Colorblind NEW News and OLD News (drummers log)
May 5th, 2008: Colorblind is going to be laying low most of this month as our lead singer undergo's some disc surgery. Please say a prayer for Dave that all goes well. We had to cancel the Island Casino gig due to this issue, but those of you who know Dave, he has been in tremedous pain the last month and this is the only thing that will fix that. We are going to keep our fingers crossed for a full recovery so he can do the Clover Island gig on Sun May 25th. This show on Sun will only be a 1 hour performance and if his recovery goes well, we're going to make that one. Again, let's keep Dave in our prayers for a speedy recovery.April 14th, 2008: Colorblind played at Uncle Sam's Saloon on Sat night, April 12th. It was a fun crowd of our faithful followers...and we appreciate you guys showing up. Also noted were some new faces. We are not booked back at Sam's this year, so we hope the new faces we saw will follow us to the next show. Speaking of the next show, we'll be at The PUB in a few weeks on Sat, April 26th. This will be our first show with the new band setup area and we LOVE the PUB. We are looking forward to this new area and you can bet this show will be great. Pass the word...see you in a few weeks!!!April 10th, 2008: Lots going on this weekend. Colorblind will be at Uncle Sam's Saloon on Sat night, April 12th. Music starts at 9pm and will be rocking the joint till 1pm. Come on out and party with da Boys. Also, THE SHADES will be opening up the new Island Casino dance club with a Friday night gig and a huge opening and closing show with the LA based tribute band "Aeromyth" on Sat night. We wish them luck!!! Now just annouce...Colorblind will be opening up the 4th Annual Concert Series with Clover Island. There is an exciting line-up of bands we will be opening for all summer. The line-up includes Garrett Wilkin & The Parrotheads ! A tribute to Jimmy Buffet, The Kingsmen, and Pablo Cruise!!! Stay tune Tri-Cities for the big summer of fun..March 16th, 2008: Great time last night. We certainly started off the St. Patty's celebration with a hell of a party. Thanks to all that came out and all the new faces. The band sounded good and the dance floor was packed all night. What more can you ask for? Thanks to the staff at Jack-sons for taking such good care of the big crowd and us too...Up next we are at Uncle Sam's Saloon on Sat April, 12th. We are excited about this one and looking forward to showing the owner's how "Colorblind" likes to rock the party...March 2nd, 2008: The Leap Year Party at Jack-sons in Richland was a huge success. We had a great crowd and again made a ton of new friends and fans. Congrats to all the BDay celebrations that night (5) and all the winners..I recall Brenda came away with one of everything!!! Thanks to all that came out. Will do it again in 4 years....Feburary 18rd, 2008: Leap Year only comes around every 4 years and for those less fortunate to actaully have a Feb 29th BDay, it's been a long 4 years since your last one!!! Colorblind, Richland Jack-sons and Gapwest Broadcasting are bringing together the coolest Leap Year BDay party for anyone who's birthday is actually on Fri, Feb 29th. That's right, if your 21 or over and your BDay is on the 29th, we are going to through a party in your honor. Be sure to listen to all 4 Gapwest stations, 97.5 (Kool Fm), 97.1 (97 ROCK), 98.3 (The KEY) and 102.7 (KORD) for contest rules and details. Colorblind will be given away to one lucky BDAY participant two season tickets to the Tri-Cities Fever.Feburary 3rd, 2008: From where I sat last night the band sounded good. You gotta smile when the music is tight and everyone is playing at their best. Our new lights worked out great and Jerermy spend all night setting up the scenes. What a difference they made. The crowd was having a great time and danced hard all night. The snow was coming down and those that braved the crappy weather seemed to enjoy the show. Dave Chongo was on fire and keep the crowd in at like never before...Feburary 2nd, 2008: Tonight we are at Jack-sons in Richland. Music starts at 9:00pm. There is alot of stuff going on tonight in the Tri-Cities so what ever you decide to do be safe!! We are going to be back at Jack-sons the end of the month to celebrate that extra day this year. Anyone with a Feb 29th birthday??. your party that night is on Colorblind. Contact us for details at buddy@musicbycolorblind.com. Also, just announced we are going to be opening up for the Jimmy Buffet Tribute Band on May 25th at Clover Island. This has become a Clover Island annual event and the first time we have been asked to kick off the party. More details to follow.January 21st, 2008: We got some neat things upcoming this summer. I'll say this much, "Clover Island and Colorblind are back together in 2008". More details to follow...stay tuned. Up next Colorblind will be at Jack-sons in Richland for the annual Pre-Superbowl Saturday Night Party on Feb 2nd. You can bet this will be the best ticket in-town... and we all know Jack-sons can host a party. Make