Hey everybody! Check out "Powerglide" by Bob from Reading. Thats the name of his new blog, and he has a really great review, pictures and general fun from the Penns Peak Show. Very nice, Bob!!!
8:58 PM - Aug. 23, 2006 - {0} -
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Here's another show from Pennsylvania - Sent to us by Our favorite poster - Bob from Reading
Here's some pictures from the early 80's the venue was "The Brandywine
Club" in Chadds Ford, PA (near the Delaware state line).
As I recall, we (me, my bro Tom, and friend Gary) caught wind of this show
just hours before showtime and before you could say "powerglide" we were in
the car and on our way. Arriving at a packed house, we were able to find a
table with a decent view of the stage and proceeded to down beer after
beer.
......I've been around a little bit, I've got me some stories I could tell
I've been around a while now, and I've known some lovely women rather well
I've been dazed and amazed, I've been a witness to a redbone cajun spell
Honky tonkin', I guess I done me some....
As the night went on the empty Heineken bottles filled our table and the
band was smoke'n. At some point Tom decided to take a couple of bottles and
clank them together cheering on the band and exalting David for a "Heineken
Slide", well I guess he got a little overly enthused and.....well sure
enough one of the bottles he was clanking shattered and glass flew
(fortunately no-one got hurt!), we made our apologies to those around us,
and all was cool.
 
.....well, Amos he was marking time When the door blew off his car
They found Amos White in fifteen pieces Fifteen miles apart.....
It was of course a great show, with Marmaduke front and center, taking the
lead to everyone's delight! Oh yeah, Nelson treated us all to a Heineken
Slide in the second set. Just more memories of another great show from the
NRPS!
....Now if I had been working like I should have
By tonight I could've saved the fare
But Lord I've gone, yes, and drunk up every penny
And it's a thousand miles from here to there.....
Unfortunately this is the last of my NRPS archive photos,
hopefully I'll have some new stuff to share in the future.
We all hope you have some more, SOON! Your stuff is always so good, we look forward to your posts. You make the job of Webmaster very easy indeed!!! One question...being the 80's I am quessing the band was Marmaduke, Nelson, Cage, Kemp and Shanahan. In the first, third and fourth pic, there appears to be a sixth man. Any ideas, or am I mistaken? I am fairly unaware of this period, because I was living just outside of New Orleans at the time. The only place NRPS played less than San Diego was New Orleans. I have never seen evidence of them ever playing anywhere near N.O.
8:03 PM - Jul. 26, 2006 - {0} -
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Hey everybody! Here is some more great stuff from our buddy Bob from Reading, PA. These are some pretty rare pics, it's the only time I've seen a pic of Allen Kemp on stage with the Riders. Enjoy!
Here are the rest of the pics from "The Silo", you are correct; Patrick Shanahan was in fact the drummer. However, I mistakenly told you Steven Love was with the band for this show, he was not. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong again) the guitar player along w/ Marmaduke and David was actually Allen Kemp, sorry for the slip on that one.
Hey, that "Man of Steel" thing just might stick!
Nelson Jams
From Left- Allen Kemp, Marmaduke and David
The picture of me (at 21 years old) on the left and my bro Tom was taken at the show. We lost Tom, January 15, 1995 -RIP My Brother, you are loved and missed always!- Tom actually spent a year or more in the SD area back in the 80z while serving in the Navy, who knows maybe your paths have crossed?
It's certainly possible, he actually looks familiar...Love the Baseball sleeve NRPS jersey. How many of us had those back in the day?
The ad for the show is the cover of a weekly rag "Inside Reading" that covers nightlife and the bar scene in the Reading Berks County area. It's still published today under the name "Loose Ends".
"WORKING IN THE SUN OUR DAYS BE SPENT IN FUN - WHEN NIGHTTIME COMES WE'LL REST AND THANK THE DAY WE THANK THE DAY"
-Dave Torbert
PS Our friend Gary is doing great in recovery from his
liver transplant. In fact he was down to a Phillies-Padres game (at least your Padres didn't sweep our Phils).
