Matt Connarton Unleashed: Dennis Leighton

0:00 Speaker 1: That's a catchy one, isn't it. It's got a great

0:01 Speaker 1: hook that has burned that bridge. The band is the

0:03 Speaker 1: Great Curtain, and I think we have Dennis on the

0:06 Speaker 1: line with us. Dennis, are you there?

0:08 Speaker 2: Yes, I am Dennis.

0:10 Speaker 1: What have you got? What have you got going on

0:13 Speaker 1: this weekend? You've got no Masters Fest? Right? Tell us

0:16 Speaker 1: about it?

0:17 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, Well we had no Master's Fest last night one.

0:22 Speaker 2: We had Night one last night over at the Raven

0:25 Speaker 2: and Worcester. Yeah, and we had a we had a

0:28 Speaker 2: great turnout. A lot of people came in, a lot

0:31 Speaker 2: of people donated. We got about five hundred dollars worth

0:34 Speaker 2: of donations. And we're basically we're trying to raise money

0:40 Speaker 2: for funds and awareness for rehab programs around New England. Okay,

0:48 Speaker 2: And today we're having No Masters Fest Night two over

0:53 Speaker 2: at the Cabinet of Curiosities over in Colchester, Connecticut. A

0:59 Speaker 2: lot of great talent, a lot of great bands. You know,

1:02 Speaker 2: Great Curtain will be playing. But we also have Scarecrow Hill,

1:07 Speaker 2: we have Fear of the Masses. We have Ape, we

1:13 Speaker 2: have the Big Sun. Anyone that hasn't heard any of

1:16 Speaker 2: these bands really needs to check them out and Mary

1:21 Speaker 2: Antoilette and the Runs, and yeah, we're we're hoping to

1:29 Speaker 2: we're hoping to get I'm I'm open to get to

1:35 Speaker 2: at least the South to uh get a you know,

1:38 Speaker 2: one of those cashiers checks and bring it over to

1:40 Speaker 2: Centerlink so they can just disperse it how they see fit.

1:45 Speaker 1: So just to be clear, so are you the promoter?

1:48 Speaker 1: Are you the main person who's been putting all of

1:50 Speaker 1: this on this big event?

1:53 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, basically, you know, I so on on the fourteenth,

2:02 Speaker 2: on Thursday, I was five years sober an alcohol, and uh,

2:10 Speaker 2: I thank you. I wanted to do I want to

2:13 Speaker 2: do something, you know, bigger than me, bigger than just

2:17 Speaker 2: me doing a show and you know, doing the whole

2:20 Speaker 2: raw raw thing. So I'm I'm trying to help people

2:25 Speaker 2: that kind of swim in my seat, you know, people

2:27 Speaker 2: that suffer from depression and anxiety and alcohol abuse, and

2:33 Speaker 2: especially around this time of year, people really need to

2:36 Speaker 2: know that people are there for them. I've spent I've

2:42 Speaker 2: spent a couple of Thanksgivings alone hoping that you know,

2:47 Speaker 2: a phone would ring or you know, someone would care

2:51 Speaker 2: enough to like invite me, and instead I just you know,

2:55 Speaker 2: drank by myself, and I don't wish that on anybody.

3:00 Speaker 2: So I'm hoping that we can, like I said, we

3:05 Speaker 2: can raise awareness that there are these programs out there

3:09 Speaker 2: that people can utilize to help them through the holidays.

3:14 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is a very I mean, it almost sounds

3:16 Speaker 1: cliche to say it, but it really is true. The

3:18 Speaker 1: holidays can be a very lonely time for a lot

3:21 Speaker 1: of people. Whether it's a situation where perhaps they've lost people,

3:26 Speaker 1: they've lost family members, or you know, or they're isolated,

3:31 Speaker 1: perhaps they're living in an area where they don't know anybody,

3:34 Speaker 1: or you know, as you alluded to, they're just going

3:37 Speaker 1: through a lot. They've got issues that they're dealing with

3:40 Speaker 1: and and you know, it's kind of and obviously I'm

3:45 Speaker 1: not telling you anything you don't know, but it's it

3:49 Speaker 1: can be kind of a cycle, right because you know,

3:53 Speaker 1: if you have certain issues that might push people away,

3:57 Speaker 1: and then the more that pushes people away, the more

3:59 Speaker 1: isolate you end up. And then so those issues actually

4:04 Speaker 1: just get harder and harder. So so I think what

4:07 Speaker 1: you're doing, you know, with that awareness through your own

4:12 Speaker 1: personal experience, and I'm sure obviously what you've observed with

