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aka Weavils Blog
...so on Sat., 7/17/4, I was hangin' with guitarist Roger Steen in a hotel bar in Port Washington, WI after the Fishday Festival in which The Tubes opened for Blue Oyster Cult. He suggested that I start a blog to document my times and travels.

me with roger steen of the tubes on 7/14/4
This is my blog...thanks Roger

(photo by Sharon - cropped by smeeg)
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*all photos by me with phone unless stated otherwise*
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the ONLY time this will ever happen!
hope you enjoyed it

4/1/6
BEST HUNCHIE'S SHOW YET!

many thanks to tammy (hunchie's webmaster) for shootin' these photos with my phone
guest superstar drummer Travis Plantico RAWKED the house!

great shot by hunchie's webmaster Tammy...THANKS!

3/30/6
more press from the trib...thanks ladies!
Acoustic air: Live performances from local artists at Mulligan’s Irish Pub in downtown Wisconsin Rapids. 212 W. Grand Ave. Who might show? Members of The Lizardz, Bob Kosmoski, Cismo, Tom DeWitt. Come and find out. It starts at 9 p.m. today. It’s free. Want to play along? Bring your instrument. Music will be provided. 423-1166.
(although no mention of artist of the monthe being neil young)

Live Lizardz: The Lizardz will be at Big Hunchie’s Road House, 2408 Division St., Stevens Point (next to Skipp’s Bowling Center). It’s on Saturday ... and it’s free! Travis Plantico from Wheels on Fire will be the guest drummer. The first 50 people will get a free CD from The Lizardz. 9:30 p.m. 344-9515

New page with LOTS of LIVE Jeff tunes!

very cool to hang with all male lizardz after rehearsal watching the new cars and other great stuff on The Wall

3/28/6
finished a looooong weekend's work with Milo on The Lizardz' "Boots. Vol 2"

LIVE LIZARDZ - "Boots Vol. 2"
BIG HUNCHIE'S ROADHOUSE 4/2006 EDITION
1. Opener->Point Special Beer^ (1:50)
2. Who Do (Lars/The Lizardz) (2:42)
3. Hard to Handle (3:29)
4. Make It Happen (Gauss/Finucan) (4:46)
5. The Weight (5:09)
6. Gypsy Moth (Trouvelot's Mess) (Plante/Rybicki) (5:15)
7. Iko Iko->Not Fade Away->Who Do You Love->Not Fade Away (7:00)
8. After the Gold Rush (4:00) ^
9. California (Rodencal) (2:22)^
10. Low Rider (with Travis Plantico) (5:23)
11. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)* (5:41)
12. Jambalaya (2:36)
13. I Didn't Come to Dance (Stellman) (7:40)
14. Sympathy for the Devil (6:37)
15. Are You Gonna Be My Girl? (4:37)
16. Closer (0:13)

Total Time: 69:31
# All songs 4/8/5 Big Hunchie's Roadhouse - Stevens Point, WI except where noted
^ = Studio - Area 31

C and P 2006 Area 31
Produced by Milo Plante and Jeff Gauss
*=Produced by Mike Haessig
Original recordings by Mike Haessig
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3/18/6

john luc at den 2 w/ TR's reflection

3/17/6
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
is this why it was so fukkin' strange at mulligan's tonight?

a blood red full moon hung over the 'pids as the nuts flopped about

clowning with the kids before work

more press from the daily tribune
Go green: St. Patrick's Day festivities for the Irish -- or anyone feeling Irish this weekend.

At Mulligan's, The Weavils will entertain with "psychedelic blues rock." And there will be green beer. It's all on Friday. The music keeps going Saturday with The Lizardz.
Both bands feature Mulligan's bartender Jeff "Weavil" Gauss on guitar and vocals.
212 W. Grand Ave. 423-1166.

(thanks jamie and deb)

3/16/6
Check Out The New Cars video!

