LHS ONSTAGE

JULY2008

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 7/19/08 at Doe Bay Music Festival.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Jonny B. Goode” on 7/12/08.
  
• Hard Data: 1 mini-tour to Montana and back.

JUNE 2008

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 6/26/08 at Masa.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Ain’t It Funky Now/It’s A New Day” on 6/28/08.
  
• Hard Data: 2 new songs added to the set (“You Let ‘Em Down” and “Give Me A Song").
  

MAY 2008

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 5/31/08 at Memorial Stadium.
  
• Best Onstage Moment:Playing the new song titled “Donovan” and the consuming the complementary shots in Moscow on 5/10/08.
  
• Hard Data: 1 rock show in a stadium

APRIL 2008

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 4/26/08 at Leavenworth Ale-Fest.
• Best Onstage Moment: “You Don’t Know Me” on 4/26/08 in Leavenworth.
• Hard Data: 2 new songs in the LHS set for April 2008.

MARCH 2008

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 3/8/08 at John’s Alley.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Annie” on 3/8/08.
  
• Hard Data: 10 new LHS songs have been added to the LHS set.

FEBRUARY 2008

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 2/14-15/08 at Whiskey’s in Sun Valley.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Can I Get A Witness” on 2/15/08.
  
• Hard Data: 12 hours to Sun Valley, 12 hours back.
  

JANUARY 2008

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 1/25/08 at the Triple Door.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Biding My Time” on 1/25/08.
  
• Hard Data: 7:30pm start time on 1/25/08.
  

DECEMBER 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 12/31/07 at Masa.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Kiss” by Prince on 12/31/07.
  
• Hard Data: Two 75-minutes sets on 12/31/07.
  

NOVEMBER 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 11/16/07 at the High Dive.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Can I Get A Witness” on 11/2/07.
  
• Hard Data: 3 hrs of music on 11/2/07.
  

OCTOBER 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: The Red Cove on 10/4/07.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “That’s All Right Mama” on 10/4/07.
  
• Hard Data: A 9 hour flight to London and a 1 hour flight to Cork.
  

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 9/21/07 at the Tractor
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “At the Hotel” on 9/2/07.
  
• Hard Data: 18 songs on 9/21/07.
  

AUGUST 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: 8/31/07 at the Clearwater.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Slide Away” during show # 1 on 8/24/07.
  
• Hard Data: 3 shows in 2 days on 8/24/07-8/25/07.

JUlLY 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Everett Waterfront, 7/19/07.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Blood Runs Hot” with second Roland organ/keyboard on 7/19/07.
  
• Hard Data: 1 spirited performance of the Isley Brothers' classic song
  “Shout” on 7/27/07.
  

JUNE 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: High Dive, 6/22/07.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The splits on 6/22/07.
  
• Hard Data: 1 small vehicle, 4 guys, and much equipment on 6/30/07 through
  7/1/07.
  

MAY 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Sunbanks, 5/20/07.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The James Brown Medley on 5/20/07 with Sue Orfield on sax and Billy Stoops on guitar.
• Hard Data: 3rd time headlining at the Sunbanks R&B Festival.
  

APRIL 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Tractor, 4/6/07.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Singing “The Weight” on 4/6/07 with members of the other two bands that performed that night. Thanks to the boys from Massy Ferguson and Will Wakefield.
• Hard Data: 2 shows, several hours rocking, several hours on the road, and several hundred miles traveled on 4/28/07.
  

MARCH 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Twisp, 3/10/07.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Performance of "When My Time Comes" on 3/10/07.
  
• Hard Data: 2 hours of music in Spokane on 3/24/07.

FEBRUARY 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: High Dive, 2/17/07.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The JB tribute during the Mardi Gras show at the High Dive, complemented by horns from Pocket Change. During this performance, a streaker made a nude dash across the stage before diving into the audience.
  
• Hard Data: 1 trip by Ben to the Bluebird Café, the songwriter Mecca in Nashville on 2/23/07.
  

JANUARY 2007

• Big Rock Show of the Month: John’s Alley 1/20/07.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Biding My Time” on 1/19/07.
  
• Hard Data: Two new songs on 1/19/07 – “Biding My Time” & “Brand New
  Feast.”
  

DECEMBER 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Jazzbones on 12/2/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Wake Me Up” on 12/9/06.
  
• Hard Data: 3 hours of rock n’ roll on 12/9/06 in Portland.
  

NOVEMBER 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: The Crocodile on 11/17/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Playing “New Song in G” in Portland on 11/11/06.
  
• Hard Data: 10 new songs demoed at Bedhead Studios.

OCTOBER 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Fresh Hops Festival 10/7/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: # 1. Being joined by the singer/dancers during Lonesome Josephine, Gloria, and Sex Machine on 10/7/06. Thank you, Anna and Heather. # 2. The inadvertent smashing of the piano stool at the end of a very raucous rave-up on 10/28/06.
  