4:14 Speaker 1: others as well, that that this can be a very

4:18 Speaker 1: lonely time for people, and people do need to know

4:21 Speaker 1: that there's that there's help and that there's you know,

4:24 Speaker 1: and that they have options. And it's it's very very

4:27 Speaker 1: hard because you know, the way the brain works, we

4:31 Speaker 1: establish these patterns in our minds that then it's difficult

4:36 Speaker 1: to break out of them, and so it's hard for somebody,

4:39 Speaker 1: you know, people Sometimes people will look at people who

4:42 Speaker 1: have issues, whether it be alcoholism or a drug issue

4:45 Speaker 1: or or anything anything that's really affecting them and say, well,

4:48 Speaker 1: why don't they just stop or why don't they just

4:50 Speaker 1: get help? And it's hard to break out of those patterns,

4:55 Speaker 1: and even positive change can be very difficult. So so

4:58 Speaker 1: I think what you're doing is is wonderful? Are you

5:01 Speaker 1: Is there more than one organization that you're raising money

5:04 Speaker 1: for or is it for a specific organization or how

5:07 Speaker 1: does that work?

5:09 Speaker 2: Well, I have a list that I'm trying to raise

5:15 Speaker 2: money for. We have a like I said, I'm sorry,

5:19 Speaker 2: it wasn't Centerlink, it was Community Health Link, Okay, but yeah,

5:25 Speaker 2: between Saint Vincent Behavioral Health, we have Arbor Counseling Services,

5:33 Speaker 2: Sadiva Health of Worcester. Like like I have Recovery clean slate.

5:41 Speaker 2: I'm trying very very hard to at least raise money

5:45 Speaker 2: for one of these programs. And it's not even that

5:50 Speaker 2: they're asking for money. It's not that they're asking for donations.

5:54 Speaker 2: For all, I know, these guys don't need my help,

5:57 Speaker 2: but I do know that I feel I need to

6:02 Speaker 2: do something, yes, because whether these programs need the the

6:09 Speaker 2: awareness you know, uh, you know, for someone with a

6:14 Speaker 2: megaphone saying hey, these programs exist. Up until very recently,

6:21 Speaker 2: someone like me would have needed these programs because, uh,

6:28 Speaker 2: you know, so many people only think that there's AA

6:31 Speaker 2: and celebrate recovery alan on. Uh, you know, there are

6:36 Speaker 2: other venues. Not that those programs aren't successful, not that

6:42 Speaker 2: they don't work for people, but you know, for some,

6:46 Speaker 2: you know, they need different avenues. So I'm trying really

6:50 Speaker 2: hard to but mostly just to raise the awareness that

6:56 Speaker 2: these programs.

6:57 Speaker 1: Exist right now. I think that's important because, as you say,

7:02 Speaker 1: not everything works for everyone. Everyone's different. And I do

7:05 Speaker 1: think it's important that people have options in terms of

7:09 Speaker 1: what kind of help, what kind of treatment, what kind

7:12 Speaker 1: of counseling they get, and so forth. And I think

7:15 Speaker 1: you know, as you mentioned too, you don't know that

7:16 Speaker 1: these organizations necessarily need financial help, but it's it's a

7:21 Speaker 1: pretty safe bet, you know, when when we're talking about

7:27 Speaker 1: mental health and addiction and all of that kind of thing,

7:30 Speaker 1: everything in that realm, there's never enough money. You know,

7:33 Speaker 1: these organizations always need more help so that they can

7:36 Speaker 1: expand their resources and help more people. So I think

7:39 Speaker 1: it's a I think it's a pretty safe bet that

7:42 Speaker 1: they'll be able to put the money that you're raising

7:44 Speaker 1: to good use. So I think that's I think that's

7:47 Speaker 1: fantastic what you're doing. And any any negative experience, you know,

