Such a sad day, we just learned of the passing of the Queen of the Blues, Koko Taylor. Jeri Verdi had the pleasure of opening for Koko Taylor and for being asked to join her on stage a number of times. Koko and Jeri did a few songs, among them, Koko's signature song "Wang Dang Doodle". She was so generous with the spotlight and her voice was amazing - when Koko sang, you could feel the concrete moving! She was a huge inspiration and friend. Rest in Peace, Koko Taylor, The Queen of the Blues.

Koko Taylor and Jeri Verdi belting out a couple:

Alright, we're catching up on bloggin' and sharing photos with you all. It's been over a month since we've posted any photos from our shows, so so this will be our first photos from shows from 2009!!! Here we go. The first batch - Jeri & The Jeepsters' at their first show at the ALL NEW Sticks Tavern!

Shaking off the cold (and yet another snowy evening, argh!) to HEAT things up for the first time at Sticks - and we had the honor of being only the second band to perform here! We got to help break the place in! How cool is that!? The Jeepsters served up an explosion of energy inspired by some new faces. And it was awesome to see old friends from many years of playing Gloucester, Chepachet, and Smithfield clubs. We luv ya! Jeri Verdi kicked off the evening with her solo set with a whole bunch of originals and covers by Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Nicks, Black Crowes, and Small Faces. After riling up the crowd, The Jeepsters then took the stage to peel the fresh paint off of the walls brutally sqeezing every drop from the inherent dynamics of each song. Some faves like Irma Franklin's "Piece of My Heart" to the Little Richard/Slade boogaloo "Get Down With It". The dance floor was packed and let's say "steamy" when the Jeepsters took it to another level with the Kiss song "I Was Made For Lovin You". Thanx guys, seems like you guys had as much fun as we did!. BTW, Sticks has some VERY cool bartendresses!! We'll be back for more!!! Be There!!!!

Okay, just a little bit of business, we are aware that not everyone has a MySpace or Facebook account. For this reason, we would like anybody interested in getting the latest info on Jeri & The Jeepsters to join our email list (I know, so last century!). You can sign up for our email list at a show or flip back to the main page of our MySpace and look for the email window. We'll put you right on our list!!!

Here's where Jeri & The Jeepsters are playing next!!!

- THIS Friday, March 13th!!! Sticks Tavern, 417 Putnam Pike, Chepachet, RI, 401-949-1802 with Jeri & The Jeepsters tearin’ it up all night and just a couple of minutes from Providence!!! FREE SHOW!!! NO COVER!!!

We've got tons of photos of you guys and with more coming!!! See if you find yourselves in the photos below. All photos are also located in our MySpace Photos Section. Check them out there and leave a comment!!! We'd love to hear from you! Photos by Harry Lime!!!




































































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Hi all,

Just wanna let you all know that we're gonna post some photos pretty soon of Jeri & The Jeepsters' recent (and crazy!) shows at Sticks Tavern, Mulhearn's, The 133 Club, Bovi's and more!!! We're busy this week in the recording studio again working on Jeri & The Jeepsters' album. Gotta say, things are sounding pretty darn good!!! We're really excited!!! More on this later.

In the meantime, check out the photos in the Blogs below and THEN come see us at our next show:

- Saturday, March 7th, The 133 Club, 29 Warren Ave, East Providence, RI 401-438-1330 Jeri and the Jeepsters tearin’ it up all night just one minute from Providence!!!!!!

Cheers!

Alright, we're catching up on bloggin' and sharing photos with you all. It's been over a month since we've posted any photos from our shows, so so this will be our 2008 round up - here we go. Okay, the first batch - Jeri & The Jeepsters' Christmas and New Year's shows at The 133 Club.

Jeri & The Jeepsters Christmas show at The 133 Club (12/20/08) was a joy to play. With Jeri Verdi starting things off first with a solo set of originals and covers, it was apropos, with the snow that had fallen earlier that day, for Jeri to dedicate T. Rex's "The Slider" to all of you rock and roll fans that weren't going to let a few snow flakes stand in your way and you guys came out and to BOOGIE and PACKED the place!!! The Jeepsters warmed you guys up with some rock and roll ("Run, Rudolph, Run", "Merry Christmas, Baby", "Blue Chistmas", "Feliz Navidad", etc) and, of course, some holiday cheer in the form of libations helped, too. See if you find yourselves in the photos below.

