cmatthes Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 Greetings, HFC Forumites! As promised, here is the information for the first-ever DC Gathering:WHEN: Saturday July 29thWHERE: Olney, MDThe Olney Tavern - 18101 Town Center DriveMap HERE!WHAT: A Down With The Man gig with HFC attendees welcome as special sit-in guests, preceded bv a pre-gig private reception at Rocketeria to gawk at stuff (LOTS of Hamers including personal collection stuff and some historically significant pieces) and group dinner.Rocketeria will close to the general public at 6pm, at which time y'all will be invited to stay. Many cool guitars will be on display and beer/wine/cheese/etc. will be served for our guests. From there, we'll assemble for a group dinner (location TBD but close by), then off to the evening's festivities!AIRPORTS:Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)1 Aviation Cir, Washington, DC (20.68 miles away)(Metro Accessible to METRO (subway) Red Line destinations)Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)PO Box 8766, Baltimore, MD (21.55 miles away)Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)Chantilly, VA (24.45 miles away)If you're renting a car the easiest "get" to Olney is BWI. Reagan National will get you *close* but not all the way to Olney via Metro Rail's Red Line. Only opt Dulles if Chris B., Seeker Dave or Mark B. promise to pick you up and bring you out. Note to out-of-towners, call/email Chris Matthes or Dave Peers with your arrival times and ground transportation to talk you through DC traffic timing!HOTELS:We recommend finding a hotel in Rockville, MD, near the Rockville or Twinbrook Metro (subway) stops. Lots of choices, easy to get into DC for sightseeing/monument hopping, a simple 15 minute drive to Olney. We'll post details on specific recommendations here later, but the Doubletree Rockville should be closest to the Twinbrook station.Other events in the area on Friday include Y&T, Yardbirds, Kenny Chesney & American Idols Live! More details on fun things going on in the DC area that weekend as we get them in...
elduave Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 Right on. There are also walking distance hotels near the Shady Grove stop. Please RSVP to this thread BY JULY 1ST if you're coming and need a room. Ariana (my lovely wife) will then look into group rates and we'll set up a concrete Cen-Com. We will also look into shuttle service so that partiers can get back to the hotel safely. Stay tuned.Song list will be posted within the next day or so. Let us know what you want to play on what song and we'll make it happen. If you'd like to do something not on the list, just post it here and we'll work it up.
elduave Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 As promised, a song list:ABBA-Dancing Queen (Yayhoos version)AUDIOSLAVE-Doesn't Remind MeBEATLES-I’ve Just Seen A FaceBEATLES-Paperback WriterBLACK CROWES-RemedyBOWIE, DAVID-Space OddityCHICAGO-Does Anybody Really Know What Time It IsCLASH-I Fought the Law COSTELLO, ELVIS-Peace, Love & UnderstandingCULT-She Sells SanctuaryDADA-DimDEF LEPPARD-Pour Some Sugar On MeDEGRAW, GAVIN-I Dont Want to BeDIAMOND, NEIL-Cherry CherryDIAMOND, NEIL-Sweet CarolineFASTBALL-The WayFOREIGNER-Dirty White BoyHONEYMOON SUITE-New Girl NowINXS-Never Tear Us ApartJ. GEILS BAND-Love StinksJOEL, BILLY-You May Be RightJOHN, ELTON-Bennie And The JetsKAISER CHIEFS-I Predict A RiotKILLERS-All These Things That I’ve DoneKNACK-Good Girls Don’tMAROON 5-This LoveOASIS-Champagne SupernovaPETTY, TOM-American GirlPETTY, TOM-The WaitingPINK FLOYD-Comfortably NumbPINK FLOYD-Wish You Were HereQUEEN-Crazy Lil Thing Called LoveRADIOHEAD-The BendsSCHOOL OF FISH-3 Strange DaysSCISSOR SISTERS-Take Your Mama OutSCISSOR SISTERS-LauraSIMON & GARFUNKEL-Mrs. RobinsonSUBLIME-What I GotVILOENT FEMMES-Add It UpVIOLENT FEMMES-Blister In The SunYOUNG, NEIL-Cinammon GirlMARVELOUS 3-Sugarbuzz (Stike-Guitar, needs singer)SHAZAM-Calling Sidney-(Carmie-Vox/Guitar? George?)CHEAP TRICK-If You Want My Love (Poe-Vox)BAD COMPANY-Rock Steady (Poe-Vox, Stike-Guitar, Kiz-Guitar)POP, IGGY-I Wanna Be Your Dog (Gary-Guitar)POP, IGGY-Search & Destroy (Gary-Guitar)DIAMOND, NEIL-Cherry Cherry (George-Bass)ROLLING STONES-Live With Me (Carmie, Bruce)
cmatthes Posted June 5, 2006 Author Posted June 5, 2006 Keep in mind that this is just a typical set list - we've got more that's not on there and are open to pulling down songs/stuff YOU guys want to play. If we don't know it, we'll learn it (or at least get our drummer behind it!).
