Over the Mountain: Steve's Thoughts

Sorry to anyone who may have been offended by our splash page of the cat. Its all fun and games. Us Mountain folks have weird sense of humor I guess!

Luke will be doin the honors on Sat night playing a selection from "Floggin Molley"-"Match Box 20"- "The Fox Hunt" and many more. YUENGLING BOTTLES $2.00









TALENT CONTEST all Fridays in July- $300.00 grand prize- solo and duo acoustic acts only. YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE !!! Winnings acts based on audience votes. Tell all your musician friends.



Every Tue. WING NITE-10 wings fer $3.00- $2.00 COORS LIGHT BOTTLES



Every Thur. $6.00 STEAK DINNER- 8oz Sirloin-taters-green beans- MILLER LITE BOTTLES fer $2.00

--FATHERS DAY-STEAK DINNER- $10.99

This Sunday will be yer last chance to see THE FOX HUNT afer they cross the "pond" on their UK tour. Ya just kant miss this show. The openin acts is EZ PICKINS featuring Paul Shimmel on guitar & vocals- Luke Lindholm on Mandolin & vocals- and Teck on the spoons. It'll be more fun then steppin on baby chickens and ya know how much fun that is!!.

www.thefoxhunt.net


www.myspace.com/lefoxhunt


ACOUSTIC TALENT CONTEST- first three Fridays in July- final is fourth Friday in July- $300.00 grand prize- solo and duo acts only- judged by audence. YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE !!! SIGN UP NOW !!! BEFOER IT'S TOO LATE!!

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Hey there, what are you doing Saturday night?
Why not join us at Over the Mountain?
Come early and enjoy some of Kim & Steve's great food,
then stick around while HotFoot Harry rocks Rockton from 9:30-1:00.

Hope to see you there!!!


Don't know where Over the Mountain is?? -- WHAT????!!!!

You'd better click HERE quick and get a map!


We've added some live audio to the website so you can entice your friends or get your fix if you can't make it. - Enjoy..

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This weekend is gonna be a blast, Sat. we got BOTTOM SHELF playing. This band is without-a-doubt a force to be reckoned with, I don't know how to say it any better than that, they are G R E A T. You gotta check-out their site.

www.bottomshelfrocks.com. These guys are tighter than some of the cheap bastards we git here on the Mountain.



BLUEGRASS JAM this Sunday with "The Acoustic Duo of Destruction"- HERB and HANSON, talk about a couple of playing son of a guns, these two ARE it. Some of their influences include The Greatful Dead- Bob Dylan- Bill Monroe- Vassar Clements and John Hartford. www.herbandhanson.com.

I would like to see all you bluegrass pickers git up here on Sunday and give Herb & Hanson a real "Dog Patch" welcome. Don't fergit it's a JAM bring yer instruments or ifen ya want ya kin use ours. We got a mandolin, banjo, up-right bass and a few gutiars, we also got a drum-kit and electric bass, Luke just might let ya use his fiddle, ifen ya ask him real nice. Jam starts at 7pm, and we got $2.00 domestic bottles too, all day!!!



Ifen ya would ya kin pass this e-mail along to everybody on YOUR list.



Oh yea tonight is STEAK NITE- a damn fine deal, steak dinner fer five bucks.



Steve

Well not the tramps and thieves part, I hope, but THE GYPSIES part is dead on. The HILLBILLY GYPSIES are back by popular demand and takin the stage bout 9pm. THE HILLBILLY GYPSIES are considered by a whole bunch of folks to be the best bluegrass band to ever come outta West Va. It'll be bout their 8th time on the Mountain and always put on a show that will make ya smile.

www.thehillbillygypsies.com


NEXT SUNDAY (Apr 11th) BLUEGRASS JAM WITH "THE ACOUSTIC DUO OF DESTRUCTION" HERB AND HANSON -7pm NO COVER CHARGE !!! $2.00 domestic bottles ALL DAY- $1.00 off wings.

Dust off them ole instruments, git ta the Mountain, raise a little hell, have a bunch of fun. HERB and HANSON kin make some music, thats fer sure, thats fer dang sure. www.herbandhanson.com


It's bout time ta start yer spring plantin, so ya otta git down ta "TAMMYS GREENHOUSE" and git your onion sets and starter plants and all that. TAMMYS GREENHOUSE is on the Clearfield/Curwensville hwy, they is real nice folks a runnin the place and they is also good Mountain Folk too.



