Checker's Acoustic Showcase or Julie's Birthday Bash

Setlist:

Go Out And Get It
Good Time Charlie
For What It's Worth
Cinnamon Girl

Encore with Ernest:

Sweet Home Chicago
Bring It On Home
The Twist
Lean On me
I Got My Mojo Working


With

Julie Gordon-Backing Vocals on For What It's Worth/Cinnamon Girl
Ryan Paul-Percussion
Ernest Bynum-Guest Vocalist on the Ernest Jams

(Julie Gordon captured this shot of me, I'm surprised she caught me in a reflective mode)

Tired, Bitchy, sick of coughing, sick of everything, yep that's me.

For the past month, I have been dealing with walking pneumonia, a continual torture of coughing and a river of mucus going down into my windpipe. I played three gigs with the Boy Scout Hippies with this shit, I probably did give this to Ron by accident, but he's over it sooner than I have.  It didn't help much when I went to Unity Point to see what can be done, only to find the person checking me in, thinking I was my brother.  Turns out my brother had a better plan; he only pays thirty dollars, I get to pay 40.  And then the head nurse couldn't figure out why my blood pressure was 180/90.  It's a fucking way of life for me.

Work wasn't much better;  I split two fingernails and a wayward lead pencil tip broke off and got stuck in the feeder.  I'm surprised I can even type for my misadventures.  But it was Julie's birthday (tho I think her day was actually the 2nd of April) and I decided to support her cause one more time before we got busy at work again.  It was the first I got to see her since the Journeys Of The Heart date.  She's been under the weather as well.

For people, Buddy Archbrenner was there with his new baby daughter, Lauren and Glen Gardner were there, so was Dave Bonham and Donna Jo and Karl Hudson too. Ryan and Julie did about 35 minutes of music and Dave and Glen took over and then I popped up on stage around 8 30 and stumbled all over Go Out And Get It and lost my fucking guitar pick inside the gutiar,  I still cannot complete the whole  "I believe in a minute for every man" line, unless I'm not playing the right melody right or maybe it was the talking of the crowd that got me distracted.    Good Time Charlie was dedicated to Dave Hogendorn who passed away from cancer last Friday.  Ryan banged on a tambourine on a couple numbers, Julie sang some backup.  And then Ernest came up and we did an jam based Sweet Home Chicago and then he tore into Bring It On Home and I capo'ed on fret three and just went where he was going with it.  On Got My Mojo Working, I finally came alive and did a E chord jam and danced around the stage and responded to his call on Got My Mojo Working.  And for the first time around 9:05, finally cracked a smile.  

I do miss jamming with Ernest.  He is a entertainer.


Obituary for David Harwood Hogendorn


How can one describe David Hogendorn, born in North English, Iowa, to Bertilla (Driscoll) and Carl Hogendorn on November 14, 1939. Dave was a prankster, a good athlete, a bowler and golfer, a man who was fun and funny, a host extraordinaire, a snappy dresser, a classic car lover, a Big Band and Rock and Roll aficionado, a great dancer, Hawkeye fan (and yeller), proud Irish/Dutch man, and stubborn. He was a generous man who helped others in need, a good friend, a gentleman, a staunch Republican, an animal lover, and someone who sported a beautiful head of white hair. Or, perhaps a negotiator, dignified, courageous, a man who led by example of how to live and how to die.

But most of all, Dave was a family man. He loved his wife, Katherine, who was his rock in sickness and health. He loved his five children, Dominic, Shawn, Dustin, Shannon and Brittany, their spouses, ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was an integral part of the Hogendorn sibling unit of Terry, Jo Rae, Marsha, Denise, Leslie, Honore, Kris, April and Lenny. Dave and Katherine opened their home to family and friends on many occasions at their beautiful lake home in Solon. He was happiest when surrounded by those whom he loved.

Dave spent his high school years in the mid-1950’s dancing in the many great dance venues of Eastern Iowa. He was an original member of the Danceland Bandstand Dancers, along with his sister and dance partner, Marsha. Along with his father, he also spent those years promoting rock bands in the area, and later ran a dance hall in Waterville, Iowa.

Dave began a nearly 40-year broadcast career in 1967 with the opening of KNEI-AM and FM in Waukon, Iowa. As owner, operator and manager, Dave brought music, sports and news to the tri-state area of Northeast Iowa, Southwest Wisconsin and Southeast Minnesota. Later, Dave purchased KZAT-FM in Tama, Iowa. During his broadcast career, Dave hosted a big band show entitled “The Sunday Morning Showcase” on his KNEI stations, which featured hits of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. For more than 50 years, Dave also owned and operated a private tour business which promoted group trips to such places as Ireland, Nashville, Branson, and Hawaii. Dave received numerous civic and business awards for various achievements, but the one he truly cherished was being inducted by his peers into the Iowa Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

David died peacefully Friday, March 29, 2019 at home surrounded by family. Dave was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Bertilla, his in-laws Gladys (Woolstrum) and Forrest Ryan, and his grandson, Grayson Hogendorn.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 PM, Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the Newman Catholic Center, 104 East Jefferson Street, Iowa City. A visitation will be held before at noon and a lunch will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, please direct memorials to the family fund or Iowa City Hospice.