You will want to mark your calendars for July 19th, 2008. Jim & Jack's on the River will be hosting Gary Puckett in concert that night.
That's right and tickets are going, going and soon to be gone. 
There are only 6 VIP tickets available for $40.00 each. These are front and center of the club and Gary will meet you and sign your favorite album or autograph book.
There are about 150 regular tickets left at $35.00 each. The club only seats 350.
Of course Jim and Jack's will serve dinner before the show and your favorite band BlueStone Ivory will be opening the concert with their Rock-N-Soul, Rhythm-N-Roll horn driven sounds.
Call Jim & Jack's 513-251-7977 as soon as you can and reserve your seats for this once in a life time event.
We all have BSI's bass player extraordinare to thank for making this possible. Lee Heftel, before joining BlueStone Ivory toured with Gary Puckett as his bass player. Thanks Lee.
Speaking of Lee...while most of BSI took last weekend off Lee was in Frankfort Kentucky playing with friends in "The Bettz Band" at a small benefit opening for "The Charlie Daniels Band" unplugged. Lee says it was a short performance because Charlie Daniels was booked at Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta Georgia later that night.
Lee has been with BSI for over two years now. He is the second youngest member of the band. Lee brings a lot to BSI. He has great knowledge of stage performance and professionalism. He is a great musician, husband to Becky, father to Catrina and great friend to all of us in BSI.
He loves his family and loves playing with his BSI brothers.
Lee's day job keeps him hopping at Radio Shack in West Chester where he is one of the store managers. He has been with Radio Shack for many, many years now and plans on retiring from that company. His position there helps give Lee some latitude to make it to all the BSI gigs especially through the summer when we play some of the week night events. Radio Shack is providing all the batteries for both bands "BlueStone Ivory" and "Second Wind" at the two Blast of Brass tours this summer. Thanks Radio Shack!
Lee is in charge of our merchandising. So you will want to see Lee this summer to get our latest tee shirts, hats and of course our Live CD "Live n Kickin".
So now everyone knows Lee a little better. If you care to ...please feel free to leave your comments by clicking on the title of this post or the COMMENTS button below.
Some other updates on BSI gigs. BlueStone Ivory will not be playing at the Middletown Moose for the rest of 2008. We just couldn't get the scheduling worked out for this year. We will however be playing at the new Pirates Den II in Lawrenceburg Indiana, just two miles from the Argosy Casino on October 31 & November 1 then again on December 12 & 13. The owner says they can hold over 500 people and they have a large stage and dance floor. More information to follow.
We are working on a couple of other clubs around the Cincinnati area for you to come and dance the night away to the Rock-N-Soul, Rhythm-N-Roll Horn Driven Sounds of your favorite band BlueStone Ivory.
Hooray for hard-working Lee! I'm sure he has given heart and soul into getting this event planned for everyone's enjoyment. And thanks to the timely Blog, I was able to upgrade my concert ticket to a VIP one since there were some cancellations. The Blog rocks!
Sorry the band won't be at the Moose until next year. I'm assuming that the gig at Pirates Den II is the Halloween party? I'm sure more info will be coming later on about that. That's quite a trip for some of us...maybe gas prices will take a downward trend. But you guys are worth it! There's a song that states " I will follow you, wherever you may go" or something like that! That's me!
See you the 23rd. Carol
Posted by: Carol Schilling | May 13, 2008 at 01:45 PM