I best git to the duties a hand, hope ta see youns fer THE GYPSIES tonight. Steve

The HILLBILLY GYPSIES are back!!! They're takin the stage at 9pm this Saturday, well they ain't really takin it anywhere they're gitting on it to play music and sing, ya know what I mean,don't ya? Ifen ya ain't seen this band yet then yer in fer a treat. What better way to start yer Easter holiday than ta spent Saturday with probably THE BEST bluegrass band ta ever come out of West-by GOD-Virginia, I ain't kidding either. www.thehillbillygypsies.com
Speakin bout Easter- we WILL be closed. But next Sunday (April 11th) it's a bluegrass jam with HERB & HANSON (7pm) www.herbandhanson.com So git that ole guitar or banjo or whatever outta the closet come out and jam with "The Acoustic Duo of Destruction" HERB & HANSON. These boys kin play, I shit you not.



Tonight Paul Shimmel will be makin the music while I make the steaks, anyone thats heared me sing knows why I cook and Paul sings, I won't say no more.



HAPPY EASTER Steve

THANKS HILLBILLY GYPSIES
body

Just wanna thank The Hillbilly Gypsies fer a heck of a show last night, as always it was a hoot. To all that are fans of their style of music don't forget Feb 27 West Virginias own "THE FOX HUNT" will be here. Other bluegrass bands comming - March 13th "HOGMAW" and March 20th SALTEE DOGZ.



Well the sleds are running and wantin some chow so I best git back to the galley and start a cooking. Hope to see you soon- Steve



P.S. Don't fergit Sunday is ALWAYS Open Jam here on the Mountain so dust off them old instruments ya got stashed in the closet and come on out and play some tunes with the rest of us "Mountain Folk"



Jam host this week Paul Shimmel



www.myspace.com/paulshimmel

Wann hear some country?
body

Randy Clark and the Renegade Ride are makin some music tomorrow, some "country" music, we don't git near enough country up here, I'm glad Randy lives so close. His songs are no less that great, what a writer.

It's also Miller Lite Nite with free tee shirts and hats and Miller Lite cans for only a buck, hard to beat that ain't it.



Hot Foot Harry is here on Saturday, Ifen ya wanna dance this is the band fer you, all great musicians and a hell of alot of fun



Dennis Gruenling- a master blues harmonica player and his band are here next Saturday, you don't want to miss these guys. I think i spelled his name right this time



www.dennisgruenling.com


Steve Duffalo and Paul Shimmel are doing the honors tonight for $5.00 steak dinner. Chris is out of town working so Paul is takin up the slack.



A B I G thanks to "Saltee Dogz" for the show last Sat, it WAS a good time

Hi Steve, Please can you add us to your calendar? I'm attaching a jpeg of our logo. Cheers, Bea


Bea's Performing Arts



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February 12, 2010 at Over the Mountain, Rockton, PA

www.over-the-mountain.com (814) 583-5575,

February 20, 2010 at The State Theatre, State College, PA

www.thestatetheatre.org (814) 272-0606 &
February 27, 2010 at The Reitz Theatre, DuBois, PA

www.reitztheater.com (814) 375-4274

AT 8 o’clock pm

Tickets $10



"Spellbinding, funny, and almost unbearably moving . . . it is both a work of art and an incisive piece of cultural history, a poem and a polemic, a performance and a balm and a benediction."

—Variety

Ifen ya missed THE WEEDHAWKS last Sat. and/or Sunday ya still got a chance to redeem yourself. They like it on the Mountain soo much that they decided to stick-around fer a few more days and do another show on Sat Dec 26th. These two are ENTERTAINERS in every way. Their show on Sat. was "the cats ass", one of the best ever on the Mountain. I'm glad they're stayin a while. They might play with Paul tonight fer wing nite, they DID play with "The Gordheads" last night too, what a time, they made us sound good, that ain't an easy thing to do either.

Since we just decided to book em fer Sat I didn't git to advertise in the paper or on the radio, so it would be a huge help if you would help spread the word bout this Sat. show. I know Jason Sopic will do some promoting, he loved em to death, right Jason? So if you could forward this email to all on your list it would help me and The Weedhawks a bunch. YOU GOTTA SEE THIS ACT, I ain't kiddin either. Thanks alot, Merry Christmas Steve



www.myspace.com/weedhawks

The title says it all, what a night. The music was the BEST, the crowd was really into it, the beer was a flowin, what more could ya ask for.



Woolly Mammoth did a band up job, as I knew they would, and the Gypsies, well what kin I say, they are AWESOME, I don't know any other words to discribe em, just great musicans, good folks and one FUN time. I recommed you seeing them anytime anywhere you can. I consider us very lucky to have an act of that quailty perform here on the Mountain.



Thanks to Bill for running sound, he is a vital part of this place, we love ya Bill.



Stevie and Chris are doing their thing tonight, as I said many times before if you don't like these guys and the music they make, then there is definetly something very wrong with you. Any place would be lucky to have "Six String Redemption" on their show list. And we got em every Thursday and even on a Saturday once in awhile. Ain't we lucky?-damn right we are.