7:52 Speaker 1: we talk about it on the show a lot, and

7:53 Speaker 1: I'm sure we talked about it when when you were

7:55 Speaker 1: here that day. Anytime that you can take things that

7:59 Speaker 1: are next negative, things that are dark and create something

8:02 Speaker 1: positive from them, whether it's through music like like your

8:06 Speaker 1: band The Gray Curtain, or whether it's also through what

8:10 Speaker 1: you're doing putting on an event like No Master's Fest

8:13 Speaker 1: to raise money and awareness. You know, anything positive that

8:16 Speaker 1: you can pull out of these negative experiences, I think

8:20 Speaker 1: that's that's the best therapy. I think when you can

8:23 Speaker 1: take take dark things and make them positive or make

8:26 Speaker 1: something positive out of them in some way. So have

8:30 Speaker 1: you done this before? No Masters fest? Or is this

8:33 Speaker 1: the first year?

8:35 Speaker 2: This is the first year. This is the first time

8:37 Speaker 2: I'm attempting anything like this. I've tried, like I've put

8:42 Speaker 2: shows before, but I've never done a benefit So I

8:44 Speaker 2: am a complete and total novice. But as I as

8:50 Speaker 2: I mentioned, you know, I'm yeah, I just want to

8:54 Speaker 2: do a good thing, you know, I want to think

8:56 Speaker 2: of others in this time that you know that really

8:59 Speaker 2: need to help. It's I mean, that's basically, in my opinion,

9:05 Speaker 2: that's all that any of us should be doing right

9:09 Speaker 2: year round, not just this time of year, but this

9:11 Speaker 2: time of year seems to be the time that we,

9:15 Speaker 2: you know, we all should be getting together and you know,

9:20 Speaker 2: helping people in need. You know, I work for meals

9:24 Speaker 2: on wheels and I'm constantly driving by churches that are

9:28 Speaker 2: looking for help, you know, with food kitchens and food pantries,

9:33 Speaker 2: things of that nature, clothing drives and whatnot. You know,

9:38 Speaker 2: you know, you can, you know you can do that.

9:41 Speaker 2: You can start there and just help somebody that has

9:46 Speaker 2: less than you, that may you know, little things like

9:51 Speaker 2: that could help somebody with melancholia, major depression disorder, hyper anxiety,

9:58 Speaker 2: and help them realize, if only for like one extra day,

10:03 Speaker 2: that someone does care, someone does care enough to want

10:07 Speaker 2: them to get out of the ditch that they're in.

10:11 Speaker 2: And you know, I don't think we I don't think

10:13 Speaker 2: we realized that enough. You know, I think, oh, you know,

10:16 Speaker 2: what's the You know, it's not that big of a deal.

10:20 Speaker 2: It is that big of a deal to just to

10:23 Speaker 2: just show somebody that you care enough to do something

10:27 Speaker 2: like that, you know, is it goes along the way.

10:30 Speaker 2: Because I've been the guy in line at a food pantry.

10:34 Speaker 2: I've been the guy homeless, sleeping on a sleeping on

10:38 Speaker 2: a bench, you know, crashing on people's couches, you know,

10:41 Speaker 2: go into a soup kitchen, you know. And I know

10:46 Speaker 2: that these programs helped me through a lot, and I,

10:54 Speaker 2: at the risk of sound and redundant, I just want

10:56 Speaker 2: to help. I just want to help people that you know,

10:59 Speaker 2: have than me. I don't have a lot, don't get

11:01 Speaker 2: me wrong, you know, but I I know that there

11:06 Speaker 2: are a lot of people out there that have a

11:07 Speaker 2: lot less than me, and I just want to help

11:09 Speaker 2: those people.

11:10 Speaker 1: Right right, I think that's fantastic. Is this going to be?

11:15 Speaker 1: You said, this is your your first attempt with this one.

11:18 Speaker 1: Is this going to be? Are you planning to make

11:20 Speaker 1: this an annual event? I know you're I know you're

11:22 Speaker 1: probably right at the moment. You're probably just trying to

11:24 Speaker 1: get through this weekend because, let's be honest, putting on

11:26 Speaker 1: something like this is a lot of work. It's a

11:28 Speaker 1: lot of stress. Yeah, but but it sounds like it's

11:31 Speaker 1: something you'd you'd probably like to do every year.

