Back in the 90's my best friend Erica was dating a hockey player. We lived very close to the Canadian border, so most of his games took place in Canada. It was through this that he was introduced to a Canadian band called the Barenaked Ladies. Well Erica heard them and liked them so much that she made me a mixed tape with 3 of their songs from their Gordon CD. I fell for them right away and became a devoted fan, introducing them to friends and even doing a presentation on them for my 6th grade music students.
I have now seen them in concert 7 times. About (a boat) 6 years ago, one of the lead guys did a solo tour and I went to see him and meet him. I told him at the time, I just needed to meet the other 4 guys! It became part of my bucket list and when the opportunity arose to meet them before a concert, my husband made it happen. Then my next thought, what kind of cupcakes do I make them?
I thought long and hard about what to make them. They have a song called "Alcohol" and they mention "Malibu and Coke" and "G & T" and so I tried to make the Malibu and Coke cupcake but my bad dog ate about half of the trial batch so I didn't bother making a frosting to complete them - but the cupcakes were good. I decided that because they seem to have a thing for monkeys (Another Postcard and 1,000,000 Dollars) that my Banana Cream Cupcake would have to be one, then I thought about how they like to take songs that are not theirs but sing them anyway for fun, that Pina Colada would lend itself to that. Lastly, my husband is crazy about the Strawberry Habanero cupcake and said that would have to be the 3rd cupcake. Done, I made them, boxed them and then proceeded to give them to Ed, Jim, Kevin, and Tyler at the meet and greet!
Before the concert began, I was told by a few of the other people that were also at the meet and greet that the band had looked for me to tell me that they liked my cupcakes but I had left too quickly.
One gal even said, "I bet he's going to mention them during the concert" and sure enough they did - I guess the Strawberry Habanero made quite an impression on them!
(having issues uploading the video - hope to get it up and running soon - of course, if you must see it now, you can go to Happy Hour Cuptails on Facebook to view it.
How awesome is that!
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