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July 15, 2009
Hi Jim,
That sounds great!
The other guitarist was Brian Nelson. Brian used to work
with me at Sagetech Corporation, but left a couple of years ago
when he was offered a year-long posting at
McMurdo Station, America's
chief science facility in Antarctica.
Brian is going to deploy this fall for another 6-month stint in
Antarctica at another station on the opposite side of
the continent from McMurdo. Right now he is just working
part time for Sagetech and vacationing until he leaves in
mid-August to prepare for Antarctica.
I should also mention
that we were short 1 member who was out of town - our lead
guitarist Ken Thornton.
Band lineup -
Matt Bynum -
vocals & trombone
Jeff Lemley - guitar and bass
Jim Matthias
- guitar and bass
Craig Spaeth - drums
Ken Thornton - lead
guitar
Next gig is tentatively Friday, August 7th, at the
Neon Cruise in downtown The Dalles, but that is still in the
works.
Jeff - thanks! that was
fun, glad everyone liked it. Yeah, i'd love to hear the brass ring
song and play what I can. I'll try to hit a practice end of july/early
aug.
I'm still working on my blog write
up, but it should be up soon.
Hey what was the name of the other
guitarist who joined in with the pearl jam songs?
Jim Drake
Hood River News
541-386-1234
JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
www.hoodrivernews.com
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/Entertainment_Blog.htm
From: Jeffrey Lemley
[mailto:jeffreylemley@hotmail.com]
Sent:
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:39 PM
To:
Drake Jim
Subject: RE: SpeedQueen Underground Shows this
Weekend.
Hey Jim,
Everybody had a really
good time playing with you the other night. Hopefully, we
can get together again sometime. That was a lot of fun, and
we received a lot of positive feedback from the few folks that
were in attendance.
I think that Craig, our
drummer, had mentioned to you that we might be interested in
working up a mandolin part for one of our more mellow tunes called
Brass Ring. Perhaps when we get around to recording it, you
might be interested in contributing on that?
Thanks again
Jim! I don't think we are practicing this week, but we'll
probably be back to Thursday nights at Matt's place under Ground
(pun intended) next week.
Jeff
From: JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
To:
jeffreylemley@hotmail.com
Date: Thu,
2 Jul 2009 15:31:36 -0700
Subject: RE:
SpeedQueen Underground Shows this Weekend.
jeff, thanks! ok lets go with billie
and time after time.
I'll actually be in HR tonight for
dinner, so I'll try to stop by.
you're right, the REM stuff
would rock!
Jim Drake
Hood River News
541-386-1234
JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
www.hoodrivernews.com
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/Entertainment_Blog.htm
From: Jeffrey Lemley
[mailto:jeffreylemley@hotmail.com]
Sent:
Thursday, July 02, 2009 3:07 PM
To:
Drake Jim
Subject: RE: SpeedQueen Underground Shows this
Weekend.
Hi Jim,
Now I just realised who
you are. Just never knew your last name. I can't count
the number of times I've seen you play.
We are going to be
playing Billie jean in Em and A (full step down from the recorded
version). Easier to play and sing.
Everybody Knows is
Cohen, but the version we play is far from it. And I would
be hard pressed to figure out where to put the mandolin.
Time After Time is Lauper, and that would sound cool with a mando
solo in the middle. We play that song primarily in C and G.
The solo would be in C & G as well. The pre-chorus bridge is
G, A, F#, and D. The chorus is D, E, C & G.
It is quite a bit different than the original arrangement, but it
flows well. And we play it fairly lightly and mellow during
the versus and solo section, and just rock the chorus.
Boy, if we just had time to practice it, I know the band would
love to do Losing My Religion with a mando.
You can check
out some of our recorded works on our website at
www.speedqueenunderground.com
Or at
www.myspace.com/speedqueenunderground
We will be
practicing tonight at Matt Bynum's place from 7 PM to 10 PM or so. He
lives in Hood River.
You'll be able to hear us from Oak Street.
From: JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
To:
jeffreylemley@hotmail.com
Date: Thu,
2 Jul 2009 14:49:59 -0700
Subject: RE:
SpeedQueen Underground Shows this Weekend.
Jeff, thanks for getting back to
me....
I played elect. guitar/mando in mile
marker 6 for about 4 years (alt-country-roots rock). Currently
it's all acoustic folk/bluegrass with the Kate Meloy Trio. (Before
that, it was All Night Station, which was alt-country but more
acoustic.)
I could bring an amp (mesa express
25), which should be loud enough to compete, but I usually plug
into the PA with a direct box.
I'd like to try Billie jean (jackson),
Everybody Knows (cohen? Don Henley?) and Time After Time (Lauper??)