3/15/6
Stopped into WUSP 105.5 Nekoosa to drop off
The Lizardz' "Boots Vol. 1" 2/2006 Wildhorse Edition
and we spun the ever-amazing Gypsy Moth (Trouvelot's Mess) much to his delight
He (Charlie Midnight) plans to feature us and this disc Friday, March 24 from 3:30p-4:30p
and i plan to make an on-the-air appearance

Dig this Toddcast featuring me!
also this blast from the past - go to #22

Hear all Toddcasts here

3/14/6
Big day in Toddland
The New Cars Video
...and LOTS MORE!

on Leno tonight

3/12 - 14/6
more work with milo on the lizardz CD "Boots Vol. 2"
Big Hunchie's 4/6 Edition

3/11/6
nephew Christopher dropped his training wheels today and ripped up and down the street...
and i forgot to take a photo!
~coming soon~

also began sifting through lizardzrecordings from big hunchie's roadhouse in stevens point on 4/8/5
in preparation for the next live lizardz CD release - amazing how much great stuff is there!
we will give away 50 of these at the show at hunchie's on 4/1/6

3/9/6

brother Grant on Porchtork w/ some good news

3/5/6
movie reviews of recent past
Ice Harvest - great to see john cusack back in action for this dark comedy that thrilled, excited at times,
but didn't quite deliver the possible payoff - worth renting though.
harold ramis director

The Weatherman - although it had moments, and i am a big nicholas cage fan, this was like watching paint dry
but with lesser results...DO SOMETHING!
(and ignore this sleeper)

Robots - with the voice talents of mel brooks, robin williams, ewen mcgregor, and halle berry in place,
this overlooked gem was full of fun, heavily dry wit, and action...great stuff, especially when projected on a
6ftX9ft wall

Be Cool - i usually despise sequels but this one was fun as it was about the music biz and made many references to how uncool sequels are, poking fun at itself quite often...plus it's always good to see travolta and uma together.
cedrick the entertainer was also quite good in this.

3/4/6
off to Menasha, where i once resided for a couple years,
for Jesus Christ Superstar rehearsal (and to meet some of the cast) with Jesus, played by Craig Hawkinson/Hawk Hawkins
Mary, played by Brooke Auxier, has got excellent control of a sweet and loving voice that should work great in the show

then to Oshkosh for Geppy's for his now legendary bachelor party, which then moved to DB's Paddock and then Peabody's
where i actually met up with a Tommy Bolin fan, the bartender Hutch
(we spun james gang bang)
...and we met up with the bachelorette party

the lovely Dee

Geppy, best bassist around

Boneyfingers, the Good Kharma Brothers and another Geppy band

the bride and groom

"so the guys wanna take me to a strip joint"...but she ain't buyin' it

always such hotties in oshkosh

3/3/6
another GREAT weavils show at the cold shot in appleton-what an awesome crowd, the room was full of positive vibes!

TR on The Wall in the early am

3/3/6
Neil Young is my Artist of the Month at Mulligan's in March...bring some down and i'll spin it

(artwork by The Green Thumb AKA me)

2/28/6
Bob Dylan open acoustic jam at Mulligan's went very well
many thanks to Lizardz mark, milo, jack, and grant, Cismo, and Bob Kosmoski
...as well as jamie and deb for the Tribune press

2/26/6

3 gigs in 24 hours culminating with hosting the monthly open jam at hollyrock's...
exhausting

look for the newest addition to Rapids' barmuda triangle coming march 10

2/25/6

Rapids pre-dawn
(photo by me w/ phone)
2/24/6

JCS in wausau with the same Judas i'll be working with in april

(photo from this website)
met up with our producer and also toured the stage and backstage-a beautiful place and good people
2/23/6
remember when madonna was a sexy thang climbin' round dick tracy's desk?

at den 2 on the wall
(photos by me w/ phone)

2/19/6

yes...he will
(hollyrock's marquee)
;)

2/18/6
The Lizardz somehow recover from the BOC show and post-jam to do a Milo-less benefit for the
Boys and Girls club of Central Wisco

at the shelter house of Lake Wazeecha

although it was fun we sure missed Milo!

post-show fun at Mulligan's
(photos by Cindy)

2/17/6
me and 2 other Lizardz road trip to green bay for a Blue Oyster Cult show

the psychedelia began just outside of stevens point as the light snow twirled and danced upon the road in front of us...

and continued as the sunset just past waupaca...

bringing us wild colors abound...

