"And we kept on rockin' Goin' 'round and 'round Oh baby With that crazy sound And it never stopped rockin' Til the moon went down" Eric Burdon and the Animals

Have You Heard---

This week in history: March 27

In 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon first sited what is now known as  Florida

In 1954, RCA began production on the first color TV’s

In 1958, Elvis Presley was inducted into the US Army, in Memphis

In 1963, The Beatles released the hit “Please Please Me” in the UK

In 1989, in Prince William Sound, Alaska, one of the world’s worst oil spills occurred when  Captain Joseph Hazelwood ran his tanker, the Exxon Valdez, off course and into Bligh Reef. The Valdez spill was the largest ever in US waters until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

Birthdays: 

William Shatner 83, Leonard Nimoy 83, Aretha Franklin 72, Erica Jong 72, Gary Oldman 56, Matthew Broderick 52, Sarah Jessica Parker 49, Reece Witherspoon 38, Peyton Manning 38,

Local notables celebrating birthdays this week: Jess Zuul Conger, Freckles Devine. Happy Birthday PEEPS.

Today’s weather in Amsterdam is 55 degrees and sunny. Oh yeah, it’s still 84 and sunny in St John, USVI.

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”

Aesop

Here we go---   

Brodies Seaport  

Friday – Julie Dougherty Band 9PM

Saturday – DRIVIN BLIND 9PM 

SUNDAY/FUNDAY - Special guests – Roze and Jim from MERJ 4:30PM

Grapevine

Thursday - Julie Dougherty is hosting open mic. 7PM

Gulu Gulu

Thursday – 90 Mile Portage 8PM

Friday – Ponyfish 8PM 

Saturday – Jazz Navigators 9PM

Howling Wolf

Friday – Take Two 10PM

Saturday – Erinn (2N) Brown 10PM

Sunday - Steve Spungin 10PM

In a Pigs Eye

Thursday - Krewe Trio with Derek Hayden, Brandon Tarricone & Steve Burke 9PM

Friday – Blues Jam 4:15, DECADE 80's NIGHT 9PM

Saturday – Cannibal Ramblers 9PM

Sunday – Eric Reardon and Friends 8PM

Monday – Open Mic 9PM

Tuesday - TWO for TWOsday with Ken Clark and Mike Mele 9PM

Wednesday – Jesse Ciamataro and The Dylan Doyle Band 9PM

The Lobster Shanty

They’re BAAAAAACKKKKK!!!!  L’e Shant opens for the season Tuesday, April 1. Watch here for music schedule, starting next week.

O’Neill’s

Sunday – Irish Session 4PM

Opus, O_Underground

Thursday –   Reggae with TOP DRAW 9PM

Friday – Unplugged with Turbine 9PM

Saturday – The Sly Quakers 9PM

Wednesday – The Dejas Mix 9PM

Rockafellas

Friday – Drop Zone 9PM

Saturday – Crunchy Monkey 9PM

Vic’s Boathouse

Saturday – Local 148 9PM

The Village Tavern

Friday - Lockjaw Smile 9PM

Saturday – Ditto 4PM, Dominic Frizzi and the Hired Guns 8PM

Out of town: Some picks from around the area this weekend

Tonight, Thursday, Capones in Peabody is hosting their weekly Blues Jam with Lee Hawkins from 8-11PM. We got to go to this sometime, John.

Tomorrow, Friday, Jim and Roze are hosting what I think is the 4th monthly dance jam at the Nahant Country Club. Admission is free and open to the public. And there is plenty of free parking, not common in Nahant. 5-9PM

Sunday at Celly’s on Western Ave (Rt 107) in Lynn, Joe Mack hosts a blues jam every Sunday evening. Not sure of the time but it’s after Sunday/Funday at Brodies

My picks in the coming week:

Well, of course the Friday jam at In a Pigs Eye is a possibility. And you can follow that by just walking down the street to hear the lovely Julie Dougherty at Brodies.

Saturday, you have Erinn (2N) Brown over at Howling Wolf. It’s been too long since I’ve heard her lovely voice.

Sunday/Funday, my personal favorite show that happens every week at Brodies. This week really is something, with Jim and Roze as special guests. And, as always, the ever entertaining PBD and Chris Fitz at the helm.

Pam and I are hoping that we will be the first customers of the year, 2 years running, at my favorite dive bar, The Lobster Shanty, when they open for the season Tuesday at noon. Pam is taking the afternoon off from work, a good plan. And I happen to have the day off too. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and 51 degrees. Spring is here.

Some interesting happenings out of town this weekend but beware--- State Police have announced they will be setting up sobriety checkpoints throughout the state. TAKE A CAB!!!!

Have fun and hope to see ya out there.

This list was put together with much help from STANSLIST. See his site here:  http://www.stanslist.com  Thanks Stan. 

Please excuse any incorrect spelling and omissions. But sometimes I make up words too, CORDWANGERS!!!

Go out and listen to some great LIVE music in the wonderful, strange, historic and hip town of Salem, Massachusenutts.

And tip your bartenders and servers.  

And always check with the venue as times and schedules change. (and I sometimes Feck up)

Peace, Love and Zydeco.