PPS There may be another show in my near future, I see they have added Penns Peak to the tour and I hope to make my way up to the "Coal Regions" of Pennsylvania for that one.
Great, Bob!! Can't wait to see the pics and get your review. And thanks for the great stuff! It's always appreciated!
8:05 PM - Jul. 12, 2006 - {0} -
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These are the pics (along with the GREAT one of Buddy in the first Sellersville post) taken and submitted by our East Coast correspondent Bob from Reading, PA. He is very kind to share his pictures and observations with us.
I know that someone is out there. I have had 325 unique hits and 1315 total hits on this blog in the 8 months I've been here (as of 11:00pm PDT 6/18/06. Anyone else has anything to share, send it in an e-mail and I will make sure it gets posted.
Oh yeah, Happy Birthday to our founder (6/16/06) Also, Rest in Peace Vince Welnick and Billy Preston.
Oh, What A (Nother) Mighty Time!
10:48 PM - Jun. 17, 2006 - {0} -
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This is an e-mail from our friend Bob from Reading, PA. He and some friends attended the Sellersville Show and was kind enough to send pics, setlist and observations from the Big Show. Being a theater show, it must have been very different from a bar / club show. First the e-mail, then set list. I'll start posting pics later. Oh by the way, Bob did a fantastic presentation with graphics and such, but my limited skills would not allow me to post it as it was. Thanks for all the work to make our little blog better. Sorry I couldn't do it justice.
Sunday night's show in Sellersville was excellent! More laid back than last
month at the Chameleon Club, but very entertaining none the less. (Take a
look at the attached file of pictures and set list I created from Sundays
show). We started out leaving Reading around 3:00 Sunday afternoon and
headed to south of Allentown for a cook out and tune up at Scott L's house.
None of us had tickets and we kind of figured it would not be a problem
since the venue was a theater and it was a Sunday night. So we had about a
45 minute ride to Sellersville from Scott's place after some cold beers and
grilled cook'n. We arrived at the show around 7:15, show time was scheduled
for 7:30. As we were parking the car we saw old friend Billy walking down
the street, after the initial hi-hello-how are ya, we told Billy we'd catch
up with him inside because we needed to go get tickets, that's when he told
us the show was "sold out"! We were pretty shocked and headed to the
theater where people were hanging out in front. There was one ticket
available from a guy that had an extra, and Scott Y. was the first to have
his money out. Great so now we only need 5 more. Me and Joey headed to the
ticket window to try our luck with the pretty young gal there. She said
your in luck, 4 just became available, I asked her if she could somehow
make that 5? She spoke to someone and sure enough we all had tickets! They
had set up some chairs in the aisle on the sides of the stage down front,
perfect - right where I wanted to be. What was really cool was the seats
were against the wall, so we could stand and not be in anyone's way, I
couldn't see myself sitting for a NRPS show. The show got started and I
found myself next to an attractive young lady and noticed that she had a
back stage pass. A few songs into the first set I said hello and asked if
she was with the band? I thought she may have been from a local radio
station or newspaper
.
(YA KNOW SHE REALLY AIN'T A GROUPIE,
SHE SAID SO IN A MOVIE, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID TO ME)
She said "Yes, I'm Buddy's wife", I replied, "get the hell out, you look more like you
could be Buddy's daughter", she smiled and said that she was 35, and that I
was close to right because Buddy has a daughter that is 32. So it was my
luck and privilege, as she seamed like a very nice young lady, to meet the lovely Leslie. We chatted a little more and I told her I was a long time big fan of the band, she said she realized that.....maybe it was the way I was singing along to every song?
To cap off a great day, we found out that as were enjoying the show our good friend Gary was called to Albert Einstein (yes we know what E is for) Hospital in Philly and getting his long awaited liver transplant, Gary is doing well I'm told.......