• Hard Data:1 trip to Taiwan. Andrew jumped off the stage, cruised to the airport and flew to the Far East after the 10/7/06 show.
  
  

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Triple Door 9/22/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Blood Runs Hot on 9/22/06.
  
• Hard Data:1 grand piano, 1 saxophone, and 1 trumpet on 9/22/06.
  

AUGUST 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Concert at the Harbor Steps, 8/18/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The impromptu “Bohemian Rhapsody” performance on 8/5/06.
  
• Hard Data: 1 night of playing all four LHS albums, in order,
  back-to-back, on 8/25/06. This is the first time in LHS history that this has been done.

JULY 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Good Hurt in Los Angeles, CA on 7/6/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Performance of “The LA Song” on 7/6/06.
  
• Hard Data: 2600 miles from Mish Manor to San Diego and back during the
  week of 7/3 to 7/9.
  

JUNE 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Timberline Lodge – TRP on 6/10/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Performance of “Rock n’ Roll Salvation” on 6/9/06.
  
• Hard Data: 1 high school graduation rocked.

MAY 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Timberline Lodge – 5/27/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Performance of “Girls” on 5/12/06.
  
• Hard Data: 1 URT show.

APRIL 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Dante’s – 4/21/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Rock n’ Roll, Alcohol, Party” on 4/07/06
  
• Hard Data: 60 minutes of Left Hand Smoke live music on 4/21/06.

MARCH 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Musselfest – 3/4/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: “Rock n’ Roll, Alcohol, Party” on 3/18/06
  
• Hard Data: One load-in with the assistance of a dumbwaiter on 3/18/06.
  

FEBRUARY 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Neumo's, CD Release Party – 2/10/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: # 1 "Can I Get a Witness?" on 2/10/06. # 2 "Aint It Funky Now," complete with synchronized Brazilian dancers in the crowd, on 2/3/06.
  
• Hard Data: 28 months between LHS III ("Nonsense Parade") and LHS IV ("At the Hotel").
  

JANUARY 2006

• Big Rock Show of the Month: John's Alley – 1/20/06.
  
• Best Onstage Moment:Having the piano player from Twisp sit in on the James Brown section of the set on 1/28/06 to provide jazzy flavor.
  
• Hard Data: 31 songs performed on 1/21/06.
  

DECEMBER 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: New Year’s Eve Show – 12/31/05.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Ben proposed to Lauren for Jeremy on 12/3/05 at
  Waldo’s. LHS played some love music and then launched into Roll Away.
  
• Hard Data: Ronan hit 5 cities in 7 days: Amsterdam on Friday, Vienna on
  Saturday, Salzburg on Monday, London on Thursday to attend a star-studded rock show in Soho, then back to the states for a rock show in the snowy Bavarian-themed town of Leavenworth, WA on Saturday.
  

NOVEMBER 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: The Tractor – 11/12/05.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The version of “Who Knows” at the Boulevard in Spokane on 11/5/05.
  
• Hard Data: 12 hours in the van on 11/6/05 driving from Seattle to Spokane after I-90 was shut down by rock slides.
  

OCTOBER 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: The Wild Buffalo – 10/7/05.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The Train on 10/7/05.
  
• Hard Data: 22 installments of Ben’s Monthly Album Projects. That means 22
  albums worth of lyrics written by Ben and published to the LHS site since January 2004.
  

SEPTEMBER 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Sunbanks – 9/9/05.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The jazz interlude/breakdown moment on 9/2/05 while Ben and Suzy, the #1 LHS fans in Seaside, OR, told the tale of how the song “Blue Eyes Shinin’” was licensed to the TV show ER. Also, rocking "Sex Machine" for the perplexed audience in Seaside, OR on 9/3/05.
  
• Hard Data: 1 gig with an acoustic, upright piano on 9/18/05.
  

AUGUST 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Blue Spark - 8/20/05.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The Tiny Dancer/Gloria bit with accompanying female dancers on stage at John's Alley on 8/27/05.
  
• Hard Data: 5 months in the recording studio, to date, working on album IV.
  

JULY 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Tractor - 7/16/05
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The roof-shaking climax of the set on July 4th atop a building in Belltown while witnessing the Fireworks on the Puget Sound.
  
• Hard Data: 3 shows in 37 hours from 7/15/05 to 7/16/05.

JUNE 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Showbox - 6/4/05
  
• Best Onstage Moment: #1The split move/beer slip/Tony Manero a la
  Saturday Night Fever/ cross-over correction to close the show on 6/4/05. # 2
  The guy with the ukelele and the wrestling mask hopping around during Baba
  O'Reilly at the private event LHS played on 6/25/05.
  
• Hard Data: 4 sets on 6/25/05.
  