11:35 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, you mentioned I would. I absolutely what.

11:39 Speaker 2: I was talking about it last year while I was

11:41 Speaker 2: on stage. I'm like, Man, wouldn't it be great if

11:43 Speaker 2: we could do this every year around this time? Yeah,

11:45 Speaker 2: you know, right around Thanksgiving. But you mentioned the stress.

11:50 Speaker 2: It's like between the chemo and you know, the chemotherapy

11:53 Speaker 2: and the stress of this show. I'm like, looking at

11:55 Speaker 2: the top of my head, I'm like, and it's thinny,

12:00 Speaker 2: but but yeah, I'm yeah, I'm hoping that this this

12:05 Speaker 2: becomes an annual thing and more people join in the help.

12:11 Speaker 2: You know, I can't thank you guys enough for having

12:14 Speaker 2: me aunt to talk about this. You know, I got

12:19 Speaker 2: in about I got in about three o'clock last night,

12:22 Speaker 2: and I was floating on a cloud. Man. Yeah, I

12:26 Speaker 2: was so happy with the turnout. I was so happy

12:28 Speaker 2: with the amount of donations. Between the people that were

12:32 Speaker 2: there who gave cash for donations, and and the people

12:38 Speaker 2: that walked in and say, hey, can I VENMO? You

12:41 Speaker 2: can I PayPal? You? I said, you know, I didn't

12:43 Speaker 2: even think of that. Absolutely, yes, you know. So, I'm man,

12:52 Speaker 2: I'm really hoping. I'm really hoping we can make this

12:54 Speaker 2: an annual thing.

12:55 Speaker 1: Yeah.

12:56 Speaker 2: Yeah, short story long, I'm hoping that we can make

12:59 Speaker 2: this an annual thing. Absolutely.

13:01 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I'm sure you can do it. By the way,

13:03 Speaker 1: what is the significance of the name No Master's Fest?

13:08 Speaker 2: Well, uh, I I kind of figured it's it goes

13:16 Speaker 2: back to, you know, alcohol was my master. Ye know

13:21 Speaker 2: when I when I was drinking, I could not I

13:25 Speaker 2: could not spend a day, I could not spend an

13:28 Speaker 2: hour without thinking to myself, Well, the package store opens

13:33 Speaker 2: in about ten minutes, you know the uh, you know

13:37 Speaker 2: the I could probably hit up the bar at some

13:40 Speaker 2: point tonight, you know, just grab a couple of shots.

13:43 Speaker 2: I called them, like whiskey wattages. You know. Steve Ray Vaughan.

13:47 Speaker 2: You know, I would, yeah, I would have that constantly

13:52 Speaker 2: in my head. Alcohol was my master, you know, and

13:56 Speaker 2: I look at all drugs, you know, and this is

14:00 Speaker 2: not don't get me wrong, this is not my saying.

14:03 Speaker 2: You know that alcohol is my master. You know, alcohol

14:06 Speaker 2: is not my master or you know, alcohol that is

14:09 Speaker 2: not the boss of me. But we all have those things.

14:14 Speaker 2: I mean, over eaters have junk food, you know. You know,

14:19 Speaker 2: any person that has that that addiction that they can't

14:26 Speaker 2: they can't quite get over, you know. You know, it's

14:31 Speaker 2: kind of like that is your master. That's the thing

14:33 Speaker 2: that is running your life and telling you what to do.

14:37 Speaker 2: The the significance of No Masters Fest is we're trying

14:40 Speaker 2: to get past that. Yeah, you know, any you know,

14:44 Speaker 2: anyone that comes to these shows has to realize that

14:47 Speaker 2: these devices are not your master. You are the You

14:53 Speaker 2: are in charge of your own life, and the best

14:57 Speaker 2: way to do that is to have someone there, you know,

15:00 Speaker 2: helping you realize that. Because sometimes, especially when it comes

15:04 Speaker 2: to addiction, especially when you have you know, some sort

15:07 Speaker 2: of mental illness, it's it's very difficult to be able

15:13 Speaker 2: to accept and it's very difficult to say I am

15:18 Speaker 2: in control of my life, right. This is not this

15:21 Speaker 2: does not run my life right, and that and that's

15:25 Speaker 2: where the No Masters Fest comes from.

