stumpys update

"I am not really available." Not exactly the phrase a single man wants to hear at 1:30AM...you know right around closing time. About that time most single available dudes would be waiting to hear..."my place or yours" ...or ..."...let's get a room" ... or perhaps... " I have never seen the upstairs at Stumpy's" Seriously just about anything other than.."I am not really available." Once again friends and neighbors...my virtue remains intact. But..it did give me some fodder for our weekly visit ..which I apologize for being so late with. I was thinking about late night phrases we just never want to her. So here we go with the top Five Phrases No One Wants to hear at 2AM..or there abouts.

Number Five...."Have you got the keys".
Number Four... "I am pretty sure I gave the keys to you."
Number three.. "Nice to meet you..don't you think cross dressing is fun!!"
NUmber two.. "Is my make-up still covering that nasty sore on my mouth?"
and the Number one Phrase No One wants to hear at 2AM ..."Put your hands behind your back." (that one is however conditional.)

Oh well...it was late..I was tired...and pretty well danced out....whew...It was the bop bop bop best time I'd had in Stumpy's in a good long while...Velvet Love Box is just terrific. Their uniqueness of sound seemed to dull the pain and anguish of the availability problem...juuuust kidding...nothing short of Bicardi 101 could do that...oh hush.

Saturday...my band..the one I always refer to as Owners Choice...The Incredible Nosmo Kings... It was not the largest crowd in town but it was the most well entertained crowd in town. With the exception of one small window or time ..this past weekend was top five folks...

OK now this weekend...Miss Gina has brought us a new band...you remember Gina... she is on the list of rejecters ..Anyway..new band....Out Of The Blue ...this ought to be fun...and that is Friday night..NO COVER ....Saturday night...probably the best new rock band of 2010...so far anyway...THE ZEW.. there is a small cover after 9PM...arrive early Stumpians.

I want to wish a special Happy Birthday to my wonderful friend Diann....she is turning 37...wow..I have open heart wounds that old...I have festering love bites that age...I have a string of rejections that go back that far..and further..but this is not about me this is about Miss Diann,,Happy Birthday ma'am...

I also want to say a special thanks to a guy that really never needs or expects to be thanked...Rick South. Rick will admittedly drive you nuts on occasion but one would be hard pressed to find a better man or friend or Stumpian.
The extra miles he goes out of his way to help, stretch from here to deep into the hearts of everyone he hangs around... You're a good man Charlie Brown.

Please remember to keep our brave American Heroes in uniform in your prayers.

Peace/Victory

Woody( I never mentioned Kimberly and Ryan)

stumpys update

God was with Laura, Sharon and Bubba this weekend. Laura hydroplaned on the wet roads and wrecked her truck...she is ok. Sharon and Bubba were hit on his scooter Friday night..his scooter is toast but they are both ok...minor bumps and scrapes. These are three Stumpians we all love and I sure thank God for watching our family. There is another person I pray God watches. Someone decided Sunday morning that they needed the money we had in our safe more than we did. Yep...this person broke in and decided..on their own..that they deserved the cash we had secured in our safe more than we did. Now God...I pray you will watch over this person because this person has a problem. I do not want any harm to come to them but if this person is bent on being a thief...well one time they are going to be in the wrong place and they are going to get hurt...so watch after this person...send them some sign to show this person just how wrong they were for stealing our money..and maybe they will bring it back...but if not....just watch this person God...this person needs a lot of help. Oh and God..thanks for the lesson..we will not keep money there any longer...Oh yeah one more thing...the police gathered some evidence and we think we may know who it is...

PS..God...teach me and everyone else to love those that harm us.

Oh well..turn the page....hey thanks to you Stumpians out there ..we can absorb the loss. thanks to Tornado Alley...we can absorb the loss...Thanks to Clear Fork..we can absorb the loss...that was a killer weekend. We had an awful lot of fun..I saw a lot of smiling faces...the girls behind the bar made money for their families...I paid some taxes...Scott did well...With one exception I would say that weekend was definitely top five...maybe top three. I just cannot say enough about all the guys in Tornado Alley and all those Tornado Alley fans...it truly was like old times...ok everyone in unison...WE WANT YOU TO COME BACK!!!!! ...Ditto goes for Clear Fork. The nicest young men ...and their ladies...wow....hot hot hot...once again...WE WANT YOU BACK!!! I had a great time....I even got to spend some quality time with my BFFF Diann...and no one was Skirty...well breaking in and stealing or cash was pretty Skirty but...I will not let that get me down...period.

OK this weekend....another weekend where I dare any other Live Music Venue to try and match what we Stumpians have...Friday night...The totally unique sounds of Velvet Love Box ..I do mean unique...best sound three guys can make sitting down...read into that what ever you want...oh yeah hang around because on Saturday night we have The incredible Nosmo Kings...perhaps the best sound three guys can make standing up...once again...form your own interpretation. Six different young men on our stage this weekend..two distinct sounds...one helluva Live Music Venue....and it is all yours Stumpians...there is a cover on Friday night...arrive early.

There are lessons to be learned in just about everything that happens to us...some more expensive than others...but that is the way it goes. I refuse to hate. I thank you Stumpians for a lot of that...with all the love we have as a family there is simply no room in my heart for any hate.

Show some of that Stumpian love to our hero defenders of LIBERTY. Pray and ask God to protect them and to just let them know we are out here supporting them.

