Not to complete with Harvard Dan, but I'll throw this one out there.

We are playing Grayslake Summer Days Festival Tonight 8/20 8pm.

We play mostly 90's stuff....a bunch of part-timers who have real jobs, but we at least try to have a good time.

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Fucking Christ, do either of you ever play south of I-88?!

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How about just south of Half Day Road?

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Don't take it personally.

Now that I think about it, Dan is playing in Dekalb this weekend which could technically be south of 88, but still doesn't help

South of Willow, east of 59. How about that?

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We will play anywhere, but since we are based in Lake County
1. I have no contacts in the south burbs to book shows
2. I have no contacts in the city to book shows
3. Bars expect you to draw people if they're going to fork over the whopping $400-600 for the entire band plus sound. We're not going to draw many in the south suburbs or city since we are based out of Lake County
4. There are 2 or 3 promotors in the Chicagoland area. One we do use, but see bullet #3.
5. The 2 or 3 promoters in the area primarily focus on the overpriced cover bands that make a full-time living off of playing ever people's music. Summer festivals pay these clowns $8-10K a show cause they think that's what draws people They waste very little time with a band like us that only plays once a month or so.

So Frank or JORR.....we'd absolutely love to play outside are area if you have a connect. We can do 3-4 hours and provide our own sound.

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Ditto...and with regards to #4, yes we cover other bands music BUT not the covers people are expecting. We are now working with one of the promoters mentioned and things are starting to fill up.

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

I get it. I haven't played out regularly in a few years, but I know how it goes.

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Agreed. Your setlist is cool.
We try to play some unique stuff, but most people simply want to hear "All the Small Things" and "Basket Case" I gave up on playing the songs I really like many years ago.

Tonight's set list (2 hours)
Are You Gonna Go My Way? - Lenny Kravitz
Real World - Matchbox Twenty
Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
Dizz Knee Land - Dada
Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
1985 - Bowling for Soup
Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
3 AM - Matchbox Twenty
All For You - Sister Hazel
Runaround - Blues Traveler
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
All the Small Things - Blink 182
Unbelievable - EMF
Don’t Treat Me Bad - Firehouse
Song 2 - Blur
Mysterious Ways - U2
Basket Case - Green Day
Longview - Green Day
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
Self Esteem - The Offspring
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
Larger Than Life - Backstreet Boys
My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
Give It Away - RHCP
Even Flow - PJ
All My Life - JORR's Favorite Rockstar
Sad But True - Metallica
Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three
Closer To the Heart - Rush
Spirit of Radio - Rush

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Nice, love me some Harvey Danger...not to steal your thunder but this is ours for the next two days...

JoyDog Setlist
Set I
--Down With Disease—Phish
--Grateful/Jerry—Kula Shaker
--Did You See Me?—Weeb
--Duck Soup—an original
--Hottentot—John Scofield
--Cross-eyed and Painless--Talking Heads
--Driven to Tears—The Police
--Sing a Simple Song—Dan/John/Brad
--Who was in My Room?—Butthole Surfers
--Snatching it Back—Clarence Carter
--Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake--Small Faces
--Melting Pot/1st Tube—Booker T./Phish

Set II
--Driving South—Jimi Hendrix
--Gut Feeling—Devo
--Birds of a Feather—Phish
--Chank—John Scofield
--Transitions—Ween
--Life During Wartime—Talking Heads
--Everything’s Everything—Booker T
--Wildflower--
--Even if You Don’t—Ween
--Roses Are Free—Ween
--Hope You’re Feeling Better —Santana
--Evil in Your Eye—Church of the Cosmic Skull
--Booze Me Up--Ween

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

Taking nothing away from the rest of your set, these 3 alone sell me on your band.

I proposed Down With Disease, but the others felt it wasn't recognizable enough. Given what we do, they're probably correct.
I love Driven to Tears, but for me....some day....I will play Synchronicity II in a band

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We may stop by later!

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@audioidkid

Ooh, that would be fun. I've been listening to older stuff and would love to try Deathwish, Born in the Fifties, Live version of Bring on the Night, or Synch I.

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

I love how you found a way to mix in Firehouse into that set list.

I see you do Vanilla Ice so somebody can kind of rap which means you could.....start Sad But True and bust into American Badass and tear town the house!!!

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

"Total Recall" sounds very familiar. Has it been around awhile? Have you played in Arlington Heights, maybe at Peggy Kinnane's?

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

I've been to Peggy's but we've never played there. Furthest south we've gone was Q Bar in Glendale Heights. That was 3 or 4 years ago. We opened for ARRA.

We also do "Nothin But A G Thang', but not for this show. Festival goers may not want to hear "ain't no pussy good enough to get burnt while I'm up in it".
I like Kid Rock just fine, but diluting "Sad But True"?? no way

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Fuck. I wish I had seen this post last week.

Where can I find out about suburban festivals such as this?

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shit! When's your next upcomin' shows?

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1) Go to http://www.google.com

2) Search for "Total Recall Band Chicago" (no quotes)

3) The following is returned: https://www.totalrecallchicago.com/dates

I hope this helps!!!

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

yep, we have a website and everything

We don't have anything lined up yet for the remainder of the year, but that should change soon. October or November we will play somewhere in Antioch...just not sure when yet.

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I’d like to check it out. I have a good buddy in Antioch so should be an easy trip.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Well....since Tubby has brought masking back to IL....that is pretty much going to put shows Oct, Nov, Dec in Southern Wisconsin. Thanks JB!

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That works even better for me!

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Why hasn't BigW72 given us any more shows?

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We haven't booked anything. Options are limited right now. We were supposed to play NYE at a dump in Lake Villa, but that got cancelled.

For 2022, we will be booked at Captain's Quarters in Antioch sometime in June. We will for sure play Grayslake Summer days in August.

More to come....just nothing yet.

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