15:28 Speaker 1: I kind of suspected that that was the meaning behind it,

15:33 Speaker 1: but I didn't know, obviously, And it's cool that I'm

15:36 Speaker 1: glad that I was right, because I think that's a

15:39 Speaker 1: great concept. I think that's a fantastic name to call

15:43 Speaker 1: this event the no Masters Fest. And and I think

15:46 Speaker 1: the way that you said that, the way that you

15:48 Speaker 1: explained that was excellent, And yeah, exactly. You know, I'm

15:51 Speaker 1: a hypnotherapist, and when I see clients for various issues

15:53 Speaker 1: like you know, people who want to quit smoking and

15:55 Speaker 1: things like that, or other types of addition addiction rather

15:59 Speaker 1: be the physical addiction, or even you know, just psychological addiction.

16:02 Speaker 1: And you know, it's it's one of the things that

16:05 Speaker 1: I try to impress on them is not only when

16:08 Speaker 1: we're doing the pre talk for the session, but during

16:10 Speaker 1: the actual session itself. I give them hypnotic suggestions that

16:13 Speaker 1: you are in control. Nothing else can control you. You

16:16 Speaker 1: are in control. And but it's you know, it's like

16:21 Speaker 1: I was saying earlier, sometimes it's hard for people to

16:23 Speaker 1: accept that because it's even positive change once those patterns

16:28 Speaker 1: are established, even positive change can be difficult for people.

16:32 Speaker 1: But I really like the way you explained that, and

16:35 Speaker 1: I think it's very empowering. And you know, there might

16:38 Speaker 1: be somebody out there listening who heard what you said

16:40 Speaker 1: and is now thinking about their own addiction or their

16:44 Speaker 1: own problems, whatever it may be, thinking about that in

16:46 Speaker 1: a new way and thinking about Oh, I like what

16:49 Speaker 1: Dennis said. You know this, this doesn't have to be

16:52 Speaker 1: my master. I'm in like you said, you're in charge

16:54 Speaker 1: of your own life. And I think even just saying

16:57 Speaker 1: that to people and telling people that I think might

17:00 Speaker 1: might help somebody, you know. So I think that's I

17:03 Speaker 1: think that's excellent. And uh so tonight, so tell us

17:08 Speaker 1: again for for people listening live, Uh where where again

17:12 Speaker 1: is the event tonight? If people want to.

17:14 Speaker 2: Go the event tonight is that Cabinet of Curiosities. We

17:20 Speaker 2: had a bit of a snap who with the venue,

17:22 Speaker 2: so we moved it over to Cabinet of Curiosities. It's

17:26 Speaker 2: over in uh Colchester, Connecticut. Okay, you know a lot

17:32 Speaker 2: of great bands. Uh there's going to be a couple

17:36 Speaker 2: of vendors. Black Noise Magazine is going to be there. Uh,

17:41 Speaker 2: there's uh, there's going to be uh six bands total,

17:46 Speaker 2: and we're really hoping you know. Uh, admission is just

17:51 Speaker 2: a donation. Okay, you have a dollar. If you have

17:54 Speaker 2: a dollar, donate it. If you have ten dollars, if

17:57 Speaker 2: you can spare it, donate it. You know. Uh, this

18:01 Speaker 2: is not about you know, an admission fee.

18:05 Speaker 1: Uh.

18:05 Speaker 2: There's going to be a box over at the door.

18:09 Speaker 2: Just put whatever you can in the box and come

18:13 Speaker 2: in enjoy the show. Yeah. But yes, it's a Cabinet

18:17 Speaker 2: of Curiosities in Colchester, Connecticut.

18:20 Speaker 1: What time does it start?

18:23 Speaker 2: Uh? The first bench should be going on around uh

18:27 Speaker 2: around seven o'clock.

18:32 Speaker 1: Yeah, i'mit of Curiosities. That's a that's a cool name

18:34 Speaker 1: for a venue. I like that.