Next Saturday, Halloween, it's a party, prizes fer best costume, free chow, and "Live Bait"( which happen to be one of he better bands in the area) Yea I know, you're thinking he says that bout all the bands, well I guess I do but I ain't blowin smoke, I don't want to call anybody "the fastest gun" so to speak, the quality of musicans we get here are as good as ANY, any where, I been to Nashville six times or so and seen some great stuff too, but I'm telling ya now, hell I ain't sure what I'm tellin ya cept, we git THE BEST MUSICANS here on the Mountain and Nashville ain't got much on us.

Somehow I got off the subject of Halloween, the theme for Saturday is ELVIS- so put on your polyester jumpsuit, dye your hair, grow your chops and I'll see you later baby, thank you thank you very much.



Big Bill is leading the pack Sunday fer the open jam, come out and do a tune for us.

Well it's Friday, a good night fer foot stompin and toe tapping.

"WOOLLY MAMMOTH" is on the stage at 8pm, featuring Gene on banjo, Mike on guitar and Ed MacDonald on the stand-up bass. They're warming up fer "THE HILLBILLY GYPSIES" -West Virgina's hardest driving party band- who will be starting around 9:30 or so, it promises to be a hell of a night.



Sat " SIX STRING REDEMPTION" is doing the honors of entertaining the folks, and beleive me they're good at it too.



Sunday- open jam with Big Bill Diehl



Next Sat- Halloween party with "LIVE BAIT" and an Elvis theme.



I gotta git to work see ya soon

"SALTEE DOGZ"- are you ready. This is one hard band to get, with six members it's like pulling the teeth out of Jaws ( you know the big shark) to git em all together to make some foot stompin-toe tappin music. I been trying to git em for a while now and they ARE here tonight. I kan't name all the guys but I can name most, which are STEVE FELDBAUER (mando-guitar- fiddle- banjo- hell I ain't sure ifen there's any thing with strings he can't play) ED BUKER (stand-up bass) this guys always smiling- makes ya wonder what he knows that the rest of us don't .FRANK STRAUB-yea like the beer (washboard-broiler pan- harmonica and a bunch of other cool stuff) TIM SALTER-another guys thats always happy (guitar) MARC PRAVE (also on guitar) most of you know him from "Blind Jonny Death" a.k.a. "Rusty Gun Revival" one hell of a musician and all around nice guy. I'm sorry I kan't remember the drummers name (oops). I know the weather is shitty but when these guys start tearin into it you'll swear the sun is a shining. I kan't forget Mike Dee formerly of "Shotgun Murphy" is gonna be the sound technician for the evening,



I know I always say it but I'm a sayin it again DON'T MISS THIS SHOW !!!! starts at 9:30



Next Friday "Woolly Mammoth"- a brewgrass brand is openin the night fer West Virginia's hardest driving party band- "The Hillbilly Gypsies"

www.thehillbillygypsies.com
Next Sat "Six String Redemption" if you don't like these guys then you got serious problems and best seek professional help

Wanna hear some great music? Well do ya? Then git your ass offen the couch and head to higher elevations tonight and tomarrow.



Tonight Donnie Beau, Brandon, Donnie M and Erik a.k.a. "Live Bait" will be makin the music on the Mountain, what a good band they are, playing anything form The Beatles to Johnny Cash, The Everly Brothers to Elvis. If these guys kan't git you on the dance floor you must be deafer that I am or just dead. So turn off that damn football game and do something fun.

(show at 9pm)

Sunday, clean from Nashville "The New Soul Cowboys" a national touring act that c a n 't be beat, featuring one hell of a guitar player/singer Anthony Gomes. They been here about 8 or 10 times in the last seven years and have NEVER let us down, these guys are pros at what they do and what they do is entertain. One damn good act that you don't wanna miss.

www.newsoulcowboys.com


Don't forgit every Tue $3.00 wings and $2.00 Coors Light bottle

Every Thursday "Six String Redemption" will make the music while you git fat eatin our $5.00 steak dinner, thats a 8oz sirloin, veggie and taters all for 5 bucks.

see on the Mountain

"Six String Redemption" is makin the tunes on the Mountain tonight, as they do every Thursday, I can't say enough good about the music these guys play, it's just great stuff. And ifen you don't agree with me on that, then just stay off the Mountain, cause I don't want your business anyway.



It's also $5.00 steak nite, and ifen you don't like that, theres IS something wrong with you. Hell you kan't eat at Mickeys Dee's for 5 bucks.



Friday Night Paul Shimmel and the Rockton Mountain Band are doin a live recording, and you can be part of it, if you want to.

www.myspace/paulshimmel


Saturday night it's music with "Live Bait", you ain't gonna hear better music from any band around.



