This is a chronological order of some of the memorable Dopes shows I've played between 1993 and 2003.

#1 Ripples-Big Rapids,MI-Summer 93'
In the middle of our second set, Cliff and Roy dropped their guitars and jumped out on to the dance floor to beat up 2 of the 4 people that made up our entire audience.

#2 BoyneFest-HarborSprings,MI Summer 94'
Opening up for the Verve Pipe,it was our 1st really big show. Verve Pipe keyboardist Doug Corella played percussion with us.(Doug was the first Dopes drummer)

#3 Frat Party- Dennison,OH Spring 95'
We brought Mac McCarthy with us to work the sound board. He managed to create an electrical fire inside our PA mains but it didn't matter. We collected $2700 to play for 45 minutes. As far as I know, those speakers are still sitting in the student union.

#4 International Rock n'Reggae Fest- Mount Pleasant,MI Summer 95'
4000 people showed up. Frank Allison and Botfly played too. Someone was sitting on the side of the stage passing out nitrus balloons. The Dopes played at Rubbles later that night.

#5 New Years Eve- Boyne Mountain 96'
We shared the gig with James Wailin. Mark Camp and Kevin Gills were our soundmen that night before anyone knew they would be members of the Dopes. After the gig, we we rode our hotel end tables down the mountain.(we're sorry Steve)

#6 The Elbo Room- Chicago,IL Winter 96'
Brad Gardner was our saxophoner at that time. Former Red Wings Bob Probert and Paul Yzerbart attended the gig. It was at the after party that I heard the most pathetic Dopes pick up line ever- "Well, it looks as if I have the last pillow and blanket in the house"

#7 Big Sky Convention Center- Big Sky MT Winter 97'
The day the Dopes were scheduled to leave for Montana, all Dopes except for me cancelled. That morning I recruited Joe Sullivan, Rick Evans, and future Dope Bill VanKampen to fulfill Montana dates including an opening gig for Humble Pie. On the way out,we worked up a 45 minute set of classic rock covers in the van. For the Humble Pie show, we played under the name "The Dopes" and were called back to the stage for an encore. Humble Pie played 2 songs and then left after someone threw a full can of beer at the drummer and hit him in the mouth.

#8 Bells Brewry- Kalamazoo,MI Fall 98'
While Kenny Olson was playing with Kid Rock's band, he was moonlighting on guitar with the Dopes. I remember playing Crazy Train just as a train came rolling through the backyard of the brewry. I also remember throwing up with Joe behind the kegs between the 2nd and 3rd set. We both had to sleep in our own cars in the parking lot that night. If you're not careful, the Amber Ale will bite you in the ass.

#9 The Magic Bag-Ferndale,MI Summer 02'
It was the Cliff Brown Memorial Show. All 3 of Cliff's bands- The Dopes, The Fiasco and 8 Ohm Apple all performed for a max capacity audience. It felt like Cliff was there.

#10 Cosmo's- Huntington Beach,CA Winter 03'
Some Orange County radio station has been playing the shit out of our song "Fireball" Who would have thought that we had the fans in Orange county to fill up a room?