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Central Iowa Fair 7/16/09

2009-07-17T09:35:00.000-05:00

A Lakes weekend sampler

2009-06-01T15:11:00.001-05:00

Fat Andy @ Iowa Events Center

2009-05-08T09:19:00.001-05:00

Had a surprisingly intimate show for such a GIGANTIC ROOM. But...since people paid $50 to get all u can eat/drink where were they going to go?

Random St.Patty pics

2009-03-18T12:59:00.000-05:00

Fat Andy opens for Hello Dave @ Peoples Court - Thanks to Mandy Miller for these pictures!

2009-03-18T12:56:00.001-05:00

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Fat Andy in Will P Country...Primghar, IA @ Legends

2009-03-06T20:28:00.006-06:00

Fat Andy's small town Saturday night

2009-03-05T13:45:00.000-06:00

Fat Andy gettin' Fat at the IA State Fair

2008-08-09T10:06:00.001-05:00

Fat Andy takes in the Nadas at the IA State Fair

2008-08-09T10:05:00.001-05:00

Fat Andy takin' in the Fair

2008-08-09T10:00:00.000-05:00

Fat Andy's Will P @ the IA State Fair

2008-08-08T09:58:00.000-05:00

A night in pics @ Mother's Pub

2008-07-12T17:24:00.000-05:00

FAT ANDY invades Templeton, IA - The Recap

2008-06-08T15:05:00.002-05:00

We headed out to the beautiful Iowa local that is Templeton for a classic small town Saturday night. "Special Guests" of our buddies The Nadas as they helped to crack the seal on the new Whiskey Distillery that creates the nectar known as Templeton Rye. So, Will got there on The Nadas charter bus, Travis trucked over solo, while Jim and the Brians shared a ride.

The tours were going about every 30 minutes...and they RULED. I mean, as much as a scientific explination of whiskey creation can. The history is what'll get you. As 5 proud Iowans, it was cool to see our heritage preserved and championed. So, before we get on with the story...thanks to Scott Bush and the Templeton Rye guys for what they do and letting us help open up thier new building

But this, as they say, is where the story took a turn. As we got rain EVERY DAY for the whole last week, one would assume that we'd get AT LEAST one day without severe weather. Yeh...no...no that's not what was the plan.

As you can see from the video below, the wind was wicked and there was a real concern that we were about to flip upside down while playing out set.

However, the rain held off and Fat Andy felt pretty good about the show...a solid hour of mostly originals and some deep covers thrown in. We thought we'd set the slowly growing crowd up nicely. Too bad for the folks there, we there going to play a whole lot longer the then real reason they were there...The Nadas.

Just as we got down, the radar looked bright red and the lighting started to strike. Just long enough to let us loose in the Templeton Rye store where Will ended up buying a Whiskey Barrell...just what he needed.

So, the Nadas finally try to get up there...they even had a local gal playing the fiddle...all ready to roll. Too bad 4 songs in Mother Nature unleashed what Forrest Gump would call a "sideways rain". All us Fat Andy guys thought we'd be smart and run into the "green room" they had set up for us. Too bad it was locked...and there was no cover over there...and by the time we checked the big porch they'd built to see if there was room for us...there was not.

We got soaked...the rain never let up...and we ran out of drinks all hovering together under a very, very, very small overhang. However, Templeton Rye...LOTS OF IT...ends up warming you up nicely. Mike and Jason obliged by playing a little acoustic jam inside the Distillery and we all dried off.

That is, until both Will and Jim biffed it HARD in the muddiest front yard of all time...and so ended the night.

See Parts I through IIII of the pictures from the night below. Thanks Templeton...next time we come let's hope the weather changes but the whiskey stays the same.

FAT ANDY invades Templeton, IA - The Pics Part IIII

2008-06-08T14:56:00.000-05:00

FAT ANDY invades Templeton, IA - The Pics Part II

2008-06-08T14:53:00.001-05:00

FAT ANDY invades Templeton, IA - The Pics Part III

2008-06-08T14:53:00.000-05:00

FAT ANDY invades Templeton, IA - The Pics Part I

2008-06-08T14:51:00.000-05:00

Day 2 of Lakes adventure

2008-06-01T21:03:00.000-05:00

Okoboji Bandhouse Art Gallery

2008-05-31T15:37:00.000-05:00

Art should not be hidden...it must be shared! I think a great man...or women...said that. Actually...I have no idea.

Day 1 plus in The Lakes

2008-05-31T12:31:00.000-05:00