Silver Lining had a wonderful time at Black Walnut Brewery, Friday, Oct 1. Everyone was so nice and we really hope we'll be back in there. It's outdoors, though, so it's going to have to wait until spring. Look for…
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Silver Lining on the move!
November 1, 2015 -
Silver Lining is really starting to pick up steam. After the Takoma Park concerts, we were mentioned on Channel 9's news broadcast as a good example of the kinds of cool things happening in Takoma Park …Read more
Silver Lining is really starting to pick up steam. After the Takoma Park concerts, we were mentioned on Channel 9's news broadcast as a good example of the kinds of cool things happening in Takoma Park …Read more

Silver Lining live in Takoma Park
August 8, 2015 -
Silver Lining at the Old Town Gazebo in Takoma Park. It was hot, 92 degrees but nobody felt it at all. In the shade of towering trees and under the cover of the old 1920's gazebo …Read more
Silver Lining at the Old Town Gazebo in Takoma Park. It was hot, 92 degrees but nobody felt it at all. In the shade of towering trees and under the cover of the old 1920's gazebo …Read more

The Deacons at Paradiso, 4/18
Full House! All gigs are good. Some maybe better than others, some not so much. But there's fun and learning in every gig. Last night there was a huge amount of both. Having the room filled with wonderful friends and
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The Deacons at Colonial Tavern
After a highly successful debut at the Tavern in November, The Deacons are all set to go again Saturday, Dec 20th for the Christmas show. 9:00, at "The Home Of The Irish Brigade" in old town Fredericksburg.
Full Mesh at Wounded Warriors Benefit Festival, The Plains, Va
6/9/13: Full Mesh had a great time yesterday at an outdoor festival in The Plains, Va to benefit the Wounded Warriors. This was the second annual festival out there and it was a wonderfully run beautifully managed festival. We played…Read more

Dogfish Head Alehouse
4/9/13: Dogfish Head Alehouse on Saturday was a wonderful night! We had a little more room and time to set up compared to the last time we were in there. And a lot of wonderful friends came out to see
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"Now we know..."
1/12/13: Saturday night. Dogfish Head Alehouse in Fairfax. Silver Lining’s debut gig. This is the one we’ve been getting ready for, rehearsing for. If we get through this one, if we get this behind us, well then …Read more
Silver Lining is out of the starting gates!
8/11/12: Well... we did it. And loved it. Silver Lining cranked up in front of actual people at Spanky's Shenanigans in our very first show since this big idea first came up. Rehearsals, song selections, equipment purchases, practice locations, music…Read more

User friendly monitor mixes
5/22/12: Full Mesh at Lion and Bull, Haymarket. Funasallgetout! I got there too early - that’s ok. That gave me a bunch of time to mess around and set up. This gig, there’s a house sound system and
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Kept in the dark...
5/15/12: Mushroom Musician. That’s what I am. I don’t even care anymore! Sunday I had a gig with Wildman at a new, great place for us, The Water’s Edge in Occoquan, Va. Right on the Occoquan river at a
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Standing Room Only
4/22/2012: I was just thinking about last night, Wildman played at Cafe Mezzanotte again. I’ve lost count of how many times we’ve played there now but the thing is, the number of people in the room for our shows
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Good Room, Good Band
4/17/12: Band update. Wildman rocked the 6 or 7 people at the American Legion Post Number 10 in Manassas, Virginia on Saturday night! Just kidding - there was 20 or 30 people there and all of them …Read more

New Toys! Knobs to turn, buttons to push!
1/28/12: It’s a little after the fact I know, but I was just thinking about my last gig with Full Mesh, Jan 21 at the Carpool in Herndon. The cool thing about this gig was it …Read more

Wadda ya do when there's nothing to do?
Here’s what I always get worried about but I really never need to worry - I won’t have anything to work on when the bands take a hiatus. Both Wildman and Full Mesh deliberately took the months of
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Same Date Party 11/11/11
Friday night, over at Charles Mitchell’s house he had his annual - what I call the “Same Date Party”. This year it was 11/11/11. Really just another excuse to hook up with just about every musician that we …Read more
Rockin' 11/11/2011
Charles Mitchell, the drummer for Wildman has a party at his house whenever the dates all line up. This next one is 11/11/11. He had one for 10/10/10. and 9/9/09 and so on. Everyone is invited, I’m told I can…Read more

Cafe Mezza-NO-tte
Oh oh! Well it happens, you know? Every 2 or 3 years, you’ll drive all the way out to a gig and PRESTO! There’s a-whole-nother band all ready there setting up. This time, thankfully I didn’t even …Read more
The Fabulous Truckeroo Festival
What a great gig! Yes, the festival had a huge attendance, it is a very popular event. And the “roach coaches” turned out to be all gourmet food. We had the Cajun gumbo – awesome! Straight from Louisiana. Bill the…Read more
When is a band not a band?
When it's a caravan! Friday, 9/30 is the Truckeroo Festival gig for Full Mesh. There will be four vehicles leaving Eamon's house at 4:30 or so, to snake around in DC - lost - one right after the other for…Read more
Wildman Gig at Cafe Mezzanotte
Wildman is made up of great players. Charles, Geoff and Jay are some of the most skilled of all the players I work with. But we live far apart from eack other. I'm in Burke, Charles is in Rose Hill…Read more
Let's get started
OK, I'm always thinking this stuff up and trying to explain it to myself, so maybe if I just start writing it down eventually it'll start making sense.
Even if only to me
I'm hoping to write something…Read more
Even if only to me
I'm hoping to write something…Read more