This night was a bit scary for us as the weather was turning bad early in the day and since NEUMEIER’s RIB ROOM is an indoor and partially outdoor venue, it relys to a certain extent on the weather being nice. Fortunately, Mother Nature was nice to us all and the threatening weather was keep at bay. I thought that Mothers were supposed to get the gift? Thank you Mother Nature! We had a concert on this night not just a gig. It’s one of the things we love about the RIB ROOM. We had so many familiar faces in the house like we did the previous night and we would like to thank each and every one of them for making it out to the shows. We didn’t get to see much of the very busy Bill Neumeier but we will next time. Thanks go out to him and his staff for taking such tremendous care of the band and our staff. We can’t wait until next time. See you all soon.

The season has started for NEUMEIER’s RIB ROOM and we couldn’t be happier. The place is somewhat of a home for us in Fort Smith and the surrounding area and we have many friends and fans as well as some family. Like our “Precious Peaches” Alicia who is our drummer Mack’s cousin and our friends who we really feel like family like David Young. Every year we anticipate the first performance of the season and we had a few things to surprise everyone that would be there. We had an amazing night and it was so much fun to be back, but there was one thing that happened that usually happens at just about every show we play. But it was different this time, and in a incredibly unique way. Let me explain, every gig we get notes handed up to us for us to announce. Things like “Can you say Happy Brithday to so-and-so? Thanks.” or “Last Call for Alcohol” even unbelievably unlikely requests like “Can you play “Free Bird by Linard Skinard”. (…one note actually had the band name spelled like that instead of Lynyrd Skynyrd.) This note was different. It said “Congrats to Angela  Cancer free”. This was an absolute joy for us to read this over our P.A. system.  We found ourselves putting all our lives into proper perspective, and looking forward to the next night.

This lovely wedding reception for this very sweet couple was held at the beautiful River oaks country Club in Houston, Texas. We have played many wedding receptions there over the course of several years and the venue is fantastic. The happy couple and their friends and family were such a joy to perform for. It was a very laid back feel and it River Oaks as well as us. There were a lot of cute children in attendance and they all wore themselves out fairly quickly. The first dance was wonderful as the couple Chris Jacobe and his bride Samantha danced to the very jazzy Tony Bennett version of “The Way You Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra with a choreographed dance that looked like we all were watching a live episode of “Dancing With the Stars”. It was great! During the second break we were asked if we could bring up a friend of Chris named Fernando. It seems that he and the groom used to play guitar together when they were younger. He was really talented. The night got really intense during the last set as everyone was into the band. We even got the groom up on stage to sing “Pour Some Sugar On Me” with us.  It was so much fun. Thanks go out to Jeanette and the staff at River Oaks for all their help. Congratulations to Chris and Samantha. We wish them nothing but the best.