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There aren’t many Pittsburgh legends known with just one name. Say “Donnie,” or, rather, “Dahnie,” in these parts and everyone knows exactly who you’re talking about. Donnie Iris has been a legend in Western Pennsylvania going all the way back to the late ’60s as a member of The Jaggerz. Iris, whose soaring vocals powered the hits “Ah! Leah!,” “Love Is Like a Rock” and “My Girl,” died Monday, according to friends and bandmates, after battling bladder cancer for three years. He was 83. “For my money, he was the most beloved Pittsburgh musician of all time,” his colleague Joe Grushecky said. “I don’t know anyone who was loved more than Donnie. He just had that warmth about him, and it came through in his performance.” Born Dominic Ierace in New Castle and raised in Ellwood City, Iris grew up on a steady diet of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Elvis Presley and, eventually, the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Motown. We saw him in February, and he still had the voice and could still hit the high notes. He was doing a very cool arrangement of "Ah! Leah", starting as a slower, bluesier take on it before breaking into the classic version. RIP, Donnie, and thank you for the music.

I guess not everyone hates victory inlays.

Get a room.

If it makes you feel any better, your buyer probably got less than he paid you from Carter.

Today Cheap Trick canceled tour dates for next year. A friend sent this to me.

In the case of this particular flipper all I can say is "Eat more tuna"... Too dark?

Did I mention he has really fast hands?

Looks like someone snagged it.

Flipper!

Not conflating correlation with causation, but not since the Feds got rid of all of the stills. 😉

Good to know...............can't think of anyone I know that is in the market for one of those except my friend who has been after mine for years. Mine is a Pearce G2r in the solid oak cabinet............... all 85 lbs. of it. It's a beast! in more ways than one!

People are dicks. Wee, tiny dicks.

Son of a bitch- I sold that to a old dude not 3 or so months ago for about half that. Gave him a deal because he was a "huge Hamer fan, but broke and on a pension". Mother fucker.

On that sweater note- I never thought about how fucking hot he must have been onstage in those sweaters. Must have been sweltering. When I did the Cheap Trick tribute gig I went with the silk jacket look (a Hamer silk jacket in fact) and it was warm AF, so those knitted nightmares must have unbearable. I tip my baseball cap to the master on yet another way he was a better man than I.

Yeah. A sweater was about the only thing in the auction I thought I might be able to afford. I was wrong.

That man does like his sweaters...I counted 56 in that auction.

I'm not sold on the Tubesteader Gainlord or else I'd have gone that route. Olly doesn't spam his pedals to reviewers before a launch, so there aren't many Gainlord demos on YouTube other than those from Tubesteader.

How much for 1/5th?

It kicked me off when I bid $350! 👀😮🤩😈🤡

Great Halloween costume 🤣

Yeah, I stopped bidding at $275.000 🤣

I may have figured it out but my method missed a step. Today I worked a 1/4” plug in and out of the FX send and return jacks, then turned the amp on to test. The weird sounds underneath the notes are gone. However, I did not check before I worked the jacks. My daughter has a migraine today so I will check later when I can turn it up more. I did play it awhile in all modes and with my pedal board and it seems OK. Before I buttoned it up, I did the Deoxit on all tube sockets and all input and output jacks - spray some on the pins and plug, seat/reseat a few times. All appears working OK. We play a party this Friday and I will give it a shakedown cruise. With the Quilter US Superblock as backup. I had to work the input jacks on my Marshall after a long time not being played. Was picking up AM radio, weird.

Orlando is the best show. I'd bet it's five times larger.