I wanted to thank everyone that attended the Motorcity Special’s Label Launch & Live Recording Concert this past Saturday night at The Music Hall Detroit.
It was a smashing success and a rip roaring good time.
This being the first show we did have a few technical problems in between one of the set changes but with the DJ spinning old school rock n roll it didn’t seem to matter much. With heavy early attendance and a steady stream following the MCS#1 was introduced by MCB’s Amy Palomar who introduced MR SHZ to kick off the night.
MR SHZ played a solid 45 minutes getting everyone into the mood with smooth jams. Surprisingly, the room was full nearly half way into the MR SHZ set and the guys jammed on with an entertaining set list that was a perfect way to open the MCS#1.
As MR SHZ finished up I turned to the bar grabbing a Monumental Blonde beer from the kegs donated by Bastone Brewery in Royal Oak.
It was just what I needed as Canja Rave kicked up the stage pounding out Misfits/White Stripes styled tunes straight from Brazil. Someone asked me why they were on the bill if they were not from Detroit and I responded they were Detroit in their hearts and have been doing everything they could for the past year to move here to the motorcity. That is Detroit and that’s why they are on the MCS#1.
We hit a snag in the sound at this point so while the sound guys were working on it I grabbed a bite to eat from the Jazz Café kitchen. I had setup a decent bar menu with the staff prior to the show including a wide variety of grilled sandwiches, burgers and salads. The ham and cheese I ordered was pretty damn tasty so needless to say the kitchen was busy all night. I must point out the amazing wait staff onsite – comments to me all night about how well they took care of everyone so big thanks to the staff in case I forget later in this writeup.
We had a large selection of merchandise available
and nearly sold out of MCS#1 Vinyl Vouchers.
With MCB’s RebeccaMich, Moneypenny, DC-in-Detroit, Wild Bill, Firefar and BlonDroit workin’ it we sold a lot of t-shirts, posters, stickers, buttons, magnets and we even had a bag of Motorcity Special cookies with our logo from Marty’s Cookies.
Headed up to the green room for a Red Bull (who donated large quantities of product to MCS) and back down to check out Electric Fire Babies……uh wait…they still aren’t playing yet?
It was nearly 30 minutes until EFB got to play so luckily DJ SAVAGE MATT
was spinning and the crowd was getting little anxious just as the problem was solved.
AS usual Electric Fire Babies put on a great set,
breaking a drum skin with a high energy blownout set ending.
DUENDE! was 4th on the bill and really knocked out a stunner set….I have seen this band 20 times and somehow they seem to get better with every show and this set was a screamer…almost mean with a few brand new tunes written in the past weeks from the shortie southern tour they just returned from battling floods and fires and furious friends on the road.
Stanley The Mad Hatter introduced DUENDE!
who came from Ann Arbor with MCB’s Retro Kimmer.
The crowd was whipped up into a frenzy from the DUENDE! and about to explode by time The Wrong Numbers took the stage and they finished off the night with style bangin out soulful tunes that screamed Detroit.
It was a night to remember and hopefully will be considered
a solid way to kick off Motorcity Special.
Our goal is to be profitable enough to cut a vinyl record from each show and I appreciate every person who paid at the door. There is no money going into our pockets on this – it all goes to the record so my apologies to anyone who felt like they should have been on the guest list and wasn’t. I mean even I paid to get into this show…many of the band members even paid cover to help pay for the album pressing. MCS is about community and working together to produce a set of fun/cool events where everyone benefits from the mutual efforts,
The Bands, The Venues, & The Fans
MCB’s Jeremy Whiting, Brett Lawrence and new guy Kevin Soney
MCB’s Jeremy Whiting, Brett Lawrence and new guy Kevin Soney
shot the show (Kevin Soney shown above with more to follow soon)
We will be mastering the music for the record (thanks to MCB’s Nardo from Navdo Presents) in the coming weeks and will have the vinyl pressed at Archer Records in Detroit. We have reserved a stack that will be available at the next Motorcity Special Record Release Concert on Saturday July 31st 2010 at The Pike Room Crofoot in Pontiac. Lineup will be The Beggars, Black Lodge, Marco Polio & The New Vaccines, WOLFBAIT and The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre.
There a small number of pre-order vinyl vouchers still available….
We will be mastering the music for the record (thanks to MCB’s Nardo from Navdo Presents) in the coming weeks and will have the vinyl pressed at Archer Records in Detroit. We have reserved a stack that will be available at the next Motorcity Special Record Release Concert on Saturday July 31st 2010 at The Pike Room Crofoot in Pontiac. Lineup will be The Beggars, Black Lodge, Marco Polio & The New Vaccines, WOLFBAIT and The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre.
There a small number of pre-order vinyl vouchers still available….
these are not available for online sale at http://www.motorcityspecial.com/ and will only be available by emailing info@motorcityspecial.com
to arrange for purchasing.
This album will be sold out after MCS#2
This album will be sold out after MCS#2
so get a voucher now or come to the show and buy it early
because they will be pressed in limited quantity
and then will be gone.
Hope to see you at MCS#2
and thanks again for your support!!
Kirk - MCB
Moneypenny's Asst was a little camera happy as well