Thanks to Tally’s Tap & Eatery and to all of our fans who attended our show Nov. 6. We had a standing-room-only crowd with lots of familiar faces from as far away as Rockford, Ill., and lots of new fans. We will now retreat into Tyler’s basement to work on original music, which we hope to have ready for a recording session early next year. We had a wonderful year. Thanks to all who came out to see our shows and support live music.
We will be back at Tally’s Tap next weekend, Friday, November 6th starting at 8:30. As we close on a great year, we are excited to be giving away CD’s, playing more new originals, and saying thanks to all the people who have supported us this year!
We had a fantastic time Saturday night, Oct. 17, at the Lucky Rabbit in Waukesha. The bar/ restaurant is one of the best venues for live music in Waukesha, with a great stage and acoustics. We now return to rehearsing three new original songs and hope to have them ready soon. Our next show is Nov. 6 at Tally’s Tap & Eatery on Waukesha’s south side.
A special event will be held Oct. 14 to raise money for a scholarship in the name of Don Walker, a longtime Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter and editor, who died suddenly in May at age 62. And members of Rebecca and the Grey Notes are proud to be a part of the event.
The event will be attempting to raise $25,000 for the Don Walker Memorial Scholarship Fund, which will provide scholarship money to a student from either Marquette University or the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to study journalism.
Michael Juley, the bass player for Rebecca and the Grey Notes, worked in the newsroom with Don during every year Don was at the paper and is a member of a committee that is organizing the event. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. at Buck Bradley’s, 1019 N. Old World Third St., in downtown Milwaukee. The event will end around 9 p.m.
The Grey Notes will be providing two hours of live music at the event, with Tyler and Michael joining harmonica player Richard Sternkopf for the first set, from 6 to 7 p.m., and Rebecca joining that group for the second set, from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Our first set will be mostly acoustic blues; our second set will feature Rebecca on vocals.
Admission to the event is a minimum $25 donation, which will be fully tax deductible. You can pay at the door, or go todonwalkerscholarship.org for advance donation details. The homepage also has background on Don and information on where to park. There’s also a Facebook page that gives updates on the event. Free hot and cold snacks and a cash bar, in addition to the live music, will be available.
We hope you can join us for this special occasion.
Thanks to Jessica and Tally’s Tap & Eatery for inviting us back to play on Sept. 11. We had a great time. Next up is our performance on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Lucky Rabbit, 200 Madison St., Waukesha. The Lucky Rabbit has a great stage and is one of the premier places in Waukesha to see live music in a modern atmosphere. As always, this is a free show. Hope you can join us.
We’re looking forward to returning to what we consider our home base, Tally’s Tap & Eatery, on Waukesha’s south side this Friday, Sept. 11. We’ll be switching our set lists around so that those of you who usually attend our shows but only can stay for the first set will get to hear music from our later sets, including all of our originals that are on our new CD, which also will be for sale for the incredible price of only $5. The first chord will be struck at 8:30 p.m. Hope you can join us.
The Wisconsin Badgers football team didn’t do so well against Alabama on Saturday night, Sept. 5, but we had a great time at the Milwaukee Ale House. A special thanks to all of our fans who showed up, and to the huge wedding party that came to hear our last set. Congrats to everyone!
More fantastic photos of Rebecca and the Grey Notes, courtesy of Jeff Zmania. Check out his home page at www.jmzphoto.com and click on the Grey Notes link under the main photo. These were taken during our two-day stint at the Major Goolsby’s Stage at the Wisconsin State Fair. Thanks, Jeff!
Wow. Blown away by the reception that we received over two days at Major Goolsby’s Stage at the Wisconsin State Fair. Many thanks to all of our old and new fans who attended our shows. We are so grateful for the huge support. Also, a big thanks to Major Goolsby’s for being such a great host, providing a comfortable stage with a pro sound system and a competent sound tech, an air-conditioned dressing room with a cooler full of beverages and water, and a free lunch. You guys really know how to treat musicians.
For all of our fans who have told us we start our sets way too late in the evening, here is your best chance at seeing us play way before sundown. This Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15 and 16, we will be performing at the popular Major Goolsby’s Stage beginning at — are you ready?– NOON both days. On Saturday, we will be performing three sets, with the last notes being struck at 3:30 p.m. On Sunday, we will be performing two sets, with the last notes being struck at 2:45 p.m. And we will have our new CD available for sale during both shows. Hope to see you there.