Ned: Last night we got to play the big stage at Stubbs and I'm still juiced about it.   Don't know how many big acts I've seen on that stage and our little 3 piece cover band got to play on that same stage.  Huge PA, full light rig and best of all a huge crowd that was just fun to play for.  These folks sang and danced all night.

Did I mention Joe Ely opened for us?  :)

Pics loaded in the Stubbs folder. 

Brian: Yeah, Joe opened for us for a completely different audience an hour before we started...funny. I was just excited to get back on a big stage (because it was a surprise, too - we thought we'd be inside) and have some room to be my spazzy self. Thanks to all the crew who helped us out, the staff at Stubbs who were awesome, and especially our clients for hiring us and giving us the opportunity to play in that environment - and for being an incredible audience. What a great gig!

Thought I would let everyone know about the new songs we added last night.  Three of the songs are for those of you into the 80's pop thing: Loverboy's Working for the Weekend, The Cure's Just Like Heaven and Heart & Soul by Huey Lewis and The News.

And for those of you who enjoy a little 420 Weezer's Hash Pipe will now be featured as well.  We've also been playing Possum Kingdom by The Toadies since August so make sure you head out to Carlos 'n Charlies on Friday 9/28 to hear these new tunes.

This is Brian posting...I just wanted to say hey to all you awesome Roman Holiday friends and share a few things.

First, I'm sure you've noticed how the lineup has changed a little this year. Okay, it changed a lot. First Casey left us in February, and we got Mike, and then Mike got a great job that requires a lot of travel, so he had to leave the band at the end of July. Casey's been filling in and will be with us this Saturday (8/11) at the Light Bar. Patrick quit back in May, leaving me with a lot more work, since I took over lead vocals (and being the ham I am, I'm loving it).

We'd like to welcome our new drummer, Rob Wade (www.robstarmusic.com), who is an incredible, accomplished drummer and multi-instrumentalist. He's going to bring a groove to the band you've not yet heard, so make sure you see us at our public "Coming Out" party at Carlos and Charlie's on September 28th (unless we get another public gig sooner than that).

You'll see a few changes to the sets and lots of really fun, new music that doesn't stray too far from the fun rocking party band you've come to love, but it gives us a lot more variety and a lot more reason to inspire you to "drop your pants and dance".

Thanks for bearing with us through all this - come out to the Light Bar for some vintage RH goodness (especially if we can get Patrick to come out).

I leave you with this (which made me smile more than anything...):

"The other band that has rocked my world is Roman Holiday (http://www.romanholidayband.com/). They stepped in when The Recliners had to cancel out on a reception I was hosting for a conference last week. Roman Holiday is a three piece with one of the most amazing bass players I've seen on stage in a long time. He plays like John Taylor and sings like... well, whoeverthehell he wants to. They do AC/DC, The Beastie Boys, Smash Mouth, The Ramones... well the song list is on the web site. AND they'll be adding Duran Duran soon! Woot! They are playing on Saturday at 10pm at The Light Bar, which is located across the street from the Frost Bank Building at 4th and Congress. Their regular drummer had to drop out due to work but the sit in (a chic drummer and she's hot!) is really great and if they hadn't told me I would not have known they hadn't rehearsed."

This weekend The Musical Schizo will be joining us on bass for both Chuggin Monkey and Sherlock's Pub shows.

On that note (pun intended) we are currently looking for a permanent bass player so drop us a line if your interested.  Full set list can be seen at http://www.romanholidayband.com .

Thought it would be cool to post tonight's set list:

Set 1

Set 2

Figured You Out
Shine
Meant To Live
Cold Hard Bitch
Pretty Vegas
Ohio
Darkness
Scotty
She Hates Me
Worst Enemy
Dirty Little Secret
Sugar
Teen Spirit
American Idiot
Fight

Played the Chuggin Monkey for the first time last night and had a kick ass time.  Drew a great crowd with people singing and dancing, feedback from the staff was we drew a bigger than normal crowd for a Thursday night.

Ended the night with a request to be the house band !