Speaking of libations, damn, was New Year's Eve (12/31/08) at The 133 Club fun or what? The Jeepsters brought in the New Year with new and old friends with a Champagne Toast at midnight with the Jeepsters playing a rockin' version of "Auld Lang Syng" then right into The Jeepsters' version of the Slade classic "Cum On Feel The Noize" - a version with Jeri Verdi on vocals that would have made Noddy Holder proud. There were lots of New Year's kisses starting at midnight that never seem to last all the way till closing!!! And, remember, this was yet another snowy night and the snow did not stop you guys from coming out - yet again! The place was PACKED!!! A wonderful way to ring in the New Year!!! See if you find yourselves in the photos below.

Okay, just a little bit of business, we are aware that not everyone has a MySpace or Facebook account. For this reason, we would like anybody interested in getting the latest info on Jeri & The Jeepsters to join our email list (I know, so last century!). You can sign up for our email list at a show or flip back to the main page of our MySpace and look for the email window. We'll put you right on our list!!!

Here's where Jeri & The Jeepsters are playing next!!!

- THIS Saturday, January 31st, The 133 Club, 29 Warren Ave, East Providence, RI 401-438-1330 with Jeri & The Jeepsters tearin’ it up all night and just one minute from Providence!!! FREE SHOW!!! NO COVER!!!

- THEN Saturday, February 14th! Valentines Day!!! Mark your calendars!!! Bovi's Tavern, 278 Taunton Ave, East Providence, RI 401-434-9670, with Jeri & The Jeepsters tearin’ it up all night and just one minute from Providence!!! FREE SHOW!!! NO COVER!!!

We've got tons of photos of you guys and with more coming!!! See if you find yourselves in the photos below. All photos are also located in our MySpace Photos Section. Check them out there and leave a comment!!! We'd love to hear from you! Photos by Kevin Costello, and Harry Lime - thanks guys!!!

Here are the photos from Jeri & The Jeepsters New Year's Eve show at The 133 Club:
















































































Here are the photos from Jeri & The Jeepsters Christmas show at The 133 Club:



























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What a wonderful time Jeri Verdi & Her Heavy Friend's show was at Eddie's 529 Club last night (12/12/08). The night started off with a beautiful Full Moon over head and just got better and better. It was great to see all of you last night. Many familiar faces and friends, some new faces, and even some Jeri & The Jeepsters friends coming out to see The Heavy Friends for their first time! You guys filled Eddie's with a joyful feeling that can clearly be seen on the faces of everybody in the photos below. Truly, what this Season is all about! With the Yule Log burning brightly all night behind us - on the television right behind Philo, The Heavy Friends crackled all night with a dash of holiday songs and a HEAVY dollop of ass-kicking (sometimes both at the same time!). And what a line up we had for you on this night! On Gretsch geeeetar was Dave "Lucky" Richardson (sporting a shirt that said "Lucky" on it, hence the nickname), on bass playing through a 60's vintage Vox Super Beatle amp and vocals and getting airborne at some points was Philo Phuzz (sporting his Bettie Page T-shirt in tribute to the 50's pin-up vixen and her passing on Thursday - glad that there were many Bettie lovers there last night), on drums and vocals was Phil Hicks, and of course on vocals and geeetar was the incredible Jeri Verdi!!! Jeri Verdi started the music off with a solo set with her playing a massive amount of her original songs - many that will be on her next CD and many from her first CD and some covers! Some titles include: "In Memphis", "The Perfect Shade of Green", "Sad Girl", "Never Back There", "Johnnie Walker", "Mainline", "Pearl", "Blue Lady", The Rolling Stones' song "You Got The Silver", Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love", and a very special version of "Blue Christmas" featuring a duet with Jeri and her father Lou Verdi sitting in on vocals! Some of the highlights of Jeri Veri & Her Heavy Friends' sets included: Small Faces twofer of "Itchycoo Park" and "Watcha Gonna Do About It", Hüsker Dü's "Diane", The Beatles "All I Gotta Do", T. Rex's "Children of the Revolution", Iggy Pop twofer of "Candy" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog", Paul Revere & The Raiders' "Hungry", Betty Everett's "You're No Good", Mike Nesmith's "Different Drum", Mott The Hoople's "One of the Boys", the Velvet Underground's "Waiting For My Man", some Rolling Stones' songs including "Sympathy For The Devil", "Gimme Shelter", "The Last Time", CCR's "Born On The Bayou", Chuck Berry's "Run, Rudolph, Run", Otis Redding's "Merry Christmas Baby", and many others! Again, it was a truly wonderful night! Many photos from last night are below, see if you can find yourself in them acting silly with us on our breaks. All photos are also located in our MySpace Photos Section. Check them out there and leave a comment!!! We'd love to hear from you! Photos by Harry Lime.

