Venue: Lions Park, Fox River Grove, IL
Set List: Immigrant Song/Just What I Needed/Ghost of Love/When I Come Around/Bittersweet/Sunshine of Your Love/Horse To Water/I Shot the Sheriff/Wasted Flowers/Love So Precious/Stone Free-Foxey Lady/ Insomnia
Other Bands: Bucketboys, Bullfrogs
Synopsis: Our first gig got off to a bad start, as we had no bass for part of the first song and various sound problems afterwards. Brian's drumkit fell apart repeatedly, Sean's mike went dead, and Andy's guitar was buried in the mix. We even ran out of time, so were not able to play "Insomnia".We faced quite a few trials and some embarrassment, fully exemplifying Murphy's Law. But we will make the best of it and push on. Thanks to those who supported us and see you next time.
* Though we were billed as Rusted Monkey, the name was changed shortly after when we discovered that another band already had taken the name.
Venue: East Troy Electric Railroad Museum, 2002 Church St., East Troy, Wisconsin
Set List: Immigrant Song/Love So Precious/Two Masters/ Comfortably Numb/Stone Free-Foxey Lady/Insomnia//The Seeker/Lake of Fire/Sister Golden Hair/Dust In the Wind/Another Night/Loneliness/I Fought the Law/Takin Care of Business/Free To Move/Louie, Louie//Bittersweet/Ghost of Love/Sweet Tooth/I Shot the Sherriff/Horse To Water
Other Bands: None
Synopsis: It was a true test of our mettle, as we played outdoors in 40 degree weather. Fingers froze, but we played on. This was Sean's lead vocal debut as well as the debut of several original songs. For all the goofs and guffaws at least we have something our grandchildren will enjoy hearing about.
Notes: Special Guest Jean Pineda sang backup and lead for 'The Seeker'.
Venue: Cuckoo's Nest, 100 Crystal St., Cary, IL
Set List: Immigrant Song/Love So Precious/Two Masters/Wasted Flowers/Stone Free-Foxey Lady/Born To Be Wild/Insomnia//The Seeker/Lake of Fire/Sister Golden Hair/Dust In The Wind/House of the Rising Sun/Another Night/Loneliness/ Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun/I Fought the Law/Takin' Care of Business/Louie, Louie/ Free To Move//I Just Wanna Make Love To You/Bittersweet/Just What I Needed/Ghost of Love/Sweet Tooth/i Shot the Sheriff/Down On the Corner/Horse To Water
Other Bands: None
Synopsis: Guess third times' the charm! We were recevied well by the crowd and the management at the bar as we were offered a monthly spot on Saturday nights. Some notes: we dropped a couple songs, and still have 3 originals plus several covers waiting for their debut. Jean Pineda once again made a guest appearance.
Venue: Cuckoo's Nest, 100 Crystal St., Cary, IL
Set List: Immigrant Song/Love So Precious/Two Masters/Ghost of Love/Stone Free-Foxey Lady/Born To Be Wild/Insomnia//The Seeker/Lake of Fire/Sister Golden Hair/Dust In The Wind/Another Night/Loneliness/Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun/I Fought the Law/Louie,Louie/Takin Care of Business/Free To Move//I Just Wanna Make Love To You/Just What I Needed/Bittersweet/Swwet Tooth/Brain Damage/I Shot the Sherriff?Sunshine of Your Love/Down On the Corner/Horse To Water
Other Bands: None
Synopsis: All in all a good show. We braved a slight audience and post-flu effects to put on a good show. Wasted Flowers was offically dropped from the set list.
Venue: Cuckoo's Nest, 100 Crystal St., Cary, IL
Set List: Unavailable
Other Bands: None
Synopsis: Not our best performance, but a good effort. The crowd was almost non-exsistent due to the weather and they let us quit a little earlier. Ray was not able to make it due to a back injury. After the show, we decided to back down for a couple months to rework our set and let Ray get better acclimated with us.
Due to performance and internal issues this would be the last show played with Andy. We will no longer perform any songs written by Andy and will develop Ray's ideas and rework Sean's songs to their original intended effect.