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News Updated 6-26-08

Well summer is here and the LBB is busy as can be. We are excited to
be playing a few new venues. We have added Tony's on Top in St.
Charles at least twice a month. We are also playing several post
Cardinals games at the Broadway Oyster Bar, including our second
Cards/Cubs game coming up next weekend. As the summer rolls
along, we will be continuing our regular gigs at The Grizzly, RT
Weilers, The Shamrock Pub, and the like, as well as adding Llywelyns
Pub in Soualard later in the summer.

We are adding songs and switching up the vibe with each show. Due
to some scheduling conflicts with each member, we have had a
rotating door at the guitar slots with our friends Perry Woods and
Brian Sax filling in on many dates. This chances the feel and the
setlists each night making it more and more exciting every time we
play.

Get out soon and beat the heat with a fun night of drinks, jams, and
fun w/ us soon.

PHILLIP-A-LOOZA UPDATE:
Phillip-A-Looza will be held again this year at the Lucas School House
in Soulard. We will announce the bands soon. The date is set for Sat.
Nov. 22, 2008. Mark your calendars.
Here's a recent setlist:

Tony's On Top- St. Charles, Mo. 5-30-08

I. Funkyass> Feelin Alright> When Doves Cry> Feelin Alright, Sweet Home Chicago,
Can't Always Get What You Want> JamFunk> CAGWYW, Fire>Jam> Stir It Up> The
Joker> Stir It Up, Can't You See> No Rain> Can't You See> Fried Chicken Jam> I Know
You Rider> Baba O'Reily

II. All Along the Watchtower> Hard to Handle, Southbound> Triple Threat Jam>
Southbound, Franklins Tower> Dear Mr. Fantasy> Turn on Your Lovelight, What I Got>
Sweet Home Al>Werewolves of London> Sweet Home Al, No Woman No Cry,
Roadhouse Blues> Lowrider>Roadhouse.

III. Jane Says>Gin and Juice>Jam> Folsom Prison>3rd Stone Jam>Folsom Prison, One
Way Out> Drumz> Duel Jam>One Way Out, Superstitious> Jam> Bass Jam> Voodoo
Child, Redhouse (holy crap Brian Sax....)

E: Yellow Ledbetter>Soulshine

We were once again thrilled to be a part of this years Soulard Mardi
Gras. We survived a long day of partying at the Grizzly Bear and
played some old tunes we haven't played in a while and debuted
some new songs as well.

NEW VENUES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON >
We are working on a few new venues as well. One place we have
played before but are looking forward to returning to is the Shamrock
Pub on South Broadway in Downtown St. Louis. We have a few dates
scheduled there. We are also working on dates at he Venice Cafe and
a few other local places that we can't discuss until the deals are final.
We are looking for bookings on the East Side...Belleville, Alton,
Edwardsville, and the surrounding areas.

We are also working on a few dates (weekend combo dates) at the
Lake of the Ozarks for the summer season.

Stay tuned for more details.
PHILLIP-A-LOOZA 2007 A HUGE SUCCESS!!!!

We hope everyone had a great holiday season. We kicked off the
season with the second annual Phillip-A-Looza. This year, proceeds
went to benefit the ALS Association -St. Louis Regional Chapter. We
tripled last years proceeds and with a successful show, we learned
even more about how to do something this special for next year. The
evening was a blast. Jakes Leg warmed up the crowd with an
accoustic set of Grateful Dead nuggets which featured "sit ins" from
Phil on Harp on "Big Boss Man" and Randy on keys on "Eyes of the
World". Madahoochi took the stage next with their patented blend of
rock, jam, funk and won over a ton of new fans and friends. Their set
featured all of their top songs and demonstrated why they are
considered by many to be the areas top jamband.

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NEWS ARCHIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PHILLIP-A-LOOZA
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2006
A SMASHING SUCCESS

Wow..... What a night. First of all, thank you to all of you who took part
in this wonderful evening. It was a tremendous success. The Lucas
School House was a phenomenal venue that we look forward to
playing many more times. We raised over $2500 for the Packard
Research Center.... and we had blast doing it. We had some
tremendous auction items that sold to help raise money. The food
was tremendous. We want to thank Joanies Pizza, McGurks Irish Pub,
The Juniper Grill, and Nortons Cafe for donating some awesome
food. The lineup was awesome.

Salt of the Earth captured our attention early on with their blend of
roots acoustic folk, blues, and roots music. They were a sonic joy to
witness. I can't recomend them enough. They were a perfect act to
start the night with. The depth of their music combined with their
tight presentation was something to relish.

