At this point, do I need to even MENTION anymore how "crazy" The Burren gets...? I mean seriously. I've run out of ways to describe how NUTS you guys are there. It was friggin' great! It was unseasonably and surprisingly warm & humid for November... I think a couple of us sweat-off about 2 gallons up there - but worth every drop. We have only ONE GIG LEFT there until the 2009 Tour begins next spring.

Hope to see you soon.

It has been QUITE some-time since we've been back to Finz - ever since they stopped live music. They had us back tonight to perform and it was such a treat. The staff was great as usual and the crowd was more than we could ask for. Dancing & singing all night. We really do miss playing there.

GOOD NEWS! We're back there one-more-time this season. Thanksgiving Eve. Make your plans now and we hope to see you there.

Thanks Rocka's for choosing ACME Music Trio to be your choice of entertainment for what was your biggest party of the year...!!! We keep mentioning how "nuts" Salem, MA can be in October and this Halloween Party helped prove it. Great costumes, great crowd, great energy...

But it WILL be good to have Salem "back to normal" after all this. Thanks to the Hotties and Happy B-Day to K.R.

It seems like FOREVER since we've gigged... but Palmer's was like slipping on your favorite pair of jeans. Okay... sure.. they were a little tight... but we still got the button closed.

Tonight we pulled-out some old gems we haven't done in a long time, and that was a blast. There were some barnicles to be scraped-off, for sure... but it was a blast. See you tomorrow night!

ALWAYS happy to be back at the Claddagh... but we're sorry to those that came to see us perform, only to find that we were side-lined while the Red Sox game was on. Trust us - we'd rather have been playing too, but most of the patrons wanted to watch the game.

So - we'll catch you the NEXT time there...!!!

A little rainy - but WOW! Great turn-out tonight. Some familiar faces in the crowd. As usual, your energy didn't disapoint us. Nicely done.

It's that time of year already...!!! Yep, a little bit of a chill to the air. I kinda like it.

Another great night at Rocka's. Some new faces, some old ones... It's going to start getting NUTS in Salem over the next handful of weeks leading-up to Halloween. Seriously... if you've never been... do yourself a favor... if you like people-watching; get to Salem some weekend night close to (or ON) Halloween and get there early.

Grab a chair, sit-back and enjoy the lunacy. We'll be back there very soon. G'night.

It was good to be back at Palmer's again - a little rainy, but not bad. A full house and lots of dancing as usual. Thanks to the family and friends who showed-up last night. Good to see you all. See you soon.

Good, ol' Salisbury Beach. Brought back memories of when I was really young and going there during the summer... the old Ferris Wheel, the (now-gone) old boardwalk, all the rides, arcades, bright lights... it'd been a while. Surf Side 5 had a light crowd, but those that WERE there were really digging what we do.

Nothing beats a little fresh sea air, some Fried Dough, a heap of fried clams, a couple of games of ROBOTRON and a night of AMT music... Catch you soon.

My apologies to the AMT faithful that didn't see this gig on our calendar. It was a technical oversight. Either way, it was (yet another) great night at the Burren.

And special thanks to Jay's "musical humor" rendering me unable to sing during Oh Bla Di... Good times, good times.

Congrats to "Phelpsie" (Ol' Flipper-feet) for getting 8 Gold...! What a great night at Rocka's. There was a strong crowd and once the dance floor got packed, it didn't let up all night.

And boy does time fly... it's getting closer to the "Halloween Season" in Salem - y'know... the CRAZY time of year there. See you soon!

Never a bad night at the Burren. Had a great crowd all-night. Not sure who "the dancer" was in front of the stage, but man - as Jay said: "Hypnotic, isn't it...? I can't look away...!"

And to the concerned young ladies in front that kept pointing and staring at the blood pouring from my knee (the drummer), it looked much worse that it was. It's what happens when you bash you're knee while setting-up and you're sweating at the same time. It really wasn't that bad - but thanks for your looks of concern - (And honestly, I had no idea I was bleeding until you all were pointing at it)

We can't wait to be back there again and tear the roof off.

