We say Farewell and Welcome!!!!!

Since 2005 our Bass player Tony Perez has been a part of the 40 Somethin Band in one way or another. Either he's been our biggest fan, roadie, promoter Bass player, guitarist..etc. The reality is he dropped right into the spot of bass player when our friend John Ferguson departed the band. He was a newbie yet he was seasoned in that he was the bass player for the VooDoo Monkeys here in town back in 1998 and 99. He learned to rumble with that little ol' band and he learned to fall into the groove playing with them.
When he came on board with us, we gave him a 3 set cd with the songs he needed to learn in two weeks for a particular gig we had scheduled. Please keep in mind that Tony is half our age and these old rock songs were songs he literally had to learn and become familiar with. Fortunately a few of the songs have been remade by newer artists which helped. Julie, Tony's wife said that he listened day and night and played along with the cd every waking moment as it was his dream to play in a band with his dad, Ralph. He stepped up to the plate swinging hard and he learned how to play "In The Groove" with the help of the deep percussion background of the Brian and Ken rhythm machine! He came in rather green and left this year having become a solid, deep thumping, in the groove bass player. In fact, his touch is so much a part of the 40 somethin Band sound that he will be missed terribly. Not only because he's such a good bass player but because he is such a genuinely nice person. His dad Ralph will miss him terribly but we know that his needs are huge at the present time and we understand and we bid him farewell from being the fulltime bass player for the 40 Somethin Band. You can catch Tony playing with his new band "Desonance" (Tony Perez, Eric Liester, Josh Parmer, Scott Hobbs, and Zach Simpson)

We take the time now to present to you our newest member of the band Paul Blaskovich!!!! We know him as "The Italian Stallion", "Pablo" and he like Tony, is a genuinely nice, clean cut, polite and in the groove player. He doubles and also plays bass for the band Code 7 as well as now playing the bottom end of the 40 Somethin Band.

Paul says:

I started playing bass guitar when I was in high school from an idea a buddy of mine had to start a band. It lasted a little over a year. Then eight years ago I started back up again. There is nothing like the feeling you get when the crowd is interacting with the songs you are playing. Rock On!

Welcome Paul and we welcome any feedback. We hope to see you all at our next gig.

Mike and Terrie's Wedding- 40 Somethin Plays It Up with Guests

On Saturday the 14th of November our beloved brother at arms was married to the former Terrie Miller now Mrs. Toombs. Of course, it was only natural that the Band play at this gig. The only difference is that it was an open stage for all to participate that wanted too. Mike's cousin Paul came up and sang "From a Jack to a King". We stepped into country mode and did it up right. Thanks Paul.

The stage was set and with one less set of drums and just the percussion was set up for Brian. It was a tight Stage but still we used lots of equipment and also we used the smaller amps for this gig so that we wouldn't blast them out of dodge! ha ha

We also had a guest appearance from a '70's porn star dancing up to "Play That Funky Music White Boy" (thanks Quinn). While we did this tune we had Kevin Hess playing the bass for us. Tony Perez made an encore performance with the band and played several tunes with us. Finally Paul Blaskovich, the newest member of the 40 Somethin Band finished it out all night on the bass.

We also want to thank other guests that played, Steve Reed, Mike Doggett, and John Holst.

Thanks for letting us play Mike and many thanks to the beautiful children who were dancing all night. That was worth everything to us. All in all it was a very fun performance and there was no pressure but only to have fun.