Blarney in the QC and 2 Busy Nights for Rascals

I guess the title gives it away, but I spent more time at Rascals Live this weekend than I spent there in the last month. But in between my visits to Rascals, I managed to catch a parade and one St. Pat’s party. But first there was Thursday night. And that means there’s a jam or two in the mix.

Good Intentions and Pleasant Surprises

Sometimes even the best intentions get put aside – and everything works out just fine. This week was one such time. I fully intended to limit my activities this week, but a turn of events found me out very late Thursday.  Friday morning I thought maybe I should take it easy Friday night because of my late night Thursday and my planned very late night Saturday. Friday night turned out to be an even later night. Sunday was definitely a day of rest! The good news from the weekend is that I have plenty of live music to talk about.

Quad City Live Music New Year

For my last 2012 blog post, I'm not going to give you a review of where I have been. It's time to talk about upcoming New Year's Eve parties in the QCA. I'm not going to say this is the most comprehensive list of upcoming parties, but I would like to think I've managed to come up with a good start anyway.

A Helping Hand From the Heartland

The Candymakers

I know I just posted my blog yesterday - and I really am writing this on the fly. I'm sitting in the RME Cafe, and I just learned about something I think everyone in the QC should know about.

Tomorrow there is going to be a benefit concert to end all benefit concerts - Quad City Style!

This is a Red Cross Disaster Relief Concert - supported by  the RME, KWQC, The River Center, River Cities Reader, Q106, WOC Radio, Quad City Bouncy, and  RAK Production Sound.

Held in the Mississippi River Hall at the RiverCenter, the concert includes bands such as:

The Winter Blues All-Stars
Lewis Knudsen
William Campbell
Westbrook Singers
The CandyMakers
Ellis Kell Band
Whoozdads
David G. Smith
Smooth Groove
Avey Brothers




Ellis Kell

The concert runs from Noon until 9 PM
Admission is:

$8 for adults

12 or under $5

5 and under Free

There will be food, beverages - LOTS of music... and a bounce house for the kids.

Come on down to the River Center and join in

 and help raise money for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund!!

Taking It Easy

Curtis Hawkins joins the Jam

Although it was not a slow week in the local music scene, Roberta slowed down and took it easy this week.  After running all over the Mississippi Valley Fair Thursday, I made it to my weekly John O’Meara Jam date at The Muddy Waters. It was a short night for me though, as a day in the sun sapped most of my energy.

I’ve been taking fewer photos the last couple of weeks at Jam night, and haven’t posted any of them either. I’ll be doing some “make-up” posting in my Flickr page soon.  Some nights the music is just so good I forget there's a camera in my hands!