FINALLY! A break from all the rain and thunderstorms...! It was a really cool, mild evening and the HOTTIES were there in full-force. Okay... as pointed-out by a few of the Hotties: "Ummm... Hooligans... you're slacking a bit...!". If we were keeping score, the Hotties are now WAY-Ahead of the hooligans as far as attendance numbers and frequency is concerned.

So boys... what are we gonna DO about it... eh? The Hotties are throwin'-down the challenge...!

This place is starting to become a nice home-away-from-home. Another great night. Sure, there were torrential downpours and gusty winds at the beginning of the night, but that didn't stop Palmer's from filling-up and cheering us on.

We pulled-out a LOT of "new" material and some revived "oldies-but-goodies" and sprinkled them throughout the night... people seemed to dig the tunes so... in the rotation they stay!

See you soon.

Right on the heels of our Arena-Sized performance.. was one of our favorite quaint venues.

Tonight was a real good balance of factors. Not too crowded, the people were genuinely interested and VERY appreciative of our "selfish" material - you know; the songs "WE" like to play. We got to play a really diverse bag of tracks that made us feel great and the crowd seemed to share the sentiment.

Not only did we pull-out some oldies... but we introduced (I think) 4-5 NEW songs to our list. Some Beck, some INXS, some Red Hot Chili Peppers, some Smashmouth even a new Dave Matthews tune.

Look for more new tunes to come...!!!

The first of two back-to-back gigs today.
We performed on an outdoor stage located on the grounds of Reading High School. Beautiful day. Sunny skies, lots of vendors and attendees, full-blown carnival, professional SimonSez caller...

A little hot but overall I think we fared very well in this first-half of a marathon day.

Right after the last note... time to pack-up and move on to... ^ ^ ^

Rain, rain go away. It was a little humid but boy, the crowd didn't seem to care. The dance floor packed-up pretty quickly and didn't let-up.

Observation: Isn't it funny how 'some' people are oblivious to the fact that what musicians do requires at least SOME form of concentration...? It always amazes me when people will come-up in the middle of a song and just start talking to Jay or Joe... while they are playing... AND singing... as if what they have to say or ask is so important that it must require us to stop what we're doing and engage them in conversation.

I just find it humorous sometimes.

We had a great time playing some long-forgotten gems tonight. I'm gonna miss nights like this.

Wait, what's that...? Why are we going to miss it...?

ACME has decided to stop booking at Tequilla's. We love the staff there, everyone is nice - but it doesn't seem to be a good fit for us, so we've decided to cancel our upcoming shows and free-up our schedule. We still encourage you to frequent the club - they're all great over there and there's absolutely no hard feelings at all. They understood our position and are fine with the decision. It's a happy love-fest.

This is a true rarity, folks. Our beloved Joe was beyond sick this weekend. He *NEVER* cancels gigs, even when sick - so it goes to demonstrate HOW bad he was. I have heard from him and he's doing better as of Sunday, but still recovering. Send him your best.

We are TRULY sorry to those who made the trek out to see us only to find we weren't going to play. We'll make it up to you somehow. See you soon.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend. As expected (due to the long-weekend) the turnout was light at The Claddagh, but those that WERE there were really diggin' it. We had a fun night and again; thanks to Dave for running sound. We're sorry to all of those who actually BELIEVED we were/are the band "Tonic". It was just a joke. :o)

We're looking forward to more dates there and can't wait to be back. Enjoy your weekend!

Once again, the crowd at Palmer's was ready to dance and groove. Special thanks to the friends & fam that stopped-by. Such a small room, and it packs big fun.

Started off mellow - which we like. We enjoy pulling-out the deep-cuts that don't require dancing. As usual, place got hoppin' before the night was through. Special thanks to Deepti for the last-minute crisis acersion.

A very odd night for us... feeling kinda silly, kinda playful, kinda... well... it was interesting to say the least. We had a LOT of fun up there. Probably too-much fun, actually.

Favorite moment of the evening for me; Joe's multiple humorous attempts to start "Happy Birthday" in various keys. Classic stuff.

Thanks to all the LowellRocks.com people for coming-out to see us and celebrate Erin's B-Day. It was great seeing Swanee again and thanks to Kev, Rob and all the others whose names escape me at the moment. We'll see y'all in May.

