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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 22/09/2026

They have literally prevented us from becoming Great Again.

The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 21/09/2026

Imagine being imprisoned for jaywalking. OK, gas prices, but don't forget that we now have concentration camps filled with the hardest-working people in America. And maybe a few criminals. Remember, being undocumented in America is still only a misdemeanor. Now imagine being tortured for jaywalking.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 29/08/2026

We've been Fattening other stages for almost three months, but we're back two Mondays in a row, celebrating our ten year anniversary at the casino. We'll have the "Fat Shot Horns" with us for both Mondays, as saxman Keith Stone joins Mark Kelly, our angel of the woodwinds. Free Labor Day brat-dogs!

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 12/08/2026

This Sunday, we'll crank it ALL the way up ... exactly one decibel below the legal limit. If anybody asks. It was a whole thing.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 25/07/2026

"... fed officials admit that $7.5B reduction in clean energy funding based solely on whether states had voted for Kamala Harris. In contrast, the administration funded grants for states that had backed trump, though the Energy Department had recommended they be cancelled." - Heather Cox Richardson

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 20/07/2026

It's a concert with a dance floor. Accessorize accordingly.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 23/06/2026

An award-winning photo (#19) from our video wall, entitled "Outpost."

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 21/06/2026

Drunk uncle Nancy sees "transgenic mice," ignores the spelling, rails on about transgender mice. All the drunks at the bar began to sing along. Maybe look it up? Transgenics alters genomes, not genders; arguably worse, but a common technique used on mice in research labs to test drug effectiveness

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 13/06/2026

We don't have a video wall at the Rockfish tonight in Anacortes, 7:30-10, and it's way past tulip season. But what the hey ... this video-wall image #19 is a field at Tulip Town entitled "popcorn." Which you had to eat a whole lot of, if you were patiently watching the front of the Kennedy Center.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 11/06/2026

We had great fun at the Old Edison on Saturday, and at the Anacortes Waterfront festival on Sunday. Next stop on the tour ... right down the road a piece at the Rockfish Grill, Saturday June 13 7:30pm in Anacortes.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 02/06/2026

Sunday, we headline the Anacortes Waterfront Festival. We'll have the Ozempic Horns for this one, appropriately featuring Keith Stone who literally lives IN the waterfront (on a boat).

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 02/06/2026

This Saturday, we rock the Old Edison, with special guest Cary Stevens from The Atlantics on drums.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 30/05/2026

Every day the deficit grows You spend more than you own Papa always said to me "Keep a close eye on your authority" You say that you care I was unaware You say that you care I was unaware All you do is push, pull, tear We can't stretch it any farther -- Allen Stone, "Unaware"

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 30/05/2026

Video Wall Image #19 (yes, they are all #19) some of our fans from Stanwood, Washington.

A huge flock of snow geese taking off from a green grassy field, in front of blue sky and layered cloud.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 28/05/2026

The Fat Fridays band will NOT be performing at the Great American State Fair. Thank you for your lack of attention to this matter. Not that we were invited or anything.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 02/05/2026

The Day the Music Died in LaConner? www.facebook.com/LaConnerLive

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 02/05/2026

May the Fat be with you on Monday. Come by the casino, we're "soft-releasing" our new CD! Whatever that means. And yes, we literally start playing classic rock for dancing at 11am.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 15/04/2026

Video Wall Image #19 - Skagit Bay from Camano Island, WA

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 15/04/2026

Our 72nd show at the casino. Listen and dance to upscale classic rock by brother jazzoids, rockers, and a showgirl. This week featuring the fabulous Keith Stone on woodwinds, from Cascadia Groove and Mary Ellen Lykins & the CC Adams Band.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 13/04/2026

OK, change of plans. THIS is the cover art for the new CD. I mean, really this time.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 28/03/2026

This moody photo of Mount Baker in Washington State, taken by an award-winning local photographer, is the cover art for our next record.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 16/03/2026

We're starting recording sessions tomorrow, so 15 or 20 songs should be extra tight at the next gig.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 27/02/2026

Our next show will be our 70th at the casino. They just hired a super new sound engineer, Kenneth, who dare I say, really knows the frequencies.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 22/02/2026

Video Wall Image #19 - Skagit Valley Sunrise. Daffodil season will come early this year.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 20/02/2026

Remember "happenings?" Wikipedia says "Happenings are difficult to describe," because anything that 'happens" can be one. We won't be putting on love beads or disco boots for ours, but if you happen to join us, remember ... early bird gets a table!