plans to come out and party with the Tri-Cities favorite rock band..Colorblind!!!!January 1st, 2008: Well another year has come and gone. We wish everyone a Happy New Year. As far as the band is concerned we are off the month of January. Next up at Jack-sons in Richland for the Annual Pre Superbowl Dance on Feb 2nd. We had a great 2007 and look forward to 2008. We are hoping to land some big shows next year so keep checking back for the news. I'm exhausted from last night, so I'm outta here......December 20th, 2007: We're almost through this busy month of December. As we a approach the Holiday's we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We hope to see all our friends on New Year's Eve at The PUB. It's going to be the best party in town!! Bar None....December 10th, 2007: It's been a busy last 2 weeks. I'm way behind posting photos...my bad. I'll try my best to get all 3 past gigs posted this week. We have two more private parties this month, then New Years Eve at the PUB.November 16th, 2007: Colorblind is already starting to book for next year. Checkout our Calendar of Events and you can see we have many dates through the end of November 2008 already booked!! We have kept a few dates open for this or that.November 11th, 2007: Thanks to Chuck Fisher and the great staff at Jack-sons for yet another fun evening . There is a reason why COlorblind calls Jack-sons in Richland our home base. We had a blast last night and extend our thanks to all our friends and the new fans we pickup on the way. We will be back at Jack-sons in Richland for the annual Sat night Superbowl party in Feb 08. Were looking forward to another great party. Up next Colorblind is gearing all our energy for a month long string of private corporate parties during Dec. We will be playing at The PUB on Dec 1st and finishing off the year back at The Pub on New Years Eve. Both dates at The PUB are open to the public!!October 31th, 2007: What a great weekend we had with the two Halloween parties. The PUB gig was sure different from last year. A great big crowd and we dressed up like rock stars...lot's of fun. Thanks to all that came out and there was some good costumes. Colorblind had a blast the night before down in Hermiston at the Scare Away Cancer Halloween Event sponsered by WGI. God that was fun. You guys down there really know how to have a good time and I don't ever recall a ELK's lodge room ever sounded better. Hope to hookup with Cindy down there for another event soon.September 13th, 2007: Better late than never. What a great time Colorblind had this past weekend. We opened for HeadEast on Friday night and had a blast with the crowd and the band. What a great group of musicians those guys were. Down to earth and all around good people. Not much good things to say about the production company other than they sucked, but we kinda had a feeling watching them work that afternoon. Anyway, glad we had another chance to open up for a big band of the 70's. Both bands rocked!!! THanks to all that came out to support Colorblind.August 13th, 2007: Nice party on Saturday at Jack-sons. Saw some new faces and old..Not to say the old faces were old by no means..:) Thanks as always to the great ownership and staff at Jack-sons. We always enjoy a party there. We'll be back there later this fall. We are off until Sept 7th when we open up for "Headeast". It should be a great show and we look forward to seeing all our friends at this one.August 6th, 2007: Man...I am late getting the website up to date. Well we survived the big Boat Race weekend. That is the first time we played both nights. You can image how tired we were come Sunday. I don't think a one of us even went to the races on Sunday:) We seemed to have picked the right venues both nights and I'm proud to say we had huge turn outs, both nights. The Pub on Friday was alive with locals and vistors. It was packed all night and hot as hell in the room. Not sure the final head count, but it was elbow to elbow most of the night. On Saturday we moved the party over to Jack-sons in Richland for a double billed show outdoors in the warm summer night. My other band, Nasty JAck started the show while it was still daylight. By the time Colorblind hit the first note we had another party on our hands. I do believe we hit it just right with taking the party outdoors on Sat night. Thanks to all that came out and all the out of towners that partied all night with us. See you guys next year!!!!July 25th, 2007: Big weekend up in Soap Lake. Colorblind was playing all hours of the day. Twice in the park and a late night short set with our friends "Roger Enders and the Road to Ruin" at the Business Men's Club in Soap Lake. What a blast we had and hope to be back there next year. Thanks Brett for having us and putting on the rally. BOAT RACE's are coming up this weekend!! Colorblind will be busy provding the music at two of the best venue's in town during Boat Race weekend. Fri night, July 27th at the PUB in Kennewick, music starts at 9pm. We love the place and can't wait to expereince our first Boat Race Party at the