The Bilge Pumps - Past Landings: Highlands and Islands Concert 2013

Shawnee, OK October 19, 2013

We managed to talk our buddies from up Kansas way, Tullamore, to meet us half way in Shawnee, OK at the Historic Ritz Theater to put on our first ever twin billed show together! Each band performed a set and then we combined for a third set of songs where each band chose songs from their own repertoire and then chose a song that neither band had ever done. Then, we up and performed them onstage with a good 45 minutes worth of rehearsal together! The results were incredible and if you missed the show, you missed a helluva thing. We gave the nice folks at a Ritz an overloaded break-in for their new sound system and even managed to record the performances for each band to potentially use on future recordings, in our case the Bail Money album. It was a great time with great friends and we hope to be able to do something similar again in the future.

Tullamore and the Bilge Pumps gather together briefly to go over some songs before the show starts.	The groups had very little time to rehearse intricate songs neither had played before, like "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes".	This concert really was able to break in the new sound system that the Ritz Theater recently had funded on Kickstarter
Tullamore fires up their set, soothing the audience with beautiful sounding tunes from the homeland.	Sure, Mark, Mary, and Rachel may all sound good on stage, but they're really vicious drunks that steal all your stuff backstage... really!	While Tullamore was on stage, we decided to go hide the Baileys cakes and the Baileys cupcakes!
John Crow the Cook positively shines in the spotlight.	It's time for the Bilge Pumps to take the stage, that means dealing with John Crow's stage diving proclivities.	Maroon the Shantyman addresses the audience between songs, explaining the strange sights and sounds the audience is seeing onstage.
Maroon debuts his questionable bass playing skills at the concert during "Ranzo Ray".	Sharkbait Simon the Scapegoat always give it his all for the audience.	Tullamore and the Bilge Pumps join forces to put on a rocking 3rd set... if only Maroon would get the sound straightened out.