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Upcoming Appearances
Sat Sept 13th - the Night-Creatures & Billy Yates with Let's Eat
                        Mill Creek II - Mill Creek Restaurant & Lounge
Sat Nov 22nd - BADFINGER - The Coach House, SJC
Sat Dec 13th - Eddie Money - The Coach House, SJC

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:   Be Sure To Come Out & Check Out Our New Bass Player, Rick Frost, Who Will Be Making His 2nd Performance With The Night-Creatures At Mill Creek Corona on Saturday, September 13th!.....Former Outlaws & Marshall Tucker Band Guitarist Billy Yates Will Again Be Performing With the 'Creatures' At The Mill Creek Show... Showtime is 8:30pm Till 12:30am?.... Tickets ONLY $15 IN ADVANCE OR $20 AT THE DOOR... Get Yours NOW!..........  Check Out Our New Video Preview Of "Van Cleef", Performed At The Coach House On July 26th!...........  Download Free Live Recordings From Our Show With MOUNTAIN Jan 25th At The Galaxy Theatre.  Download The Songs, Burn Your Own CD, And Pass The Link Around To Your Friends!.... It's ALL FREE!!!!.............Includes Two New Songs... The Absence, and Wade In The Water... Check 'Em Out!........Check Out The Lyrics & Story Behind Them On Our MySpace Web Site At WWW.MySpace.Com/BikeRidinBill........The Night-Creatures May Be Available To Play At Your Event.... Just Ask Us Via Email!.......Visit Our Online Store, Where You Can Buy T-Shirts, Tank Tops, Hats, And More, Featuring Night-Creatures Logos, Artwork, Slogans, Etc.   Check It Out!...... Be Advised That The Gray Boxes, Etc., Around Some Of The T-Shirt Images Are NOT Part Of The Design, But Are Due To An Imaging Glitch In The Store Software.... We Have Been Assured By Spreadshirt That These Boxes And Lines Will Not Be Present In The Purchased Products!......... Buy Our Self-Titled CD Online At CD Baby, Or Buy The Individual Tracks On At CD Baby, Or On This Site.... Listen To Song Samples, Write A Review, Or Buy Our CD.... ONLY $12.50 For Nine Songs.... Get Your Copy TODAY!.... OR, Look For Our Songs On Your Favorite Digital Download Service, Such As Apple iTunes............

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 Rose Canyon Cantina

the Night-Creatures

L to R: Rick Frost, Bill McFadden, Nick Calandrino, Elden Lisalda, Tom Bellone, & Billy Yates
 

Let's Eat

L to R: Steve Hagar, Tom Bellone, Michael Lee Davenport, Deborah Rose Novak, & Tim Scott

Mill Creek Corona II  -  Saturday, Sept. 13th, '08...

DINNER  -  DANCING  -  SPIRITS  -  TWO GREAT BANDS

GET READY TO ROCK... GET READY TO ROLL.... GET READY TO DANCE YOUR ASS OFF... in Mill Creek's "BACK ROOM"... to the Rock, Blues, Pop, & Alternative Sounds of the Night-Creatures and Let's Eat, two great local bands that frequently perform with nationally-acclaimed acts at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA.  This will be the Night-Creatures' second appearance at Mill Creek;  the first was a SOLD-OUT event last March.  This time around, the 'Creatures' are bringing some very talented friends and former bandmates with them... the incomparable Let's Eat, featuring the powerful and stirring vocals of Deborah Rose Novak.

And, we're bringing a new bass player with us too... Mr. Rick Frost, well-known and respected local rock and blues bass player, who is also a former band-mate of Nick's.  While we'll miss the very talented Mark Micheli, Rick also brings some great playing abilities, and a presence to the group that must be seen.  This will be Rick's second show with the Night-Creatures, the first was our Coach House show on July 26th with Billy Vera & The Beaters, so come on out and check Rick out!  He's awesome! 

However, the Night-Creatures have a special treat in store for you as well... they're bringing with them, Mr. Billy Yates, former guitarist from The Outlaws and The Marshall Tucker Band!  Billy & Nick together, backed by the rest of the 'Creatures' are a force to be reckoned with, and a must see and hear for anyone who loves driving rock music and soulful guitar playing!

AND... Mizz Eviee and her ladies motorcycle riding group, the Iron Ridin' Dames, are calling this the perfect occasion for an official "Meet & Greet" of the Southern California-area members of The Biker's Net, an online web site where men and women motorcycle enthusiasts share events and information demonstrating their love of motorcycles, big hearts that share with those in need, and a rider's lifestyle.  We look forward to having a fun time with this great group of people, some of whom we met out at Pappy & Harriet's in May.

Ticket Price & Ticket Giveaway Disclaimers

WHY IS THIS HERE?  It's unfortunate that some people and/or organizations choose to interpret certain events in a way that make things difficult for others, or to serve their own purposes.  Often, they do this while turning a blind eye toward others who are doing essentially the same thing.  And, clearly this is wrong when it involves a distortion of the truth to fit one's agenda,  and/or when the consequences and outcome are not equally enforced or pursued across the board.

