CABIN FEVER BAND!: August 2014

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Sam's Tavern Today.

Ready to party!! Cabin Fever Band is back at Sam's Tavern today! The party starts at 3:00 PM.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Nikki's Party!!

Played at Nikki's last night for her annual party on Church St in Olathe. We had a great time!!

The cops showed up earlier than usual. They checked a few IDs, posed for selfies, ate a little and went on their way. I think they even had a good time!

We played from 7:00 till a little after 11:30 PM.

Thanks to Nikki for having us out!! It was a blast!!

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Corn Fest St Dance.

Played on Main St in Olathe last night for the Olathe Sweet Corn Festival Street Dance. It was a great time and a surprisingly great turnout!

CABIN FEVER.. The Early Years

"Cabin Fever Band" started out in the mid 1980's. Evan heard that I played bass guitar and asked if I wanted to play.

The original band was a five piece. In the beginning we had a banjo in the group, but that didn't last long.

Musicians came and went over the years. Maybe you'll know some of them:

Clay Hemstrom, Jan Vandeveer, Jim Vigil, Scott Morford, Mike Jackson, Dean Abbott. (I'll add more as I remember them).

Chad Schmalz came into Lynette's Hydeout one night and set in with us. He was looking to play guitar in the group and we were looking for someone to play guitar. We hired him that night.

Shortly after, Chad's nephew, Dean Abbott joined the group on drums and we went four piece. Dean was a talented drummer, guitarist and songwriter. Some of the material Cabin Fever played was written by Chad, Dean and Kevin.

Cabin Fever band played in various venues: The Lazy JR (Burned to the ground), Lynettes Hyde-out, Olathe Sweet Corn Festival (consecutive years), Almont Resort, The Hitchin' Post, Bullfrog and Halls Crossing Marinas at Lake Powell.... The list goes on. Lot's of good times and memories.

After a few years Dean left the group to persue other interests. He got married and moved to New Mexico.

After a few frustrating drummer changes, Cabin Fever Band split about 1997.

Evan Hyde, Kevin Robinson, Chad Schmalz and Andy Fish are burning with the fever again. CATCH IT!