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Coach: an all-encompassing term minimally defined as one who trains, Merriam-Webster fell woefully shy of the high-water mark set by Luigi “Jon” Lombardi. Mentor, teacher, and role model; brother, friend, and number one fan; Coach is a literal founding father of Goose, having performed every job possible for this band at least once. Quick to deflect credit and send praise elsewhere, he’s risen to every challenge and moved on with grace and dignity when the opportunity arose to bring in fresh eyes and grow the family. “I've worn many hats throughout (my time with the band) and stoked to have changed hats because you know, that means there's more people on board in the team.” By title, he is Goose’s stage manager. In practice, he’s Coach.

The el Goose Times is a community rag – ya know, a for-the-gaggle by-the-gaggle type of deal. So while we’d love to pull back the curtain on inside jokes and tell you precisely when to expect the next “Factory Fiction”, the purpose of this column has always been singular: to support the band and community at large while shining the spotlight on brilliance. So it was only a matter of time before we spoke to Coach, a man whose love and passion for music, community, and his best friends were the catalyst that created Goose. “[After Vasudo], my work schedule settled down and my priorities changed and I realized what was important to me … what I wanted to do was spend a lot of time with Trevor. … [At the same time], he was bringing over Investment Banker For Dummies books and being like, “I gotta figure my shit out,’ and I was like, ‘You’re a bass player.’ Then I told Rick what was gonna happen. I was like, ‘I'm not blowing smoke up your ass but I'm willing to derail my ten year plan – my life plan – and just, like, put everything into this. I’m so proud of my best friends whose particular love and passion [for music] is why I did this.”

From the earliest days when he’d book the show, set up the stage, and then hightail it over to the merch booth where he’d make sure to shake every hand and meet every eye, Coach has instilled that same sense of love and passion into all things Goose. “We’ve always been trying to build community. From the ground up, we really take pride in our merch because I feel like that's customer relations … we just want to be as personal as possible and really just keep connected. I'm just blessed as fuck to be making people happy.”

“Without love in the dream, it will never come true.”

To his friends on stage, sometimes he’s more of a father figure. Imagine the set break shenanigans: “It's like you take one of your kids and their five buddies to the ballpark and they're like six years old and you have to be like, ‘Who's here? Who's there?’ I know Rick's got to take at least two pees. Peter, there's something we gotta work out. Ben's getting a back rub from Sam. Jeff's fine. Trevor's ready to go. And I got the venue at my back like, ‘they need to be on now.’ Then all of a sudden, at the super last minute when we're already supposed to be on the rigs, Rick’s like, ‘what do you think about that setlist?” I'm like, I already wrote it before the first set, so I like it. Now go play!”

In the beginning, the obligations of life sometimes kept Coach from keeping it all together in person. “Back in the day when I wasn’t able to be on the road at every single show because I would be working, I gave Trev a Luigi doll and I said take this on the road so I’m always with you on stage, even when I’m not there. After a few years Trev, for some reason, wasn’t feeling the Lu vibes on his cab and I was pretty shocked, mildly offended even, but then Peter was like, ‘Dude I’d love to have Luigi live in my world.’ And just like that Luigi got the best seat in the house sitting on top of Handini world. I immediately turned to Tweekz and was like, “Yo, your mistake bro, Luigi is a star.”

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Leg One Review

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The first leg of Summer Tour was one to remember, featuring outstanding shows in Maryland, South Carolina and Tennessee. With the band in fine form, no doubt leg two will feature much of the same across the board, especially with a return to familiar venues in Legend Valley and Swanzey in addition to a two night homestand in Connecticut.

Legend Valley is what’s really drawing my attention, though. For those that haven't been or may be unaware, Legend Valley is on the hallowed grounds of the former Buckeye Lake Music Center, home to half a dozen Grateful Dead shows between 1988-1993. But the flashback that steals my attention was years later in September 2018 when Legend Valley was home to the Resonance Festival. Originally, Goose had scheduled three sets: a late night acoustic set on night one, a VIP set night two, and an afternoon Saturday Tent set.

Long story short, the acoustic late night set was scratched and Goose played a full electric late night set, albeit with some technical difficulties, which is to say the band could not hear anything on stage including each other or themselves.