Good crowd as usual. Special thanks to Wally Paulnuts for dropping by.

A little bit o' rain doesn't stop the crowds at Rocka's...!!! Another great night and what more can be said...?

So good to see the Hotties & Hooligans back in numbers. Lots of the ususal suspects in attendance as well as some new faces. Thanks for coming out and helping us "yawn & stretch" after our winter hiatus.

Welcome to the 2008 NotrhShore Tour (to be named at a later date).

A great time was had by all at this surprise birthday. VERY Special Thanks to alumni Frank McCarthy for sitting-in for a few tunes and tearing the joint up. Always good to hear him play.

Pleasantly surprised at the turnout. Standing-room-only, but there seemed to be a contingent of "younger folk" that we're not as accustomed to seeing there. Very Nice!!! Special thanks to some former Bose co-workers for coming down to check-out a couple of sets.

Unfortunately, since ACME Music Trio does not have our own dental plan, we would love to request that if you're on the dance floor "shakin' your groove thang"... please be mindful of microphone stands that when bumped "MAY" drive a metal microphone into the teeth of a potential vocalist. It hurts. :)

First time at this establishment and it was a really fun night. Thanks to Dave running sound for us—making us sound like rock stars. Thanks also to Rich, Frank and the many others that came out to see the show and hang for the evening. This seems like the start of a good relationship. Hope to be back soon.

*** UPDATED: They have booked more dates with us.

Yep. It's official. Bbbbbrbrbrbrbrrrrrrr... it's cold outside. And yet that never stops the crowd at Rocka's. Favorite moments of the night: Orspit from Jay, Joevoidance-factor twelve, Para-Giggles, StageFright, Dancehole, Lyrepsy... Joe wrapping a pack of strings frantically: "I know it's not much, but I got ya something..." - so many classics.

What more can we say about The Burren that hasn't been said before?. It never disappoints us. It was the first real "cold" load-in of the season, but it really heated-up inside. A great night overall. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Well - although the insanity of Halloween has died-down, it was still a decent night at Rocka's... a lot of the "usual suspects" showing up and a few familiar faces we haven't seen in a while - including Rob & Erin - nice seeing you both.

I must admit that I really enjoyed playing the deep-cuts in the first set and staying non-danceable for a bit, even though people still danced. :) See you next time.

MADNESS!!! - Yep, just madness. The streets were packed, the club was packed, the Sox were on every screen tearin' it up, and AFTER that... everyone was on the dance floor tearing it up. Another mental night at Rocka's. Special thanks to all the fans that stood in line to get in.

See you there soon...!!!

And so starts another Halloween season in beautiful Salem MA...!!! WOW! The streets were PACKED with tourists and costume-clad locals, and it's only week #1 in October. Yikes. :) We're back there on the 20th and I can only imagine how insane it's gonna be there.

Great time tonight. Dance floor was packed from the 1st-set until last-call. Insane line out the door to get in. Hot, sweaty babes dancin' it up - Thanks for all the feedback we've been getting regarding our new "sound". We really appreciate your comments.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: It is in the best interest of all parties involved, if you would NOT just grab Joe's "sweat-towel" and dance with it. Do we even NEED to discuss details...? I didn't think so. Let's move on. We hope to see you there in a couple of weeks. Rock-on Hotties & Hooligans!

As usual, this place NEVER disappoints!!! The place was packed, our now-dialed-in PA was sounding better than ever, The crowd's ability to sing LOUDER than the PA was astounding. Thank you for making us feel like rock-stars. You never seem to let us down there.

And could the damn drummer take-up any MORE room on the stage...? Sheesh!!!

Thanks to all that showed-up. No... really. Thank you.

Glad we could help the DYC close-out the season with a bang. We must really learn some tunes that use bagpipes. Where's reverse...?

HAPPY LONG WEEKEND!!!
Both nights turned-out great. Lots of dancing, lots of singing, lots of sweating. We pulled a two-nighter this weekend (as we have for the past few years @ Rockafella's this very same weekend) and as usual, the crowd did not disappoint us.