PUB. Come party with us as we kick off the Boat Races. On Sat night, July 28th we are across town at the huge outdoor street dance hosted by our good freind Chuck at Jack-sons in Richland. Music starts at 8pm with the opening local band "Nasty Jack". If you haven't caught their show your in for a treat. Original and Cover "B" side hits from the 70's, 80's and 90's. These guys (I know), I'm the drummer in NJ as well as CB, put on a show. Colorblind has graciously allowed Nasty Jack to opening and we can't thank them enough. Colorblind will take the stage around 9:30pm and carry the party non-stop till past midnight. Outdoors, Boat Race Sat night, warm weather, cool drinks, two great bands....you better be there!!July 19th, 2007: Getting ready for the weekend up in Soap Lake for the Lava Love Run to the Sun, motorcycle rally. It's going to be a great weekend for an outdoor party. Colorblind will be performing twice on Saturday, July 21st at 2-4 pm and 9-11 pm, both performances will be at the city park on the main stage in downtown Soap Lake. Too Slim and the Taildraggers will perform from 7-9pm. On Friday, July 20th, Nasty Jack will take the main stage in the park with a performance from 8-11pm. Get on the hog and ride up for the weekend. BIG NEWS JUST IN.....Colorblind is pleased to announce that we have been chosen to opening up for the legendary classic rock band "Headeast". Their biggest hit to fame is the song "Never Been Any Reason" off the album "Flat as a Pancake" on A&M records released in 1975. The concert is Friday, September 7th at the Clover Island Inn in Kennewick. This will be yet another outdoor concert and we are excited to warm up the big crowd for this event. More details to follow shortly...June 25th, 2007: It's about time I updated this log. Sorry for the delay, but you understand it's been a marathon last two weeks for the band. I just want to say that Colorblind had a blast the past two weeks including a outdoor performance at the Schools United Family Festival at Columbia Park on Saturday June 16th, one heck of another awesome party at Jack-sons with our friends from Seatte, "Rogers Enders and the Road to Ruin on Friday, June 22nd for a huge Cool Desert Nights Street Dance, followed by an opening performance with the "New Cars", fronted by Todd Rundgren on Saturday June 23rd in Walla Walla, Washington then a final a hop, skip and a short haul back to the Tri-Cities for the darn best privite party we have ever played. Thanks to all that were involved including, Bob Mangione, organizer for the SUFF, Chuck Fisher and his wonderful crew at Jack-sons in Richland, Deni Herman and the Clear Channel gang over in Walla Walla and to Phil and Kim Davidson for one heck of a party along the Yakima River. I'm not sure we could do this much each weekend, but it was sure fun while it lasted. We are off on personal vacations for a good three weeks, but will resurface for a fun filled weekend up in Soap Lake, Washington with our friends at the annual "Lava Love Run To The Sun" Motorcycle Rally. Colorblind will perform on Saturday night, July 21st in the town park. Music time is still undetermined, but it will be a nightime park performance. Keep checking back on the website as I will be attempting to post photos and video from the past two weeks for all to enjoy.June 10th, 2007: WOW...That was a hell of party last night at Jack-sons in Kennewick. We were slated to play outdoors, but the weather was crap. No worries, the inside venue there at Jack-sons is great and the place was wall to wall all night. Thanks to Ken, Suzy and the entire crew at Jack-sons in Kennewick for another great job hosting the party. That crew at Jack-sons is "second to none". Also, I would like to say a special thanks to Ken for the nice stage light install. That really makes a difference and our sound guy Jeremy said he had to work more last night running the light show. Nice touch. We'll be back at Jack-sons in Kennewick later this summer. Hope to take it out on the patio then. NEWS Flash...Colorblind has a really busy next few weeks including two charity events. First on Sat JUne 16th we will be closing the Schools United Family Festival at the Kennewick Columbia park amplitheater. This is an afternoon event that will be raising funds for area school PTO's. Colorblind will perform at 7:30 for an evening of fun family rock and roll sure to please dad, mom, and the kids. The following weekend is shaping up to be probably more than we can chew. I'll post more details next week, but we are talking Friday night, June 22nd outdoors at Jack-sons in Richland, Sat afternoon, June 23rd with the New Cars in Walla Walla and a private party later that night back in town.May 28th, 2007: Colorblind had another great time outdoors at Jack-sons in Richland this past weekend. The weather was warm and the crowd was huge...I personally counted around 600 people.:) Anyway, another successful Memorial Weekend Street Dance. A great way to kick off the summer outdoor live music scene!! Colorblind will be next at the Jack-sons over in Kennewick on Sat June 