Okay, so we'll see you at our next shows. These are our last shows for 2008 and beyond!

- THIS Saturday, December 20th!
The 133 Club
133 Club 29 Warren Ave.
East Providence, RI
401-438-1330
JERI & THE JEEPSTERS tearin' it up all night just one minute from Providence in one last show before XMAS!!! FREE SHOW!!! NO COVER!!!

- MARK YOUR CALENDER! NEW YEAR'S EVE!
Wednesday, December 31st!
The 133 Club
133 Club 29 Warren Ave.
East Providence, RI
401-438-1330
JERI & THE JEEPSTERS ringing in the New Year all night just one minute from Providence!!! CHAMPAGNE TOAST AT MIDNIGHT!!!

- Saturday, January 10th, 2009!!!
Eddie's 529 Club
529 Warwick Ave
Warwick, RI
401-941-9423
Jeri Verdi & Her Heavy Friends are back at Eddie's 529 Club playing Rock & Roll originals and covers all night long and tearin' the roof off of the place in our first show of the new year!!! FREE SHOW!!! NO COVER!!!

Pinup queen Bettie Page dead at 85

7:03 PM, December 11, 2008

Bettie Page, the brunet pinup queen with a shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose saucy photos helped usher in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, has died. She was 85.

Page, whose later life was marked by depression, violent mood swings and several years in a state mental institution, died at a Los Angeles hospital where she had been on life support since she had a heart attack on Dec. 2, according to her agent, Mark Roesler. A cult-culture figure, Page was most famous for the estimated 20,000 4-by-5-inch black-and-white glossy photographs taken by amateur shutterbugs from 1949 and to 1957.

"Exactly what captures the imagination of people in terms of popular culture is something hard to define," Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner once said of Page. "But in Bettie's case, I'd say it's a combination of wholesome innocence and fetish-oriented poses that is at once retro and very modern."

--Louis Sahagun

The Times will post a full obit of Page soon.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/12/bettie-page-the.html

Hey everybody. Sorry 'bout being a little behind in our Blogging, we've just been super busy lately. We're working on our Blog with Photos of Jeri & The Jeepsters' shows at The 133 Club on 9/20, The American Legion Hall on 9/26, Mulhearn's on 10/3, and the American Legion Hall on 10/24 - we'll try and get caught up again with the Blog and post the new one sometime this weekend or early next week.

In the meantime, you can catch JERI & THE JEEPSTERS THIS FRIDAY! That's right THIS FRIDAY!!! October 31st, HALLOWEEN NIGHT!!! It's a HALLOWEEN PARTY at The 133 Club, 29 Warren Ave, East Providence, RI 401-438-1330 Come down to The 133 Club for the best HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY (and it's Philo Phuzz's Birthday!!!) with the extra-creepy JERI & THE JEEPSTERS in costume makin' all the zombies dance - all night just one minute from Providence!!!!!!

See ya there!!!! Booooo!!!!!

We've just had a terrible week - our cat, our boy, Deke, of 14 years, had to be put down on Sunday. He suffered from a sudden Saddle Thrombosis - a piece of plaque from his heart broke off and got caught in the artery and cut off blood circulation to his hind quarters and legs paralyzing him and putting him into instant pain and discomfort. We had to make the agonizing decision to put him out of his misery. The time from when there was the first sign of something wrong to him passing was just 2 hours. Not enough time for us to get prepared to say goodbye to him and too much time for him to be suffering. He was terrified for his last 2 hours on the planet. It's just not fair.