We took the stage next. We were excited as could be. Our setlist was

jam>
Feelin Alright
Southbound
Can't You See
One Way Out
Them Changes
Voodoo Chile (With Tony Campanella)
Redhouse (With Tony Campanella)
Folsom Prison
Superstitious> Bass Jam> Space Jam>
Superstious
Lovelight

We had an absolute blast. Everyone played their tails off and we
were especially honored to be able to have Tony play on the Hendrix
tunes in the middle. We worked our dirty mix of southern blues rock
to a stomping fun crowd who shook, stomped, and shimmied
throughout the set. Jim, Keith, and Brent all blistered solos all over
the place, spreading our version of guitar gospel to our family and
friends.

56 Hope Road took to the stage around 9:10. They owned the Lucas.
Their loyal fans turned out in throngs to support our friends from
Chicago. They didn't disappoint, bringing out favorites like Rock
Bottom Bakery, Howard, and Carolina (which featured a surprise
Harmonica guest in Phil, who took to the song with zest.) They kept
the crowd moving, and picked up a lot of new fans and friends along
the way. Easily flowing from pop-funk to acoustic jam and back again,
they were the surprise hi-light for many in attendance. They also
donated 50% of their merchandising proceeds to the Packard Center.
If you haven't seen them, make it a priority.

Tony Campanella Band closed the show with their power trio attack
of psychadelic blues power jam. Tony showed the fans in attendance
why he is considered to be one of the top players in town. They blew
peoples minds with originals and covers including Sympathy For the
Devil, Dazed and Confused, and a slew of SRV tunes. Many a jaw was
left hanging as they unfurled their stew of guitar power. They also
made Phil's night by inviting him up on stage to belt out the chorus
to Whipping Post. As always, we were in awe of their performance.

Later in the evening, after each band played it's set, we were excited
to take part in the "All-Star Jam." The jam started with Phil, Keith,
Brent, Tony, Bike, and Terry (both from Tony's band) throwing down
on Crossroads. The same mix tackled and ripped up Pride and Joy
for a marathon guitar blitz. After that, a different lineup took the
stage, with Donnie, Jim, and Phil teaming up with Marcus and Greg
from 56 Hope Road for a phenomenal jammed out Dead meets Allman
Brothers version of Franklins Tower . The recordings should be
available soon and we will post the highlights here.

If you are interested in contributing to the Packard Center, please
click on the link below. If you would like a T-Shirt, see Phil at the next
LB show. All proceeds from the T's go to the Packard center as well.
If not, make sure to plan on attending Phillip-A-Looza next year, as it
will surely grow and grow.

Be sure to check out the pics from Phillip-A-Looza in the Pic section.

-Although we didn't play too often over the first part of the summer,
when we have, we have thrown down. There have been some
exciting moments over the past few shows. We have grown more and
more. Victor Aguilar (percussion) has been playing more and more
with us. He adds a lot to the mix.

-Also, since the last update, we have had the pleasure of having Tony
Campanella sit in and jam with us at 1860's during one of our April
shows. Since then, Tony has had Keith and I (Phil) as guests on a few
occasions as well. We really enjoy the honor of being able to share
the music with such an outstanding player.

-In April, we were fortunate enough to share the stage at RT Weilers
with two other local music legends...Mr. Jim Rossi (Trumpet) and Mr.
Stewart Williams (Sax). Some of you might know these two
outstanding musicians from their days as the core of Johnny
Johnson's Band. They have also played with Chuck Berry and
countless other groups. Most recently, they both shared the stage
(7-08-06) with Bob Weir and Ratdog at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis. As
some of you may know, Weir (Guitarist and co-founding member of
the Grateful Dead) started his blues based band Ratdog in the early
90's. For a brief period of time, Johnson was the keyboardist in this
band. On many occasions, he would have Rossi and Williams sit in
with Weir in the different encarnations of the Dead. We were very
honored that the two of them chose to drop in on our little show in St.
Charles. You should have seen the crowd's faces as they came back
to the stage following Donnie's bass jam half way through
"Superstitious." They added their trade mark sound and style to the
following tunes "We Want the Funk" >
"Thankyoufalettinmebemyself"> "Superstitious reprise" and "Turn On
Your Lovelight." It was quite an occasion and we look forward to
sharing the stage with them again in the near future.

- We have also had the pleasure of sharing the stage on 3 different
occasions with the our friends from Madahoochi. Scott Rockwood has
played sick guitar and sang on Dizzy Galespie's "Barbados Carnival>
Call Me Al" and "Franklins Tower" and others... Joe Winze sang and
added bizzaro percussion during "Superstitious> Bass> Drums" at
1860's.... Sean Hartung belted out a dead on MEAN version of
"Immigrant Song" on that same night. We also welcomed Brian Sax
(Madahoochi Colaborator) to the stage at the Rookies Biker Poker
Run a few weeks ago. Brian layed down some viscious guitar as he
filled in for Jim (who was swamped by wedding season) and did an
outstanding job.

- As you can tell, we love to have friends drop by and sit in. So far, it
has produced nothing but magic. And there is more on the way
throughout the fall.