9th. We are hoping for good weather to "bring it out on the patio". One last thing to bring up, John Hasson, Colorblind's bass player, wanted to make note that the meter counter on the website has surpassed the 10K mark!! Thanks to everyone for supporting the band and visiting the website. I have been told by Dave Warner, Colorblind's lead singer, that Colorblind shoud obtain a "myspace website" in conjunction with this website. I support Dave getting that started and I will continue to keep the Colorblind website intact as well...Later.May 19th, 2007: Colorblind has landed a huge gig in Walla Walla. We will be playing at the Walla Walla Relay for Life on June 23rd at 3:30 pm. We are part of a 4 band concert that builds to the main act of the night.."Todd Rundgren and the New Cars". If you haven't followed the New Cars, Todd Rundgren got two of the original band members from the Cars and brought in his favorite bass player and drummer. They are touring all over the US right now promoting there new CD, and from what I have heard it is great. Alot of Cars tunes and some new stuff. This should be fun for me personally being such a huge Todd Rundgren fan. We are the second band of the 4 band entertainment bill. We play from 3:30 - 4:30 in the afternoon and will be tailing out of there back to Benton City for a outdoor private party on the Yakima River later that night!!! More details to follow about the Walla Walla show..Keep checking back often.May 13th, 2007: Photos are now posted from the party last weekend at Jack-sons in Kennewick. Sorry for the week delay, but lot's going on. Again that was a great weekend an we all had fun.May 7th, 2007: Colorblind had one hell of a time this past weekend at Jack-sons in Kennewick. Well played both Friday and Sat night, a first for us and it turned out great. Firday was a little slow, but on Sat it was packed and.... what a party. I would like to thank Suzy and her great staff for taking care of us and all our friends. We like playing there and the acoustics in that room are wonderful. We had a warm, rich, full sound thanks in part to the room and of course our soundman Jeremy! We are off a few weeks and take to the stage at Jack-sons in Richland on Sat May 26th. That is officially Memorial Weekend, so we are hoping for nice warm weather so we can play in the parking outside. See you then..April 22nd, 2007: Colorblind plays next at Jack-sons in Kennewick for a two night show on May 4th and 5th. We haven't been back there since late last year and we are so looking forward to it. Great ownership and wait staff!! See you..April 10th, 2007: Colorblind is sad to announce the cancelation of the Fever Football Pregame Show. Due to circumstances with the AF2 rules we do not have enough time to take the field and perform during the pre-game. Sorry for the bad news. However, our very own Mike Torres will still be singing the National Anthem. Please make plans to attend the BIG after game party at Jack-sons in Richland following the game on Sat, April 14th. Colorblind will be hosting a NO COVER event so please join us.April 1st, 2007: Colorblind is getting ready for the Fever opening game April 14th followed later in the evening by the big party at Jack-sons in Richland. More details to follow....March 31st, 2007: Went out tonight to check out the old band Mudshark at Kimos. They had a big crowd and the place was buzzing. I counted 6 band members. I didn't make it through the first set. Ended up over at Jacksons in Kennewick to catch the band Vicky and The Velvets. The place was dead, which is too bad, because the band was really good. Good vocals and good musicians = good band. Which brings me to the reason I'm logging this today. There is a buzz with two of Colorblind's band members as they are taking on a second music project. Over two months ago, John Hasson and I, Buddy had an opportunity to join up with two local guitar players for some basement jamming. We cranked out tunes that we knew between us and had a great time. Since that first jam session, we have continued to play weekly and the band Nasty Jack was formed. Now don't be alarmed, John and Buddy have no intention of leaving Colorblind. With the support of the Colorblind band members, John and Buddy are simply fulfilling a passion to play more often that Colorblind is able to perform, which is ok!!! So, I'm not going to use the Colorblind website to promote Nasty Jack anymore than this. www.nastyjackrocks.comMarch 19th, 2007: Man what a party on Sat night at THE PUB!! Colorblind would like to thank Tim, Steve and all the outstanding wait/bar staff at THE PUB. You guys worked your butt off and it showed. The crowds were record numbers and the fun started early...If you missed it, well you missed one of the biggest parties we have been a part off. We need a month off to recover..and that's what we going to take. We'll see you again at the Fever Football opening night, April 14th at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. More details to follow. Last thing I wanted to say is we have posted several video performances