Pat's Weekly Diary: 6/28 - 6/29
Back to work for the Topcats starting on Saturday night at Chateau Estates for Cancer Crusaders fundraising event. A great night. Plenty of dancing right from the start. The theme for the event was Ponchartrain Beach. A lot of memorabilia focusing on the night Elvis played Ponchartrain Beach. So of course we started the evening with a lot of oldies. I've probably mentioned this before but… as I recall, in late 1983 Ponchartrain Beach was closing and we were the last band to play on the giant outdoor stage. Robert had just joined the Topcats a couple of months prior. And I remember clearly that it rained and for about half of one set David covered himself and his keyboards with tarp and played under it. While the rest of us (and Sal would have been in the band at this early stage) all got soaked. Sunday afternoon we returned to T Rivers Bar & Grill in Madisonville. What great place. If you didn't actually know it was there you would never guess there would be a bar there. But it's been there for many years. We've only played there a few times in the past few months and it is a really great gig. Very much like what Bart's once was on the New Orleans lakefront. Boats and bathing suits. And a great crowd of people. As always we thank you for the support. The Topcats will be celebrating the 4th of July on the Mississippi Gulf Coast next weekend. Here's hoping we'll see you soon.