For those following the gear drama: The new PA is really shaping-up nicely. Between Joe's new amp, new acoustic guitar, new pedalboard setup, Jay's fairly recent amp purchase, very recent bass purchase, the new PA head, crossover, dynamcs processor, gates, powered sub, Scott switching back to the "Red Sparkly" kit with internal mic's, mic'ing the drums, resampling some samples to stereo, running the PA in stereo... put it all together and it seems to be benefitting us nicely. We've been hearing great positive feedback so far and we've still not got the system fully wired-in and flushed-out yet.

Our secong-appearance at Tequilla's and it was another fun one. We shared the bill with Beatle Juice on the other side of the club... and they were phenomenal as usual. We had a great turnout and pulled-out a few older tunes we haven't done in a while.

Due to a mis-worded contract... we were scheduled to end the night rather early, but I think they'll have it worked-out for next time. Hope to see you all back there again!

Hello Hotties & Hooligans. Tonight, we introduced a new member to AMT - and that member is a sweet sweet Taylor Acoustic guitar. Yep, Joe has a new axe now too. She looks beautiful and sounds even better.

We weren't sure WHAT to expect. It's been two years since we've played here and we were pretty-sure we'd "outgrown" this place: physical size, volume and music choice...

But no... it was actually a great night.

Yes, it's still a little cramped in there but we downsized a little to squeeze-in. The PA was sounding great, the crowd was into it (and into that long Sox game... 12 innings...?) and a LOT of fun was had. It was a great night overall and I'm glad we're back there.

Inside humor: Physics... for poets, floor-raising, still a new bass, Packers vs. Steelers... CATCH IT!!!

It's good to be back!!!

We had all our new gear - Jay's new bass, Joe's new amp, his new pedal-board setup, Scott's new drum mic's, new type of drumheads, our new PA head, new powered sub-woofer, new way of running the main speakers crossed-over, first-time running the drums into the mix... there was a LOT of "new" things about tonight. Luckilly, it all worked-out very well for an initial run.

The crowd "vibe" started-off a little weird, but ultimately came-around by the last set. Great to see the Hotties™ and Hooligans™ back on the job! :)

ACME was pleased to have our good friend Frank McCarthy sitting-in on the drums for this event. Congratulations Rob and best wishes to you both. It was a great time!

Another fun show and this time we had someone taking some photos for us. We thank the wonderful Andrew Swaine for stopping by to be the shutterbug-Pro that he is.

You also may have noticed Jay's new incredible peice of wood known as a Fretless Fender Jazz Deluxe Bass. It looked great and sounded even better.

Wait until you see the gear we're getting next. :)

What more can be said...? Rockafellas is always fun for us. We missed the Hooligans & Hotties but the built-in crowd was fantastic. This is our next-to-last gig before we have some time off.

Not too shabby! I kinda like Tequillas. We were on the "bar/dinner"-side of the establishment and I think it's a pretty-good fit for us. Waitstaff was really nice (Thanks to Tara for taking-care of us most of the night). I think there's potential to make Tequilas a "staple" room for us.

And again - the fans rule the show...! We pulled-out some Scisor Sisters that we haven't played in... what... almost a year...? We had fun taking liberties with arrangements and dynamics. It was a pretty-good night.

Another night at Focaccia's. Again... can you beat it...? Great food, mellow hang, close-by for all of us. We like having a room like this on-the-books for us. It was good to see some friends drop-in, and some Bose people showing-up too!

Joe's ability to rock-out hard on the acoustic meant the relentless fury he unleashed on his strings... brreaking as many as 3 (yes, THREE) in one night. Rock-ON Brutha!!!

Who's the king of 5-string...?

"Whan I say MOI, you say ST..." "MOI!"

WOW! ... No, really... I mean, WOW!

Congratualtions to all the Hotties & Hooligans that graduated from your respective scholastic institutions this weekend. You guys REALLY had the party-thang happening. Sorry we missed the "after-party".

Once again, we were fully expecting a mellow Sunday night on a long holiday weekend. Nope! :)

You and the rest of the Rockafella's crowd stepped-it-up quite a bit. Thanks! I hope the path to your sobering-up was not filled with the joys the hangovers bring. We hope to see y'all soon.

Peace...!!!

