The Baltimore Guitarist Group

Welcome Springtime, All Acoustic Jam (Annual kill the beer Jam) & Swap Meet

Apr 24 Sat 2:00 PM

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Attendance: 55 people attended.
5.0013 (13 ratings)
Who organized?
Bill and Mike

Welcome Springtime All Acoustic Jam (Annual Kill the beer Jam)

Time for another all acoustic jam at Mike's house!!!

Start time: 2:00pm
End time: When everyone drops

BYOB if you want something special, although there will be a good bit of misc. beer available
BYO lawn chairs, stools, music, stands, instruments, djembes, doumbeks, bodrans, digeridoos, kazoos, etc...

THIS IS A TAMBOURINE FREE ZONE

Optional: bring a snack to share.

We will provide hamburgers, hotdogs, ice, soda, water, and a lots of other stuff. Grill available for your use.

Plenty of head in parking out back (about 25 spaces, as long as it's dry). If you've been here before you know the drill. Pull up the driveway, drop your gear, then go ahead and park (I recommend backing into your space).

HEY, we're looking at a great turnout, so we've decided it's a good time try a Swap Meet too! Bring along those guitars, pedals, music, stands & miscellaneous under appreciated equipment. Great time to try 'em out, make some deals and clean out those closets & music rooms! I'll have an area set aside just for wheeling and dealing so bring your tables or blankets to set it out.

NO PETS!!!

THIS IS AN OUTDOOR EVENT, SO WE'LL HAVE A RAIN DATE ON SATURDAY MAY 1ST

Due to the OVERWHELMING response to the "Welcome Springtime" meet, we ask that, if possible, please carpool. I have quite a few parking spaces, but not enough to accommodate a crowd this size. There is street parking, but please do not block the road (narrow street). I'd recommend you drop your gear first, then park (save your back). The meet is in the back yard, so please don't bother knocking or coming to the front door, no one will answer.

In addition, please remember to bring your lawn chairs, tables and/or blankets (if your selling), and BYOB. This is billed as a "kill the beer" jam, but with this amount of response, we can consider the beer pretty much killed!
If you would like, completely optional, bring along something to share. I will be supplying the hamburgers, hotdogs, soda, water and ice (and some beer).

Also, please keep your RSVP up to date so we have an idea of how many to expect. The address and contact info will be sent to you 2 days before the event.

This should be a blast, the largest BGG meet to date. See you all there (here).

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Posted Apr 28, 2010 7:36 PM

Joe M.

Rainy day Joe

A belated thanks to Mike and Bev for the wonderful hospitality and wishing I could have stayed longer but too many commitments...However, am I the only one who actually sold/swapped anything? Wanna' know what goods people picked up? Buyers remorse, anyone? Anyone leave home with one guitar and return with another?
Posted Apr 25, 2010 6:52 PM

Mike

Bloody Mary Mike

Hey Jen, those are the sweatshirts. Everything has been identified by it's rightful owner. Except.... could someone please tell me HOW I managed to lose my cane? I certainly don't remember crawling anywhere!!!
Posted Apr 25, 2010 6:35 PM

Jim Magness

Agree Mike- BIG Thanks to your boys- You are truley blessed to have such a great family !! oh yea and Billy did something...
Posted Apr 25, 2010 5:49 PM

Jeniye L.

Vocalist

If those 2 kids sweatshirts are a little brown zip up hoodie with orange and white striped at the shoulders, and a boys all grey zip up hoodie, then those would be my boys'.
Posted Apr 25, 2010 1:11 PM

Mike

Bloody Mary Mike

Special Thanks to my boys: Jared for getting the place looking good and digging out all of gear from the garage, and Jake for manning the grill all day, and to Billy for all the extra help getting things set up and ready to go, Steve for helping with the last minute details, Bev for all the work, planning and putting up with me. Thanks to all of the participants for being the most fantastic group of folks I've ever met.
Posted Apr 25, 2010 11:45 AM

Dale

The jam was fantastic! Thanks for hosting, and thanks for having me!
Posted Apr 25, 2010 11:08 AM

David Cook

As always it was a great time. Great food Great People. Thanks guys!
Posted Apr 25, 2010 10:24 AM

Ballpark

I seemed to have misplaced my Tambourine... Anyone???
Posted Apr 25, 2010 10:16 AM

Mike

Bloody Mary Mike

LOST & FOUND LOST: my favorite small guitar stand, folds to about 16" long - red and yellow tape stripes around it. **** FOUND: Billy's guitar stand **** FOUND: A pair of prescription sunglasses, found inside the house **** FOUND: 2 kids sweatshirts **** FOUND: A whole lot of damned maracas - please everyone claim them :o)
Posted Apr 25, 2010 9:49 AM

Mike

Bloody Mary Mike

WHOA!!! Did anybody get the tag number on that truck? Despite the threat of rain and a few sprinkles here and there, what an awesome turnout!!! We had an absolute blast. The party continued on into the wee hours of the morning with the final guests departure at 3:00 am. I think we're going to sleep for about a week. Thanks to everyone that came out to make the jam a success.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 11:07 PM

