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Mark here - It's been crazy busy for me, with no end in sight for a bit. I was in South Dakota last weekend with the Mark Kreitzer Band, heading to Madison today for Jazz at 5, then back for a swing dance tomorrow night with a traditional jazz band called the Southside Aces, *then* on to the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association festival near St Cloud. Life is good!
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It is Sat Aug 6 - we are in LaCrosse WI - at a coffee shop caffine-ing up for our 1pm set - then we zoom off to Witwen Concerts in (near) Sauk City --- towing Maggie's newest treasure a 1977 Suzuki TS 250. We are having a hoot with Doug Brown -- looking forward to Aug 10 Jazz at Five - State St - Madison opening for the ever ready guitar wizard Frank Vignola, then Aug 28 1pm Orton Park Fest in Madison -- and -- Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest -- tickets are on sale -- stay tuned…
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Friday, 05 August 2011 12:10
Written by Sims Delaney-Potthoff
LaCrosse Jazz Fest and Witwen Concerts
Hi all -- getting set for our Fri 5pm set at Riverside Park - then a late nite jam session. Tomorrow Saturday we play at the Radison LaCrosse at 1pm then skeedaddle off to Sauk City for the Witwen Concert at 6pm. Our buddy Mark K is in South Dakota with his very own band so we have the opportunity and honor of working with our old pal - guitar wizard Doug Brown.
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Just back from a hot weekend -- we played a Lake Delavan WI wedding this afternoon for an old friend/fan - jammed with Bob and Andy of Piper Road Spring Band - Last night was the wonderful Katerina's on Irving Park in Chicago. If you were there - thank you -- if you were not there - please come to the net one! - and now it is finally Maggies birthday time - a day at the lake tomorrow.
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Hi Guys,
Man summer is here full swing eh? Two weeks ago Mag and I and Henry and Emmett (our boys) were in Racine for a family gathering and my Dad's memorial/burial service. Cathartic is the word. I wrote a nice waltz for dad's eulogy, I'll share it later - maybe the Wail will record it. Thanks Dad - see ya on the other side.
Last weekend the Wail had a wonderful northern swing. First a sell out crowd at the Full Moon Concert in Iron Mt, MI - the pic - then on to the absolutely perfect Hiawatha Traditional…
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Mark here - we're just packing up to head home after an amazing weekend in Michigan. Thursday we played a fabulous house concert in Iron Mountain, then we've been at the Hiawatha Music Festival in Marquette, and the folks couldn't have been nicer. Still, I'm looking forward to getting home for a few days.
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I hope you're all surviving the heat. I played outside last night for two hours and was *wringing* wet!! I'm looking forward to a big week - we have our house concert Thursday in Iron Mountain, MI, then on to Hiawatha Festival in Marquette, MI. A special treat for me, I get to meet a cousin whom I didn't know existed until a few months ago - how's that for exciting!!
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Mark here - I had a great weekend in Madison with my family. We've started taking a group weekend once a year, and this time it worked out for me to play a solo set at the Art Fair on the Square. Sims and Maggie came out, too!
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What a week, what a week. Just to get the holiday weekend off to a good start I broke the neck off of my new Debra Amesqua mandolin. I had it in a gig bag on my bike -- what an idiot. I just met with Debra and Luthier Lane Venden and took a pic of the decapitated neck -- oooooo ouch - but the pic didn't take. Just as good, one doesn't want to take those kind of disasters to bed with ya. Over the weekend Maggie and I cleaned and painted and scrubbed bricks on our housse. It…
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Mark here - had a *very* quite weekend for a change! No gigs, just spent time with my lovely wife Kathy. Hope everyone's had a nice long holiday.
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Had some fun this weekend watching fireworks n' such! Hope everyone is have a good holiday vacation!
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Here's a story that's been waiting for years to be told. In the very early years of H Wail (hence the pic) we had a gig at the Sheraton Inn just across the hiway from the Dane County coliseum where Whitesnake was performing. It was a happy hour gig and as we were doing our sound check, the Whitesnake dudes were having a drink at the bar - pretty easily recognized - they were the only ones with painted on leopard skin pants and big hair. We were getting ready for a sound check when one of the Whitesnake dudes said…
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