Weekend music in the Greater Georgetown/Merrimack Valley

It is a busy weekend here in the Greater Georgetown/Merrimack Valley….plenty of good bands to hear, and plenty of consumables to consume. After all, it was a hard week this week, wasn’t it? So kick back, relax, and let us all entertain you.

Start out your weekend with some music, microbrew, some food and then more microbrew at The Tap.

Come out to The Tap in Haverhill, MA to see Danny Banks and his All Star Band!Listen to some Blues, Soul, and Rock n' Roll!!!!! Band Starts at 9:00pmThe Tap is a fantastic Bar/ Restaurant! They Have GREAT FOOD!!!There's NO COVER!Band Lineup:Danny Banks- Drums, VocalMonster Mike Welch- Guitar, VocalsRalph Shelgran- BassSee Y'All There!!!The Tap100 Washington StreetHaverhill, MA

Then, on Saturday the 30th you have two very good choices in music and venues, so do yourselves a favor and check out both acts & places.

The Coupe DeVille Band will be playing their first 2010 appearance (not including their successful Tuesday night blues jam) at the Roma. Join them for an evening of high energy blues, R&B and classic rock. Dale Stubbs - GuitarJohn Schiavoni - VocalsTom “Spectacle” Carroll - GuitarJohn Medeiros Jr. - DrumsSteve Tatarunis – Bass

And, Georgetown Fats & The Growlers (punk /blues/reggae) will be at The Georgetown Grille on Saturday the 30th. It is the bar where everyone knows our name, and can help us find out way home when necessary…

We will be kicking off around 9:30 PM and will be playing up until last call (around 12:30AM).

Georgetown Fats & The Growlers are;

The Infamous Nigel – guitar, bass, vocals
RJ Kennedy – bass, guitar, vocals
The Damn Dirty Ape – drums
Boutch – vocals, percussion, harp

So either start the night at The Grille and then head on over to see “Johnny B” and the gang, start the night out with The Coupe DeVille Band and then come see us….or find one act and stay with them all night. The key to the equation is YOU getting out and supporting both local music, and the bars that book local music…

Then do yourselves a favor and check out Jazz @ The Chit Chat Lounge on Sunday night. The Chit Chat is at 103 Washington St, Haverhill, MA 01832, and I believe the jazz kicks off at 6PM.

As always, remember not to drink and drive. You may hit a bump and spill your drink. Also PLEASE CAREFULLY! Accidents cause people!

Fat Belly BBQ - Georgetown MA

Thank you Otis! You truly are man’s best friend, and I will make sure to remember how you did me a solid the next time you have an accident in the house.

So, the story goes a little something like this. After 2 long weeks on the road for back-to-back conferences I kicked back last Friday at The Grille and just enjoyed myself. After consuming a few bad ice cubes and not having a karate class to drive me out of my slumber/stupor sleeping in was the preferred solution to fix my hang over which left The Boss to handle Otis walking chores.

While I slept off the Jameson’s The Boss was walking Otis down and around Crosby’s parking lot and that all-powerful beagle nose locked in on the BBQ scents wafting from the Fat Belly BBQ Trailer. As The Boss will tell you, when that little guy locks in on a scent, he becomes 28 lbs of determination. If it is food related, or involves a woman rubbing his stomach, he also becomes very shameless. He will beg, walk on his back legs, sniff, beg some more until you either give him what he wants or you can separate him from The Scent. That is just what he did too he inhaled, checked out the trailer, stood up, sniffed again and even pawed at the door to the truck (or something to that effect). All of this was done in a crowded parking lot, in full sight of Neighbor Jimmy, numerous shoppers. Apparently, it was all quite a scene.

By the time Otis returned with a thoroughly embarrassed Boss, she was still chuckling over the scene he created. Through the haze, all I could hear was BBQ. I didn’t even have both legs in my pants before running down to Crosby’s with Otis’ same determination. I had to have BBQ. BBQ was EXACTLY what I needed in order to shake off the fuzz and haze.

$26 bucks later.....OH....SO HAPPY! The Boss and I lunched on two Pulled Pork Combo plates, and I left with a party pack for Football Sundays. OH!!!! SO UNBELIEVABLY HAPPY!

So the word is, there is no immediate plans to open up a permanent restaurant/lunch counter but they do deliver. So if you find you have a BBQ Deficiency, you will have to do some planning.

For additional information about Fat Belly BBQ, check out their blog at;

http://fatbellybbq.blogspot.com/

Or e-mail Kevin & Elaine Tighe at;

BBQ711@gmail.com