July 11 , 2005

Rosemary Gates Invited to Play the Main Stage at the Three Rivers Festival

Rosemary Gates is proud to announce that the band has been invited to play the Three Rivers Festival Meijer Event Tent on Saturday, July 16, 2005. The show starts at 6:00 PM with the Mike Conley Band (featuring RG’s own B-Funk on bass guitar). RG will take the stage at 8:30 PM and rock until 10:00 PM. Heavy rockers, Plow will finish the night off starting at 10:30 PM.

“We are very excited about playing this year’s festival,” said guitarist Mike Archbold. “We have kind of been hanging low the last few years while working on our new album. With the record due out this Fall, we thought it would be a great opportunity to play the Festival again, and get some of our new music out there for people to listen to. We are also very excited to be playing with two of Fort Wayne’s hottest acts, the Mike Conley Band and Plow. Mike’s act is top notch and I love (Plow Guitarist) Eric Baer’s hard edge guitar playing. It should be a great night for Fort Wayne Rock!”

Those attending the show will notice a slight change in lineup for the performance. Chuck Thomas (Rudisill, The Migranes, Nami Su) will be sitting in for Charley Shirmeyer. It seems that Charley will be welcoming his newborn son, Stephan Phillip, on and around the show date. Chuck has sat in with the band on occasion, most recently at the 2004 Sol Fest performance at Fox Island County Park. “Chuck is a talented drummer and is a quick study,” stated Archbold. “As much as we would like to have Charley up there with us on Saturday, we feel very comfortable in Chuck’s ability to pull us through.”

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