Junebug Show Diaries

Friday, May 4, 2001

5/4/01 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

End of the Year Party

Set:

Encore:

| Downtown Liquor Store |

The Big End of the Year Party was tonight! On the outside stage were Rob Drapeaux, Plaid Moon, Clöwn, and December Stars. Inside were Junebug and Fed By Doris. Junebug took the stage at about 10:25 after a brief interview with Bruce Likness regarding his movie "Quadman" set to premier tomorrow night.

We opened with "Raise Your Voices" and moved on the classic "Cake". It has become tradition for us to ask Bruce Likness to sing the third installment of the Cacophany Trilogy. Tonight, he fervently screamed, "See my movie! See Quadman!" Ah, Brucey..We love you.

Bad MammaJamma was one of the high points of tonight's show. We had hippies dancing in the isles and clapping along. Thanks to Lennie Davis for giving it his all on the dance floor.

We closed tonight's set with two of our jam-worthy songs, "Like a Dream" and "Bumblebee". Tonight felt good. We had a GREAT crowd who insisted we play "Downtown Liquor Store," so we did.

Special HUGE thanks go to Josh Trumbo who was so kind as to give Anthony a ride to Aberdeen from Fargo in the event of unfortunate circumstance.

Tonight marked the first anniversary of our first show. It was at the End of the Year Party 2000 (May 6) that we made our first actual appearance. We wish to thank Dan Cleberg, the Red Rooster Coffee House, Chesky's (RIP), Danny Ch., Bryna, Heather, PJ, and everyone who has supported us and made this a successful year for Junebug!

Saturday, March 24, 2001

3/24/01 - Thunder's Lair - Aberdeen, S.D.

WOLFSTOCK 2001

Tonight was Wolfstock 2001(woodstock + our school mascot = wolfstock). The show opened with Clöwn followed by December Stars and then Junebug.

This was a great show for us. We were pumped and the crowd was unbelievable! We couldn't believe the amazing response we got. Anthony drove all the way from Fargo to be here and it was well worth it. The entire crowd found their boogie right away and danced the whole set through. The Junebuggers were up front singing along and the people who had never seen us boogied with the best of them.

Tony used Mike German's drum kit (which is one of Gregg Field's old kits) and there was a sweet sound system run by Corey (drummer from Five Point Theory). The balance was sweet and the energy was high. We actually had room to move around too instead of the 8'X 8' stage we've become accustomed to.

If ever we've had a "high octane" show, tonight was the night. I pity the fool that missed this one. You should be sad.

Following Junebug were Outback, Chaser, and Five Point Theory who praised and called for support for local bands that create their own music. Kudos to all the bands that performed tonight. It was a great show!

Saturday, February 17, 2001

2/17/01 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

Dustin and Tony Play the Hits of Junebug

Set One:

Set Two:

Tonight was "Dustin and Tony Play the Hits of Junebug." Since our good friend and musical companion now lives out of town, we're forced to continue without him from time to time to keep the music alive. Tonight was one of those nights. Dustin and Tony came together to play the songs acoustic for a small crowd in an intimate setting.

The first set was planned. Dustin on guitar and bass, Tony on guitar and vocals. We had a setlist written out and stuck to it, mostly. These were favorites of ours that we figured we could pull off without much practice. Also included were two Fed By Doris songs (aka Don Johnson songs) and Tony's newest song from his solo work. When we got to Fargo Gypsy Girl, we got a pleasant surprise; Anthony was actually at the show but dressed as Bruce and wearing a Bruce mask. They must have switched identities. Overall it turned out well. The audience sang along, laughed along. We had fun with what we did. It was a fun little experiment. Though many of the songs lacked the power they require, the quiet, intimate setting of tonight was nice.

After we played, Brian Schultz, Eric Topp, and Chris Ruud played for awhile. Dustin suggested to Tony that we play another set. This we did. Dustin on guitar, Tony on drums, guitar, and vocals. As this set was completely spontaneous, we had no setlist. So we took requests from the Junebuggers present. We played common favorites and old rarities. In all, we had over two hours of material from tonight. And though Tony had frequent memory lapses on lyrics, the show went well.

After the show we stayed at the Rooster till 3:30am hanging with the Buggers singing random songs that came to our heads. We even signed autographs. Cool.

Friday, January 26, 2001

1/26/01 - NDSU Memorial Union - Fargo, N.D.

Soundcheck:

Well we packed up our gear and headed up to Fargo, ND. Finally, PJ could walk to a show. But he didn't. We kidnapped him and made him show us where the venue was. Fliphed walked though.