'til Buck and crew nailed us to the walls of the meyer theatre...

in preparation of the 3 guitar army

jules, buck, richie

the king in tie form

allen exits as vision blurs...

but improves as we invade the front row!

always so happy to see buck so happy

that's right...he's DA MAN!

allen prances to the Buck Zone...ya gosta love that krownos on eric's axe too

"7 Screaming Dizbusters" as first encore!
and my first live catch of this classic gem
(sure looks better up front)

richie nails "Hot Rails to Hell" as second encore!

all hail!

with drummer jules

w/ soundman woody

setlist
although it was actually
The Red & The Black
OD'd on Life
Burnin For You
ETI
Shooting Shark
ME262
Buck's Boogie
Cities on Flame
Before the Kiss (A Redcap)
Last Days of May
Godzilla
(Don't Fear) The Reaper

encores:
7 Screaming Diz Busters
Hot Rails to Hell

post-show w/ the Buckster ;)
photo by mark larson

Lizardz' keysman Mark w/ Buck

Lizardz' bassist Grant re-awakens in time to get shot w/ Buck

(then off to see this sexy lass (mary jo...formerly of hollyrock's)
at heroe's across the street where the jam session began!
(all photos by me w/ phone except where noted)

post-show jam session at Heroe's with Jack Secret (Buck's guitar tech ... as well as Alex Lifeson's),
Lizard Mark on keys, and King Buck
(Jules on drums not in picture)

Buck: "weavil, do you know Burnin' for You?"
Me: "you don't wanna do that, you play that every night. let's do something different"
Buck: "yeah, yer right"
(photo by Kira...MANY THANKS)

(so here's Jules doin' his thang)

Me: "Jules, can you chill out a bit and use dynamics?"
Jules: " i don't play that way"
(photo by Kira)

"blah, blah, blah"...and tuning
CLICK FOR VIDEO/AUDIO...THANKS MAKIS and REDCAP
(photo by Kira)

(settin' the groove with drummer Jules)
CLICK FOR VIDEO/AUDIO...THANKS MAKIS and RECAP
(photo by Kira)

ya think Buck's havin' fun?!
(photo by Kira)
~MANY THANKS to Those Gringos for letting us takeover their stage for a bit~

we did my "staples":
born in chicago
black cat bone
not fade away->mona->NFA

Why do these BOC shows always include such dancing?!