We're going to feel sad for some time. It's hard for some non-pet people to understand. He was such a beautiful boy, with the sweetest personality and the biggest heart. His brother Grummin has been looking for Deke. We have to make sure he is going to be alright .There's a hole in our lives now. We miss him soooo much! We love you sweet boy. Here are a few photos of Deke:

Here's our sweet, beautiful boy Deke:



Here we are enjoying each others company, Deke playing Monopoly last summer:

Jeri Verdi & Her Heavy Friends blew the roof off of the Greenwich Hotel on Thursday, September 4th!!! We had a great time playing for you and it was great to see so many familiar faces and also to make a bunch of new friends, too! And you all wanted to party, dance, make the feathers fly and spill some drinks!!! It was great fun to watch you guys dance - and Philo Phuzz couldn't resist joining in on the fun by dancing with you in the audience while playing - and Philo even got airborne a couple of feet jumping back to the stage a number of times!!! Not an easy thing to do considering the close quarters!!! Some highlights of the night: Jeri Verdi's solo set with her playing a massive amount of her original songs - many that will be on her next CD! - also, the Johnny Preston/Little Willie John/Beatle song "Leave My Kitten Alone", a Small Faces twofer of "Itchycoo Park" and "Watcha Gonna Do About It", Hüsker Dü's "Diane" (yep, we like this one!), The Beatles "All I Gotta Do", T. Rex's "Children of the Revolution", Iggy Pop twofer of "Candy" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog", Paul Revere & The Raiders' "Hungry", Betty Everett's "You're No Good", Ritchie Barrett's "Some Other Guy", Mike Nesmith's "Different Drum", some Mott The Hoople and Velvet Underground, The Beatle's song "Birthday" because of a good friend's birthday, and a little bit of fun with Black Sabbath's "Paranoid". Again, thanks for all of the drinks you bought the Heavy Friends, you guys treated us so good!!! Check out the photos below from last Thursday night's show at the Greenwich Hotel and see if you can find yourselves!!!

Okay, the next show where you can catch the Best Female Vocalist in Rhode Island is Saturday, September 20th at The 133 Club, 29 Warren Ave, East Providence, RI, 401-438-1330 with Jeri and the Jeepsters tearin' it up all night just one minute from Providence!!!!!!

See if you find yourselves in the photos below. All photos are also located in our MySpace Photos Section. Check them out there and leave a comment!!! We'd love to hear from you! Photos by Steve Knudde, and Harry Lime.

What a great time Jeri Verdi & Her Heavy Friends had Friday, August 29th!!! You guys came out in numbers and wanted to party, dance and you made the feathers fly!!! It was great fun to watch you guys dance - some of you jumping up and down and catching air! Who could ask for more!?!? Some highlights of the night: a Small Faces twofer of "Itchycoo Park" and "Watcha Gonna Do About It", Mike Nesmith's "Different Drum", Hüsker Dü's "Diane" (most likely the first time anybody has EVER played "Diane" or even a Hüsker Dü song in a Rhode Island club), The Beatles "All I Gotta Do", T. Rex's "Children of the Revolution", Iggy Pop twofer of "Candy" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog", Paul Revere & The Raiders' "Hungry", Betty Everett's "You're No Good", Ritchie Barrett's "Some Other Guy", some Mott The Hoople and Velvet Underground, some Jerdi Verdi originals, and with our thoughts on New Orleans and the gulf coast "House Of The Rising Sun". Thanks for all of the drinks you bought the Heavy Friends, you guys treated us so good!!! Check out the photos below from Friday night's show and see if you can find yourselves!!!

We also wanted to say hi to all the people at The Ginny B Campground! Jeri & The Jeepsters played there on Saturday, August 30th and we had a blast making a good ruckus in the woods with all of you!!! The Jeepsters made alot of new friends that night. Thanks for having us for the big Labor Day Weekend party!!! Hope to see you all again soon!!!

Okay, the next show where you can catch the Best Female Vocalist in Rhode Island is THIS Thursday, September 4th, The Greenwich Hotel - The old Updike Room!!! 162 Main St East Greenwich, RI 401-884-4200 Jeri Verdi & Her Heavy Friends playing originals and covers in the old Updike Room 8:30-11:30 and tearin' the roof off!!!

