For the 2nd year now, Ted and Lori Irwin have thrown a fabulous party at their remote hideaway they call home in Mirrormont, just outside Issaquah. Ted has been brewing craft beer for about 15 years or so and I will attest to its’ superdeliciousness. So there’s that. And there’s also more food than you can imagine with the Pulled Pork being the very best stuff around. And then you have the fact that they BUILT A COVERED STAGE just for the band… (these people aren’t your regular fans, they’re lunatics!)
We had the same band as we did in Chelan, with the exception that Travis couldn’t make it for this one so Mike West filled that spot and he’s no slouch, I’ll tell ya. (The Pack has a reputation to uphold, so we only play with the very best musicians in the region – no exceptions) Did a very cool version of Route 66 that involved a “scat-off” with trombonist Nathan Vetter and myself. Very fun. Big thanks to Kevin Seeley to pull together a lot of new charts for the band and make sure that when we play we’re always stocked with the hottest horns in the business.
The Irwins really wanted some Motown so we broke the Pack a little and did about 7 Motown tunes and I must say we KILLED!.. Ted’s lawn… with the dancing feet thing. Sorry Ted, you knew it could happen…
Jeremy is a friend of the Irwin’s and he came up to do a Marvin Gaye number but sadly, the arrangement we had was in a different key that he could sing in, but that wasn’t eveident until it was a little too late for Jeremy. Sorry dude! But vindication was his a short time later when he did Barry White and that was very cool. Chicks dug it!
In the end there were no wild stories, just a lot of really great people, great food and fun to be had by all. Thank you Ted and Lori – I hope you have us back again next year – for the Third Act!
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Devan 05.29.09 at 1:24 pm
Dude, The band was smoken’ hot that night.
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