(Gary is the fellow in the group shot from The CHAMILLION CLUB, far left with Mets Suck Hat. Lets all wish him the best, pray for him or what ever each of us does in this sort of situation.) DB
SOMEDAY SOON I'LL COME BY RIDING FROM BEHIND THE HILL I'M GONNA HAVE A BIG WHITE HORSE, SWEAR TO GOD I WILL.....
The band seemed to be enjoying the vocal audience and very much appreciated a Sunday night sell out. David and Michael both acknowledged the crowd on a number of occasions throughout the night. Rainy Day Woman was a very memorable performance with each band member taking their turn with the lyrics. Wonderful show, awesome venue, and a great band!
GOIN' DOWN TO SELLERSVILLE NOW THINK I'LL GO DOWN THERE
I'M GOIN' DOWN TO SELLERSVILLE GONNA GET MY SHARE.....
Sunday June 11, 2006
- Sold out -
Buddy Cage, David Nelson, Ronnie Penque,
Johnny Markowski, and Michael Falzarano
First Set:
· Garden of Eden
· Louisiana Lady
· Whatcha Gonna Do
· Contract
· I don’t know you
· Fifteen Days Under the Hood
· Lochinvar
· Sunday Susie
· Last Lonely Eagle
· Whiskey
· Dead Flowers
Second Set:
· Lonesome L.A. Cowboy
· Sutter’s Mill (or was that Sellersville???)
· Panama Red
· Rainbow
· Henry
· One too many stories
· Slidin’ Delta*
· Groupie
· Portland Woman >>
· Hand Jive
· Let it Bleed
* Michael.....this ones for Jerry
Encore:
· Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35
· Ripple
10:00 PM - Jun. 17, 2006 - {0} -
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Check out this great pic of Buddy, taken by our friend Bob from Reading PA Sunday night at Sellersville, PA. He will be sending setlist and more pics soon. Thanks to Bob, we'll be looking forward to them
7:38 PM - Jun. 13, 2006 - {1} -
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Hey- As long as I'm here, lets check out the rest of the pics Bob from Reading, PA sent. Great pics, Bob. Thanks again. One thing-are you in the group shot or did you take it? Look's like they're having a Mighty Time there!!!!
For even more pics from this show, check out the link http://www.donaldmcgurrin.net/
Now remember, all pics are copyrighted and owned by Mr McGurrin, he puts them
on the internet for our enjoyment. Also pics of Ratdog, Phil and Friends, etc. ENJOY
Buddy
Buddy
David and Ronnie
David and Michael
Buddy
Everybody's actin crazy
6:51 PM - May. 21, 2006 - {1} -
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Thanks to our friend Bob from Reading, PA for these pics.
Attached are some photos I took at the Chameleon Club last Thursday
(Lancaster, PA), what a GREAT show!!!! It's been ~20 years since I saw NRPS
live. Do you know where I can find set lists? I checked Setlist.com, but
there wasn't any posted for this tour yet. I was having too much fun to
remember to jot them down myself, the band was rockn, just a really great show man. Opened w/ LA Cowboy-RainbowContract.......Crooked Judge and Dirty Biz in the first set! David tore up 15 Days in an amazing second set that ended up with Let it Bleed and Ripple. Enjoy the photos.....It's great to see the NRPS back Home, Home on the Road.
-Bob
There are more, I will post later.