I must admit - we were pleasantly surprised by the final turn-out of the evening. It initially appeared that the long, holiday weekend was going to provide us with a small, mellow crowd. Not true.

Wow! You "brought it"...! By the end of the first set, it was the typical "packed-house" we're used to seeing there. Even without our faithful core "fans", it was a great and enthusiastic crowd - willing to sing-along with (even LOUDER than) us for the evening.

Thanks for making this so much fun for us.

Okay... it's 1:05am on Saturday morning... just got in from the gig and The Breakfast Club is on USA Network as I type this. "Could you DESCRIBE the ruckus, sir...?"

Anyhow... yet another wonderful night. Great location, great people, great food... it was good having our old-pal Ben Hillman on the gig with us. Me too tired to type more. Me need sleep. Me go to bed now. Bye!

Well, after some time-off during the wintery-months, we're back at it...! There were a few tunes we decided to "revisit" that went over great. Do I even need to SAY our appreciation for the HOTTIE / HOOLIGAN crowd for their faithful support...?

We'd also like to thank Free Bird guy and Allman Brothers girl for showing-up and making the night complete. :) What would we EVR do without them...? (sarcasm) Kudos to Jay for a new State Record in A-string changing in mid-song.

My favorite interaction of the night goes to the drunken meat-stick who approached me after a set in this manner:
"Hey, man... you guys are fucking AWE-some...!!! you ROCK..."
(begins a flurry of obscure handshakes that looks like we're slap-fighting)...
"... that set ROCKED... do you guys play 'You Shook me All Night Long"...? That song fucking rules...!"
Me: "No, sorry man...!"
Him: "What the fuck? no AC/DC...? You guys suck..." [ walks away ]

Priceless. :)

What can we say...? It's always a fun night at Rockafella's...! Special thanks to friends of Scott's for showing-up, including Phil & Lori, Wayne & Melissa, Gary & Karen... also Matt from Bose and his entire crew... Rob & "Betty" from LR.c and of course all the regular fans, Hooligans & Hotties that made it out.

Started out a little slow... but was over-the-top by closing time. Thanks everyone for coming out and making this fun!!!

We're still not 100% sure "why" they lost their entertainment license... but all live entertainment there was cancelled - at least for now. See you soon.

First of all... many thanks to the various people that came-out to see us! Rob & Thy, Joe M. and his wife from PMC, All the BOSE coworkers and their friends (that was a full table) Norm, Stan, Corrinne... Joe's old high school friends, family members... and of course... all the ACME Hotties™ and Hooligans™ that dropped-in. What was going to be a mellow, low-key hang... got dialed-up a couple of notches to accommodate a slightly more upbeat crowd. On that note...

I'd like to take a moment to apologize to our ACME Hotties and Hooligans that were errantly removed from the establishment. Apparently, there were some people (in their 20s) that were causing issues with the place and the management is not informed as to which 20-somethings are our REAL fans (not troublemakers) and who is just a random customer.

Unfortunately, the friends of said person weren't happy about it either and were asked to leave... BUT, the management at that point decides to shut-off "all" of the 20-somethings (not knowing who is who). I do not fault them for that. They are just doing their job and trying to keep the place in order. It is unfortunate that some of you were "shut-off" or asked to leave prematurely.

Let's not let the actions of one or two knuckleheads spoil the great time we have together. The management now knows it wasn't "our" group of friends specifically that caused the problems.

Asside from all of that... we still had fun up there playing. Joe singing his little heart-out... bless his soul [ insert puppydog eyes ]. And I had no idea that was your dad... sorry Mat...! :)

Catch you all at the next one...!!!

Well... we made it through. The Burren was hosting a night of Irish Comedy before we were to hit the stage. The performers were great! Unfortunately, we needed to "scramble" to get the PA re-setup, reconfigured and dialed-in before we could hit it. We can only hope it sounded much better out-front than it did on-stage.

I know that normally we sound twice as good and the house is usually packed, but we still gave it the 110% Rock Star Effort we always do. Joe even broke a total of 3 (yes, three) strings due to his sheer "Rock-osity"...! Thanks for hanging with us and we'll see you soon!

