Week of 8/22 - 8/23
We're back! The Topcats are back in action. After about 6 weeks off (it's a blessing and a curse) the Topcats return to work. And such a great weekend of work. Thank you all so much. We were in Mandeville at the Paradise Alley on Saturday night playing to a packed house. I think it's safe to say that of the times we've played there recently this past Saturday was by far the biggest and best crowd. So great to be back out among happy, smiling, dancing friends and family.

Sunday afternoon we played for the first time at Jaeger's Seafood & Oyster House on Clearview Pkwy. Now of course we've played countless times at the Jaegers that used to be on the lakefront before Katrina. But this was the first time for Jaeger's After Dark (as they call Sunday evenings) And again just a packed house. So many friends were out to party with the Topcats.

We need to thank Nicky Manalle for sitting in on drums the entire weekend. Starting drummer Robert Schulte was unavailable for the weekend and our second string drummer (Robert Cox) was also unavailable so we had to go to the end of the bench and bring in one of our practice squad drummers to get us through the gigs. And he did a great job assisting Buzzy, David and myself through a victorious weekend. (Alright that's enough of the football metaphors. I can't wait for football season to start) You can check Nicky working and playing all around town with the Generators, Voodoo Gumbo, Phaze 5, Mojeaux. Nicky is a busy man. Good for him.

Hey check the Topcats Calendar Page… we have jumped right back into it. September is looking so much better than July and August. We have a lot of out door festival type gigs coming up. As always thank you for your support. Thank you for your patience. We're hoping to see you along the way. To quote Frank Costanza "We're Back Baby".