Live Entertainment

Pieces of Eight Band

We are a 4 piece country/rock band including: Lead Singer: Heather Hays of Burlington, Co; Lead Guitar and Vocals: Richard Johnson of Goodland, KS who has played with artists like Hoyt Axton and more; Bass Guitar and Vocals: Howard Culver of Colby KS formally of the NO PARKING BAND; Drums and vocals: Andrew Melia of Goodland KS who just returned from Nashville after paying with Jason DeShaw and the Country Way!

The band has combined over 70 years of musical experience! Formed in the fall of 2003, The band or players in the band have shared the stage with great acts like Sawyer Brown, Tracy Lawrence, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Wade Bowen, Trick Pony, The Eli Young Band, Shooter Jennings, Pomoroy, No Parking, Hoyt Axton, Russell Sawyer and The Lost Cause, Manny Trevin,(Dallas Tx) Lipridle (KC), Mike Garcia (Nashville), Jason DeShaw (Nashville)and many more! Lead guitarist Richard Johnson's experience and knowledge of the music industry has guided this band along! Howard Culver also has years and years of touring, live shows and recordings under his belt! Andrew Melia, after a stint in Nashville in the spring of 2007 has brought in his piece of this awesome puzzle with great harmonies and his "grungy" voice! With the newest hardcore country sound of Heather Hays, the band has the sound they have been looking for!

Blue Healers Band

Mike Ward and Craig Balderston coupled with John Pennington and Mike Ferguson, made a helluva band, tackling everything from the Allman Brothers to Hoagy Carmichael. Through all the band's incarnations over the last 11 years, the connecting fiber has been playing great songs as well as attempting anything your level of inebriation will allow. The current lineup (and it looks like this one's around for a long time) is Pennington on drums and vocals, Ferguson on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Ward on bass, and Tom "Pepperhead" Green on guitar, vocals and security.

It's all about the music and the fun, not about taking it all too seriously. When people ask us why we don't try to make it to the "big time," we just tell 'em that we're all family guys with days jobs who are trying to hang on to a little bit of our youth by playing good music for good people. And whether it's in front of thousands, like when we opened for the Doobie Brothers, or dozens at a wedding dance at a little old VFW Hall in western Kansas, as long as the people have fun, the Healers have fun.