. Am I thinking of the right songs here?
If that's ok, please send some chords
along. If you have any band mp3's of these, let me know.
and you guys would start around 8 or
9?
Jim Drake
Hood River News
541-386-1234
JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
www.hoodrivernews.com
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/Entertainment_Blog.htm
From: Jeffrey Lemley
[mailto:jeffreylemley@hotmail.com]
Sent:
Thursday, July 02, 2009 2:00 PM
To:
Drake Jim
Subject: RE: SpeedQueen Underground Shows this
Weekend.
Interesting.... what kind of music
do you play on a regular basis? Most of what we play is
either alt rock originals, alt rock and punk rock covers, and just
other covers that we turn into punk rock songs.
Here is a
list of what we will be playing tomorrow night. If there is
something on the list that you think you can contribute to, then
I'll run it by the boys.
Note: Even though we bill
the show as acoustic, it really means that we are playing
acoustic guitars through Marshall amplifiers.
Do you have a mandolin amp so you can keep up?
From: JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
To:
jeffreylemley@hotmail.com
Date: Thu,
2 Jul 2009 09:52:35 -0700
Subject: RE:
SpeedQueen Underground Shows this Weekend.
no problem!
say, I've been meaning to get you
guys on my entertainment blog, and, since you guys are doing an
acoustic set, I was thinking that a fun way to write about the
band would be for me to actually jam with you guys on one or two
songs friday night at everybody's.
can you make room for a mandolin on
an 'easy' tune?
Jim Drake
Hood River News
541-386-1234
JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
www.hoodrivernews.com
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/Entertainment_Blog.htm
From: Jeffrey Lemley
[mailto:jeffreylemley@hotmail.com]
Sent:
Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:37 AM
To:
Drake Jim
Subject: RE: SpeedQueen Underground Shows this
Weekend.
Hi Jim,
Saw the post in the
Entertainment Update. Thanks for the quick work!!
Jeff Lemley
From: JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
To:
jeffreylemley@hotmail.com
Date:
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:25:12 -0700
Subject: RE:
SpeedQueen Underground Shows this Weekend.
thanks jeff, we'll sure try.
Jim Drake
Hood River News
541-386-1234
JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
www.hoodrivernews.com
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/Entertainment_Blog.htm
From: Jeffrey Lemley
[mailto:jeffreylemley@hotmail.com]
Sent:
Monday, June 29, 2009 9:07 AM
To:
Drake Jim
Subject: RE: SpeedQueen Underground Shows this
Weekend.
Importance: High
Hi Jim,
I don't know if it is too
late to get this onto the website this week. It is kinda a
last minute show.
"Speedqueen Underground will be playing
an acoustic pop punk show at Everybody's Brewing in White Salmon
at 8 PM on Friday, July 3rd. Come and enjoy
the easy listening sounds of some of your favorite punked-up
covers and originals performed acoustically! Everybody's
Brewing - 151
E Jewett Blvd, White Salmon.
www.speedqueenunderground.com"
Thanks Jim!
Jeff
Lemley
Speedqueen Underground
From: JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
To:
jeffreylemley@hotmail.com
Date:
Tue, 26 May 2009 11:27:17 -0700
Subject: RE:
SpeedQueen Underground Shows this Weekend.
thanks Jeff, Mike of everybodys sent
some info in, but this is the first one from you I've seen.
Jim Drake
Hood River News
541-386-1234
JDrake@HoodRiverNews.com
www.hoodrivernews.com
http://www.hoodrivernews.com/Entertainment_Blog.htm
From: Jeffrey Lemley
[mailto:jeffreylemley@hotmail.com]
Sent:
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:37 AM
To:
Drake Jim
Subject: SpeedQueen Underground Shows this
Weekend.
Hi Jim,
Don't know if my emails are getting
through to you from my other account. I don't know if it is
too late now to get anything on the website or in the paper.
See info below.
Thanks!
Jeff Lemley
From: Jeff Lemley
Sent:
Friday, May 15, 2009 7:14 AM
To:
'Drake Jim'
Subject: RE: Entertainment Announcement
Hi Jim,
Could you please throw this into the
paper?
SpeedQueen Underground is playing a
double-header of sensibly danceable alternative punk this weekend
in The Gorge. Friday night SQU plays at 9:30 PM
at The Vault, located at 209 East 2nd Street
in The Dalles.
The next night, the rock continues at Everybody’s Brewing
at
151 East Jewett Blvd in White
Salmon. Music starts at
9 PM. www.speedqueenunderground.com
Thanks Jim!
Jeff Lemley
Speedqueen Underground
White Salmon, WA 98672
(509) 493-8484
lem@sagetechcorp.com
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