A Recipe For Live Music

Friday – Lee Blackmon With a Dash of Harris Collection

 

Roger Carlson sings along with Lee Blackmon

If you were looking for me Friday night, you would have found me at Bleyart’s entertaining a rowdy crowd with Lee Blackmon. During a break, I made a mad dash down to the Mound Street Landing to catch a bit of the Harris Collection’s Toys for Tots Benefit. The band sounded great, and there were Marines in dress uniforms everywhere. Tom Zick was running sound, and during a Harris break he stopped by Bleyarts. Also in attendance at Bleyarts were Roger Carlson and Bill Spain who joined Lee for a few songs.

Saturday – a Rascals/RME Sandwich

 

 

1st Impression's Rascals Debut

 

Saturday night began and ended at Rascals Live, with a short break at the River Music Experience to catch some Trampled Under Foot. 1^st Impression was playing Rascals for the first time, opening for Nashville rockers Sex Panther. 1^st Impression rocked a party-ready crowd that filled the dance floor.

 

 

 

Who says you can't rock in heels?

 After 1^st Impression’s set, I made a mad dash for the RME, as I had a ticket to see Trampled Under Foot on the Redstone Room stage. I know TUF is not a local band, but they are a local favorite.  And I’ve seen them each time they have played in Davenport. The opportunity to see them in the Redstone Room was not one I intended to miss! The Schnebelen siblings did not disappoint… if anything, I was disappointed that I missed so much of their show!

 

 

 

 

Soon after TUF finished their last set and encore, I was back at Rascals to see what all this Sex Panther hubbub was really about. Daniel Rangel, Quad-City native and former 1^st Impression drummer brought Sex Panther home for a visit. Sex Panther has a hard rock sound, and it’s obvious these three guys have a lot of fun.  The Sex Panther set turned into a jam session as other musicians joined them on stage, including Becky Anson whose vocals fit right in with the Sex Panther sound.

1st Impression's Becky Anson shows Sex Panther a thing or two

 

This week

Friday -

TwoPeace is at Rozz-Tox, Martinis on the Rock has Funktastic Five, and The Karry Outz are playing at the 11^th Street Precinct. Chuck Murphy is doing an early set at Rustic Ridge, Brady Street Pub has the Low Down and Terry and the Loan Sharks can be found at Rascals. RIBCO has a big ticket with The Horde, Leftwich, Angeldust and Hill to Die Upon.

Saturday –

Cobalt Blue takes the stage at the Muddy Waters, Simon Says Uncle is at Rascals and 11^th Street Precinct has Keep off The Grass. Purgatorys will see Propaganda, while Crossroads is at the Mound Street Landing and Squids Beard is playing at RIBCO. Machine Gun Willy has a show at Crabby’s and you can find Danika Holmes at DaVincis.

There's so much live music, no one should leave the table hungry! And if you're looking for more photos, check out my Flickr page.