on the website and expect to continue such as we perform this year. Keep a look out!!!Feb 20th, 2007: Colorblind has recently book the Lava Love Run To The Sun Motorcycle Rally for July 21st up in Soap Lake Wa. This is the best show we play all year and we look forward to the other bands and all the great folks that run the rally. We are going to promote the rally extra hard this year down in the Tri-Cities and get more riders up for this event. Speaking of Soap Lake, the past few years we had the oppotunity to listen to several great bands that flood the bars during the Soap Lake weekend. One band we really like is "The Ender Brothers" from Seattle. We are glad to announce that they have agreed to play on the same stage with Colorblind this year, but not in Soap Lake....in Richland for the big Friday night "Cool Desert Nights" street dance. Details to follow.... This is going to be cool!!!Feb 11th, 2007: Colorblind is off for a month gearing up for the BIG St Patty's Party at THE PUB on Sat, March 17th. If you are looking for one place to celebrate St Patty's this year we got the party planned!! Here is a bit of news if your actually reading this page. Colorblind might just pop in to a neighborhood bar around town on a practice night. We traditionally have a weekly practice on Wedensday nights and those practices are closed to the general public, but last week we packed up the gear and headed to Jeffery's in Kennewick for an open practice. We had a blast and the handful of people in the bar that night did too. We are thinking that we'll have to do this again and when we do it will be spur of the moment...no clue what bar we will choose next???January 12th, 2007: Colorblind is busy booking for 2007. If you look at our calendar there is not many dates left. We normally play only once a month..maybe twice a month, so we don't have much left. It's going to be a fun year and were looking forward to playing more this year at The PUB and Jack-sons in Kennewick. We have many dates with Jack-sons in Richland which has been our tradition...so look for us there throughout the year as well. Speaking of Jack-sons in Richland, we will be there on the Sat night (Feb 3rd) before Superbowl Sunday again this year for the Annual Sat night Pre-Superbowl Party. Hope to see you there too.December 28th, 2006: Colorblind had a busy month of December. We have played 3 Christmas Parties and were gearing up for the New Year's. We had a blast playing the corporate stuff with Energy Northwest and KGH the past weeks. We hope all that were in attandance had as much fun as we did. Thanks to Babette with Energy Northwest and Tami with KGH for booking us to do your shows. Again, what a great bunch of folks you have. Please make your plans now if you haven't already to come join Colorblind as we rock in the New Year at Jack-sons in Richland. It's going to be a packed house, so be sure to get your tickets early. Call Chuck Fisher (Jack-sons manager) at 509-946-8118 to get your reservations.December 2nd, 2006: Just announced...Colorblind will be at The PUB on Friday December 15th, 2006. We were asked to play for a large party and it's open to the public!!!! Here is your last chance to see us one last time before New Years Eve. Again that's Friday night, December 15th 9pm to 1am. See ya there!!!November 19th, 2006: I'm a week late with the photo postings and updates to the website. For all that have been waiting on the photos...sorry. We had a great time inside at Jack-sons last weekend. Nice crowd and always a good time to see all our faithful out to support use. Thanks again to the great wait staff at Jack-sons for keeping up with the crowd and the 2 Kenny's for having us back. Up next is a busy month in December playing a couple big company holiday parties. These are private events sorry to say. We will again be at Jack-sons in Richland this New Years Eve. Make you plans now to join us.October 30th, 2006: WOW...what a party last Sat night at The PUB. That was a blast and I know everyone had a great time. Thanks for all that came out in costume. That's what it's all about. Everyone was in a party mood and we had so much fun playing music. If you didn't make it out, we (Colorblind) dressed up as the 4 band members of KISS..and Dave was Elvis!!! We almost didn't do that, but thanks to John our bass player, he flipped the coin with Bill one of the guitar players and we lost..Well it was our gain in the long run and it worked out to perfection. We even added a few more good songs to the song list, which by the way, I need to update on the website here. We have added over 20 new songs the past 6 months. I'll get the song list revise before next gig on Nov 11th at the Kennewick Jack-sons. This will be our last indoor bar gig performance this year, so make plans now to join us!!October 24th, 2006: We are a few days away from the BIG Halloween Party at the PUB. We'll be there this Sat, Oct 28th and it's sure to be a great time. This has got to be the best inside venue in town. The sound is great..the wait staff is #1 and the crowds are huge. What more can a