with Robzilla
(photo by Kira)

~~~~~*****many more EXCELLENT photos here...thanks kira!*****~~~~~

2/14/6
Happy VD (Valentine's Day) to all
...and nothing says "VD" like Bond, James Bond
another Bond marathon on AMC with plenty (o' toole) seen at Mulligan's including the classic
"Diamonds Are Forever"

2/12/6
nephew, and now rock star (see below), christopher models his axe!

(photo by me w/ phone)

2/11/6
i have accepted the position of open mic host at Hollyrock's
the last sunday of (almost) every month
starts at 7pm, instruments provided
all welcome, all ages, all styles

2/9/6
Mr. Billy brought his remarkable program to port edwards school district so that i got to see my nephew LIVE and in concert,
as opposed to the usual way-the reversal of him seein' me

christopher preparin' for the stage

first graders doin' their soon-to-be world famous tune-ROCKET MATH

by The Number Rockers (Grade 1)
It only takes a minute
To get our answers done
Learn and memorizing
Math facts can be fun

Rocket Math, Rocket Math
A sixty second number blast
Lots of fun, exciting, fast
Rocket Math, Rocket Math

We need to bring our pencils
Paper and our brains
To reach a higher level
With our partner is our game

comin' off the stage!

now THERE'S an axe!
(complete with solar system)
(photos by me w/ phone)

2/8/6

turnin' 21 can be so beautiful
at the 'Rocks post-Lizardz rehearsal

2/6/6
Milo and i finished the first of, hopefully, many live Lizardz compilations which we can tailor to various venues after 16 hours of perusing the many live shows we have in hand...

inspired by our promo idea for the wildhorse, and our soundman's live demo cd,
the live lizardz 'authorized bootleg series' began friday by 3 of us digging through all recordings we have in hand.

notes were taken on each and every song on these discs-based on various 'tests',
some were keepers and some were not.
these 'tests' included such variables as:
is the entire song on the recording?
is this the best version available or is there a better one?
how's the mix?
any blatant errors?
(etc)
beginnings and ends were also taken into account

the initial concept was to make one cd, a 'best of' all the recordings we have in hand combined with some studio material, but as we perused through the pile we found more songs that 'passed the tests' than we thought so a 'small pile' of goodies became quite large-but much smaller than the mountain we began with.

so we began to see that we could TAILOR MAKE different editions for different venues, something that should excite owners, workers, and fans...and get live and studio recordings (and originals) out of the den and into hands outside the band. we also attempted to get all vocals and styles represented. gary is also featured (live and studio) as he has been with us at the wildhorse.

2 of us then began to assemble the first of these, designed for this month's wildhorse show
the 5 male lizardz listened to many of the cuts after the super bowl
the final tweak was assembling in an order that made sense and had flow
-MUCH more tricky than we thought.
also we looked at running time-many bands feel they need to fill an entire CD because they can and this often leads to death. we decided to go with under an hour so as to represent the good stuff and leave 'em wanting more.
hopefully, fans will collect and trade these (like football cards) ;)
and this may get some to go to multiple shows at different venues.

our keyboardist and art teacher mark has a great idea for the disc covers that will work well with this concept,
SO.................after 16 + hours on this project here's the scoop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LIVE LIZARDZ WILDHORSE 2/2006 EDITION
1. Who Do (Lars/The Lizardz) (2:39) #
2. Iko Iko (4:28) *
3. Hard to Handle (2:43) *
4. I Saw Him Standing There (2:58) *
5. Low Rider with Gary Mossak (7:28) *
6. Gypsy Moth (Trouvelot's Mess)
(Plante/Rybicki) (3:56) ^
7. Low (5:26) ^
8. Shiny Ford Truck (Lars) (4:45) ^
9. Early Springtime Rainfall with Gary Mossak
(O'Day/Plante) (3:18) ^
10. The Last Time (4:42) ##
11. Almost Cut My Hair*/True Friends~ (7:46)

Total Time: 50:11
# = Hotel Mead Lot - WI Rapids (Hogs to Bogs) 10/8/05
* = Wildhorse Saloon - Kellner 4/16/04
^ = Studio - Area 31
## = Hotel Mead Churchill Room 12/9/05
~ = Hollyrock's - WI Rapids 11/20/04

C and P 2006 Area 31
Produced by Milo Plante and Jeff Gauss
Original recordings by Mike Haessig
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2/3/6
workin' with Milo in Area 31 on a new live compilation from The Lizardz
that we hope to unveil this month in Kellner at the Wildhorse Saloon

2/1/6
Bob Dylan is the Artist of the Month at Mulligan's in February
Jeff can be found there Tuesdays and Thursdays after 8pm

An Open Dylan Acoustic Jam will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 9pm

(freehand artwork by The Green Thumb aka Jeff, scan by mike and jaime...THANKS!)

1/31/6
the first Artist of the Month campaign at Mulligan's went well...as you can (barely) see

Bob Kosmoski (my guitar teacher ages ago) layed down "Eleanor Rigby" and some other
Beatles' gems with his monster touchstyle axe

Some Lizardz with John Cismo
(photo by me with my phone)
THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED FOR SUPPORTING THIS AND MAKING IT POSSIBLE

the opening to my buddy's pad...think this impresses?!...that's where last night led ;)

1/30/6

the "majestic beast" that lives up the street from my parents' place
(photos by me with my phone)

CRAZY night with Tuck Pence and Howard "Guitar" Luedtke at The New Body Shop