Been almost a month since we've rocked-it at Rockafellas and it was good to be back. Really good crowd. You may or may not have noticed some new tunes we've thrown into the mix; "She Said She Said" by the Beatles, "Mayor of Simpleton" by XTC, "Girl Like You" by the Smithereens, "Closer to the Heart" by Rush, "I Will Survive" where we do it closer to the version the band Cake did...

We'll have more new tunes coming-at-you very soon. Feel free to emails specific requests you may have. If we feel it fits our style, we'll give it serious consideration.

Gave-out quite a few more shirts. Need I repeat the undying thanks we have for our rabid H&H crowd...? Your enthusiasm and energy is unmatched - and Joe promises to give each of you piggy-back rides around the parking lot of the next gig. (Either that, or he'll just say "thanks" on the mic)

See you next time...!

Now this was a cool hang. Close to home, nice expanded lounge area, staff is very friendly, great food & drink. Thanks again to the Hooligans™ & Hotties™ for your persistent attendance. If we can work-out the logistics, we'd like to make this a staple in our bookings to appear once a month or so. Who knows...? See you next time!!!

I (Scott) barely remember this gig due to cold/flu/sickness thingy... but I do remember it was fun. Lotta dancin', lotta good food, I vaguely remember Jay getting me a cookie that tasted awesome. Other than that - it's a blur. :o)

WOW! The Hooligans™ & Hotties™ were out in almost full-force. We told you we'd take care of you! You wanted Hootie...? You got Hootie...!!! You wanted T-Shirts...?

We finally introduced the band's new t-shirts - two styles - One for HOOLIGANS and one for HOTTIES and they moved like hotcakes. This is our last "public" gig before Christmas & New Year's... so we hope you had a blast and we'll see you on the next page of the calendar.

Happy Holidays!!!

What more can we say...? Nice location in down-town Boston... Happy co-workers drinking and dancing it up... We've played many gigs, but this was definately one of them. ;)

We were invited back to Finz for a wonderful Thanksgiving-Eve performance and the crowd was incredible. Who knew that the night before turkey-day would be that busy...? I hope they get the "permission-thing" worked-out because we love playing there and hope to be back soon.

Wow! Even with all the technical snafus, absence of sound-guy and gear malfunctions, we still had a blast. Yeah - we now realize that nobody in the crowd could hear the triggered samples through most of the night. :o)

Whooops!

Anyhow, we missed not having the Hooligans™ and Hotties™ around, but the built-in crowd filled-in pretty well. Couple new tunes... saw some new faces in the crowd. Again - even with all the "issues" that plagued us all-night, we still had a blast. Thanks for spending the night with us.

Good times! Lotsa familiar faces from Reading. The venue was The Woburn Country club and let us tell you, THEY HAVE GOOD FOOD! 2 words: Lobster Ravioli. Anyhoo, they were a great crowd and we had some special guests come up to sing some songs. The most impressive being brother/sister twins doing an acoustic duet of "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys. It was great. We wish the new bride and groom the best and thank them for having us be a part of their special day! Cheers!

Good seeing the Hooligans & Hotties as usual, but also the Salem Hospital crowd that stopped-by and stayed, a few other friends showed-up unexpectedly and that was nice to see.

Great vibe, great dancing... felt like we hadn't played in months and it was good to rock it all out.

We had a blast this weekend in Vermont. Nice drive, great people, relaxing, wonderful wedding, incredible weather. Thanks for having us up there and best of luck to you. Who knew those were chocolate-covered Oreos™...? MMmmmm...! Special thanks to the Vicks™ corporation for making the fine products of NiQuil™ & DayQuil™. Couldn't have done it without you! :)

"Wheneverrrr I seeee... the most beauuuutiful girrrrl...."
BatThumb, Thumbtanic, GodThumb & Thumb Wars
Thanks Ben H. for making the trek to perform with us!

It may have gotten chilly outside, but man... it was smokin' indoors this past Friday. Many, many thanks to the die-hard Hooligans & Hotties that keep appearing and keeping the party going until last call. Yet-again... a packed dance floor and lots of people singing.

Thanks to our one and only Joe for being a trooper and rockin'-out the last couple of tunes on 5-string guitar. 17% fewer strings... 110% rocking power! See you all soon...!!!