The crowd was diverse. We had some loyal fans find their way up to Fargo from Aberdeen. We had a few friends from high school show up and that was a nice surprise. There were also many many people we had never seen before.

The gig was in the basement of the Memorial Union which also houses a pool hall, food court, bowling alley, and video arcade. There were many people engaged in these activities while we played the evening's music.

Most of tonight's songs hadn't been played since November, some not since September. So as you can imagine, things started off rocky, but we fell into the Flow as the night went on. With the exception of a couple false starts, and a couple shaky endings, the rock felt good.
Afterward, Anthony attempted to trash our hotel room, PJ did the Elaine dance, Bryna and Becky did some synchronized swimming out of water, and we were all awakened in the hotel by a woman's soothing voice saying, "Ladies! Would you like to look more beautiful?"
Special thanks to Dex for running the board, Dan Cl. for the use of extra cymbals, and Tony's family (Laurel, Angell, and Hunter) for showing up.

Sunday, December 10, 2000

12/9/00 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

December 9, 2000
Red Rooster Coffee House
Aberdeen, SD

Set:

Encore:

| Downtown Liquor Store |

Pegtop played at the Rooster tonight. Fed By Doris opened the show with Junebug following. Pegtop played and afterward, two members of December Stars closed.

We felt really on tonight. "High Octane" as Anthony might say. There was definitely a lot of energy as we played to a packed house. We started with Jumpstart and moved right into a rockin' version of Modern Day. After that, we payed a small homage to Pegtop by playing our own version of their Jo. And we threw the crowd into a tizzy when we sang "Jo just wanna go...TO THE NEXT EPISODE!!" Tonight's version of Episode had a couple surprises and new items (i.e. 60's surf style drum solos, Twilight Zone guitar solo behind the head). And just as we said "Thank you Aberdeen, Good night," Dan Cleberg approached us and asked if we'd do Liquor Store. How could we not? So there it was (dedicated to Tony's sister Wendy as usual).

After we were done, Pegtop rocked the house. Right on boys, the rock was good.

Thanks to everyone who came out. This might be our last show for awhile. We appreciate the support.

Sunday, November 19, 2000

11/18/00 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

November 18, 2000
Red Rooster Coffee House
Aberdeen, SD

Overture:

| Jumpstart My Rocket / Fargo Gypsy Girl / Bad MammaJamma / Found My Boogie / Bumblebee |

Set One:

Set Two:

Encore One:

| Downtown Liquor Store | Like a Dream |

Encore Two:

| Crystal's Answering Machine | Near Me |

We played some rock. We played some roll. On the television screens we showed Neon Genesis Evangelion (the big TV) and the video from the annual Twine Trips. At the break we removed Evangelion and added Akira.

We tried something new tonight. We added an overture which consisted of a medley of portions of a few of our songs. It went okay.

We followed that with the unlisted track from The Big Orange Van, "Roly Poly". Also from BOV we played "Farm Life" for the first time in front of an audience. We put our hearts into it and let everyone know about life on the farm.

Another highlight was "Back in Black". We performed it as it would be performed by a choir of red roosters. It was beautiful.

Unfortunately, PJ didn't have his gear. Unfortunately, when PJ stopped by Tony's mom's house to get the camcorder, Tony's mom wasn't there. Unfortunately, Dan's camcorder got knocked onto the floor by a person at the show and broke. Unfortunately, we have no recording of this show. Awwwww.

Big Kudos go out to PJ, Bud, Shane, and Kate for driving 100 miles or more to be here.

Thursday, October 19, 2000

10/19/00 - Dragon Radio - Moorhead, Minn.

KMSC 1500AM
Moorhead, MN

Set:

This was our radio debut. A couple friends of ours, Terry Brown and Josh Trumbo, have a radio show at Minnesota State University Moorhead. The Late, Late Morning Show. They invited us to be guests on their show and we jumped at the chance.

The show lasts two hours, from 10pm to 12am and we were there for the whole thing. We talked alot about nothing (which was fun) and we played a stripped down, "unplugged" set. Anthony used Dustin's classical guitar, Dustin used Josh's acoustic guitar, and Tony used a hi-hat, a cymbal, a snare drum, and brushes. It was a little different from how we usually play. It was pretty cool.

The show was broadcast in the student union where the studio is, and people would walk by and look in the window and wave. We gave them names like Timmy and Ashley.

Thanks go out to Jeremy, Bryna, and PJ for being there at the studio with us. Thanks also go to Lisa who helped us carry stuff out and sent us email. And HUGE thanks go to Josh, Terry, and Katy for bringing us onto the Late, Late Morning Show.