August 1, 2008
August 1, 2008
August is upon us and the Torp schedule
is getting busier all the time. If
you're a venue or individual thinking about having us perform between now and
the end of the year, please let us know right away because weekend dates are
filling up rapidly. We're only a phone
call or email away!
July brought the Torps to the House of Blues Kitchen (Lake Buena Vista) twice,
Harry’s Cigar’s and the
Starlight Lounge (Oviedo), the Beach Shack (Cocoa Beach) and our newest
home for the blues; Bourbon Street
(The Villages). The HOB is always fun for us as it's a great
room and they always treat us right. At Harry's...COLD BEER...we may have been very close to
setting an all time record, although the total garbage bag count may have been
slightly mis-calibrated. Make sure to check with Harry for his
thoughts on this. The Beach Shack was
about as hot as it gets temperature wise and I'm sure the Torps
sweated out every toxin we ever absorbed over the last year or so! Ha!
Bourbon Street and its steadily growing crowd were as enthusiastic as
ever. The folks at the Villages know how
to party and have a good time doing it!
If you're ever in the area of Lady Lake or Leesburg, make sure to come
check it out.
This Friday the Torps make a triumphant
return to the fine
City of Eustis for thier
First Friday street event and we'll be kicking things off at 6PM at the center
stage. Saturday brings the Torps to Wolfy’s in
Sanford starting at 8PM and we have a lot of special friends expected to show
up that just happen to be in town. It’s
looking like our monthly blues night at Wolfy’s is
starting to draw quite a diverse crowd and the Sanford community seems to be
spreading the Torptitude amongst themselves quite nicely.
Following our first corporate gig on the 6th, the Torps are heading back to Harry’s Cigar’s and the
Starlight Lounge (8/9) and are bringing yet another special addition to the best
parking lot blues party east of Orlando.
You'll have to be there to see what's new...just remember to repeat
after me...COLD BEER, NO RAIN...repeat.
Tell Harry and his crew the Torps sent you.
Then it's back to the Beach Shack (8/10 - 2PM) for a lovely Sunday
afternoon on the deck. It's been a long
time since we did this gig and it's one of our favorites. Come relax and recover from your weekend
activities and still be home and in bed at a reasonable time.
Bourbon Street (8/15) and make sure to click on
the link for a coupon that’s good for a 20% discount on all entrees.
Make sure to mark August 16th on your calendars...the first in
what's hoping to be a regular concert series at McWell's. The Back Room Blues
Concert series
presents two Florida IBC winners; The Smokin' Torpedoes
& Nouveaux Honkies
starting at 8PM. Tickets are $10 and the music will go till
midnight. We had a chance to meet and
hear these guys while in Memphis last year and it's looking like some great
live blues FUN heading our way.
Then we're back to the
Beach Shack
(8/23) and Bourbon Street (8/29) to finish the month off
with a blues bang!
Don't forget to vote for the Torps at WESH's A-List, best local band contest.
We've slipped out of the top 5 and only a few more votes will put us
back in the running...come on all you live blues enthusiasts, let's put a local
blues band on top!
Also, fresh off the presses.
It looks like the Orange Blossom
Blues Society has tentatively set a date for this
year’s International Blues Competition for October 25th. No other info available yet, but the Torps new line up is setting our
sites on competing once again in hopes of going to Memphis and trying our best
to represent Central Florida.
Remember all this and a lot more info can be found throughout our
website anytime. Torp
on!