18:38 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, Uh it's a it's a shop over in Colchester.

18:43 Speaker 2: You know. They they they specialize in uh you know

18:50 Speaker 2: little uh excuse me, I'm like I'm still half half

18:55 Speaker 2: asleep from last night. Uh. You know they uh you know,

19:00 Speaker 2: they basically just uh you know, they're like any other story.

19:03 Speaker 2: You know, they sell, uh they sell their merchandise. And

19:06 Speaker 2: they were willing to hold this, uh this event in

19:10 Speaker 2: their kind of like the back rooms of the shop.

19:13 Speaker 2: You know, they're they're getting a PA set up for us,

19:16 Speaker 2: and uh yeah, it's honestly, I cannot I cannot wait

19:22 Speaker 2: to to jam out with these bands, like I know. Uh,

19:27 Speaker 2: I know a lot of these bands from a long

19:29 Speaker 2: time that have you know, we just have a good

19:32 Speaker 2: rapport with each other. So it's gonna be a lot

19:34 Speaker 2: of fun regardless. And I'm really hoping that people will

19:37 Speaker 2: come and uh enjoy it because it's just gonna be

19:40 Speaker 2: a good atmosphere. I think.

19:42 Speaker 1: Yeah, by the way, are you are you documenting this

19:45 Speaker 1: at all? This this weekend? Is there? Are are you

19:49 Speaker 1: recording anything? Are you? Uh? Is there will there be

19:51 Speaker 1: a video available of some of these bands or just

19:55 Speaker 1: for people who maybe aren't able to make it but

19:57 Speaker 1: want to check it out after the fact, you know.

20:00 Speaker 2: I it's one of those things I did not think of,

20:04 Speaker 2: was to get somebody to record the whole experience, you know,

20:10 Speaker 2: next year. But you know, but people did record. Uh.

20:16 Speaker 2: I believe there was some recording during Big Sun last night,

20:21 Speaker 2: the Big Son. I can't keep saying Big Son, the

20:24 Speaker 2: Big Son last night. Uh. I'm pretty sure people were

20:29 Speaker 2: recording during Paradise is canceled, you know, shade upon uh

20:35 Speaker 2: and trouble parachutes aluminium. They I'm fairly certain people who

20:44 Speaker 2: are recording during those during those sets, but you know,

20:49 Speaker 2: you you definitely just you know, sparked an idea, you know,

20:54 Speaker 2: like turned the light bulb on my head. I'm like,

20:56 Speaker 2: why I didn't I have somebody documenting all this. But

21:00 Speaker 2: it's just one of those things like I was, I

21:02 Speaker 2: was trying to get the show together. Yeah yeah, and

21:05 Speaker 2: try to get it to go off without a hitch. Yeah,

21:09 Speaker 2: I just, uh, you've got a lot on I did

21:11 Speaker 2: not think of.

21:12 Speaker 1: You've got a lot on your plate already just doing

21:14 Speaker 1: just doing a two night event like this at at

21:17 Speaker 1: different venues and everything. You know, it's it's it's already

21:19 Speaker 1: a lot. So yeah, something to think about for next year.

21:22 Speaker 1: But but I think it's I think it's fantastic Dennis,

21:25 Speaker 1: what you're doing. And uh, I'm sure tonight will be

21:29 Speaker 1: I'm sure tonight will be very successful. And it sounds

21:32 Speaker 1: like last night went great, So that's that's wonderful. We'll

21:35 Speaker 1: let you go in a moment. But anything we should

21:38 Speaker 1: know about the Gray Curtain, by the way, anything anything

21:41 Speaker 1: new uh there or you know what we played I'm

21:43 Speaker 1: gonna actually, at the end of the segment, I'm gonna

21:45 Speaker 1: play clip the Stitch. I really love that. That's that's

21:48 Speaker 1: pretty pretty epic. But anything we should know about the

21:51 Speaker 1: Gray Curtain going forward since we had you on.

