Who Wants a Drunken Monkey?

So we're going to Tarantino this blog. I'm going to tell you the ending and then tell you what led to the ending - we're going to flip it around. You with me? Alright, here it is:

We had a freakin' blast.

Here's what happened-

So we got set up to headline the Starlight - Props go out to RapidFire Entertainment for setting it up - with a couple sweet opening acts, Audrey Vannessa and Johnny Fedex - and had been looking forward to it for a long time. We were a little bummed that Pete was going to be in Michigan by this time, but then we found out that he was actually going to be flying in that day and was going to play with us again - giving this show the title of the first show of our "Reunion Tour".

Then the Starlight closed. It's a shame, but hopefully someone will buy it soon and continue to bring it up and promote it as a great concert venue.

I learned that the Starlight closed only three days before our gig, and then shortly after learning that it was closed, found out that the show had been moved to the Drunken Monkey, and was not just cancelled. (You're the man Jrock)

I'd never been in the Drunken Monkey, so we checked it out, and then showed up to set up Friday afternoon at 5:30, and learned that the live music was going to only be from 7:00 - 10:00 and then they were bringing in a DJ.... Needless to say that didn't set well with us, seeing as how we were only going to play from 9:00 - 10:00 and most of our friends were coming out at 10:00 or later. The sound equipment was late in getting there, and we were bored so we decided to jam acoustic out on the porch for a good hour or so which was a hell of a lot of fun.

At 8:30 Johnny Fedex started off the show and kicked some ass and did a great job of getting the crowd going. If you haven't seen him before you should definitely check him out. Then Audrey came on with her band and rocked for a solid 40 minutes and then after the one of the quickest changeovers we've ever done we got on stage and laid it all out there for an hour and a half. It was a blast. Hot as pig wrestling in hell and we were sweating like porn stars but we had a freakin awesome time. The place was packed - thanks to all of you who came out - and even people who had never heard us before got really into it.

We will definitely play there again soon, and all of you should take this opportunity to check out the Waido Band out of it's natural habitat.

Until next time!
wza

Chug-a-lug

Last Friday we played our third gig at Chug's Pub here in Fort Collins and packed the place as usual - although to not get too big of a head, it really only takes our families and friends to pack the place, but since it's all our close friends who come out we can really have a great time and have fun with it. We had thought that our last gig at Lucky Joe's would be the last gig that Pete would play with us but we had so much freakin' fun that we just had to string it out.

So we brought the noise, and we brought the funk to Chug's.

Thanks to all of you who came out - it's always a pleasure seeing all the familiar faces of our fans at our gigs. Also thanks to those of you who stuck around and chilled with us after the gig - it's always great meeting new people.

Next gig? Headlining the Starlight w/ Johnny Fedex & Audrey Vanessa! It'll be a kick - make sure to be there!

Oh, and in case you're hesitant, we're billing this as our first "Reunion Tour" with Pete flying in from Detroit just to play with us again. Yeah, it's a little quick to be calling a "Reunion Tour", but hey, Cher's still got us by a week or two...

New Website!

Hey everybody -
We've got our new website up and running & I'll be continuously working on it adding new pictures, new blog posts, and new concert info so bookmark the site and keep checking it out! It's my first real attempt at doing a website (I don't think myspace and blogger count) so it'll be a learning experience for me, but so far it's pretty cool.

Check it out at: www.michaelwaidoband.com

Pete's last gig at Lucky Joe's

A couple Friday's ago (I know, I haven't been great about keeping this blog recent) was our drummer Pete "Earwig" Carlson's last gig at Lucky Joes. We went all out. No holds barred. For those of you who were there, you can attest that we just had a great time, hope all of you did to. All four of us were there for a last hurrah to our last couple years of fun and great music with Pete.

But not to worry, he's not completely gone, just moved to Michagan.

Recap of Starlight Show / Lucky Joes

The Waido Band played it's first gig at the Starlight opening up for Jason Vigil the other night. It was way too much fun and it a blast to play with a bass, really filled out the sound. After playing a kick-ass show at the Starlight we quickly tore down and ran over to Lucky Joe's and traded out with Vigil where we were going to end the night. It was a little mellower show since Pete was on hand drums for the entire night, but we still rocked the house.

Was was the best thing about it was that we got to leave all of our stuff set up since we were playing the next night at Joe's as well! Saturday night we had the full trio and played to the usual packed house and to all of our family and friends who continue to come out and support us. Thanks everybody - we continue to have a blast and we hope you do too!