Author Archives: MikeQ

MIKE DALEY and JACK

On Sundays, I’m behind the bar for the Blues Jam at Johnny D’s — it’s not much money, but there’s always good music and good people. This past Sunday, regulars John (drummer) and Grant (guitar) played some rocking sets. Dan … Continue reading

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SUGAR PACKETS (More bits and pieces)

Most of the notes I’ve saved over the years are simply about what happened behind the bar — an interesting character I met, or a weird event that happened during the shift. Some of the notes tell a complete story … Continue reading

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AFTER-HOURS at CINDY’S

(Image from www.dreamstime.com) (Ed. note:  We found “Cindy!”  We’d lost touch with the young woman in this story — real name Wendy LaHaye — when she left Fidelity Investments and moved to California.  Now she’s back in the Boston area … Continue reading

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A FEW GOOD MEN (Famous cocktail napkin notes)

The idea for this week’s post comes from comrade-in-arms Scribbler50, author of one of my favorite blogs, Behind the Stick. I got this email from Scribbler the other day: “Hey, Mike, I just read something in the New York Daily … Continue reading

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BAR FIGHTS

I had to think it over before putting up this week’s post. Will anyone be interested in bar fights? “I’m certainly not,” Colleen said. (Colleen is my best friend. She looks over everything I write and I often rely on … Continue reading

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