Rules for a guest spot on stage with the Melon Farmers * Contact Jim at jgbarnard@aol.com (or come up to any of us at a gig) * Pick a song you can play or sing * Pick a song we can play or sing * Come to 2 practices (before the gig) * Final decision will be based upon how you sound at practice * Have Fun ! |
| Maggie Barnard and Doug Stone have the bad luck of being "Outed" on their birthdays and get to circumvent the normal rules for an on stage rhythm guest spot |
| Dan Surkis of The Clams joins the MF for a encore of "Pipeline" with little Chantays and a lot of Agent Orange into a Ramone style "Country Roads" (No doubt causing John Denver AND his Ultra-light spin in their graves) directly into and without a stop (excepting for some crickets and frogs) "Moon Over Marin" by the Dead Kennedys. Dan's hand is all over his whammy. This is not unusual for him. |
| The Melon Farmers welcome "El Mulatto" from the band 'Bano de Muertos' for a round of "Happy Birthday" as played on a DiPinto Galaxy 4 guitar in pink sparkle and silver. Special thanks to "Los Straight Jackets" for blazing this trial already. Although the green shirt has pictures of various non-domesticated animals over the words "Animals taste good" the band was surprised to find that El is a Beaner. To our surprise, being a Beaner means that you eat only beans and legumes. This explains the bad smell that permeates the air around Mr. Mulatto and that fact the he wears a gas mask disguised as a Mexican Wrestling mask. El helped out with percussion by adding punctuation during the quiet parts of the song, such as: "Happy Birthday to you frapppt, Happy Birthday to you fttpraptfweep, Happy Birthday dear Frraannkkk, Happy Birthday to youuuu Pfftwapwee Pfootarappapap ". Well Done |