JOE FILOSA'S BIRTHDAY BASH - 11/28/15 Three Jolly Pigeons, Brooklyn, New York

The Good Yeggs with a photobombing Brian Dillon.

OK, no. I was adamant he be in the photo.

Once again it is that time of year when Joe Filosa throws his annual birthday bash and graciously invited us down to be part of the roster of bands celebrating the anniversary of his birth.

As usual everyone had a Blast and this is one of the rarer Gigs where you can witness tag-team Drummers, not mid song mind you but everyone gets a chance.

I for one got to Jam with Normal (along with Joe Yegg) and a cast of Musicians of whom I never got to catch their name (for a fifth time, since I am terrible with names) and banged two drumsticks together during DLS' unresistable version of "I'm A Man"

Joe Yegg, That "two penny" whore played with every band on this night. 

He made eight cents or even more, That Bastard.

Joe Filosa and myself.

Why can we never get a photo in focus and lit well thus far, we must be vampires.

DLS with our very own Joe Cacciola sitting in on Bass Guitar for the second weekend in a row. I Love these guys.

Once a Yegg always a Yegg.

Of note we had the 3JP Dancers up on the floor. From my vantage point as well as being myopic and removing my eyeglasses prior to our performance I missed it all but they were dancing at the back of the bar and finally sashayed up during our set and were in full swing is the word on the street.

You Go Girls !!!.

We played a nice tight set and redeemed ourselves from our "sloppy" set the weekend before (a fist fight did break out mid-set which tends to distract from the attention span of performing musicians though), however I must take blame. You are not a good Band without a good Drummer.

Not tooting my own Snare, just saying, at least I was OK tonight.

Tuning up.

A quintessential part of not sounding like "Bloody Hell" on stage.

Joe Filosa's wife Patti once again dazzled us with her homeade cooking.

Sliced Beef, Ziti, Meatballs and a Sweet Potato Stew with Peanut Sauce. Not sure of what that is in the upper right hand corner (or the upper left hand corner if you were standing at the table). Of course there were many Cakes and Eggplant Pizza as well as what I think was Sfincione but I had to exit early due to an engagement the next day. I did take my last few bites of Eggplant Pizza along with me so as not to insult its Foodie Goodishness.

PIZZA IN A CUP.

"All I need are these Drumsticks,... and this remote control,... thats all I need"

This Is Show # 23

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THE FILOSA 35TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 5/2/15 Three Jolly Pigeons, Brooklyn New York

An Impromptu photo of The Good Yeggs backstage at the Filosa celebration.

Amongst the roster of 17 bands invited to celebrate the 35th wedding anniversary of the Filosa's was Us, The Good Yeggs.

We played a set of 5 songs and got in and out professionally like a small unit of Special Forces to let the other acts get on with it, of this I was happy. Do not get me wrong but oftentimes there are huge gaps between bands due to tuning up, tuning down, turning on, turning off and just plain "Where the hell is the Guitar player ?".

Our set tonight was "She Made This House A Home", "Another Brooklyn", "Crazy Arms", "Good Enough Is Good" and the premiere of "She's Pretty"

The festivities began with a mini Blues Jam and Joe Filosa was generous to invite me up behind the kit for a number which was Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Pride & Joy" during which the "button" (angle adjustment) on the right hand Crash Cymbal became undone which was immediately followed by my glasses falling off and careening onto the Floor Tom but being a seasoned musician you must never ever stop so I carried on, well it was that good.

The entire performance from all players concerned ran from 9 p.m. till 2:30 a.m. and as my Drum Kit was the house kit I must say that my Ludwig's were gang banged all evening but came out unscathed and spiritually enhanced.

Truly a fun evening and Everyone (including my Drum Kit) had a Complete Blast.

It was then that Thomas realized he had taken the Bass Drum with him by accident and left his wife Nina standing in the driveway back in Queens.

With Mr. Joe Filosa (the handsomer cat in the background) backstage at Three Jolly Pigeons.

Joe and I share similar Musical tastes (Progressive Rock, etc.) and I kept trying to get a decent photo of two of "The Drummers" but failed miserably, much like trying to play a 16th note paradiddle underwater.

Either way fellow Drummer and a good man of impeccable taste.

I looked at him and he at me wondering what on our plates there might be.

Patti Filosa did not cater the party, she made the food from scratch and fed 17 bands, and if you ever ate with a Musician well,...

Aside from the graciousness of being fed this was Homeade Food and most delicious it was, and I mean,.. DELICIOSO!!!

Well I had Three Meatballs aside from my plate and told her so to which Patti's humorous reply was "O.K. thats it for you, no more, there are more people coming" 

She is so cool and culinarily talented that she must be married to a Drummer or something.

The Newcomer of the Evening Award goes to Puddy Tat.

I returned to the room only to witness Sylvester (and the band) killing it. Now Sylvester often comes to our gigs with Brian Dillon but I had no idea that he was a singer and what a singer and front man he is, I was thoroughly impressed, so much so that I spontaneously joined the back line percussion section (on woodblock) during their take on the Spencer Davis Band's classic "I'm A Man".

The Good Yeggs both collectively and individually would like to thank the Filosa's for inviting us to help celebrate their 35th anniversary together.

This is Show # 19

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