(one of Rapids' two strip clubs),
the Tavern League Party,
and jam session at Hollyrock's
(where i played bass including a bit of "God of Thunder")

1/29/6
Happy 14th Birthday to The Weavils
Here's the crossed guitars at Hollyrock's in Wis Rapids...where a 1995 Weavils poster hangs in the back room

(photo by me with my phone)
1/26/6
Sometimes it's good to be a big fish in a small pond...more press!

Posted January 26, 2006
Mulligan's inaugurates artist of the month
Beatles fans, January is for you at Mulligan's Irish Pub, 212 W. Grand Ave. The British rockers were named the artist of the month for January, and you still have two more nights to get in on the fun.
Patrons can bring in or request Beatles songs tonight and Tuesday during regular hours.
A special live performance with an informal acoustic Beatles "jam" band also will take place beginning at 9 p.m. Tuesday in the main room at the venue.
The band will feature Jeff "Weavil" Gauss, several members of The Lizardz and other area musicians.
Gauss will be behind the bar with acoustic guitar in hand and several songbooks will be placed around the bar. Participating musicians will receive free drink tokens.
Depending on the success of this month's event, Gauss plans to hold similar artist of the month promotions in the future.
Jamie Jung, Daily Tribune

(Thanks Jamie)

1/25/6
Happy Birthday DAD!
got through the rest of The Beatles' albums at Mulligan's tonight...
Abbey Road and Let It Be
(and bits of the three Anthologies)
BIG THANKS to Lizardz' Milo and Grant for rounding out the collection for me to spin

1/21/6
The New Cars
featuring Todd Rundgren

Friday, January 20 2006 Setlist:

Just What I Needed
Let's Go
You're All I Got Tonight
You Might Think
Best Friends Girl
I Saw The Light
Candy-O
Not Tonight (new tune)
Drive (sung by Kasim)
Moving in Stereo
Shake It Up
Dangerous Type
Bye Bye Love

encore

Open My Eyes
Good Times Roll

~i am VERY excited about todd and elliot performing together~
(photo from 1/20/6 by TikiGirl/Lani...THANKS SO MUCH)

(1/20/6 photo courtesy of Scott at trbazaar...THANKS)

1/20/6

what once took this great kid (nephew Christopher) six months to solve
(Scooby Doo at the Sphynx Mystery)
now takes a mere 90 minutes!

1/18/6

bought season one of this amazing TV series...LOVIN' IT
...and what a theme song!
(John Luc of The Weavils teases this almost every show)

1/16/6

brother Tilly hidin' in the comfy zone

1/13/6
the new year brought a SCARY friday the 13th almost immediately...complete with full moon
(and witch's halo-not pictured)

SO...if that wasn't SCARY enough
that meant The Lizardz played my old high school cafeteria as part of
SPORTSTAINMENT,
obviously a combination of sports (high school basketball) and entertainment (us)

Highlights included:
Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
"We don't need no education" in a school (!!!!!)
complete w/ me soloing on plastic chair (LOL)
and this AMAZING kid named Alex that TORE UP the drums for
"Wipeout" and a killer drum solo...
we also did a terrible version of "Johnny B. Good" that he just couldn't keep up with

Quote of the night comes from him
Alex (with his dad): "Can I play your drums?"
Jack (lizardz drummer): "Youth must be served"
Alex: "I'll serve YOU!"

...then later
Alex: "Just two more and I'm outta here!"

!!!!!!ALL in attendance (including/especially the band) were blown away!!!!!!
...NOT KIDDING-this kid is excellent
Alex, you readin' this?
If so, please contact us

1/1/6
my artist of the month promotion at MULLIGAN's in WI Rapids
~212 W. Grand Ave. 715/423-1166~
is for people to listen to or bring in music by the artist of the month on
Tuesdays and Thursdays during the month.
January's artist is The Beatles. People have asked,
"how does an artist become the artist of the month?".
Simply put, I choose them based on my favorites and am open to suggestions from others.

i have done this twice since starting work at mulligan's in late september.
artists featured in the past two months have been:

*dec-tommy bolin
*nov-todd rundgren

next month will be a different artist.

this month is special as the last day of the month (tuesday, jan. 31) will feature a LIVE PERFORMANCE.
this will be an informal acoustic Beatles "jam"
taking place in the main room
(and not the back room where live music usually takes place),
using no PA (amplification) with the exception of a hofner bass/amp,
and featuring many of my friends/bandmates/collegues, including
several members of The Lizardz and other Wisconsin musicians.
The live performance will begin around 9pm on Tuesday, January 31.
I will be behind the bar with acoustic guitar in hand and several songbooks will be placed
around the bar. participating musicians will receive free drink tokens.

similar live performances of other artists of the month may take place in a
similar fashion in the future if this is successful.

12/22/5

"I'm goin' in...to Sin City"
(den 2-photo by me w/ phone)

even strippers must have christmas-temptations (mulligan's neighbor) shows off some killer art
(yet another photo by me w/ phone)

12/10/5

niece megan gettin' comfy
(photo by me w/ phone)

11/30/5

the new TODD RUNDGREN DVD came out today and it is stellar
taken from the LIARS tour of 2004, this is not to be missed
(screenshots by nightotter)

11/26/5

modeling the latest in trbazaarwear at the wildhorse saloon in kellner, pre-lizardz "show"
(photo by grant meyer with my cell)

11/25/5

nephew christopher shoots us with my cell

F"little miss megan" gets a brush lesson from my sis'

the coolest kid in the universe
(photos by me w/ phone)