21:54 Speaker 2: Well, uh you know this, uh this will be our

21:59 Speaker 2: line asked the show of the year, I gotta emphasize

22:04 Speaker 2: that of the year, and we're going to go into

22:08 Speaker 2: hibernation mode. We just locked in a new sense player

22:16 Speaker 2: and we're trying to lock in a drummer. We have

22:18 Speaker 2: a couple of really talented candidates that we have to

22:25 Speaker 2: narrow down to one. We have one in particular that

22:29 Speaker 2: we're hoping we'll stick around. But but yeah, we'll be

22:35 Speaker 2: going into hibernation mode and probably coming back like March April.

22:42 Speaker 2: My birthday is April second, so I'm kind of you know,

22:46 Speaker 2: I'm kind of hoping to do a show around then,

22:48 Speaker 2: but there may be an opportunity for one more show

22:52 Speaker 2: before before the end of the year. We're we're hoping

22:59 Speaker 2: to get one more in there, but if it doesn't happen,

23:02 Speaker 2: it's okay.

23:02 Speaker 1: Sure.

23:03 Speaker 2: You know, we've had we've had a pretty successful year

23:05 Speaker 2: between the New England Music Award nomination and uh, you know,

23:10 Speaker 2: the Battle of the Bands and uh, the Halloween Show

23:14 Speaker 2: over at Terminus. You know, we've you know, we we

23:17 Speaker 2: branched out and we went to Maine this year. We

23:20 Speaker 2: never did that before. We played Charlie's Hill over in eleven.

23:25 Speaker 2: And as far as what we're going to be doing

23:30 Speaker 2: in the future, you know, we're hoping that the uh

23:35 Speaker 2: you know, to write the next album within the next

23:38 Speaker 2: few months. You know, we have like seven eight songs

23:41 Speaker 2: already ready to go, and we're hoping to do a double.

23:46 Speaker 1: Oh wow, cool, very cool, outstanding. Look forward to that.

23:50 Speaker 1: Look forward to that. I'm a big fan, you know

23:52 Speaker 1: the project. It's it's unique, but it's also very accessible.

23:55 Speaker 1: That song Burned that Bridge, that's not one of the

23:57 Speaker 1: ones that we played when you were on the show before,

24:01 Speaker 1: but man, I love that. That's that is so catchy,

24:04 Speaker 1: you know, kind of singing along to it in the studio.

24:06 Speaker 1: But great, great stuff. So all right, Dennis, we'll let

24:11 Speaker 1: you go in a moment, one more quick plug for tonight,

24:14 Speaker 1: and then I know you've got another busy day ahead

24:16 Speaker 1: of you. But just remind our listeners for anyone just

24:18 Speaker 1: joining us about the about night two of No Masters

24:22 Speaker 1: Fest this evening.

24:25 Speaker 2: Uh yeah, it's No Master's Fest over in Colchester, Connecticut.

24:31 Speaker 2: Over at the Cabinet of Curiosities. We've got the Grey

24:34 Speaker 2: Curtain of course playing. There's Scarecrow Hill, Fear the Masses,

24:40 Speaker 2: Mary Antwilllett and the runs Ape and the Big Sun

24:45 Speaker 2: are all going to be playing in this in the shop,

24:49 Speaker 2: hoping to raise awareness and funds for rehab programs around

24:53 Speaker 2: New England. It should it should be, should be a

24:57 Speaker 2: great time and we hope people will will man, just

25:00 Speaker 2: have a great time and donate.

25:02 Speaker 1: Absolutely, I predict a very successful night. So it's fantastic

25:07 Speaker 1: what you're doing, Dennis, And thank you so much for

25:09 Speaker 1: calling us today and always wonderful to speak with you.

25:12 Speaker 1: And I'm sure we'll do it again in the not

25:15 Speaker 1: too distant future. But thank you, Dennis, and good luck tonight.

25:18 Speaker 1: I know it's going to be great.

25:20 Speaker 2: Hey. Thanks, thank you guys so much for having me. Seriously,

25:23 Speaker 2: it's so great to be able to do this. Thank

25:28 Speaker 2: you for allowing me to do this.

25:29 Speaker 1: Oh, absolutely, you got it. Man. All right, Dennis, we'll

25:31 Speaker 1: talk to you soon. Take care, Bye bye, all right,

25:34 Speaker 1: bye bye