With the tough economic times that we're all enduring now, people need ways to release the pressures that have become a part of everyday life in recent months, if only for a little while.  With so many losing their homes, in this area alone, or struggling to feed their families or pay their bills, surely one of the last things we need is heavy-handed bureaucrats and politicians inflicting additional hardships on those who are trying to make a living, be successful, or just to have some fun once in a while.  Yet, it appears that this is, in fact, what may be happening at Mill Creek.  Frankly, in our opinion, those who are at the root of it are downright shameful for perpetrating and enacting these tactics.

ABOUT THE TICKETS:  That being said, we believe it needs to be made clear to ALL that our events at the Mill Creek Restaurant & Lounge are events that we have organized and promoted.  We are 'renting' the banquet facilities there as a place to hold our event.  Tickets being sold for these events are made by us, printed by an reputable organization that we employ, and sold by us, to those who wish to see us perform and be entertained by us.  Mill Creek is not connected with these sales, nor do they control who we sell to, or collect any monies on our behalf.

The monies we make from these efforts go to pay our expenses... our travel, our meals, or for our equipment, etc.  All too often we spend more than we make.  By the time you take into consideration everything that we have to pay for to make one of these things happen, one has to wonder why we continue to do it.  The answer is simple.  We love what we do.  No one in this business, at least at our level, is making big profits on their efforts.  Most of the time, we're lucky to break even, or even put a couple of extra dollars back into our own pockets.  We continue doing so just to have a little fun, and to get a chance to do what we love to do... to play music for those who appreciate it.

ABOUT THE DRAWING FOR TICKETS TO OUR SHOWS:  Apparently, an accusation has been made that 'we' are conducting an illegal "raffle" on the tickets that we have advertised as a "giveaway" to a couple of our future shows.  Clearly, there is a big difference between a "raffle" and a "giveaway", and it appears that the use of the word "drawing", also printed in our ads and posters, has either caused some confusion for some people, or they have twisted the meaning behind our effort to suit their own purposes.  So, let us clear the air on this subject....

WE pay for for every ticket we give away!  We report on OUR sales at the venue where that particular show is taking place, on the day of the show.  And, we have a choice to make.  We can choose to sell all the tickets we are provided with, or we can choose to give away tickets, as many as we're willing to pay for, to others as a promotion to come see us perform at those and future shows.  We don't sell chances to win these tickets.  It's not a lottery or a raffle!  Everyone who attends our show at Mill Creek will have one chance to win one pair of tickets to two of our future shows.  We do this as a promotion.  We do this to reward those who come out to support us.  And, we do this to make our show a little more entertaining and fun.

People will have a chance to win by signing their name on the back of the ticket that they paid for to gain entrance into our show.  They will then drop their signed ticket into a box or bowl from which we will later draw the winners of the tickets.  There is NO RAFFLE.... this is a FREE GIVEAWAY.   We only seek to give everyone in attendance a fair and equal chance to win what we are freely giving away.

We have decided to do it this way to prevent what happened at a past show.  At that event, we had people sign slips of paper that we provided on their tables.  Some wrote their names on several pieces of paper in an effort to increase their chances of winning, which made it unfair to others who were also trying to win.  We only wish to make it fair and equal for EVERYONE, and to insure that no one gains an unfair advantage, or at least as much as we possibly can.

Thus, the so-called raffle, is in fact, NOT a raffle, but rather a FREE GIVEAWAY, and one which we will conduct a drawing for in an effort to make it fair for everyone!

We hope this helps clarify the situation for everyone.

the Night-Creatures

Rick Frost

Introducing Rick Frost
... and farewell & good luck to Marc Micheli

Making his Night-Creatures debut, is well-known local-area blues bassist, Rick Frost, who will be hitting the Coach House stage for the very first time at the Billy Vera & The Beaters show on July 26th.  However, Rick is no newcomer to the rock scene either..  In fact, he is an ex-bandmate and close friend of Creature's guitarist, Nick Calandrino.  Together, they performed in a band called G.I., which they started in the early 1980's.

The band dressed up in military-style clothing and gear and also acted the part, both on and off the stage.  They performed at many Southern-California-area clubs and concert venues, and appeared with Motley Crue at the Glendale Civic Auditorium in the '80's.

G.I. - circa 1981

Rick "Wacky Jake" Frost
'In Action'

We're proud to welcome Rick into the Night-Creatures and look forward to many great shows with this powerful and rock-steady rhythm-section man driving our music forward.  It's great to have you with us Rick!

Farewell and Best Of Luck To Marc Micheli...

From mid 2007 through the early part of 2008, bassist Marc Micheli adeptly helped drive the groove of the Night-Creature's shows, while adding great musical imagination to the material, and a formidable presence on stage.  We will greatly miss Marc, and like all Night-Creatures' players before him, he will always be a 'Creature'... no matter what.

But things and needs change, and Marc will be moving on to a new job with an ad agency in Irvine that will require more of his time and a great deal of focus... not to mention that horrible commute from Riverside to Irvine.  Still, we wish Marc & Shari Micheli nothing but the best of luck as they dive into this new career change, and hope they will stay connected and come out to see us in the future!

Marc Micheli
Night-Creatures' bassist
2007-2008