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I think I may have finally recovered from this weekend. It was a long one! Joe's on Friday night was so awesome as usual! It was really great to see Then Again back on the stage (where they belong!) I was a little scared that Joe was going to drop dead of a heart attack since he plays with both bands, but he rocked through the whole night like a champ! I think it was about 6:00am when we finally got home (pretty typical for a Joe's night). Thank you to everyone that was there (especially those of you who stayed to rock out with us till after 2am. . . UNBELIEVABLE!)
After some mcuh needed sleep, we headed out again to J.W. Holsteins in Tinely Park. Can I just say that it is SO AWESOME to play in my home town. I get to see so many people that I haven't seen in ages and you are all so wonderful! It was an amazing night. The bar was packed, the band was pumped, and the show was firggin' crazy! Even my beautiful sister Shelly came up to sing with us.
After all that, you would think we would have gone home for some sleep. . . . umm, nope. We decided to have an impromptu afterhours at my cousin Mikey's house (even though he was asleep). Frozen pizzas, cheese dip, and bud light: a trio made in hell!
The next morning we finally got some rest, right? Yeah. . . no. Not only was USA playing Canada for the Gold, it was the Buehn's birthday celebration (the Buehn is our sound man in case you were wondering). What a game! We were so close but damn Crosby had to screw it all up! I finally got home around 9:30pm on Sunday night and I was so tired that I couldn't even stay awake for the season premier of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job. I do remember one scene about diarrhea, but that might have been a hallucination (but knowing that show, it wasn't).
Thanks to everyone that made it out to a show this weekend (and especially those of you that made it to both!)
We're looking forward to a great show this Friday night at Ballydoyle Aurora. The whiskey will be flowing! See you then.
XO-Gina
Thanks to everyone that came out to see us at Ballydoyle in Aurora last night. I know it was a last minute show, but we had a great time anyway. Since it was kind of a laid-back crowd we started the night out with the acoustics and some bar stools. I have to admit, it is hard for me to stay seated when we play, but it was a fun change of pace. We even made some new friends and hopefully we'll see them again in 2 weeks on March 5th.
We have 3 shows in the next 2 weeks and then we have a month off so Gut can be with soon-to-arrive son #2! Next Friday we are back at JOE'S on Weed St. for what is sure to be a crazy night. No rest for the wicked as we will rock J.W. Holsteins in Tinley Park the next night. Then its back to Ballydoyle Aurora on Friday, March 5th. I hope you can make it to 1 or ALL of these shows!
Where's my CD??? Great question! It's done. . . but now we are weaving our way through all the legal red-tape. It's my first time going through all this and since I'm doing it all on my own, I'm learning a lot as I go. Sorry for the delay, but it is very close. Trust me, you'll be the first to know.
Blog again soon!
-G
Sorry about all the changes, but you are finding out about this at the same time as we are.
Due to delays beyond our control, Ballydoyle Bloomingdale has had to push back their grand opening AGAIN! Instead of just ax-ing the show, we decided to move it over to Ballydoyle in beautiful downtown Aurora. We know we are playing there in just two weeks (Fri March 5th), but consider this our secret warm-up show. We're really excited to have a Thursday night show because it means that we get to start our weekend a day early!
If you live a little further north, we apologize. I promise we will play BallyBloomingdale SOON!
Hope to see you Thursday at Bally Aurora.
-GGB
Hey Glockstars!
IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGE INFORMATION:
The Feb 12th show at Ballydoyle Bloomingdale has been moved to:
THURSDAY, FEB 18th.
The new Bally was not going to be quite ready for the 12th, so they asked us if we could move our show to the following Thursday night.
We are honored to be the first band to play at the new Ballydoyle. Come celebrate the Grand Opening with us! SLAINTE!
-GGB
TO EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED GGB @ JOE'S ON WEED STREET.......
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Saturday nights show was one of/if not out best yet! The turnout was amazing and the crowd was awesome and rowdy!! (just how i like 'em) I owe a HUGE thanks to my best friend Niner and my hubby Joe for arranging my 'special guests' into the set list! Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle and Chris Richardson all came and surprised me at my house the morning of the show and I literally fell to the floor in excitement and disbelief!! They got me sooo amped for the show (more amped than i already was, of course) It was pretty surreal when I was performing, looked down in a crowd and seeing them watching ME!!
The whole night was perfect!! From the new songs in the set list, to the company all the way down to the drinks:) SPEAKING OF NEW SONGS.....we played an original of mine, live for the first time. The song is called, "Taking the Keys". It's the perfect song for a girl who's tired of her drunk boyfriend. (i know that story all too well) Something else that was new was the merchandise!! I HAVE TEE SHIRTS!!! I'm working on getting them for purchase on the website, so stay tuned to see how you can get one if you're not in the Chi-town area!
Our next show at Joe's is on February 26th. But our next show in general is January 30th at The Lodge in Lisle! I hope to see you all there!!!!
Love,
Gina