If anyone would like to contact Bob From Reading e-mail rmiley@verizon.net
Any and all photos, stories or comments welcomed...e-mail me at blog@dkbaker.com
Ron Penque
David Nelson
Johnny Markowski
Buddy Cage
Michael Falzarano
9:46 PM - May. 19, 2006 - {0} -
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Set List
04/08/06 (Sat) Mystic Theatre - Petaluma, CA
Set 1: Panama Red, Sing Me A Rainbow, Whatcha Gonna Do, Contract, I Don’t Know You, Garden Of Eden, Crooked Judge, Sunday Suzie, Louisiana Lady, 15 Days Under The Hood, Dead Flowers
Set 2: Lonesome L.A. Cowboy, Sutter’s Mill, Take A Letter Maria, One Too Many Stories, Henry, Lochinvar, Let It Bleed, Death & Destruction, Portland Woman, Runnin’ Back To You, Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, E: Truck Drivin’ Man, Ripple *
* w/ Robert Hunter - Guitar & Vocals
MORE TO COME....
8:50 PM - Apr. 9, 2006 - {0} -
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8:57 PM - Apr. 6, 2006 - {0} -
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Well, folks, my bro (AKA the World Traveler) will be attending the Big Show at the Mystic in Petaluma. As my regular readers know, he flew by himself to Danielson for the initial concert for the new tour. I, sadly, will not be able to attend. But even though he now has his own NRPS site, hopefully he’ll throw a little our way. Maybe he will send some pics, set list or a review of the show. Hope that he and sis-in-law have a great time hanging out with the guys. This is the show everyone from the Bay Area will be at. For any of you who may also be in attendance, check out his TheBakerBros.com so you can see what he looks like. That way you can introduce yourself and hang out. He will most likely be wearing a Buddy Cage t-shirt, NRPS hat and/or Levi jacket with large NRPS patch on it. He says he may be there until Monday, so check him out!!
9:31 PM - Apr. 1, 2006 - {1} -
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Just added a link to The Rain Desert, site of the first NRPS show of the recent mini tour. Click on Buddy's pic for video clips from the show. Thanks to our good friend Jan Goldstein. Check out the other good stuff from The Rain Desert.
http://www.raindesert.com/ If link doesn't work, copy/paste or go to my link section on the right side.
5:02 PM - Oct. 22, 2005 - {1} -
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My Bro posted this as a comment, I want to make it a new thread.
okay, setlist as follows: Henry/Lonesome L.A. Cowboy/Rainbow/Whiskey/Contract/Garden of Eden/Truck Drivin Man/Sunday Suzie/Dirty Business/Runnin Back to You/Take a Letter, Maria/ 2nd set:Portland Woman/Willie and the Handjive/I Dont Know You/Groupie/Louisana lady/Last Lonely Eagle/Panama Red...No encore because it was past 1 am, and the cops would shut em down if any noise was made past 1.
It was a GREAT show, faithfully recreated, not note for note mind you. but as a great man once said;"If you want note for note, go listen to Perry Como"
I met alot of friends that night, some of which had been "email friends only". I called em, "the best friends I never met". Well, now I met em, and Im happy to say we're real friends now! People like Buddy,Leslie, David, Jan, Patti, Johnny, Ronnie, Michael, Heather, Kevin, and that Great lady, the owner of the bar..(Im so sorry, I forgot your name, but Thank you for everything!) and many others.
I kinda got stranded there, for I couldnt catch a bus back to the airport at that late hour, and was gonna miss my flight. Everyone began asking around, and came up with Heather, who was willing to take me the 40 miles to the Green airport in Providence, RI. She was very nice for doing that, and I thank her publicly here. Thanks, Heather!
Thats all I can think of, off hand. Any questions I can answer, post em here, I'll do my best !
Thanks everyone, IT WAS WORTH EVERY MILE! -Rick Baker PS pics to follow soon...
All pics from Danielson courtesy of Rick Baker
6:45 PM - Oct. 8, 2005 - {0} -
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As I write this, my bro is in the air heading for Danielson, CT for the big show. He promises a review, set list, pics and more...stay tuned...for now, here is a scan of an actual ticket to the show. Enjoy, Bro!
Coming soon, a special report on Steve Love, bassist, singer and songwriter extrordinaire in our "Where are they now? department.
10:27 PM - Oct. 4, 2005 - {4} -
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