MAY 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: UW Rock show - 5/29/05.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The James Brown medley on 5/27/05, 5/28/05, and
  5/29/05.
  
• Hard Data: 5 hrs from Vancouver, BC to Seattle and 5 hours from Seattle to
  Spokane = 10 hrs commuting on 5/21/05.
  

APRIL 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: The CCFA Benefit show at the Showbox 4/8/05.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Having Mike McCready join us onstage for a song. We played "Sympathy for the Devil" and Mike galvanized LHS with his arena-tested rock abilities.
  
• Hard Data: 1300 peopled rocked on 4/8/05.
  

MARCH 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Capitol Food & Wine Festival.
• Worst Onstage Moment: LHS unsuccessfully attempts to modulate "Fame's
  Around the Corner" from the key of B to the key of C at John's Alley on 3/25/05. However, the band deserves credit for being spontaneous.
  
• Hard Data: 4 songs on the Fan Appreciation CD, including 12 minutes of
  "Sex Machine."
  

FEBRUARY 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: The Crocodile on 2/4/05 for Mardis Gras
  weekend.
• Best Onstage Moment: Ex-LHS bassist delivers shots of Jager to the band on 2/4/05. His presence is celebrated by all and LHS is happy that Andrew still wants to be involved and part of the stage show.
• Hard Data: 14 songs recorded as demos for the new album.

JANUARY 2005

• Big Rock Show of the Month: John's Alley on Jan 14th
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The Sensitive Smoke opening set at the White Eagle in Portland.
• Hard Data: 4 broken piano keys, 3 shows of 3+ hours of music, and several long van rides.

DECEMBER 2004

• Big Rock Show of the Month: New Year's Eve at the Tractor
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Performing "Fallin' In Love With A Dream" at
  Jazzbones.
  
• Hard Data: 5 shots of alcohol accidentally kicked over onstage on New
  Year's Eve, 5 broken guitar strings during shows, and 5 new harmonicas
  purchased.
  

NOVEMBER 2004

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Friday, November 26th at the Showbox in
  Seattle.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Having the crowd come and party onstage at John's
  Alley during a raucous version of "The Train".
  
• Hard Data: One luxurious stay at the Ridpath Hotel, one trio gig, one
  bottle of Captain Morgan's rum at the Showbox, one Oscar Peterson CD (Finest Hour) at the pre-funk, and one memorable ride in the Mercedes Benz on the way to the post funk.

OCTOBER 2004

• Big Rock Show of the Month:Friday, October 15th at the Crocodile in
  Seattle.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: "Annie" in Tacoma.
  
• Hard Data: 30,000 thousand students at the University of Washington who
  were encouraged to vote by Democracy Fest on 10/26/04.

SEPTEMBER 2004

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Monday, September 6th at Bumbershoot.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: The very ending of "Blood Runs Hot" at the Sunbanks festival on 9/11/04.
  
• Hard Data:Exactly 75 minutes of rock n' roll performed by LHS on 9/6/04.
  

AUGUST 2004

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Friday, August 27th at John's Alley.
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Playing the new song, tentatively titled "Prophet
  Bum," at John's Alley and watching the crowd go bananas.
  
• Hard Data:1500 miles traveled in 3 days from 8/27/04 to 8/29/04.
  

JULY 2004

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Friday, July 2nd at the Tractor
  
• Best Onstage Moment: Playing "Annie" at the Tractor on July 2nd.
  
• Hard Data:1 LHS Rep CD finished and sent to the LHS Reps
  

JUNE 2004

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Friday, June 4th at the Wild Buffalo
• Best Onstage Moment: Playing "At The Hotel" at the Wild Buffalo on June
  4th.
  
• Hard Data: LHS Rockumentary begun by up-and-coming filmmaker Hollywood Joe Mitacek.
  

MAY 2004:

• Big Rock Show of the Month: Friday, May 14th at the Showbox
• Best Onstage Moment: Playing "Sympathy for the Devil" at the Showbox on May 14th while the entire crowd sang along.
• Hard Data: 1,300 people at the Showbox, $16,000 raised for Crohn's
  Awareness, 1 Feature of LHS on the 11 O'Clock News

APRIL 2004:

• Best Onstage Musical Moment: Lonesome Josephine breakdown and outro at the Wild Buffalo on 4/16/04
• Big Rock Show of the Month: John's Alley on 4/30/04
• Hard Data: 5 new songs, 3 hours of music on 4/30/04
  

FEBRUARY & MARCH 2004: LEFT HAND SMOKE & MAROON 5

• Big Rock onstage moment of the month: the raucous ending of "Blue Eyes Shinin’" at the Blue Spark on 3/6/04.
• Hard Data for Feb 2004: 4 shows, 8000 people rocked, 4 times Ben did the splits.

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