Peace/Victory

Woody

Whew...this past weekend was slooooooow. That's ok this coming weekend will make up for a lot of slow nights. In their last scheduled performance of 2010....Tornado Alley is on our stage Friday night. I think this is a big deal...I am a Tornado Alley fan. Get there early. Stumpy's will fill up with faded and somewhat tattered Tornado Alley vintage T-Shirts ...that is a guaranty. Also to entice the best ..you have to pay so there is a cover charge and we are going to move up the time we take it as well....8:30 instead of 9:00. After 8:30 the cover kicks in at 5.00 bucks a head. So...Tornadians and Stumpians one and all....just arrive before 8:30...hey come sit outside in our new expanded seating area patio...the weather is perfect.

BTW...if the person that picked up my back rest from behind the fence last Saturday night is reading this...return it ..please!! I was not throwing it away...I just set it there and intended to pick it back up Sunday morning but it was gone...sooooo ..I need it back if you have it...thanks.

OK lets continue with this coming weekend...as busy as it is going to be Friday..Saturday is not going to be any different...Miss Jo Jo and friends are bringing in what they call STUMPY'S II Reunion....Thus the newly expanded seating area outside...add to their numbers the fact that the band Saturday is Clear Fork...this is the Chick Magnet Band of the Century!! We do not get that many shots at getting them in the house but when we do.....wooo hooo..the Single Female count goes waaaaaaay up...Guys..take note of this... Oh yeah...no cover Saturday night.

What a great up coming weekend!! The return of Tornado Alley...the return of Clear Fork...now if we can get the Bad Girls to Return......Jen......Maji .....Amy...you are soooo invited back ladies...Sandork..U2!! While I am at it....uhhhh A Girl......C Babe...Leahhhh....Kat..Lou...(WTF?? another Louless weekend!!) Ladies...you need to join the Clear Fork Nation...

Proof that Men Have Better Friends... Friendship among Women: A woman didn't come home one night. The next morning she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it. Friendship among Men: A man didn't come home one night. The next morning he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends. Eight confirmed that he had slept over, and two said he was still there.

One more thing...get out there and ride!!! The Blue Bonnets and Indian Paint Brushes are in full bloom....WE live in a beautiful state. My ride up through Central Texas last Friday was beyond perfect...
So Diann...do not be Skirty...get ur bike out!!!!!

Pray for our Troops...good for them...good for you..

Peace/Victory

Woody

Well I was just about to end this day on a high note when I went to our FaceBook page and saw something I hate to see...and it happens from time to time...Apparently there are folks out there that think Johnny Nitzinger is scheduled to be at Stumpy's this weekend...well he is not. I never got a confirmation on that date and so I booked a different band, I hate that because I am a huge Nitzinger fan...but. Bobbie Mac is filling that spot and sine he has been moved twice before I am not moving him again...so there...sorry Nitz Fans...but I never got that confirmation.

OK...this past weekend...Number one..it was windy. Number two it was really windy...Number three...did you get out in that wind?? I rode up Thursday to avoid the rain...and the wind just about beat me to death. I had an extra day here but I needed it to simply to adjust my equilibrium. It felt like I was in a ...ahem...Tornado. Speaking of Tornados...we have a real treat coming up boys and girls. When we opened up what I like to refer to as Lower Division Stumpy's Blues Bar on 11/6/2004, the only band I could even imagine breaking the seal on our stage was...Tornado Alley. I mean...Jeff and I have owned Stumpy's for nearly ten years now and we have seen a lot of bands come and go...who could ever forget the uniqueness of Smart Like Einstein..or the smooth sounds of Robin Banks...the hard greatness of Brian Atlas..(that Nancy Atlas could sing!!)...and then there was the incredible voice of Kevin Terry and Tornado Alley. Well SLE is gone...Robin..last time I heard she was in Jamaica mon..she has been back but did not call us..Brian and Nancy live in Arkansas...I did not mention Holland K ..he has his own set of problems now) but always there was Tornado Alley...until they decided to ...take a break..a too long extended break.. Well Stumpians...Tornadoians..they are coming back...4/16/2010 Kevin et al will be on our stage...and it is gonna be great!!!

This past weekend I have to say Maurio Marcus really did one helluva job. The added keyboard mad it just awesome...you have to know by now just how I feel about a keyboard in the band...yeah yeah yeah I have heard that in Texas you have to have a Fiddle yada yada yada...but there on lower division if you wanna get the owners attention ..you got to have a keyboard in the band.

Saturday....Second Hand Soul had the dubious task of handling the Saturday before Easter Crowd....small as it was...we had a great time...SHS will be back..I owe it to them ...who check the calendar..and why do they keep moving Easter...pick a date and stay with it I say.

This weekend....Friday night...A very special happening Stumpians... Johnnie Red and The Roosters are having a CD Release Party in our house. I have a copy of the CD and for blues lovers out there...you got to get Johnnie Reds CD...it is one of the best I have heard in a while.

The Saturday night...it is not Nitzinger...it is Bobbie Mac and Souther Crossroads...finally. I had to cancel Bobbie this winter on one of our more snowy icy nights..this is his make up gig...So....let's make it up to him kids...be there...and once again my apologies to Johnnie Nitzinger...but I never got that confirmation ..it is a must. We have bands crawling out of the woodwork wanting to get on our stage. That's the name of that tune.

OK..that's all I have today...Please take time out of your day to pray for our LIBERTY defending heroes over seas.

Peace/Victory

Woody