Witness Reloaded Updates Blog

• 9/28/08 Picture have started to come in from the gig! Most of the pictures will be at our Flickr Photo Site but I also put a gallery of them here on the main site. Enjoy! (And, Thanks!)

• 10/4/08 Back from the Dead!  After 16 years, Witness, in the form of Witness Reloaded, is back! October 3rd was a blast! It was great to see so many of our old fans show up, and it was a fun gig to do! Must say, we are all a little tired today, after all, 2am is way past our bedtime! (Most of us got home around 4 or 5 in the morning.) Pictures, comments, and video should be following in the next week or two! For now, I'm going back to bed!

• 10/1/08 I don't think they checked their own map !!! If you are on the Blue Route, get off at the McDade Blvd exit (east) and as soon as you get off the ramps and on the street, start looking to your left! It's only a couple of blocks !  REAL easy to find !!!

• 9/28/08 With only a few days to go, it's time for a map! Click on the map at right to open Tom & Jerry's directions site!  Today is our last rehearsal before the gig, and we have added one of my favorite Tull songs to the set, as well as a couple of real surprises!  Plans also include a drop by at the club today to get some pre-show tech work done. This should be a classic Witness Reloaded event!   See you all on Friday !

• 9/22/08 Witness: Other Lives: On 9/19 I returned to do a lighting job in Wildwood. What a blast! The town sure has changed. The job was for Mitch's band, The Rip Chords. There are some more pics on our "Flickr Reloaded" photo site.  Less then 2 weeks to the next Witness Reloaded Gig !

• 9/7/08 Just got back from rehearsal. It is always a shocking reminder to remember how good they are! While rehearsing Tull, L Roy hit a note and then with a questioned look on his face asked "What song did that come from?" (He couldn't remember.) He hit it again and the rest of the band joined in playing a song that none of them had played in 20 some years! About five measures in, someone yelled out "Hey, that's (song will remain a secret for now)" and the band played it all the way through with barely a mistake! Needless to say, this "accidental" song has now been added back into the Tull show!  We also got a call from "Charlie" who got to hear the band rehearse "5:15" from his home in Florida. Everyone is psyched up for the October 3rd show!  

• 8/23/08 Witness: Other Lives: (From Mitch)
  Hey Everyone...  I am honored to announce that a track from my latest Solo CD ("Cool") is being included in an upcoming Tribute CD to Beach Boy Dennis Wilson.  The CD is being released by "Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine", 
  the official Beach Boys Fan Publication.  My track is called "Surfers Lament",an Instrumental.
  I'm so proud to be a part of this celebrated CD, which features many members of The Beach Boys extended family.
  I've included a copy of the Magazine cover in this email for you all to see.
  Here's the press release below. Talk soon....
  Mitch   www.theripchords.net   www.myspace.com/mitchschectersolo

  SUMMER 2008 - Endless Summer Quarterly Special Edition, Dennis Wilson tribute CD: The Summer edition is the true companion piece for Dennis Wilson's PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE: LEGACY EDITION — featuring interviews with Jim Guercio, John Hanlon, Gregg Jakobson, Dean O. Torrence, Billy Hinsche, Bobby Figueroa and Carli Munoz in their entirety (that were used in the liner notes for the release). Additional interviews and testimonials from Trisha Campo, Wayne Tweed, Ricci Martin, Daryl Dragon, Fred Vail, Stephen J. Kalinich and David Marks are included. Along with this instant collectible, ESQ is releasing an accompanying complimentary Dennis Wilson tribute CD. The new collection features Brian Wilson, Carl B. Wilson, Carnie Wilson, Dean Torrence, Matthew Jardine, Mitch Schecter, Chris Farmer, Philip Bardowell and Peter Lacey, David Marks with Al Jardine and many others. Go to www.esquarterly.com for more details.

• 8/22/08 Historic Witness fans will enjoy the pictures Nancy E just sent in. They are from a special night at the Silo in 1986. It was one last time when Michael D came up and played with the band! We also get to see Joe Anello play guitar and Tommy Higgins (brother of John) on drums! They were just added to our Flickr Site.  In other news, as we head into September, rehersals are starting up for our gig at Tom & Jerry's! 

• 7/18/08 Witness: Other Lives: Added some pictures to the Flickr site of the "Love Jones" band (Michael LaBuono plays with them, pictured far right.) These were from the "Best of Delaware" gig at the Dover Downs Casino on 7/17/08. Sandi and I did lighting (Apologies in advance for the pictures as she snapped them WHILE running follow spot during the show!) Cool gig! Lots of food and about 3,500 in attendance. (The door prize was a brand new Mercedes!) My special thanks to Mike as he helped roadie the show and was pretty darn good at that too!

• 7/14/08 Witness: Other Lives: Added a picture of the "Rummo & Koko" show (Mark Britton/John Knobler Duo, with guest Flip Britton) to our Flickr photo site. 

• 7/12/08 Witness: Other Lives: Hey....some news from Mitch's Production Company...Home Room Productions! He just completed the recording of a theme for a movie called "The Gold & The Beautiful". The music tracks were recorded by Mitch and his wife, Amy, and then that was sent off to Hollywood where they had 2 singers record vocal tracks on top of it. We don't know when the film is coming out, but we are really excited about it. The song they recorded was written by the legendary Carol Connors, who co-wrote the "Theme From "Rocky".

• 7/9/08 Witness: Other Lives: Next week (July 17), I get to dust off the lighting equipment and do a gig with Michael LaBuono's other band "Love Jones." They will be playing at Dover Downs along with the band "Jelly Roll." Remember, to see all the other bands prior members play with along with any "Reloaded" gigs, visit our Band Schedule. 

• 6/30/08 A special "thank you" goes out to Patrick Maley at Pearl Drums in Nashville from Mitch Schecter. Pearl Drums is the exclusive supplier for Mitch on the  "Witness Reloaded  2008" tour! (Also known affectionately by our members and fans as the MLCT or "Mid Life Crisis Tour" !)

  6/27/08 Witness Reloaded will be playing at Tom & Jerry's on October 3. (click image for club's website.) As always, you can check out all the bands and gigs that members are playing by clicking "Band Schedule" at the left of your screen! As you can see, they are a busy bunch of guys!

• 6/22/08 We have merged blogs with the Historic Witness Site (Because I don't like to type things twice!) so all the future updates will be on this page!

• 6/20/08 We welcome back Apollo Artists Attractions and Eli as our Exclusive agency!

• 6/19/08 WitnessReloaded.com now has it's own domain! 

• 6/18/08 With the help of  Patrick Maley Of "SIRIS", a new logo has been developed! (Mitch & JD helped a bit too)

• 6/17/08 Many members of Witness Reloaded play in other bands. Here is a new feature that lists the schedule!

• 6/16/08 Mitch has put together a companion website at MySpace. Check it out at www.myspace.com/witnessreloaded

• 6/15/08 The Witness Reloaded Website has officially been launched ! Although this is a new site, it comes from a long heritage. The original Witness was formed in 1977.  In 2007, members of the original band got back together for a totally unrehearsed reunion party and had so much fun, they decided to see what would happen if they rehearsed and added the full original production. That resulted in the very successful MLCT gig on April 20, 2008. In the two months that have followed, the band decided they just could not stay apart! And so... Witness Reloaded was born!