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 06/02/2026

Happy Superb Owl Weekend to all who celebrate! Here's a fledgling Great Horned!

A fledgling Great Horned Owl sitting on a branch on a forest in Western Montana.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 11/01/2026

A tribute band only plays one band's music. Don't you wish could take 50 tribute bands and put them on shuffle?

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 14/12/2025

Rock outta 2025 hard, starting Saturday night in Bow, then at midday on Monday in Arlington, then Wednesday night at the LaConner Live New Year's Eve benefit bash at Maple Hall. Rock into 2026 hard!

The Fat Fridays band at the Old Edison, December 27, 2025, 8 to 10:30pm

The Fat Fridays band at Angel of the Winds casino in Arlington, December 29, 2025, 11am to 3pm

The Fat Fridays band at Maple Hall in LaConner, December 31, 2025, 8pm to 12:30am

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 29/11/2025

Is Black Friday a quintessentially-American holiday song? Well, we're playing it on Monday regardless, to kick off the second month of Toyotathon.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 13/11/2025

Take Me to the Atmospheric River ... might be a wet load-in. But things'll be warming up soon enough. It's dry and beerful inside. Join us.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 05/11/2025

They day it's my birthday. Happy birthday TO me. Got a bunch of new songs to unwrap this week.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 21/10/2025

We will also be celebrating Ms. Kelly Visten's @songbirdg1.bsky.social 2-year anniversary with the band.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 08/10/2025

LaConner's annual Brew on the Slough beer festival, this Saturday 5 to 9 pm at Maple Hall, La Conner, WA. 13 local breweries and cideries, munchies from Santo Coyote, a really really great band, and a Lederhosen contest! Everything you need.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 03/10/2025

We'll have two Angels of the Woodwinds on Monday! Our own inimitable Mark Kelly, plus the fabulous Keith Stone of Cascadia Groove and the CC Adams band! A seven-piece band for one day only! Monday, October 6, 11am until 3pm at Angel of the Winds casino.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 12/09/2025

It's been all Northwest pix so far, but the next time we play www.angelofthewinds.com (Mon Sept 22 11am-3pm) our giant freakin' slide show video wall in-your-face photo exhibition will feature a few images from an old trip to Peru. This (35mm film!) pic of vicunas on the Altiplano won a few prizes.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 28/08/2025

Our killer video wall photo gallery of landscape and wildlife images has been Northwest-only. But by request, we added a few from an old trip to Peru. Can't wait to see 'em 8 feet tall! See the pix - and the band - 3 Mondays in a row: Sep 22, 29 and Oct 6, 11AM to 3PM at Angel of the Winds casino.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 22/08/2025

We're playing three weeks in a row at the casino!

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 11/08/2025

Live @ Lunch - dance from 11am to 3pm Monday Aug 18 @ Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington WA 98223

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 23/07/2025

We have assimilated some new old tunes and some old new tunes since last we rocked The Old Edison. Let's dance.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 14/07/2025

The band has a fantastic video wall slide show with dozens stunning Pacific Northwest photographic images created by an award-winning local photographer.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 04/06/2025

Many thanks to Hugo Helmer Music and the Burlington Police Department for the return of my stolen “blue” guitar and Boss Katana amp. Thought they were goners.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 17/05/2025

The news is infuriating, exhausting, frustrating. We all need to take the night off.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 12/05/2025

We play some SJW songs, e.g. The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby; We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel; Trouble In Paradise by J.D. Souther ("You can't sleep at night in a solid gold room"). We wrote a verse especially for #45 in "Do It Again" by Steely Dan ... #47 deserves a few more already.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 09/05/2025

Here's another image from our video wall slideshow. It's tulip fields in the magic Skagit Valley, taken from a helicopter. It's also the cover of our 2016 CD.

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The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock @thefatfridays.com · 07/05/2025

We have an incredible slideshow of Northwest landscape and nature images taken by an award-winning local photographer. We play it on the giant video wall behind the band ... when there is one. We play it in our heads when there isn't. Here's one of the images. www.thefatfridays.com/how.html

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