Sunday at 8pm "The New Soul Cowboys" featuring Anthony Gomes, this band has been here 8 or 10 times and it's ALWAYS a treat.

www.newsoulcowboys.c

All kinds of music this weekend, starting on Friday with Paul Shimmel and the Rockton Mountain Band- sounds great don't it? I like it.



Saturday It't Donnie Beau and the boys of "Live Bait"- these guys are one of my favorites- great musicians and just all around good guys.



Sunday-hold on to your hats it's- all the way from Nashville Tenn. "The New Soul Cowboys" featuring- you guessed it the one and only Anthony Gomes-show at 8pm. DON'T MISS THIS SHOW

It's a holiday weekend and whats goes better with a holiday weekend than hot music and cold beer. If you show up tonight thats just what you're gonna get. "Back Alley" is in charge of the hot music and we're in charge of the cold beer. "Back Alley" is takin the stage about 9:30 and I have no doubt the Mountain will be a rockin, this band knows how to make it happen.



"The Charlie Wheeler Band" next Saturday- don't miss it

What are ya gonna do on damp-cool-rainey Saturday, well you could just sit on the couch and bitch about the weather or you could come to the Mountain and have some of the "Baked Tater Soup" I made today, then stick around and listen to Paul Shimmel make some music, which by-the-way is almost as good as my soup, well the music might be a bit better than my soup, thats for you to decide.



THE CHARLIE WHEELER BAND- Sept 12th

Hey folks, Paul is on the Mountain tomarrow nite. Most everybody thats been here knows Paul and loves his music, and I need to say no more, ifen you ain't ever seen and heard Paul play and sing then you outta do yourself a big favor and drag your ass up here tomarrow to check em out- you won't be dissapointed, I promise. Paul is one of my favorite acts and one hell of a "stand-up" guy. His orignals are as good or better than some of the stuff that comes out of Nashville, I know, I been to Nashville, at least half-a-dozen times, yea his songs ARE that good.



www.myspace.com/paulshimmel


DON'T FORGET Sept 12th "THE CHARLIE WHEELER BAND" is takin the stage- I'm really lookin forward to having these guys here, it took about a year for us to get a date set for this show, this band is TOP NOTCH- i shit you not. If the CD Charlie gave me was a LP (remember what those were?) it would have been worn out about six months ago- I play it that much and it IS that good. Alot of you folks have that same CD, compliiments on The Charlie Wheeler Band, I gave away about 200 of them in the last couple weeks, so you know what I'm talkin about.

www.charliewheelerband.com


I best get back to the galley, I got work to do, it ain't all just one big party you know Steve

New to the Mountain- "Just Us" is takin the stage tomarrow night. They ain't been here before- but came highly recommended by a great musician and friend to the Mountain Marc "Slim" Prave. So come on out and help welcome a new band to the Mountain.



Our my-space keeper- Marcy has posted pictures from the Pig Roast on the Mountain my-space- you just might want to take a peek at em.



DON'T FORGET SEPT 12th THE CHARLIE WHEELER BAND WILL BE ROCKIN THE MOUNTAIN.



And again a BIG thanks to all that made the Pig Roast happen.

just got off the phone with Charlie Wheeler, we were talking about his bands up-comming show here on Sept 12th. We been trying to get something going for about a year, our open dates never clicked, untill recently, I'm really excited about having em here. I just love their CD, which by-the-way I have a bunch to give away -if any of you want one just stop up and we'll give you one. Yea Charlie gave me about a gazillion CD's to promote the show on Sept 12th. Chech out their site www.charliewheelerband.com This band is awesome-I shit you not.



I got on this computer a while ago, just dreding doing it cause I knew I'd have a bunch of e-mails to clean up- well I had 1824 messages, of that 1824 I only wanted to read one, after I cleaned em up I went to read the one and the damn thing was blocked for security reasons- what the hell? I think that SPAM stuff should be aginst the law- hell I tried every way I know and I still can't make it taste good. (Thats a joke)



Thanks to all that made the Annual Pig Roast go so smooth, the music was the best- the sound was great- and the pig was tastee.



$5.00 Steak dinner tonight with Six String Redemption on stage, so come to the Mountain for fodd, music and I'll throw in a Charlie Wheeler Band CD.

The 8th Annual Pig Roast/Music Fest IS next Sat. Aug 15th- starts at noon- 10 bands- 300lb of pig and all the fixens- DON'T miss it

Shawn Allen will be on the Mountain Feb 6th-
Here is Shawn's new website........Go and take a look at it..

http://www.gigmasters.com/countryband/TheShawnAllenBand/
THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!

NANCY STEWART

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