03.06.10 Benefit for Glenn Williscroft at Lakewood Elks

We had the pleasure to take part in a great celebration for Lakewood, New Jersey resident Glenn Williscroft. Much of the town Lakewood was out to support Glenn--who has been stricken with cancer--at the Lakewood Elks on Saturday afternoon. It was great to see much of the town out at the Elks supporting a long time resident. The event held a real special place for Dan and Matt as they grew up in Lakewood and the celebration gave them an opportunity to see many people they hadn't seen in a long time. It was even more special for Matt as he actually learned that his second cousin is married to Glenn (there are many Pillion's and Pillion related folk in Lakewood...too many to count).

The band had a couple of special guests as Matt's Dad (and Glenn's cousin once removed) joined the guys on backing vocals and played drums on an on-the-fly rendition of Sloop John B with the Irish Piping duo the Skyelanders, and Dan & Matt on vocals. There was food, drink, rock and roll, dancing, and good times all around. We in SR were very happy, honored, pleased, pleasured to headline such a great benefit show, that so many folks enjoyed.

Set List

Set I
Brand New Cadillac
Life Was Never Finer
Wild Night (V. Morrison)...w/ Eddie Pillion on backing vocals
Mary Jane's Last Dance (T. Petty)
All Night Long
Spirit In The Night (B. Springsteen)
California
Little Wing (J. Hendrix)
Superstition (S. Wonder)

Set II
Sloop John B (B. Wilson)...The Skyelanders with Dan, Matt, and Eddie Pillion on drums
Faded Pictures
Freight Train...w/ Eddie Pillion on backing vocals
Peacemaker
The Shape I'm In (R. Robertson)
Falling off the Edge
Whipping Post (G. Allman)
Keeps Us Moving

We'll be taking a short two week break from gigging as Kevin will be heading down to Florida for the week to enjoy some rest and relaxation at Disney and at some Phillies ST games. Meanwhile back in NJ/PA Dan, Matt, and Ian will be continuing to write and rehearse, and continue with pre-production on SR's forthcoming album.

We'll be back in action on Friday March 19 in Doylestown, PA for our return to Puck Live. Look for a live recording of that show on your local web trade websites (along with a recording from our last show at the Stone Pony). We'll be sharing the stage with a Big Blue Spruce; whom you will be sure to enjoy if you like SR.

We'll be back at the Jersey Shore on Thursday March 25 as we play Original Music Night at McIntyre's in Toms River. Other bands to be announced.

Rock on,
SR

Milk Boy Coffee 02.27.2010

Hey all. We had a great night at Milk Boy Coffee in Ardmore, PA just outside of Philly on Saturday night. Saturday was a special night for SR fans who came out, as we played a somewhat mellower set than normal, because of Milk Boy's more intimate type setting. We played for about a solid hour and a half, featuring some rare covers, and a couple older tunes that haven't been played in a while including a blazing version of Brand New Cadillac complete with a pre-song bass diddy by Dan that drew applause from the crowd (see link in set list for video). The night also included a four song acoustic set (a welcome break for Ian who has been playing on a banged up right index finger the past few weeks) including a laid back Life Was Never Finer, and a haunting version of Falling of the Edge.

Set List:
Faded Pictures
Brand New Cadillac **Thank you Bill Cunningham
California
Little Wing (J. Hendrix)
One Day Everyday
Beautiful Way
All Night Long
Vultures (J. Mayer, S. Jordan, P. Palladino)
Freight Train
Idle Ways

Acoustic Set:
All I Need
Take Me Home
Life Was Never Finer
Falling off the Edge

Encore:
Wild Night (V. Morrison)
Keeps Us Moving

SR fans in NYC make sure you make your way out to the Shrine Bar in Manhattan on Wednesday night for a 10 PM show. This is our first appearance at what we continue to hear is a great venue.

Also for those of you in the Northern Ocean County Area we have two announcements. First off if you have the time and means please join Stolen Rhodes at the Lakewood Elks on Saturday afternoon at 2 PM for a special benefit show for Lakewood native Glenn Williscroft (Dan & Matt both hail from Lakewood originally). Glenn has been stricken with cancer and this is a show to help raise money for him and his family put on the Brother Elks of Lakewood. A $20 donation is asked for at the door. We hit the stage at 4:30 along with our good friends the Skyelanders providing pipe and drum music in between our sets...and who knows what other surprises might arise.

Secondly; for those of you planning on checking out our Fans show Saturday night in Jackson, please note that it is canceled, as are all of our future gigs there. That is all. We will be back for a show at Surf Taco soon.

Also keep checking the MySpace, Facebook, and Reverb Nation sites for all SR updates, and for you tweeters, make sure you become a follower of SR on Twitter.

Also Stolen Rhodes would like to congratulate the United States on their complete demolition of the 2010 Winter Olympics. USA! USA! USA!

Hope to see you all this week.