Doyle Dykes and his daughter Haley Dykes performed once again at Guitar Works in Evanston, IL on Friday, 4-09-10 to a standing room only audience.
My friends Jerry, Jeff and Andy were in attendance with me. An interesting thing about this was how all of us were connected through something that had to do with weddings. I was a groomsman at Jerry's wedding and sang at it too and he was a groomsman at my wedding, I photographed Jeff's son's wedding last June, Andy is a professional videographer and we've worked several weddings together and I photographed Doyle's daughter Holli's wedding back in June 2007.
Doyle and Haley drove in from the St. Louis area and made it to Evanston just in time to set up and do a quick sound check. Chicago's difficult traffic on Fridays really slowed down their travel. Luckily, the staff at Guitar Works had the sound system all set already, so all they needed to do was set up their own gear and plug into the house system.
As usual, Doyle amazed everyone at the show. There were quite a few people in attendance this time that had never seen Doyle play before. You can always tell because when you look into the audience, you can see how mezmorized these audience members are when they see and hear how fast Doyle can play guitar!
Haley played her mandolin and sang as usual, but she surprised us all with a new Weber Mandola this time! Wow! I really like the sound of a Mandola. It really compliments her voice. It's a larger instrument than a standard Mandolin, so it has a deeper tone to it. It's great!
After the show, Doyle, Haley, Jerry, Jeff and I had a late night dinner at the Cheesecake Factory in Skokie. It's always nice to go out and catch up with what Doyle and Haley have been doing on the road since the last time we have seen them. I think the toughest part of their jobs is simply driving so much from gig to gig. Jerry suggested they really need to get a professional driver to drive them around. I agree. It would really ease a lot of the stress from the job. But we all joked that if that were to ever happen, that driver better be built with enough muscles to help move equipment around too! Have you ever tried lifting a Rivera amp? It's heavy!
Get out to see Doyle and Haley perform if they are ever in your town. I guarantee you'll walk out as a fan of these two! Be sure to click on each image to see a larger version.
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