NO BOUNDARIES BAND

INTRODUCING

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Mike McGarry's
No Boundaries Band

Formed in July 08 from Grit spit and a whole lotta shit.
What a long strange trip
The longest set list and never a set list, we shoot from the hip.
Hot three piece sound with clear highs and gut rattling lows
You know the song you know how it goes
Rockabilly ,Country ,Rock and Blues.
One long Party, nothing to loose
We love to Party, we love to play
Whole lotta fun but still not Gay
Plenty of History and bands in the Past
We play the music that lasts
When you're out for the night just hangin around
Come on down for the “No Boundaries” sound.

Back to the Country
Cause he likes it that way.

Roy the Rock

Shaker of floors

We also offer the "Songs you Know Duo" format for more low key occasions. Just Mike , Butthawk and Fred the drum machine playing a ton of sing along style hits in a more intimate setting. Perfect for House Parties and smaller rooms, guaranteed Fun!

Hear the Band

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Fun Fun Fun

If you want your patrons to have fun and party hard just hire us. We know a Bajillion songs, do requests and play recorded hit Dance music between sets so the Party never stops. What cha waitin fer?

Book the Band

Mike 659-2641 Email rustlermike@hotmail.com
Woody 892-9504 Email housedoctorsinc@yahoo.com

January

It's a brand New Year and the Band Plays on!

Saturday the 14th at the Legion in de Pit 10-2 no cover

Come on down!

Friday the 20th back in de Pit again, we are obviously working Toooo Cheap! 10-2 no cover

February

Friday the 17th at the Legion in de Pit 10-2 no cover

Come on down for the No Boundaries sound!

Sat the 25th Butthawk does DJ gig for Prince St. School fashion show Fund raiser.
MEOW! Details soon

Lotsa songs

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Tons of songs

We've been playin forever, we know more songs than pert near anyone so if you have a request, just let us know and we'll try er out. Lately we've been taking the Band down a Country Road with songs by

Brad Paisley

Toby Keith
Luke Bryon

Keith Urban
Billy Currington

Road Hammers

Big n Rich

Johnny Cash

Tracy Byrd

Dwight Yokum

Merle Hagard

David Lee Murphy

Kentucky Head hunters

Garth Brooks

Sawyer Brown

Vince Gill

And Many More

Not that we've chucked out the Rock side, we still do stuff by

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Stray Cats

Kid Rock

Billie Joel

The Beatles

The Eagles

Dire Straits

John Cougar

CCR

Tom Petty

Lynerd Skynerd

Norman Greenbalm

Elvis

Del Shannon

Van Morrison

Roy Orbison

And Sooo many others

The Fans

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Ready to race

Reality

After the gig

At the gig

More reality

A story by and for musicians.

She passed the audition

Not so long ago

Right now

More wishful thinkin

Band Photos

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Butthawk, Halloween 2011!


Nashville Mike and Butthawk at the Gold Cup Parade #1 prize winning float

Roy fine tuning

Butthawk has some special fans!

Daddy Rustler plugs in Butthawk's Blue Suede Strat

And Fire's it up!

The Beat Boss settles in

I put Crazy Glue on the throne Roy

Like Smelts in a Pan

The Christmas drums

And sometimes it's great

I won't marry you Jimi, quit askin!

Just another Brick in the wall

It's Saturday

The Evil Smelt Brothers

It's in here somewhere

Mwahahaha

Have any Band Photos?
Send em along to butthawk and see em on the web.
Email me at
housedoctorsinc@yahoo.com

Hawk prepares for St. Patrick's day

Fame has it's price.

Two doubles, don the shades and ready to go.

Roy Roy filled with Joy

Ya think we should get up there?
Nah, let em wait!

Roy the Rock
Unshakable

The Captain

How to Hold a Benefit

There is big competition in this business, and yes, it is a business so be organized and be successful. Here are some helpful hints.

Pick your time carefully, are there any major Sporting events or Concerts on TV or locally? Any other fund raisers in town?
The Room: Remember that a small crowd in a big room is always a failure. People like to be close. Arrange individual table scattered about because Long rows are not conducive to good socializing. Make the Dance Floor small because large dance floors make people self conscious and they won't dance as readily. Be careful with lighting, make it a s dark as you can, most people don't look good under bright lights particularly florescent ones. Put out some chips and peanuts or dress up a cute girl and get her selling them at a good profit. If you are planning on using the Clover Club at the Charlottetown Legion consider which band is playing down stairs. Will your band draw better than them?
Advertising: Get a Facebook Page and fill it with pictures of the Family, friends, the Band you are using [and link to their web site] and put lots of information on the page, make it interesting.
Email everyone you know and ask them to email everyone they know and link to your Facebook page. If you are not Computer Savy find someone who is and get them to do it. This is VERY important!
Make a Decent Poster, not some sheet of paper that no one will read.
Call the Radio Stations and ask about advertising the event. All the Radio Stations not just the one you listen to.
Get on the phone.
Get a Large Screen TV or projector and hook up a Computer to it. Place it in a central spot at the benefit and scroll the Event Schedule, crowd photos and other pertinent information .
You need to make people feel that this will be an Event not to be missed not just a money grab. Keep the Sympathy on the back burner.

Silent auctions: are a real drag but they do bring in cash. Make a good sign over each item stating in large letters who donated it. This is advertising to the business' and you need to promote them. Ask people to PRINT their name and phone number. Try to have the auction items in a separate room. Trying to see items in a dark room with a loud band is a Stupid idea! If you have to do this put lamps on the tables so people can see!
End the Auction by 11PM at the latest, Print the winners names and Numbers on a sheet so that they can be quickly read on stage. This is really boring , everyone hates it and few will pay attention for long so do it FAST.
When it's done, post the list on the wall so people can read it. Even better put it on the projector screen.
A Real auction: Hire a real auctioneer and really raise cash.
Entertainment: Don't be cheap! You need to spend money to make money. Bands get asked all the time to do free benefits. The only ones who do free benefits are unknown entertainers and amateurs. People will not come to see these acts , you will only get Friends of the Family. Hire a band that plays a wide variety of music that will appeal to an older crowd. Young people rarely go to benefits.
Don't have too many acts. It's difficult to get good sound and there is always a lot of down time between performers. Down time is dead time and dead time is Dull!
It's hard to beat Bag Pipes for stirring a crowd or making an entrance!
Play background music or dance tunes between band sets. A good band will provide this but always check as some of them aren't too swift about it. It's as simple as hooking an MP3 player to the sound board. No one uses CD's any more!
No long sad story’s. People are there to be entertained, don't bring em down.
Hire an MC: preferably a Comedian and make them dress in something sharp. There is nothing worse than some sad shabby fool who doesn't know what they are doing holding up a piece of paper that they can't read mumbling into a microphone. They have to be Entertaining. This is NOT the band's job.
Stay Sober! You are doing this to help someone else, it's not a Party for you.

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See, you're not the only freak on the leash!