burlington is in another valley, elevation sea level. Weather was clear and dry. Definitely would have been a different experience if it was storming. But super pumped for first in state road trip to see music.

     Went through 3 or 4 villages after getting off the Interstate. Driving in Vermont is unique. In between the villages, its 55 mph. Then as you get closer, it drops to 40, then 30, then 25. And 25 through the whole village. Every village has a general store and NONE of them are open 24 hours. Found this out the hard way as I was starving after the show and nothing was open until I hit Burlington. It’s like going back in time. I love it.

    The hostel was above the bar and performance area, which was just someone’s living room. Seriously, this place is really small. I mean smaller than the main area of Kclinger’s back in the day. The main room, 25 by 50 feet. Another smaller room with a bar. Everything still covered in snow outside. Nice and cozy inside. Met and talked with entire band. Keyboardist is Al Smith, from York PA of all places. Says he plays at the Circle on the Wed. Night Blues Jam.

     Justin Mazer is also originally from Scranton but lives in Vermont now. Both Justin and Pappy played the Dead Set last Tuesday. They absolutely crushed Maggie’s farm, using the arrangement Dylan used at the Newport Folk Fest in 1965. He also was throwing down some serious Mike Bloomfield licks and when I asked him about it, he didn’t know about the arrangement but was totally into Bloomfield.

     Pappy recognized me!

     Dylan the bass player is also a Scranton native and former member of Cabinet. Very chill but super kind. Totally remembered the Snail Pie Lounge show. And last but not least, Russ Lawton. He is best known as the original drummer for Trey Band. Super cool and nice.

     I also know the guy taping and running the sound. He is an old school Phish head who has done a lot of taping in his day. During the first song, he asked me how it sounded mix wise, just like I was asked about back in Hanover. I HAVE FOUND MY HOME.

Gatos Blancos,

Set 1

Crazy Mama, They Call Me the Breeze, Ray Moore’s Blues, Blues for Roy, Lucille, Sunrise in Vergennes, Bangkok 45, Freddie’s Tune, Cocaine, Angel

Cajun Moon, Heavy Rain , Hey Baby, Cool River, Happy birthday, Catfish John, Lies, Lies, Lies, Travelin Light

You can stream it here

https://archive.org/details/gatosblancos2018-01-19

    The setlist is really close to being accurate. Might have missed a tune or two. A lot of JJ Cale sprinkled throughout. The arrangement of Lucille, a Little Richard tune, was very different and outstanding. The Gatos originals, Bangkok 45 and Sunrise in Vergennes are really good. The second to last song in the set made myself exclaim, “That Cocaine was fantastic” Note to self, don’t say this out loud, people may judge. Besides banjo, Pappy also played steel pedal for a few tunes. But the tones Justin was getting were out of this world. Several times I opened my eyes expecting to see Pappy at the steel pedal but it was Justin getting those beautiful ringing notes out of his guitar.

     Second set, after a long set break, was even better. Cajun Moon had a real up beat bluesy feel. Heavy Rain and Cool River were a nice surprise, being Cabinet tunes. I am glad that Cabinet tunes are not going on the shelf. Hearing a band do Travelin’ Light that isn’t named Widespread Panic was a true pleasure.

     Mad props to Phil for taping and doing an excellent job with the sound. I also went to a party on Sat. at a Most Wonderful Place that totally lives up to its name. Hobbs got to meet 6 other dogs and because he was smaller than all of them, dominance was not an issue. And my vegan pulled pork bbq was a big hit. Can’t wait to visit that place once it is summer. It rains all spring up here. Up next, although I may not write about it, Dead Set with Grateful Grass at my bar, Nectar’s.

Dave Kemp

BA American Studies

PhD Rock and Roll