working local rock band ask for???? So come all decked out in this year's Halloween garb and you might just win a prize...lot's a giveaways and some darn good music to get you partying. We were last at the PUB on June 10th..It's been way too long. We can't wait to get back there. Rumor has it that band will be sporting some pretty good makeup for this Halloween Party. You don't want to miss that..) See ya this Sat. btw...we are still waiting for that feature article in the Tri-City Herald. It's on the way. We were told that early to mid Novemeber, so as soon as I know for sure, I'll post it here...thanksSeptember 22nd, 2006: We played last week at Kimo's. We had a good crowd, a dancing crowd, that loved everything we tossed out there. Thanks for coming out and supporting the band. Next, we are at THE PUB for the big Halloween weekend party. I can't wait for this. It should be packed and fun. Come out and dress up for Halloween!!!!!! Note::Colorblind will be feature in a few weeks in the Life Section of the Tri-City Herald. I'm thinking it will be either Sept 29th or Oct 6th. Keep and eye out on the friday newspapers for the next two weeks. Our calendar for next year (2007) is getting ready to be unveiled. We are already speaking with all the local bars and will be booking the whole year real soon. Stay tune for that.August 31st, 2006: Summer is almost over. Well officially we got alomost a month left, but Colorblind is going to call it over. We had a blast with all the outdoor shows and it's time to start taking the fun indoors. We are playing on Sat, Sept 16th at KIMO'S. It's been awhile since we played here and we are looking forward to this great venue. Let's have another great turnout of all our fans and show KIMO'S who's got the best, supportive fan base in the Tri-Cities!!! We are currently learning some new music to add to our song list. A little bit of old classics and some new stuff. Colorblind would like to extent a special thanks to Jeremy Foss. Jeremy has been running sound for us this summer and boy what a difference a great sound guy can do!! Jeremy is also our sales expert over at Ted Brown Music. He get's all of our business needs we it comes to gear. I suggest if you need anything in the way of band equipment...give Jeremy a call. Jeremy is also a very talent musician and singer and is heading to Seattle in a couple weeks to try-out for American Idol. We wish him all the luck!!August 20th, 2006: Well, were all recovering from this week. What a busy month we had. It started with corporate picnic at Howard Amon's Richland Fingernail and ended last night on the new outside patio at the Jack-sons Kennewick. In between we did another huge outdoor event for Jack-sons in Richland as a benifit for Pet Over Population and this past Friday, did a little opening act show for 70's country rock legend band Poco. Thanks go out to all that were at these events in support of the cool things going on. Also, thanks to Mark Blotz at Clover Island, Chuck Fisher at Jack-sons Richland, and our new friends..."The Two Kenny's" at Jack-sons in Kennewick. You guys make it happen and give us great venues to play at!!!!August 3rd, 2006: I'm guilty again for not keeping up this journal. It has been a busy summer both for the band and personally. We played last at the Soap Lake Lava Love Run and are getting geared up for a busy month of August. Look to see us at Jack-sons on Aug 12th and Aug 18th at Clover Island opening up the show for POCO!!!June 24th, 2006: Well another first for Jack-sons Sports Bar....The Street Dance with Colorblind and The Shades brought out over 1500 people to the Cool Desert Night Friday Event. It was wall to wall people and the party got started at 8:00pm and ended close to 12:30am. If you missed it, both bands had a great time and the crowd loved the 30 minute band sets alternating all night. Colorblind opened as the crowd was coming in the doors and there was music nonstop all nights. The Shades had a great night of music that featured Faith Martin on vocals, which totally was a mix of female geared songs from disco to funk to newer Top 40 hits while Colorblind had a more driving rock set that pumped the crowd all night. Both bands closed the night with a jam together of "Takin Care of Business" and the crowd went wild. It was a night to remember and we hope to do something in the future similar again. Thanks to The Shades, all the sponsers, Jack-sons Bar, Clear Channel DJ's and the Tri-Cities Regional Chamber of Commerence for pulling this together. Colorblind's next performance is up in Soap Lake, Wa for the "Lave Love Run to the Sun Motorcycle Rally on July 15th....All you bikers and non bikers be sure to mark your calendars for this fun event.. Here is some info.Soap Lake is located in the Columbia Basin of Eastern Washington on a "Healing Waters" mineral lake unique in all the world. It is on HWY 17 and the southern gateway to the beautiful Grand Coulee Corridor, lined with basalt cliffs and gorgeous lakes that lead to Grand Coulee Dam.Directions From Seattle: Go east on I-90 past Vantage and George, WA. Take the Soap Lake - Grand Coulee Dam exit and continue on through Ephrata for 5 miles. Turn left onto HWY 17 (Daisy Avenue) to Main Street. From Spokane: Go west on I-90 to Moses Lake, exit onto HWY 17. Continue on HWY 17 for 20 miles following signs to Soap Lake and Grand Coulee Dam. From Tri-Cities: Go Vantage HWY 240 north to I-90. Go east on I-90 past George, Wa. Take the Soap Lake - Grand Coulee Dam exit and continue on through Ephrata for 5 miles. Turn left onto HWY 17 (Daisy Avenue) to Main Street.Lava Love Run to the Sun Motorcycle Rally Contacts: Brent Blake/Melea Johnson - (509)246-1692/(206)972-8587Camping: In City waterfront park and other city parks: $5.00 donation RV Camping at City RV Park (509)246-1211 RV Camping at Soap Lake Resort 1-800-378-3709Lodging: Daisy Street Cottage (509)754-5520 Inn at Soap Lake (509)246-1132 Notaras Lodge (509)246-0462 Royal View Motel (509)246-1831 Tolo Vista (509)246-1132 Best Western, Ephrata (509)754-7111June 16th, 2006: Last week we played at The PUB and had another great night with the folks there. I'll say it again, that's a great place to play and the crowds get bigger as the night goes on..Thanks to Tim, Steve and the staff and the PUB...See you guys again later in the year. We are less than a week away from our next gig at Jack-sons. The Friday Cool Desert Nights Street Dance. This year we are teaming with The Shades to put on an evening of great dance music, so be sure to be there!! June 23rd...8:00pmJune 8th, 2006: We played our second and final show for the Tri-Cities Fever this past weekend. We got to play at mid-field during halftime. What a fun 7 minutes...that's right 7 minutes of playing plus several hours of setup and tear down. Was it worth it...Hell Ya!! Would we do it again????? Colorblind will be at THE PUB this Sat night, June 10th. Be sure to come out and rock THE PUB with us. We really like playing there and the crowds have been really big...May 28th, 2006: You never know what the weather is going to be like in the Tri-Cities in the late spring early summer, but we made it through another cold, windy, rainy Memorial Day without to much damage. Last year it was sunny, hot and incredible for Memorial Day, this year..not so good. Although when we took the stage wondering what the weather would bring us the rain stoped and the evening turned out nice...but COLD. The crowd was down from last year by the numbers, but all that came out had a great time including the band. Thanks again to Chuck and the staff at Jack-sons for putting on a first class event. We billed it as a street dance and we delivered. Colorblind will be performing next at the final home game of the Tri-Cities Fever on Sunday, June 4th. If your going to catch the last game, be sure to stay in your seats at halftime...we are going to rock the house!!!May 21st, 2006: Has it been 2 months since I have entered a log here??? Well, we are still alive an kickin!!! Went last night to the PUB to see IV play. They are such a good band. Tight musically and are as professional as you'll see here in the Tri-Cities. Thanks Bill!! Anyway, Colorblind is gearing up for next weekends big Jack-sons Memorial Weekend Street Dance in Richland. This will be the second year we play this venue and if it's close to being as full as last year... you better not miss this party. We hope to see you all there. We will be picking up the pace as Summer approaches so be sure to check out our calendar.March 13th, 2006: Everyone is still talking about that gig at the PUB last month. We can't wait to get back there and really rock the place down. In case you haven't heard Tim at the PUB has booked us back there in June and for a Halloween party that will just be over the top. Keep checking our calendar for possibly more gigs at the PUB this year. Speaking of gigs...our calendar is filling up nicely for the year. It's going to be a crazy summer with several outdoor events scheduled including a road trip back up to Soap Lake, Wa for the big "Lava Love Run to The Sun Motorcycle Rally." In a few weeks we will be joining back up the Tri-Cities Fever football team to kick their 06' season off in style with a live pregame concert on March 24th at the Toyota Center. So, if you haven't got your tickets to the best damn fun around... do it now.Feb 26th, 2006: What a great party we had last night at The PUB. This was our first time there and the hype was as expected. What a super place to play..big roomy shotgun building, which let's the sound travel far. Alot of seating and plenty of room for performing and viewing the band, dance floor is a little small...so of course it was at full capacity all night. Thanks goes out to Tim, Steve and the entire staff and crew at The PUB. They worked there tails off all night and that was a huge crowd to deal with. We are starting to unveil some newer current music with very good results. Look to hear more new stuff in the coming months!!! We will be back at The PUB in April.....I got a feeling it will be even bigger. Thanks everyone for supporting Colorblind. This is such a great ride and out newest band member, bassist John Hasson is having a ball. What can I say...we are having fun again.Feb 6th, 2006: Well we had a great time at Jackson's last Sat night. The band sounded BETTER than ever!!! John Hasson, Colorblind's new bass player was on fire all night long. The band never missed a beat and the show went on with raving reviews. I can't say enough about how full, brite and defined the band sounded. It was sure fun and all that showed up had a wonderful time. Thanks to Chuck, the staff at Jackson's and that guy buying the band drinks all night long..wow!!! Our next gig is going away from our home base at Jackson's and playing in Kennewick on Sat, Feb 25th at the PUB. We have never played there. We are looking forward to some new faces and another great party for sure. Tell you friends..Colorblind is going to play at the PUB...Jan 26st, 2006: GO SEAHAWKS!!! Can you believe it. The HAWKS are going to the Superbowl. Wow....so what a better way to get all primed up for the big game by coming out the night before (Sat Feb 4th) and partying down with us at Jackson's in Richland. Colorblind will be there rocking the joint for 9 to 1 am. We have played this party the last 2 years and it's one of the best....With the HAWKS in the Superbowl the place is going to be full, so get there early. See you on Sat, Feb 4th..Jan 21st, 2006: Colorblind is gearing up for another year of parties, concerts and fun. First off we are getting ready for another "PRE-SUPERBOWL Dance at Jackson's again this year. The dance is going to be on Saturday Feb. 4th, 2006...the night before Superbowl Sunday and it's a great opportunity to come out get all primed up for the big game. I'm not going to say anything about the team I want there on Sunday...Anyway it's the first gig for Colorblind of the year and sure to be another good time. I want to take sometime here and also welcome to Colorblind a new bandmember. John Hasson has join Colorblind as our new bass player. John has many years of expereince here in the Tri-Cities in bands, but most of you might remember John as the bass player for the band Tri-Cities "Reckless". John saw Colorblind 3 years ago at and outside gig at RF McDougalls and came up to me and said..."I want to play in this band". We were losing our bass player at the time, Rick Resinger, and we were in the process of getting Lou Smith back to the Tri-Cities and into Colorblind as our bass player. I told John that the timing wasn't right, but to stay in touch. Well..... time has past and John got the call. I also want to briefly thank Lou for all he had done while being part of Colorblind. Lou brought a strong work ethic and some kick ass vocals to the band. We had some great gigs and good memories...but, things needed to change and the focus on having fun had faded, so we welcome John and look forward to this new year. See ya Sunday, Feb 4th at Jackson's!!!Jan 4th 11th, 2006: Colorblind had another outstanding year wrapping up back at Jackson's in Richland for the New Year's Eve dance. We played several concert style venues this past year, including the Firefall opening gig and the Hurricane relief fund raiser with big sound, lights, and stage, both at Clover Island under the stars. We sure hope to return next year to Clover Island as well as Jackson's and several private parties on the horizon. We are starting to book gigs now so if your interested or know someone looking for the best party band in the Tri-Cities, please pass the word.Dec 11th, 2005: What a great crowd we had last night for the annual KGH Holiday Party. The facility we play in was top notch (Three Rivers Convention Center). Thanks goes out to Tami Bradbury for the opportunity to provide the music and all the people that stayed to the very end....we had a fun night!!!Dec 8th, 2005: Well...I'm guilty again of not keeping up with our news. It's been a busy month for Colorblind on a personal note. We played at Kimo's back on Nov 12th to yet another great crowd. I've been getting heat for not posted those photos, but I just can't find the time to get that done. Hopefully, I will get those posted before the year's end. The real reason is the website is full and I need to archive off some of the photos from 3 years ago....or maybe I should just increase the website storage area. Oh well. This Sat I wanted to inform everyone that Colorblind is playing a huge Holiday Party for Kennewick General Hospital. It is end of the year event that will help celebrate employee recognitions and awards. Although the dinner and awards portion of the evening is strictly for the employees and their guest, the band has been hired to provide dancing starting at 9:30...Now the cool part. The dancing and music of Colorblind is open to the public and It's FREE!!! That's right. So if your looking for something free and fun to do this Sat, Dec 10th and it's been awhile since you have been out to see us, this would be a great time. The Three Convention Center will have a cash bar so your all on your own for spirits...Hope to see you this weekend. Pass the word...9:30 Sat Dec 10th