Dave Adler, Lo Marie, Jay Moran, Gregg Rullman, Kenny Stevenson & Andy Wallman

press release: MEMBERS OF THE GOMERS SLIGHTLY UNPAUSE THE HIATUS BUTTON

After the death of our bass player Gordon Ranney in 2016, and our guitar player Steve Burke’s move to Qatar, The Gomers went on hiatus. Keyboard player Dave Adler moved to Minneapolis for a year. Guitarist and bass player Biff Blumfumgagnge spends about six months of the year touring with King Crimson. Drummer Gregg Rullman moved to northern Wisconsin. And Andy Wallman didn’t go anywhere because he’s pretty sedentary. 

Adler moved back to Madison recently. Adler and Wallman were having a beer, and discussed ideas for bringing their Gomer pals back together, along with the many other friends in their musical network. (Adler frequently plays in Milwaukee, and is musical director for Steely Dane, a Steely Dan tribute band.)

Deciding to bring back live band karaoke was easy. After a Rockstar Happyoke last summer that lasted 5 hours, the band was approached by Frank Productions, owner of the High Noon Saloon, about performing more regularly at the High Noon. 

Then Dave and Andy had a flashback. They conjured up an additional idea for a live monthly show featuring a weird and different rocking musical theme from the past every time. They threw it out to the other Gomers, and other musical pals from their extensive musical journeys. And lo, Flashback Friday was born.  

The two shows are:

1. Rockstar Happyoke with Gomers & Friends, happening quarterly at The High Noon Saloon. Yes, the legendary Friday happy hour show Madison knows and loves where YOU are the rockstar is back by popular demand. First one will be January 18 at 5:30. 

Young and old, rookie and pro, everyone is welcome to rock with us. We even provide printed lyrics. Just choose from our mega playlist at thegomers.net. Singers write down two songs from that huge set list to choose from, and names are randomly chosen from the Magic Sombrero of Rock. Rockstar Happyoke will happen quarterly, and our first one will be Friday, January 18, at 5:30, doors at 5:00. $8 in advance, $10 DOS. Tickets at all High Noon outlets.

2. Flashback Friday, a new monthly gig happening the first Friday of the month (mostly), 5:30 at The Harmony Bar. Gomers Dave Adler, Gregg Rullman, Andy Wallman and Biff Blumfumgagnge (when in the US) will be joined by a variety of musical pals, setting the wayback machine to rock with a different theme from the past each and every month. Our first flashback theme will be “1968 Night” on December 7th, featuring a rocking smorgasbord of the top 100 hits from 50 years ago. Featuring Dave Adler, Andy Wallman, Gregg Rullman, Jay Moran, Kenny Stephenson and Lo Marie. Our January 4th show: “Songs from the 80’s That Didn’t Suck Night.” Tickets are $8.00, and doors open at 5:00 for Flashback Friday. 

Check out The Gomers Facebook page and High Noon Saloon Facebook page for info and updates on Rockstar Happyoke, and the Flashback Friday at the High Noon Saloon page on Facebook page for more information on that show.