Gig diary from some of the F5 shows of 2004
Jan 7, 04: The Alamo
Great night at the 'Mo, first gig of the year. We will be taking the
rest of January off. SHOUT OUTS: Stella and Loren (pic), Loren
attended her last F5 gig before moving to New Jersey
Feb 13, 04 Forty-Niner
Feb 20, 04 Marleys
Feb 28, 04 Alamo
Mar 6, 04 Marleys
Mar 19, 04 Marleys
Mischievous mayhem at Marleys... SHOUT OUTS: John Fergusen of Big Fur and Oakie Morris of Ultraviolet, of whom both sat in on a few
Mar 27, 04 Forty-Niner
Packed, crazy night at the 'Niner. SHOUT OUTS Mike Marcy, good job as always, and Oakie
Apr 10, 04 Marleys
Party-like atmosphere from start to finish. Ben Lowder, publisher of Abe Magazine, sat in on rap while Drew is on vacation, and did a fantastic job. SHOUT OUTS: The great bar staff at Marleys, ALWAYS on top of getting the drinks out to everybody...make sure you tip these people!
Apr 21, 04 Marleys
May 8, 04 Alamo
May 14 04, Marleys
May 22 '04, Alamo
May 28 '04, Springfield Air Rendezvous Prevous Party
Finally got good weather for the Prevous Party, and it was a HUGE, awesome turnout. Way fun! We had John Fergusen from Big Fur play bass for us (Kenny did back up vocal work and some bass). MORE PICS SHOUT OUTS: My wife Roxanne, Kerry and Page (happy birthday), Julie Clark (THANKS), John F, TJ & Courtney
June 3 '04, Alamo
A Thursday at the Alamo SHOUT OUTS: EVERYBODY!
June 12 '04, Farmersville Irish Days
Awesome turnout for the ALWAYS crazy Farmerville bash. Carbon Copy also played. The rain held off for once! MORE PICS SHOUT OUTS: Eric Webb (you rock dude), Jeanie, Julie, Howie and Todd from CC, and TJ, Kelly and Courtney (THANKS!)
June 18 '04, Sangamon County Fair
And yet again...bad weather predicted all day...and it didn't rain on us (YEAH BABY)! A PACKED, CRAZY tent at the fair. MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: The awesome bartenders that took care of us all night, Al Roker
June 19, '04, Chatham Homecoming
No rain, but the temps dipped into the low 50's. Still, a huge crowd showed, thanks to all that came. MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Ben Lowder, of whom sat in for the fair and Homecoming for Drew, THANKS!, Stan, and Fred Garvin (MP)
June 25, '04, Marleys
We overcame some early PA problems and played the whole show, great crowd for a summer night.
SHOUT OUTS: Rerun from What's Happening
July 3, '04 Capital Street Celebration
RAINED all day, right up until showtime, then it stopped...a great night downtown for the "PG" show, an all-ages crowd, and once again, we beat the rain! MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Val Bolinger, Springfield Jaycees, KISS-FM, WFMB, Brad Martin, and let's not forget Screech (Saved by the Bell)
July 17, '04 Chatham Sweetcorn Festival
Awesome turnout, a record crowd of over 7000. One of the biggest festivals all year, we had TOO good of a time. MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Chatham Jaycees, Miller and WDBR, and Punky Brewster
July 24, '04 Lake Press Club Summerfest
John Fergusen played bass and did really awesome, (a scary talent he is), and Scott learned an extra bunch of tunes and did great also, while Kenny was in session. But we had RAIN...all night, and chilly temps. We found a place to play, and a lot of people came out despite the bad weather.
