Cheese Pizza?

Haze Lee Finn. Lead singer from Cheese Pizza.

So you're thinking, allrighty. Scotty is doing his usual video with some el stupido comments thrown in right? Wrong.

A word of warning. This blog post will more than likely ramble all over the damn place and I'll tell you why.

So the wife and I have a good friend and her boyfriend living over in Peru Illinois. They invited us to go see this band that was playing at their favorite place to eat.

Ron and Gail.

As it turns out. The band called Cheese Pizza's lead singer is Lee Pakula. He and his wife Keegan owns Haze Smokehouse in Peru Ill.

Well we did not see Cheese Pizza. I was there to see one of my favorite guitarist. Chris Duarte!!!!!!

Yes. That Chris Duarte. Now I need to back up a wee bit (I told you this post would ramble!)

Right around ten years ago I was in Davenport doing something I can't even remember what. On the radio came a short blurb that Chris Duarte would be stopping at West Music to play an off the cuff midday show there.

Tell you what,I boogied on home and told the wife I was going right back to Dport. Had to grab a chair and mix a cocktail.

Chris and I ten years ago. And a lot of pounds skinnier.

At this point I should talk about pizza right? Wrong. I did not (gasp) eat pizza.

What I did get were smoked chicken wings that blew my mind! Never had those before and yours truly could get hooked on them in short order,they were that good.

The wife,Gail and her friends ordered off the menu.

A decent booze selection. I frontloaded on the way there and just had some macro swill beer.

Didn't get any good food pics.

Too be honest I'm not much of a BBQ fan. But the pulled pork I tried off Sher's plate was tasty!


Not with a ten foot pole!

Now as to why we drove over to Lasalle last night. To see Chris and hopefully get to gab for a second.

Mission accomplished thanks to Gail!

And then. After ten years Chris even remembered talking to me at West Music!

Had a good five minute chat with the bass player too!

One more from my crappy camera.

At this point I must thank Gail for inviting us. Sher and I had a great time. Thanks doll,not sure you know how much fun I had!

As for me? I'm still gushing like my tweenage daughter that got to meet once again an awesome guitarist and most of all just a really nice guy that doesn't act the rock star.





Final thoughts. Obviously not really a pizza blog post,but more of one of those life events we sometimes have happen to us.I'm still on cloud 9!

Did I mention how great the wings were? They were and I'll be back for more of them too.

Scotty