Monday, June 11, 2007
Iron Range Blast II - A Dud?
The Mighty Bohunks has participated in some failed Iron Range events. Viva La "Freedom Fete", where we performed as the headlining act in front of the promoter, the locals who have no air conditioning, and the road crew for Little Texas (the warmup act for The Mighty Bohunks). There's "Whorehouse Days", which was reduced to the embarassing "Ore House Days" due to objections from the local knitting club before disappearing all together.
This past weekend was supposed to be "Iron Range Blast II - The British Invasion" featuring Savoy Brown, Badfinger, etc. at the Museum of Mining. While the BLAST website is/was up, you can read the snipe "due to the lack of public and civic participation, IRON RANGE BLAST II Has been canceled" (savor the misspelling).
Despite the sad news that we weren't going to party with Kim Simmonds, The Mighty Bohunks went ahead and tore through several sets at Chopper and Bubba's Koscaks Bar. We even printed Special Edition Mighty Bohunks shirts with "Bohemian Invasion" on the back (email us if you'd like to buy one)!
Weekend highlights for the band included Ron constantly banging the back of his head (in time!) on a sharp wood corner, Joe with his own light fixture that read "Budweiser Billiards", Vic - Wait, not *Vic*, but his Hammond sprayed in black truck bed liner(seriously), and a rousing punk/ska/funkshine rendition of "Ring of Fire".
There were several bands in town, but Koscaks had most the foot traffic. There were great crowds all weekend. And the locals were great - Bruce McDirt our personal bartender (fresh in from Vegas, baby), Ollie, and of course Bubba, who sat or danced in front of the PA stacks all weekend. At the very end while we were loading gear into the trailer, with the echo of the amplifiers ringing in my head, Chopper appeared, shook all our hands, offered his wife, and invited us back. We had never met Chopper before.
So was it a dud? Not in the least. Koscaks is where The Mighty Bohunks broke on the scene several years ago, so it's like coming home.
The Mighty Bohunks and the Koscaks employees, owners and patrons had - Well, a BLAST...
This past weekend was supposed to be "Iron Range Blast II - The British Invasion" featuring Savoy Brown, Badfinger, etc. at the Museum of Mining. While the BLAST website is/was up, you can read the snipe "due to the lack of public and civic participation, IRON RANGE BLAST II Has been canceled" (savor the misspelling).
Despite the sad news that we weren't going to party with Kim Simmonds, The Mighty Bohunks went ahead and tore through several sets at Chopper and Bubba's Koscaks Bar. We even printed Special Edition Mighty Bohunks shirts with "Bohemian Invasion" on the back (email us if you'd like to buy one)!
Weekend highlights for the band included Ron constantly banging the back of his head (in time!) on a sharp wood corner, Joe with his own light fixture that read "Budweiser Billiards", Vic - Wait, not *Vic*, but his Hammond sprayed in black truck bed liner(seriously), and a rousing punk/ska/funkshine rendition of "Ring of Fire".There were several bands in town, but Koscaks had most the foot traffic. There were great crowds all weekend. And the locals were great - Bruce McDirt our personal bartender (fresh in from Vegas, baby), Ollie, and of course Bubba, who sat or danced in front of the PA stacks all weekend. At the very end while we were loading gear into the trailer, with the echo of the amplifiers ringing in my head, Chopper appeared, shook all our hands, offered his wife, and invited us back. We had never met Chopper before.
So was it a dud? Not in the least. Koscaks is where The Mighty Bohunks broke on the scene several years ago, so it's like coming home.
The Mighty Bohunks and the Koscaks employees, owners and patrons had - Well, a BLAST...