Stike Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 ABBA-Dancing Queen (Yayhoos version) Will I get cool points if I bring Terry Anderson with me?Hey Chris/Dave, wanna work up M3's "Sugarbuzz"? I've always wanted an excuse to learn it.
elduave Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 ABBA-Dancing Queen (Yayhoos version) Will I get cool points if I bring Terry Anderson with me?Umm, yeah.Hey Chris/Dave, wanna work up M3's "Sugarbuzz"? I've always wanted an excuse to learn it. I'm down with Marvelous 3 but you'd need to sing it Stike. Can do?
elduave Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 If you want everyone to leave. Pretty sure it's out of my range. I'll add it to the list and say it needs a singer...
cmatthes Posted June 5, 2006 Author Posted June 5, 2006 If nobody bum-rushes the stage area, we could see if our drummer would take that one on!
edgar_allan_poe Posted June 6, 2006 Posted June 6, 2006 I am not familiar with that song, but I will download it and get back to you guys. If its in my range I will do it.
elduave Posted June 6, 2006 Posted June 6, 2006 I am not familiar with that song, but I will download it and get back to you guys. If its in my range I will do it. Thanks Poe. I'm puttin' you down for If You Want My Love as well...
edgar_allan_poe Posted June 6, 2006 Posted June 6, 2006 Thanks Poe. I'm puttin' you down for If You Want My Love as well... YES!!!!! I have no idea if I can pull that off...but I have always wanted to give it a shot. Just don't expect me to sing anything immediately after that one...LOL!!!
JohnnyThunders Posted June 7, 2006 Posted June 7, 2006 I'm flying in Saturday morning, I booked a room and car but can cancel it. I would rather stay at command central hotel and shuttle service sounds good because I'm going to party like its 1975 or whatever year was my big party year. Can't remember!
elduave Posted June 7, 2006 Posted June 7, 2006 I'm flying in Saturday morning, I booked a room and car but can cancel it. I would rather stay at command central hotel and shuttle service sounds good because I'm going to party like its 1975 or whatever year was my big party year. Can't remember! Right on. We need proper RSVP's here folks so we can get a hotel deal going! If you're an out of towner but don't want in on a group rate, please let us know!Gary Cooper, what song is it you wanna play?
JohnnyThunders Posted June 7, 2006 Posted June 7, 2006 I wasn't planning on bringing a guitar or playing since I was going to party down!But I could play the rythm part on I Wanna be your Dog by the Stooges or maybe the Clash I fought the Law.
elduave Posted June 7, 2006 Posted June 7, 2006 I wasn't planning on bringing a guitar or playing since I was going to party down!But I could play the rythm part on I Wanna be your Dog by the Stooges or maybe the Clash I fought the Law. I Fought The Law. Added. You can use onre of our fiddles...
bobbymack Posted June 7, 2006 Posted June 7, 2006 I'd love to come and visit the ol' stompin' grounds, but have gigs both nights that weekend...
ctrixie Posted June 10, 2006 Posted June 10, 2006 We're flying into Baltimore Friday afternoon & renting a car. Add us to the Command Central gang! Great song list - I'll brush up on vocals & George is up for ANY Neil Diamond you can throw at him, Cheap Trick or whatever bass duties. Bruce, how 'bout an encore of Live With Me? Chris, if you've figured out how to play Calling Sydney, send me the chords. I'm also good for Sunshine Tonite or Some Other Time.This is gonna be great!
elduave Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Cool. I'll put George down for bass on a Neil tune and you guys just firm up the Shazam stuff and let me know...
kizanski Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 If Poe's comin' I wanna do Rock Steady. Added. ...can I get in on that?
BruceM Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 I've been shopping for flights, but can't find anything decently priced without getting up before the sun on Sunday. Anyone wanna stay up all night?I'll keep looking.
cmatthes Posted June 18, 2006 Author Posted June 18, 2006 Kiz:You and Poe on Rock Steady? No problems!Bruce:NOBODY sleeps around here, man!
kizanski Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 Kiz:You and Poe on Rock Steady? No problems! Advance photos (don't say you weren't warned)....
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