SHOUT OUTS: Everybody that came out, the stage dancers, Lake Press Club folks, and Marsha Brady
August 11, '04 Alamo
SHOUT OUTS: Miller Beer for the new banners, and Danny Partridge
August 13, '04 ISF, Miller Tent
The first of five at the fair, an awesome crowd, a great night despite chilly temps MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Doug Warcup, Jan Brady
August 14, '04 ISF, Miller Tent
A crazy, packed to capacity tent all night, starting early with Kevin and the City Limits band. Guests for F5 included Doug Goulson from Mr. Opporknockitty , and also Oakie Morris. MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Tim Ryan, City Limits, and Peter Brady
August 19, '04 ISF, Miller Tent
Special thanks to Maria Libri from Fox 55 for coming and doing an intro for us.
SHOUT OUTS: Backup vocals from Kim Cody
TGIF, another great night at the fair, and a packed house. Filthy Johanson, featuring 3 former F5-ers, opened and did great. Guests were John Fergusen from Big Fur, Stan Komperda from Filthy Johanson, Oakie Morris from Ultra Violet. MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: John, Stan, Oakie
August 20, '04 ISF, Miller Tent
August 21, '04 ISF, Miller Tent
An AWESOME crowd, packed all night, and a great ending to our fair gigs.
THANKS to everybody that came out and made this a great night, and a great weekend all together. We'll cya next year! MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: E & F, Busters for the after-party, the state troopers from Rockford (pepper spray, Jeff?!?), Oakie for always helping out
August 27, '04 Marleys
SHOUT OUTS: The always awesome bartenders at Marleys
September 3, '04 Edinburg Celebration
Fantastic crowd, awesome response to everything we played, EDINBURG rocks! MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Stacie, Kellie (the lone dancer), Sandy & co. (corndogs?)
September 11, '04 Springfield Air Rendezvous Hangar Party
For the last big festival of the year, perfect weather. Awesome crowd, guests were Stan Komperda, John Fergusen, Oakie Morris. Thanks also to Hot Property (opening band) for letting me (Tom) sit in with them, that was a great time. MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Julie, another great job, another huge success
September 24, '04 Marleys
Packed despite having nowhere to park because of an arts festival (streets blocked off), thanks to all for making the effort. Guests included: Ben Lowder, Robin Bosie Cunningham of Post War Fords (formerly of F5), John Fergusen of Big Fur (one song on bass, one on guitar, and one on lead vocal...John, keys and drums next time, huh?)
SHOUT OUTS: Scott for learning the extra songs in a week
October 1, '04, Busters
Grand opening of Busters, packed house, great night.
SHOUT OUTS:Jen and Bri, for making this gig happen
October 16, '04, Alamo
Great night back at the Alamo.
SHOUT OUTS:Bri for the pics, Ken and Janet for pushing through
October 30, '04, Marleys
The annual Halloween show turned out to be...insane! The place was just jammed packed all night. The costume contest had 40+ contestants, and it took nearly an hour to run through them all. First place ($200): Pirate Jack, 2nd ($100): The Village People, 3rd ($50 bar credit): Milli Vanilli, 4th ($20) Jason. MORE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:Maria Libri for hosting the entire contest and doing an awesome job, our guest singer/players-John Fergusen, Ben Lowder, and our terrific doormen for handling the humongous crowd.
November 6, '04, Alamo
Back to normal at the Alamo, packed, great weather and a great night.
SHOUT OUTS John Fergusen of Big Fur, of whom sat in for Tony and played guitar and did vocals, an AWESOME job!
November 19, '04, Marleys
Crazy night at Marleys, mid-November, but it felt like summer in there
SHOUT OUTS Janet, two gigs with two broken bones!
December 4, '04, Alamo
Packed and awesome at the 'Mo
SHOUT OUTS John Fergusen for his constant support, and talent (of course), and to the crowd that responded to everything we played
December 11, '04, Busters
Busters covered part of the beer garden, and opened up the party room to fit more people, so now there's a lot of room to move around. The place was packed!
SHOUT OUTS The bartenders at Busters
December 17, '04, Marleys
Our last gig of the year, the last posting on this archive. F5's 8th Anniversary party was a huge night, thanks to all that come see us, we do appreciate you coming out. If you have time, please leave us a comment on our message board during our break.
SHOUT OUTS F5 FANS!