Ballpark

Just want to pass on a hearty thank you to our hosts Mike and Bev. It was a fun time and as always, fun people to jam and sing with. Hope we can get another event together soon...
Posted Apr 24, 2010 10:18 PM

Jim Magness

Awesome Party Mike and Bev !! Thanks for having us all over. Really enjoyed meeting some new BGG friends.
Posted Apr 24, 2010 7:18 PM

Steve

Fearless Leader "FL"

Hey the rain stayed away! Minus 2 sprinkles. Awesome time once again. Many many thanks to Mike and Bev! Thanks to all for the birthday wishes!
Welcome Springtime, All Acoustic Jam (Annual kill the beer Jam) & Swap Meet happened on April 24, 2010 2:00 PM
Posted Apr 24, 2010 1:13 PM

Adam Lass

It's already raining up here in Reisterstown, so I figger you guys are looking toward the rain date next weekend. See you then!
Posted Apr 23, 2010 8:45 PM

BigDaddyKane

You know I'm a collector not a seller. If I make it there, I will have one cool thing I just fixed up. And I am sure Doug won't remember it. (Is anyone interested in a fast cheap 3 gig gateway computer with, ati 9600 128 meg video, and 1 gig of dual channel ram, combo cd-rom, XP-pro. Got a few of them ready to go.)
Posted Apr 23, 2010 8:03 PM

Jeniye L.

Vocalist

Awww man Doug, I was hoping your kids could play with my kids. :(
Posted Apr 23, 2010 7:01 PM

Mike

Bloody Mary Mike

Back up by 3
Posted Apr 23, 2010 6:20 PM

Doug

#1

No kids....down by 3
Posted Apr 23, 2010 11:14 AM

Jeniye L.

Vocalist

Mike, I told Bruce about the 10 gazebos, and he said, we only need 1, that's enough to cover our family, lol!
Posted Apr 23, 2010 10:37 AM

Doug

#1

BigDaddyKane. . . . . . . . . . I know you have some gear you could part with......Maybe I should speak to your better half.

Who attended?

55 attendees
- Doug (+1 guest)
  
  #1
  
  “ Actually sold something. Had a great time, and jammed all day. Nice to see some familiar faces and play with some solid players. Thanks Mike, Bev and crew. Food was awesome and plentiful. Should do this once a month, and alternate acoustic with electric. ”
- Jeniye L. (+3 guests)
  
  Vocalist
  
  “ Had a great time, as did Bruce and the boys. They sure did enjoy ringing all those bells, lol! So glad I was able to make it, and it was so nice of Bev to have some stuff there for the boys to play with. :) ”
- Mike (+2 guests)
  
  Bloody Mary Mike
  
  “ What a great group of people!!!! Gotta love BGG. ”
- Greg Redmer (+1 guest)
  
  “ Great meet. Weather held out mostly.... Thanks to Mike and Bev for their hospitality. ”
- Marian
  
  “ Many thanks to Mike & Bev for hosting this great party--it was a wonderful time for all. I enjoyed getting to meet more folks and really enjoyed it! ”
- TODD WHITT (+1 guest)
  
  “ Having not been to a meetup in quite some time, this was the IDEAL jam in which to return to the fold!!! I met folks I did`nt know (new friends) and folks I did know (old friends) and sang with them all !!! AND my new passion is KAZOO leads... ...Did`nt even take my tambourine outta the car !!! AMAZING TIME... Next, please? ”
- Scott B.
  
  “ It was great seeing and jamming with all of my BGG friends again. I gotta start attending more of these jams! ”
- Hank (+1 guest)
  
  “ Fantastic bunch of folks. Super food. Great music in spite of a little drizzle. ”
- Meg
  
  “ Always a good time with great food and awesome folks at Mike's house! I wish Mother Nature had been a little more charitable, but it was still good to see everyone! ”
- Art Eder
  
  “ Thanks Mike and Bev, it was great, except for that lousy drummer. ”
- Harmonica Don
  
  “ Thanks to "Super Hosts", Mike, Bev and everyone else that worked to make this a great meet up. ”
- David Cook
- Fran T (+1 guest)
- Dale
- Marv Egolf
- Jen Hardy (+1 guest)
  
  groupie & woo woo girl
- Rick Burns (+1 guest)
- Kathy Libkey
  
  The Original Woo-Woo Girl
- Lori Bott
  
  groupie & woo woo girl
- Dylan Wright (+1 guest)
- Geri English
  
  groupie & woo woo girl
- Glenn Urtes
  
  Squeezebox
- ron baylin
- Bill
- michael
- Steve (+1 guest)
  
  Fearless Leader "FL"
- Jim Magness
- Ballpark (+3 guests)
- Mark (+1 guest)
- Joe M. (+1 guest)
  
  Rainy day Joe
- (same ole') John
  
  Little John
- phillip revels
- BigDaddyKane (+2 guests)
- Marty
  
  They call me Mr. Bass