Gearing down the summer, with Labour Day approaching, last night was a good evening for camaraderie and the whole room singing along!  We came away feeling on top of the world with all of you!

Two more songs added to our list:

• The Dogs Were Having a Party
• The Old Rose and Crown

So Cliff is home and healing up although our man is still in a great deal of pain.  He thanks everyone for all of their good wishes and plans to stop in and say hello whenever he can – it may be some time, though.

Rick will have returned from his trip down the E-RI-E Canal and will rejoin us this next Monday the 25th.

And our thanks to everyone who came down last night and made it so much fun!  How we do LOVE people who sing along on the choruses with conviction!!

Here’s Brown!  Rick being away servicing another obligation, our good friend Rodney Brown will join us for Monday the 18th!  He’ll bring his own bag of songs… Pirates, whales, and walking a long way for a girl!

I understand that this coming Wednesday will be Tim’s birthday – you know the drill!  Looking forward to seeing you down there on Monday!

Photo by Gene Cartagena

So Cliff will be going in for some out-patient surgery later this week and will be unable to sing for several weeks while his gut heals up… No date of return just yet but we expect by the end of September.  Meanwhile, you’ll still have Tim, Rick, and Joseph and perhaps the occasional guest.  There are other plans in the works for upcoming Mondays and other things so check with our schedule periodically…

A couple of songs recently added to our list…

• Roll Down
• The Dogs’ Party

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This coming Monday, 4 August, will be our Hawaiian Shirt Night.  No special reason but that it’s usually hot and who doesn’t love exotic drinks and girls in grass skirts!  Break out your favourite Hawaiian shirt, Bermuda shorts, grass skirt, grab a lei and come on down for drinks and song!

Don’t forget that Cliff is singing down at Scottish Dave’s in Clinton THIS THURSDAY the 31st of July.   And Himself will be going into hospital for a procedure that will keep him from doing much singing for about 6 weeks, so don’t miss these opportunities to hear the man for yourself for the rest of the summer!

Also – two recent blog articles that include a healthy recollection of enjoying Monday night with us!    – Rachel Siegel, and – Jesse Swimm.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our man and founding band member PAUL ELLIOTT!!

The man turns 21 or something on Monday the 21st – Pop on over to his YouTube page and send him some B-day greetings and send some likes to his vids!  If anybody asks, you can tell ’em, er… that Joe sent ya!

So this next Thursday the 17th, Rick and Joseph will be playing as LongSplice a short walk down from the Gris and at the Connecticut River Museum, 5:30 to 7:30p, out on the dock (weather permitting) or inside the building as required.  There’s a 5$ cover charge for non-members which supports the cause, and a small cash bar.  We really hope you’ll make it down and support us!

Next Monday the 21st will be the annual “Tip-A-Cop” night in which police officers act as servers with tips to be funneled to the Special Olympics; In the tap-room during our breaks they will hold a raffle with many and sundry cool stuff to be given off.

And the lyrics to another couple of songs have been posted by request

– Blow The Man Down

– Leather Wing Bat

– and a poem by our man Joe Brown –

This coming Monday will the 14th – and that will be the 225th anniversary of the public storming of the prison La Bastille.  While it is indeed a French national holiday and celebrated by most Francophones around the world, it is also an event commemorating the freeing of those oppressed from those who abuse their power.  Vive la Liberté!  Come drink down some of the Gris’ wine selection… Even if we prefer beer and ale!

And today – the 11th of July, is the 216 anniversary of the REAL birthday for the United States Marine Corps by act of Congress and signed by then President John Adams, in order to man the newly built and launched ships for the new US Navy (1794 for the commencement of the ship building) to fight the French in what was to be known as the Quasi-War, and to fight the problems with the Barbary Pirates of the north coast of Africa; in both cases, our ships, men, and cargo were adversely affected until the brave and stout men of the US Navy and US Marine Corps handled the job!  The earlier Marines were Continental and individual states’ Marines, all of which had been disbanded at the conclusion of our War for Independence.

Well! I guess we’re older than we thought! Cliff must have put us together in 1651!

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