2019-02-15: Creaking Planks feature at Beats on Broadway!

At our peak, we were sometimes playing two gigs in a single day.  In our deepest slump, it felt like the pace was closer to two gigs in the same year.  Having just poked our heads out of hibernation (never give a woodchuck on Groundhog Day!), we never expected to have a second gig lined up just a week later, and yet here we are!  A big part of show business success is simply being in the right place at the right time, and as it turned out we were exactly the right shape to fill in for an unexpected cancellation looming on a venue's calendar. The plan always was for 2019 to see a renewal of the Creaking Planks, but I was expecting we'd need to reform the band first!  I'm a little concerned that this pace isn't sustainable, but probably we will have a long break after this to strategize our next move.

But I'm burying the lede. Yes! You can find us -- well, two of us, the primordial, essential skeleture of the ensemble -- featuring this Friday night back at the monthly third-Friday Beats on Broadway acoustic open mic at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House (800 E Broadway) for the first time since our last appearance there eleven years ago! It's an open mic, so if you'd like to share a bit of tunage or your latest poem also, don't hold back! Signup from 7-7:30 pm. See you there!

2008-06-20: Planks feature at the Beats on Broadway open mic

Earle Peach invited us to feature at his "Beats on Broadway" open mic at the Mount Pleasant Neighborhood House (800 E. Broadway, a block or so east of Fraser), and we were thrilled to accept.  We joked that, following our feature set at Rick Keating's open mic at the Little Mountain Neighborhood House, we would be embarking on the lucrative local Neighborhood House tour circuit.  Oh, wait... that might not be so ridiculous after all.  Unfortunately, not all of these community service locuses enjoy the prestige of the venues offered at Mount Pleasant and Little Mountain, but we'll see how things develop.

Then, Earle invited us again.   We didn't know how to fit it in, but we accepted nonetheless -- after all, we already had an engagement there that night, but maybe we could sneak out and rush back to take the second gig.  That, or we could split in half and play two sets simultaneously -- or one set in stereo!  In any case, this will be among our final summer performances for some time, after an impressive run of serious performances to pumped crowds, so consider joining us at 7:30 pm before we tip the solstice over!  (more information on Facebook)