See if you find yourselves in the photos below. All photos are also located in our MySpace Photos Section. Check them out there and leave a comment!!! We'd love to hear from you! Photos by Steve Knudde, and Harry Lime.

Still trying to catch up on our Blogs for our shows. Jeri & The Jeepsters had blast playing at the American Legion Hall on August 22nd. We want to say thanks to all of you for coming out and shakin' your booties. We have photos below from the night - check 'em out!!!

Okay, the next show where you can catch the Best Female Vocalist in Rhode Island, Jeri Verdi, is THIS Thursday, September 4th, at The Greenwich Hotel - The old Updike Room!!! 162 Main St East Greenwich, RI 401-884-4200 JERI VERDI & HER HEAVY FRIENDS playing originals and covers in the old Updike Room 8:30-11:30 and tearin' the roof off!!!

See if you find yourselves in the photos below. All photos are also located in our MySpace Photos Section. Check them out there and leave a comment!!! We'd love to hear from you! Photos by Steve Knudde, and Harry Lime.

Hey everybody!!! After a short break from Blogging during the Dog Days of Summer - having some burgers and some beers and seeing CHEAP TRICK!, we're back and getting caught up on our shows. Here we go!

Okay, what's with the Full Moon? Seems like almost every time we play The 133 Club, there is either a Full Moon or an almost full moon one way or the other. Well, Jeri & The Jeepsters, being the professionals that they are, were prepared for some Lunacy! And you guys did not disappoint!!! You guys helped to pack The 133 Club yet again and danced your asses off!! What an incredible night!!! Jeri & The Jeepsters were ready to RAVE! And what a rave-up it was!!! Jeri Verdi started things off with a set of originals and cover songs and then The Jeepsters joined her on stage to take things to the next level and beyond. Some notable songs were "Heart Full of Soul", "I Wish You Would" (a lot of Yardbird fans at The 133!!!), "The Pusher" (yes, the one made famous by Phil Spector's scene in the movie 'Easy Rider'), Mott The Hoople's "One of The Boys" and many more!!! Thanks to everybody for coming on down to The 133 Club and thanks for all of your EXTRA support! You know who you are!

Okay, the NEXT Jeri & The Jeepsters' show is TONIGHT!!!! FRIDAY!!! August 22nd, 2008 at the American Legion Hall, 830 Willett Ave. in Riverside, East Providence, RI - with Jeri and The Jeepsters tearin' it up just a couple of minutes from Providence!!! See ya there!!!<

See if you find yourselves in the photos below. All photos are also located in our MySpace Photos Section. Check them out there and leave a comment!!! We'd love to hear from you! Photos by Steve Knudde, and Harry Lime.

Hey everybody!!! After a short break from Blogging during the Dog Days of Summer, we're back and getting caught up on our shows. Here we go!

Mulhearn's was a blast!!! Jeri and The Jeepsters had a great time playing our mix of rock and roll mayhem for you guys and we loved seeing all you guys dancing your asses off - especially Sandy - Sandy has got to be one of the BEST dancers we have ever seen. Like a spark plug, she starts dancing early on from the first notes fired off and helps us to get the joint moving all the way to the very end of the night. Hell, Sandy was still shaking her booty at the hot weiner joint after the show!!! Luv ya Sandy - this Blog is dedicated to you! Also, wanted to say Happy Birthday to Jane who was celebrating another year on the planet at Mulhearn's that night! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JANE! Some of the songs we had fun playing for you were "White Light White Heat", "Pills", and a Rollings Stones twofer by request "Gimme Shelter" and "Bitch". Thanks to everybody who came and for shaking your asses!!!

Okay, since today is August 21st, the NEXT Jeri & The Jeepsters' show is TOMORROW!!! THIS FRIDAY!!! August 22nd, 2008 at the American Legion Hall, 830 Willett Ave. in Riverside, East Providence, RI - with Jeri and The Jeepsters tearin' it up just a couple of minutes from Providence!!! See ya there!!!

See if you can find yourselves in the photos below. All photos are also located in our MySpace Photos Section. Check them out there and leave a comment!!! We'd love to hear from you! Photos by Meghan Yates, and Harry Lime: