Colorblind NEW News and OLD News (drummers log)
July 21th, 2010: It's summer out there. We knew as the Boat Race weekend approached the temps were going to rise. Forecasted highs in the high 90's and cool summer nights this weekend has got to excite you. That said, Sat night you got to checkout the Biggest Boat Race Party in the Tri-Cities. Colorblind is playing at Richland Jack-sons outdoor with Klovane (formally the "Rose City Kings"), from Portland OR. What a line up...the best rock and roll in the region and the best blues/rock in the Northwest will be playing back to back, non-stop, live in your face music from 8pm to 12:00am. The key is OUTDOORS!!!!, the weather will be damn near perfect for an outdoor bash, cool breezes...6 bars, tons of people and the outdoor headquatere for fun. Options are plentiful, but you can bet the other bars intown are going to have stuffy, hot, indoor summer air just trying to escape, You best come and party with the "beautiful" people, Colorblind, Klovane and 1000 boat race crazy people...that's what I'm talking about. I love this gig.June 28th, 2010: It's my daughter Katy's 18th birthday today....happy BD Katybear!! So, thanks to all that came out to the Friday, Cool Desert Night Street Dance at Jack-Sons. Numbers have come in around 1300-1400 people, so that was cool. We always love the opportunity to entertain a big crowd. We had our friends Plastic Soul swapping sets with us and that has turnded out to be a great tradition. I believe we will continue this for years to come. We are off for a month until Boat Races weekend. Let the warm weather of summer begin....June 14th, 2010: What a great weekend down at Wildhorse. Alot of Tri-City faces..thanks for coming down to support us. We appreciate it, and of course so does the casino..:). What can I say about the band....We were tight and on the money all night, both nights. Of course Sat night was better..!!! I think the band is further along than I ever imagined we would be back in early March. It has taken some long nights in the practice room and I believe it has paid off. It is such a royal treat to play behind the two new guitar players. Tone, tempo, and fun on stage. Shit ya!!!! Up next we are playing on Friday June 25th at the Cool Desert Nights, street dance at Jack-Sons in Richland. We'll be playing opposite sets with the band Plastic Soul. This should be fun and a great selection of dance music for the patrons....pray for good weather!!!June 10th, 2010: Heading down to Pendleton, Or tomorrow for a weekend gig at Wildhorse Casino. We have been looking forward to this weekend for the past 3 months. Come down and join us and checkout the best venue for live music around. It's a short 1 hour drive, but worth trip jus to check out the stage, sound system and light show....Kinda like Disneyland for the band!!!! Also, just booked a return gig back at Jack-sons in Kennewick for Dec 4th. Glad to reconnect with Ken French and Susie back in Kennewick, Later...........June 5th, 2010: Today my youngest daughter graduated from HS. What a proud papa I am. She graduated with several awards both in Drama and Journalism. A proud day!!!!May 31st, 2010: We are back!!! Just finished two weekends of gigging with the new "Colorblind"!! That was some serious fun. We are still sharping the sound, but what a difference. Again, we played both days this past Memorial weekend. Two great shows with Jack-Sons annual street dance and the Clover Island Parrothead annual show. Up next we are back down at Wildhorse on June 11, 12. We are in the Wildfire bar. What a great venue, and we are so looking forward to being back down there...I'm going to start up the photo pages again, so yes...check back later today cause we are back!!!May 11 th, 2010: It's been a little over a month since last posted progress. We are going to unveil the new band members on Wed, May 19th at DAXS. No Cover, so come out....middle of week, nothing going on night!!! We want stay up late..music starts around 7:30. we'll go to 11 or 11:30. Come out and hear the new sound, it's a bit edgy with a great feel and timing. We are excited for you to hear us...This will be the first show with the members Keith Schamljohn and Johnny Strait.April 6th, 2010: Boy the days are going by so fast. We're still woodshedding. Getting the music down good and tight. When we debut this thing at Jack-Sons in Richland on Sat night May 29th, we want it to be better than ever. I must say the last two weeks we have put some quality time in with the guitar players and it is starting to show. Kind of an edgy sound, but tight. Of course with a mix up like we just went through, some of the songs we have been playing for-EVER will go to the back of the list. Look for some new tunes in Colorblind, (hell we did pickup the two guitar players with Nasty Jack), and these guys had plenty of good ones. Some we will carry over and some brand new ones we all have wanted to play. We are looking so forward to our first show.March 29th, 2010: We have been busy working in the new guitar players, Keith Schmaljohn and Johnny Strait. We found sometime last night to finally get some new band photos. Thanks to my daughter Katy, see did a great job and we all had fun with these photos. Keep checking back for more updated photos!!!!March 13th, 2010: So the big announcement is here. Colorblind is honored to welcome to the band two new guitar players, Keith Schmaljohn and Johnny Strait. These guys have been the driving force behind the local band Nasty Jack for the last three years. Keith and Johnny have performed with Colorblind as guest artist in various situations over the last 4 years and bring to Colorblind a new experience and musical professional attitude that will take the band to the next level. With these changes we must bid farwell to Mike Torres and Bill Kelly. Mike and Bill are off to explore other opportunities and we wish them the best of luck. Bill was a original member of Colorblind from day one, while Mike joined a few years after the band formed. The next few months we are going to be practicing and adding new things to our show. We look forward to getting this new product out to you and trust you will welcome the changes with open arms. Our gig schedule is busy starting again in late May with the annual Memorial outdoor street dance at Jack-sons in Richland. From there the schedule is full, so we hope you can catch one of our new shows.March 10th, 2010: Some big changes are happening with Colorblind. Departures of long standing band members and the introductions of some new players will soon be announced. These changes, as they are painful, are opening the doors for some exciting new opportunties for Colorblind. More information will be posted here as details unfold. Rest assured we are going to be stronger than ever musically as we take this band to the next level of entertainment. We are off woodshedding for the next two months. We will keep you updated.Jan 12th, 2010: Booking...booking...booking. Colorblind is stacking the dates deep through the entire upcoming year. A last minute new date at The Island Casino on Jan 22nd, re-booked back at Preston Winery for the 2nd Annual Lulu Beach Blowout party in August, back to Wildhorse in early Feb for the first of three weekend dates scattered over the year there, and plenty of summer dates outdoors. We are really looking forward to this year.Jan 1st, 2010: Another great year for Colorblind!!! and another great New Years Eve party for all that came out last night, and we had a nice, fun crowd. Nasty weather didn't keep the masses from coming out and ringing in the new year with us. Wow!!! Thanks to The PUB and the great staff working last night. The PUB has to be the best indoor venue in the Tri-Cities bar none. Up next we are playing a weekend gig at Wildhorse Casino in Pendleton, OR on Feb 5th and 6th. Come out at party with us that weekend. Book your rooms early and stay the whole weekend with us. A great venue and a fun casino, we are looking so forward to this show.Nov 16th, 2009: Next up we are at The PUB for New Years. We have been taken some well deserved time-off and look forward to the Pub gig. We have have one Holiday Christmas party booked for Dec so far, so it looks like Dec will be kinda light this years, which is ok with me.Aug 10th, 2009: We had a blast down at Wildhorse this past weekend. Two great nights...gambling was equally fun. Meet alot of new friends and won over the entertainment management. Hope to make some return trips in the near future. It went very well, one of the two biggest nights in bar sells from what we were told, in quite sometime. Glad to be apart of that for sure. Thanks to all the Tri-City folks that came down to party. We are off until Sept 12th. Need to take a break. It's been a long summer.Aug 2nd, 2009: Up early today. Going to keep up this time on the Colorblind news. Hey, last night was a GREAT party out at Preston Winery. Hot as blazing fire on the grounds, but nobody cared!!! Thanks to everyone that made the 1st Annual Luau BBQ a big success including Chuck Fisher and the gang at Jack-sons for cartering the party, Just Party for the killer decorations...the list goes on. We had a blast and also wanted to thank Voodoo Alley for playing last night. These guys are alot of fun and can bring on some serious rocking. It was good. Also, thanks to my friend Rick Mugrage for another awesome performance. Up next we are at Wildhorse Casino in Pendleton, OR and Fri, Aug 7th and Sat Aug 8th.July 28th, 2009: Back to the drummers log. It's been a month since I posted here. We had two great gigs since I last posted, so here it goes.....Brain Howe, formally the lead singer of Bad Company brought a killer band and hit all the notes from the early to late Bad Co stuff. One of the better bands I have seen at Clover Island for sure. We had a blast and it was a great crowd. This past weekend we teamed up with the great local band Nasty Jack for the annual Richland Jack-sons Boat Race Party. These guys are so good. Signature classic butt rock stuff. Thanks Keith for everything you do to promote your band and ours. You guys are certainly on the local scene now!! Around 1000 people were there at the Boat Race Party...it was wild. Up next we will be at Preston Winery for a big outdoor concert and party. See you Sat night, Aug 1st.!!!June 29th, 2009: Very cool show this past Friday night. We teamed up this year wih Plastic Soul for the annual Friday Night Richland Jack-sons Cool Desert Nights Street Dance. Again this year it was packed to the fences with people. Over 1100 people caught the show and had a great time. Thanks to Plastic Soul for stepping up and covering for a couple extra songs. We also had our lead singer, Dave Warner get ill during the first set, so our good friend Keith from Nasty Jack stepped in and pulled off a great performance. We couldn't have finished the night without Keith. Thanks Bro....up next we are opening up for Brian Howe, formally with Bad Company on July 11th at Clover Island.June 20th, 2009: Recovering slowing from a great private party last night. I beleive I'm the only band member actually up so far today. Crazy time with the farmers last night. Everyone was having a great time. Good food and a bunch of good people. Up next we are at or the big show Friday night, June 26th with Plastic Soul at Jack-sons in Richland.June 17th, 2009: Another private party this weekend. The party at Meadow Springs CC went good. Nice turn out, beautiful evening by the pool and some fun folks danced the evening away with us. Damn bugs were eating us up, but we got through it with the help from Kerry..thanks for the bug spray dear. I almost forgot, km...We are gearing up for the big show Friday night, June 26th with Plastic Soul at Jack-sons in Richland. As they say..it's going to be a good time.June 8th 25th, 2009: Great show last Sat night at the PUB. Crowd was lighter than past shows, but with all the HS graduations in town we did pretty good all around. Off doing some private parties for the next few weeks then we are back at Jack-sons in Richland for the annual Cool Desert Friday Night Street Dance on 6/26/09. This year we are teaming up with the local band Plastic Soul and this will be a great party.May 25th, 2009: What a great weekend of music. The weather was perfect. We had two big shows starting Sat night at Jack-sons. The was a blast and the parking lot was full to capacity. Thanks always to our friend Chuck at Jack-sons for building the best party in town. We certainly kick-off Summer 09 in style. Sunday at Clover Island was just as fun. We opened up the Clover Island summer concert series yet again with the annual Jimmy Buffet Tribute band, "Garett Wilkens and the Parrotheads". Another homerun with the weather and the crowd was the largest I have seen at Clover Island yet. Full to the bream with people all having a great time. Mark Boltz at Clover Island has got a great thing going with his river edge venue and hotel. We are so stoked to be apart of these events. We played a tight 75 minute set plus one encore to a packed crowd, then the Parottheads took the stage and keeped the party going into the early sunset. Lon Martin of 98.3 "The Key" announced Clover Island's July 11th concert with "Colorblind" opening up for Brain Howe and Bad Company and the crowd roared. We are looking forward to that as you can imagine. We are off a few weeks unitl we start hitting it hard again at The Pub on June 6th.May 4th, 2009: Catching up a bit here. Just posted a few photos from the PUB back in early April. Let's see, we played a few weeks back for the WA State Optometric Convention. That was actually a fun party. We hope all had a good time. Up next is the first outdoor concert of the season at Jack-sons in Richland on Sat night May 23rd. Let's hope the damn weather will final warm up.April 6th, 2009: The party last Sat night at the PUB was over the top. What a great crowd and so much fun. We had a guest bass player Paul, join us for a few songs and his family and friends got to see him play. Looks like we made some new fans that night. Thanks goes to our bass player John Hasson for letting Paul take the stage. Also the guys from Plastic Soul got up a played a song and the dance floor disappeared!!! Those guys are real good musicains, let me tell you. The lead singer is quite high on himself, but I guess all of us musicians are that way sometimes.....right? Actually, Colorblind will be playing with Plastic Soul this summer at one of the big outdoor street dances in June. We look forward to that performance for sure. Up next we are doing a large private event at the Three Rivers Convention Center in late April, but our next public appearence will at Jack-sons in Richland outdoors for the annual Memorial Street Dance on May 23rd.March 21st, 2009: Spring is here. It's about time. We have a busy next few weeks. We will be at DAXS Bar and Grill for a mid week performance on Wed., March 25th. Music starts at 7pm. No Cover. We're looking forward to this first visit to DAXS and on Fri, March 27th we will be performing during the pre-game at the season open opener for the Tri-Cities Fever. Music starts when the doors open at 6 pm. We'll be performing a few times through out the game and again after the game!!! Cool thing is we will be staged in the east end zone!!!March 1st, 2009: We performed last night at the Annual Buddy Club Prom. I must say that was one of the best shows we have done in sometime. The kids enjoyed the live music so much and it was so rewarding to be a part of that moment. 250 kids on the dance floor all night....you guys sure know how to have a good time. We hope to be apart of this great event next year. Up next we are doing a private BDay party in Portland then our next live performance will be for the Tri-Cities Fever open opener on March 27th.Feb 15th, 2009: Good party last night at Jack-sons. As always, Chuck at Jack-sons in Richland put's so much into his events. We appreciate it Chuck and lok forward to our next event their in May. Up next we'll be changing it up a bit doing a great event in two weeks. We'll be performing at the Annual Buddy Club Prom. We look forward to helping out the ARC.Feb 7th, 2009: It's been a month since I have logged into the ole website. We have been silent this month taken some well deserved time-off. As time doesn't stand still long...we are again staring at another upcoming gig in Sat Feb 14th at Jack-sons. We are looking forward to another big year and this party at Jack-sons will officially kick things off for us.Jan 1st, 2009: What a great New Years Eve party last night. Clover Island Inn was pack to capacity and the Ball Room was rocking all night. Thanks to all that made it a wonderful evening and to Mark Blotz and the staff at Clover Island for hosting the party. We hope to do that again in the future coming years. We have got some private events in the next few weeks, but back to the public circuit at Jack-sons in Richland on Valentines Day. This is will be a crazy night and you can count on Jack-sons to put on the best party in town that night. Happy New Years to all and we are looking forward to another big year in 2009. We have a bunch of cool things going on.Dec 22nd, 2008: Well were done with the private parties for Dec. Looking back we sure had some fun moments, but honestly the company parties have been better in the past years. Oh well, we'll do them again next year. So we have one last show of the year. This show will be on New Years Eve at The Clover Island Inn in Kennewick on Dec 31st and this is sure to be a great night. Tickets are limited, so contact the hotel today at 586-0541. http://www.cloverislandinn.com/images/map.gif for map and directions.Dec 7th, 2008: Colorblind has been busy....We had a great Thanksgiving party at The PUB last month and a slew of holiday parties planned for Dec. If your lucky enough to be one of the employees who's company has booked us....hooray!!, your in for a party. Next public appearance is on Dec 20th for a rocking holiday party at Jack-sons in Richland. If you haven't made New Year's Eve plans you better do it soon. We'll be at The Kennewick Clover Island Inn Dec 31st and this is sure to be a great night. Tickets are limited, so contact the hotel today at 586-0541. http://www.cloverislandinn.com/images/map.gif for map and directions.Nov 10th, 2008: Better late than never..right? Finally I got all the Halloween photos from The PUB together and posted out on the website. Additional photos can be found on our myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/colorblindrocksyou So...what a hell of party. My goodness The PUB was Packed to the rim and the costumes were better than ever. Thanks to the best staff any where in town. Those gals kept up all night, Mark Allen with 106.5 The Eagle and everyone that came out for the fun. That was a blast. We are back at The PUB in a few weeks for a Pre-Thanksgiving Party on Sat Nov 22nd. It should be a great tune up for a stretch of great music appearing at The PUB through the end of the year.Oct 27th, 2008: Recovering from the two gigs down in Hermiston, OR. We had a great time both nights and met some really cool people. That's one benefit of playing out of town, making new friends. We hope to get back down there next year to play again. Thanks Debbie, Larry and the awesome crew at Nookies. You guys spoiled us!!! Keep in touch and we'll be back soon for sure. Also, thanks to Christy with the Relay for Life crew for the Halloween Party. We had a great time an really enjoyed playing at The Pheasant. We also hope we can get back down there for a regular weekend bar gig. Up next is our big Halloween Bash on Fri, Oct 31st at The PUB. his should be a huge party and we can't wait. You better come all dressed up for Halloween. It will be fun!!!Oct 21st, 2008: one month later.....We are gearing up this weekend for a two night stand in Hermiston. Two gigs....two nights...two different locations. Fri, Oct 24th we are at Nookies Bar for a good time at a new place. Don't know much about the place, so we are hoping for the best. If your looking for sometime to do and want to take the short trip down to Herimston, come join us. We'll rock the place and they'll want us back...:) On Sat, Oct 25th we are across the street at The Pheasant Bar. This is a Relay for Life fundraser and everyone is invited. The event is sponsored by the good folks at WGI down at the Army Depot. We performed last year for these guys and it was one hell of a party. Come down and party with us this year, but be prepared for a small donation to the cause and be sure to be dressed up in you Halloween garb. This will be another party to remember!!!Sep 21st, 2008: Well, some updated information finally. I have been real slow in getting my old butt of the couch after so many great gigs the past few weeks. We had a blast at the Pablo Cruise concert for the finale at Clover Island. Thanks to Mark Blotz and the guys in Pablo Cruise. That was a memory will have forever. Two gigs the next day at the Fiery Food Fest and the The PUB rounded out the big weekend. The FFF in Pasco was a early performance allowing us to keep our commitments at The PUB and we managed to pull it off just fine. We really had a good time with the early crowd at FFF and played non-stop for 2 hours. I could tell they didn't want us to leave, but the PUB was a callin' and we actaully pull a few people from the FFF later that evening. Another big night at The PUB and so many new faces. We had a blast at the final show. Then.......a short week off and back at it over in Richland at the "Sausage Fest". All I can say is two nights of Beer, Dancing, Food, and of course Rock and Roll. I'm going to say it right now....Holy S@%^!!!!, what a party. Both nights full to capacity and more trying to get through the doors to the gym Beer Garden. One final thanks to Peggy Cross for booking us. We really had a great time.We extend our thanks to all of our fans and newlt found fans....you make the party!!!Aug 28th, 2008: Kinda late with the captains log.....All I gotta say thanks to all that came out to The Island Casino to help celebrate my 50th Birthday. That was a great party and it meant a lot to me to see so many of you. That was one hell of a party and I'll remember it forever. Again thanks to my buds in Colorblind and Nasty Jack for playing and making tht party as fun as it could be. You guys are the best. My brother and his wife flew in for the party from Arkansas and that made it all the better to see them. That was awesome. He turns 50 next year and maybe Colorblind will get a chance for a long road trip to play his party.....who ever pays for that trip better start saving starting tomorrow..:) Up next Colorblind will be opening for Pablo Cruise...more details to follow.Aug 17th, 2008: A very busy weekend has past. We were asked to help raise money for Rosia who past away on Aug 5th. We performed for a couple of hours Friday night. Thanks to everyone who attended and donated to the family. We will miss you dearly Rosia. Sat night we kicked off The Kingsmen concert with a brief 60 minute set and warmed up the already baking fans. It must have been 100 degrees when we played!!! That was a blast...thanks to Mark Blotz and the crew at Clover Island, and to the Kingsmen for being such down to earth guys. I think all had a great time. Up next Colorblind will be hosting the Drummers 50th Birthday Bash on Sat Aug 23rd at 9pm.. This is going to be a hell of a party and everyone is invited. More to following...Aug 10th, 2008: Getting geared up to open up the show for the Kingsmen on Sat, Aug 16th at Clover Island in Kennewick. Gates open at 6pm. Just a brief closing note....the fundraiser for the Hispanic Chamber and Fiesta Foods on Aug 7th was a blast!!! thanks to Gracey and her crew for organizing a great event. I heard they raised alot of money. Thanks to Victor Cruz from Canon De Sol for hosting the event at his beautiful winey.Aug 3rd, 2008: Wow, what a fun party down in MF, Oregon last night. We played Dave Warner's 20 year high school reunion and had a ball meeting all his classmates and talking about the ole' High School year's. We hope everyone had a good time and hope we made some new friends and fans with that performance. The band sounded real good last night from where I was sitting high up on the drum riser. A beautiful evening and the smell of livestock and skunks in the air kinda summed it up...well we were in Milton Freewater...:) Up next we are playing a small fundraiser for the Hispanic Chamber and Fiesta Foods on Aug 7th then we are gearing up to perform with the "Kingsmen" out on Clover Island Aug 16th, so we are keeping busy and most of all having fun.July 27th, 2008: Another Boat Race Weekend has come and gone. Colorblind played both Friday and Saturday night parties again this year at the PUB and outdoors at Jack-sons in Richland. Crazy people were out in force both nights. The PUB was packed and of course Sat night at Jack-sons was over the top. Thanks to all that came out and we hope to do it again next year. Up next we are going to celebrate a little high school reunion for our lead singer Dave Warner. This event is private down in Milton Freewater and sure to be a blast. See you again soon.July 6th, 2008: Colorblind had a great time on July 4th. That was so much fun playing to all the people down at the park. We had a nice crowd of younger kids and their parents huddled around the stage, dancing and have a great time. As I looked out beyond the bleachers I could see thousands of people just relaxing and listening to the music through the park. The fireworks were loud, close and in your face. Thanks to Roland Thompson, Concert Productions and all the good people that made the music events a success. We hope to do that again next year!!!July 1st, 2008: Colorblind is gearing up for a cool show on July 4th. The band will be the closing headliner of an all day lineup of music and entertainment at the BIG Kennewick "River of Fire" 4th of July Fireworks Show!!!! That's a mouthful. We take the stage at 8:30 pm and play right up to the first skyrocket leaves the ground. This year's festival is going to be the closest ever from the band stage to the actually lift off point for the fireworks... I talking about @1000 feet way!!! That's right, so get to the park early and put your butt right in front of the temporary stage that will be erected next to the Playground of Dreams. Again, Colorblind performs from 8:30pm to lift off...!!! This is going to be the best fireworks show ever!!!!June 22nd, 2008: Dave is back!!!! Colorblind had a two great parties this past weekend. Friday night at Jack-sons in Richland for the big Cool Desert Nights street dance and Saturday night at the fairgrounds in Kennewick for the KHS All Class Reunion. Both nights were packed with fans, friends and so many new faces. We lucked out with the weather on Friday night and Sat night we were indoors bldg #2 at the fairgrounds so both nights were perfect. With so many things going on this past weekend it's amazing we had the crowds we did both nights. The KHS All Class Reunion was over the top. That has to be the best time we have every had performing to a crowd. Everyone was into the party and the dance floor was packed with hundreds of bodies all night..No shit...ALL NIGHT! Thanks to my new friend Lee Ford for hiring us to perform and everyone involved in making that night one of my most memorable..did I mentioned Dave is back!!!!! Up next for Colorblind is a fundraiser we are going to join in on for my friend Duncan Pryce. Duncan has had some recent health issues and we are going to help raise some money for his medical bills. Duncan is a popular musician here in the Tri-Cities and I think all of us musicians in town have shared the stage once or twice with Duncan over the years. We are going to perform a 45 minute set on Sun, June 29th at the Island Casino in Kennewick. The music lineup includes 10 local bands and the music gets started around 12:00 noon. Colorblind takes the stage somewhere around 3 pm in the afternoon. This is a no cover event and donations will be accepted for the cause. Hope to see some of our fans show up Sunday afternoon to support this...and......July 4th, Colorblind will be rocking as we perform the pre-firework show in Columbia Park..More details to follow....June 8th, 2008: Colorblind had a great time last night at The PUB. Packed as always and tons of fun for all. Big story is Dave, our front man was 99% of his old self, which pleased us all. We are so happy he is back and doing what he does.....Da man is da party!!! One issue that I need to get off my chest is the fact that The PUB has started a new policy for bands not allowing us to have one invited guest per band member. We, Colorblind have always had a guest list that basically contains a list of our wives or girlfriends...one per band member and they would not have to pay cover. Well unannouced to us, this policy is now in effect at The PUB and it was an issue last night. If your wondering why there are no pictures to enjoy from that party last night...thank the management, they were mandating that Colorblind's band photography, my wife Libby pay cover. She refused, walked out and didn't come back. Looks like I got some issues to work out with management over there. Again...sorry for not having the Colorblind trademark photos from last night. Putting the PUB behind us..... we a few weeks off until a busy weekend on June 20th and 21st. Two big performances in-town. The Friday night street dance at Jack-sons in Richland will kick it off. We'll have the great rocking blues band from Seattle, Roger Enders performing those alternating sets with Colorblind...music will be non-stop and the party will be redlining all night. On Sat, June 21st Colorblind will be the headliner at the big KHS All Class Reunion. This event is being held out at the Fairgrounds in Kennewick and should be attended by thousands!!!June 1st, 2008: Colorblind and Nasty Jack had a great time last night out at Jack-sons in Richland. The weather held out..the wind calmed down and we had a very comfortable evening. Great crowd later after the game was over and as always thanks goes out to Chuck and his crew at Jack-sons for another great party. Colorblind would play outside their over any venue in town. Again, we had a blast, Nasty Jack rocked and all is well....Colorblind is back at The PUB next Sat night, June 7th. Dave should be in full form by Sat as his recovery from surgery has progressed well. Oh I almost forgot....Check-out the new photos of my new drumset. ..:)May 26th, 2008: Colorblind did the opening act yesterday for the Jimmy Buffet tribute band. What a great crowd and a beautiful day it turned out to be. Dave, our lead singer was a trooper performing 15 songs just 1-1/2 weeks from having major disc surgery. We played a "tame" set of music to help Dave get through that 1 hour performance and he did wonderful. Thanks to all that were there during our opening set and all who made the time following the set to say how much they enjoyed our song selections. Thank also to Mark Blotz and company from Clover Island for having us open up the show. Up next we'll be at Jack-sons in Richland on Sat May 31st. We'll be performing with the local band "Nasty Jack". This will help Dave as he get's stronger and recovers remarkably. See ya out this next weekend. It should be a great show!!!!!May 23th, 2008: Some of the Colorblind band members went out tonight to catch the IV show at the new Island Casino music club. I must say that is a first rate setup. They have a nice built in stage, house PA system and a incredible light show. All this is available to the bands and it is run by two employeed technicans. Unfortuntly, Colorblind's schedule has made it difficult for us to be there this year, but we'll make in there sooner or later. Oh, I forget to mentioned, IV had a good crowd and they sounded really good. For a three piece band they cover alot of music. Good job fellows......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!!