Milwaukee – Bastille Days (July 14, 2005)

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Sound check before show. Tom Good & John Calarco! Alaria Taylor kicks off the show with "One Hour a Day". Alaria's backup chicks: Carmen, Robin, Grace & Ellen Alaria rocks out! Alaria sets the mood belting out Black Velvet. John Calarco on drums. Lot's of humidity... Alaria's hair got bigger and bigger as the night went on :) Robin Pluer! Robin does "Train In Vain" with backup chicks! Tracy Jane Comer! Tracy Jane doing her fabulous original: "Drive For Miles"...great guitar player too! Tracy is an extremely talented chick! Tracy also sang "Baggage", another great original! Rebecca Ellsworth does "Let's Stay Together"... gets the audience dancing! Rebecca gets the crowd movin' with two great songs! Rebecca wails on "Chain of Fools" with lots of backup chicks! Crowd loves it! Grace Weber sang "Promises" and "Ain't No Sunshine" with finesse. 17 year old Grace impresses the crowd with her soulful voice. Grace has lots of friends from high school come out to see her! Ellen Winters blew everyone away with Might As Well Be Spring and You Don't Know Me. Ellen got the only standing ovation of the night! Ellen Winters at her absolute best - a performance to remember! Jim Bohn grabs the audience with his accapella opening to "Plowman". Jim tears up the stage with his killer vocals, driving song and wild guitar solos! Jim once again proved he is indeed "man enough" :) Jim gives a fantastic performance and the crowd loves him! Carmen rocks the crowd with "So Have I For You". Carmen Nickerson! Carmen sets the mood with a Norah Jones tune: "In The Morning". Beautiful job Carmen! Leah Jee rocks out! Leah did 2 originals: "You Follow" & "Great Divide". Great job Leah! We almost needed a mosh pit for Leah's fans! ALyX! Only 12 years old, this powerhouse took control of the crowd with her catchy songs. ALyX sang "Everything" & "This Is My Story". The crowd literally gasped when they heard ALyX was 12 years old. ALyX wears the CSN teeshirt. She's our little "chicklette"! :) ALyX has a powerful voice for such a little girl! Beautiful girl too! Barb Stephani! Barb is a real dynamo onstage and knows how to get an audience in the palm of her hand Barb has a powerful, smoky voice perfectly suited to the funk and r&b songs she loves. Dan Johnston on guitar. Barb got funky with "Brother Sister", "Isn't She Lovely" and "Fell In Love w/a Boy". The crowd loved her! Barb sings "Fell In Love w/a Boy". Alaria, Carmen & Ellen with killer backup vox. Alaria rocks out on 2nd last song of the night - backup chicks were killer - a fabulous night at Bastille Days! This was Alaria's favorite song and she had a blast playing guitar on this driving song with the fantastic Chick Singer Band. Alaria wails on her original: "Drowning In His Own Life". Alaria belts out the last song of the night: "Snow In July"! Alaria wraps up the show and brings everyone back out onstage. Huge crowd, beautiful weather, great show! Introduced everyone in the show one last time, we all took a bow and said goodnight while the band jammed out! End of the show...everyone on stage Everyone backstage after a great show! Opening night of Bastille Days, closing act, 11 featured artists, thousands of people in attendance! John Calarco, the world's greatest drummer, jams out on the last song~ Dan Johnston did a fantastic job on guitar for our show. Lot's of different styles and moods to capture... he did a great job! Nope... we're not in France. Pretty cool though! Lou Cucunato did a fabulous job on keyboards! Lou saved the day and learned our entire show... we're all very appreciative. (and he's a nice Italian boy!) Tom Good rocks on bass! Tom locks in perfectly with John since they're used to playing together. They make a killer rhythm section! Our new Chick Singer Night banner... how cool is that? Tom Good... truth in advertising! Dan Johnston! Chick Singer Night @ Bastille Days! Leah runs through her songs at rehearsal. Jim Bohn rehearses with the band. Interstate Music let us practice at their store the afternoon of the show. Thanks Interstate!

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