The Fat Fridays band - upscale classic rock
@thefatfridays.com
NW WA dance/concert band. Upscale classic rock, instrumental jazz, R&B, classic country, ballroom by pro sjw rockers, jazzoids, and stage junkies. Soaring harmonies, stunning soloists, and the tightest rhythm section in all the land! www.thefatfridays.com
Take Me to the Atmospheric River ... might be a wet load-in. But things'll be warming up soon enough. It's dry and beerful inside. Join us.
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Take Me to the Atmospheric River ... might be a wet load-in. But things'll be warming up soon enough. It's dry and beerful inside. Join us.
They day it's my birthday. Happy birthday TO me.
Got a bunch of new songs to unwrap this week.
Got a bunch of new songs to unwrap this week.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
They day it's my birthday. Happy birthday TO me.
Got a bunch of new songs to unwrap this week.
Got a bunch of new songs to unwrap this week.
We will also be celebrating Ms. Kelly Visten's @songbirdg1.bsky.social 2-year anniversary with the band.
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We will also be celebrating Ms. Kelly Visten's @songbirdg1.bsky.social 2-year anniversary with the band.
LaConner's annual Brew on the Slough beer festival, this Saturday 5 to 9 pm at Maple Hall, La Conner, WA. 13 local breweries and cideries, munchies from Santo Coyote, a really really great band, and a Lederhosen contest! Everything you need.
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
LaConner's annual Brew on the Slough beer festival, this Saturday 5 to 9 pm at Maple Hall, La Conner, WA. 13 local breweries and cideries, munchies from Santo Coyote, a really really great band, and a Lederhosen contest! Everything you need.
We'll have two Angels of the Woodwinds on Monday! Our own inimitable Mark Kelly, plus the fabulous Keith Stone of Cascadia Groove and the CC Adams band! A seven-piece band for one day only! Monday, October 6, 11am until 3pm at Angel of the Winds casino.
October 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We'll have two Angels of the Woodwinds on Monday! Our own inimitable Mark Kelly, plus the fabulous Keith Stone of Cascadia Groove and the CC Adams band! A seven-piece band for one day only! Monday, October 6, 11am until 3pm at Angel of the Winds casino.
It's been all Northwest pix so far, but the next time we play www.angelofthewinds.com (Mon Sept 22 11am-3pm) our giant freakin' slide show video wall in-your-face photo exhibition will feature a few images from an old trip to Peru. This (35mm film!) pic of vicunas on the Altiplano won a few prizes.
September 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's been all Northwest pix so far, but the next time we play www.angelofthewinds.com (Mon Sept 22 11am-3pm) our giant freakin' slide show video wall in-your-face photo exhibition will feature a few images from an old trip to Peru. This (35mm film!) pic of vicunas on the Altiplano won a few prizes.
Our killer video wall photo gallery of landscape and wildlife images has been Northwest-only. But by request, we added a few from an old trip to Peru. Can't wait to see 'em 8 feet tall! See the pix - and the band - 3 Mondays in a row: Sep 22, 29 and Oct 6, 11AM to 3PM at Angel of the Winds casino.
August 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Our killer video wall photo gallery of landscape and wildlife images has been Northwest-only. But by request, we added a few from an old trip to Peru. Can't wait to see 'em 8 feet tall! See the pix - and the band - 3 Mondays in a row: Sep 22, 29 and Oct 6, 11AM to 3PM at Angel of the Winds casino.
We're playing three weeks in a row at the casino!
August 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
We're playing three weeks in a row at the casino!
Live @ Lunch - dance from 11am to 3pm Monday Aug 18 @ Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington WA 98223
August 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Live @ Lunch - dance from 11am to 3pm Monday Aug 18 @ Angel of the Winds Casino, 3438 Stoluckquamish Lane, Arlington WA 98223
We have assimilated some new old tunes and some old new tunes since last we rocked The Old Edison. Let's dance.
July 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
We have assimilated some new old tunes and some old new tunes since last we rocked The Old Edison. Let's dance.
The band has a fantastic video wall slide show with dozens stunning Pacific Northwest photographic images created by an award-winning local photographer.
July 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The band has a fantastic video wall slide show with dozens stunning Pacific Northwest photographic images created by an award-winning local photographer.
It's another manic Monday.
July 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It's another manic Monday.
Many thanks to Hugo Helmer Music and the Burlington Police Department for the return of my stolen “blue” guitar and Boss Katana amp. Thought they were goners.
June 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Many thanks to Hugo Helmer Music and the Burlington Police Department for the return of my stolen “blue” guitar and Boss Katana amp. Thought they were goners.
The news is infuriating, exhausting, frustrating. We all need to take the night off.
May 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The news is infuriating, exhausting, frustrating. We all need to take the night off.
We play some SJW songs, e.g. The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby; We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel; Trouble In Paradise by J.D. Souther ("You can't sleep at night in a solid gold room"). We wrote a verse especially for #45 in "Do It Again" by Steely Dan ... #47 deserves a few more already.
May 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
We play some SJW songs, e.g. The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby; We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel; Trouble In Paradise by J.D. Souther ("You can't sleep at night in a solid gold room"). We wrote a verse especially for #45 in "Do It Again" by Steely Dan ... #47 deserves a few more already.
Here's another image from our video wall slideshow. It's tulip fields in the magic Skagit Valley, taken from a helicopter. It's also the cover of our 2016 CD.
May 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Here's another image from our video wall slideshow. It's tulip fields in the magic Skagit Valley, taken from a helicopter. It's also the cover of our 2016 CD.
In action!
May 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In action!
We have an incredible slideshow of Northwest landscape and nature images taken by an award-winning local photographer. We play it on the giant video wall behind the band ... when there is one. We play it in our heads when there isn't. Here's one of the images. www.thefatfridays.com/how.html
May 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We have an incredible slideshow of Northwest landscape and nature images taken by an award-winning local photographer. We play it on the giant video wall behind the band ... when there is one. We play it in our heads when there isn't. Here's one of the images. www.thefatfridays.com/how.html
Live @ Lunch - Monday May 12, 11am - 3pm
May 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Live @ Lunch - Monday May 12, 11am - 3pm
FYI, the band page and my personal page have been suspended from Facebook for some reason. They never tell you why. But they appear to be hacked. Let me know if you see anything posted by "me" or "The Fat Fridays" on Facebook.
May 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
FYI, the band page and my personal page have been suspended from Facebook for some reason. They never tell you why. But they appear to be hacked. Let me know if you see anything posted by "me" or "The Fat Fridays" on Facebook.
Live @ Lunch, Monday April 14
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Live @ Lunch, Monday April 14