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 |
| Jennifer Powell is seen whaling away at the lead to the Ramones "I wanna be sedated" . A not unkind bystander was quoted to have said " Very impressive style and dexterity, I was surprised by her ability to focus not only on her fingering left hand, but her rythmic strumming with the other hand. With all this going on, she maintained the ability to hum from beginning to end." All I have to say is "4 shades of pink?... Really?. Below we find Patrick Green raising the dead with his rendition of either Cream's "Sunshine of My Love" or possibly Melanie's "Brand New Key" ...you know, that one about the roller skate? PG is going "...bump, buh bump, bump, buh bump" and the other guy is going "... I've been looking around a while...you've got something for me..oh, I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a brand new key..." |