Miraculously, this did not hold them back one bit as they opened with a banging So Ready and closed the night with an epic Wysteria > Hot Tea featuring Rob Compa of Dopapod. Music aside – which was exceptional! – that weekend holds a special place in my heart as it was the first time I was able to finally meet a ton of fans I had become friends with through Goose.

Although the following year Resonance moved away from Legend Valley to Slippery Rock, PA, Goose has managed to stay a staple on the resonance lineup for years to come. I never expected to have so many friends in the Midwest, but because of this band I have been able to develop relationships with people all over the country that I never would have. The people in this community are some of the best people in the world and without all of you the band would not be able to continue what they do.

I can’t wait to get back on the road and meet some more of the flock as well as catch up with old friends! Keep your eye out for me in places like Montana, Denver, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and be sure that you are So Ready for Tour!

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Jon Lombardi aka “Coach”

But it hasn’t always been easy, and the fact that this crew of best friends, which includes every person on stage and in the trenches, has transcended the ups and downs and rode the roller coaster of life and loss comes through in the music just as it plays out in the community.

“We deal with anxiety. We deal with regular life. If you told me at twenty-two that at thirty-four the best thing going for me would be this jam band I started with my two buddies, I’d have laughed my ass off, wouldn't have believed you at all, and said, ‘I'll buy you a beer at the Panic show.’ But that’s what's going on and I’m gonna take it and roll with it because it could be worse and I'm happy to be alive. We've lost so many friends … that’s kind of what was big about Alive and Well. We lost a lot of people, and we also grew up with people that just weren't well. We want everyone to be well and to show them that we're here, we're alive, and we're doing the best we can.

But at least we have these moments and we can wake up breathe and be like, hey, ‘You say it looks like rain today, but we say, oh, what a day to be livin.’”

So while Luigi Jon Lombardi, second generation Italian-American from Wilton, CT, may not be The Godfather, at the very least, he’s The Architect.

“First and foremost, besides being for my best friends and my brothers which are the band and the crew, Goose is for every person who comes to the show, who streams or just watches on YouTube, and even for those who are pissed they can't get through on tickets and I've been there with bands, too, but just the fact that that they take the time to love us and connect with a song and make lasting memories at our shows is why I do this and why I will never stop doing this. So, thank you.”

Everything about this band, this community in fact, is a testament to Coach and his love. We see you. We appreciate you. And we love you, too.

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The five-show first leg of Goose’s 2021 touring season showcased a wildly different band than any of us had seen in previous years. With a distinct focus on new arrangements of classic songs and experimentation with tempos, the quintet blew minds night after night, with jumps off the deep-end into previously uncharted improvisational waters.

Beginning with the Frederick Arrow, which took place among the first of two weather-plagued shows, Goose showed a willingness to deviate from their familiar exceptional tension-and-release jams in favor of spacier, more groove-based jams akin to their rehearsal “Ted” jams. The second night in Frederick (5/4) continued that trend with a massive Creatures that opened its second set, highlighted by Peter’s incredibly smooth new Vintage Vibe electric piano, setting the band off on a 25-minute excursion deep into the groove - eschewing the normal Type I tension and release section the song normally has. Don’t sleep on 5/4’s first set either – it boasts a fiery rendition of Time to Flee, a slow build All I Need -> Flodown, and an explosive Arcadia that saw Rich squeezing every drop of tension from the jam with the use of his new wah pedal.

As tour continued down to Charleston, Goose took the stage at a gorgeous riverside venue and delivered a fun show for all of us. From the first notes of the Switchin’ opener, the band cultivated a laid-back vibe, which continued in the 19-minute Hot Tea later in the set. Starting the song at a much slower tempo than usual, Goose took the opportunity to really dig into the song’s groove – a really interesting and atypical jam developed with Peter on synth and Rick on a strange-sounding chorus effect. Other highlights from this show include the briefly-Type-II The Way It Is, an explosive So Ready, This Old Sea’s new arrangement, and the band hamming it up during Earthling or Alien?.

Tour moved onto Tennessee and the gorgeous Caverns Above Ground venue. After a strong (albeit inside-thebox) opening to the show, Rich and Peter busted out acoustic guitars on stage for the first time ever and invited lighting director Andrew Goedde up to whistle on Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard in honour of his birthday. The real highlight of the set was the Rosewood Heart that began with Rick on acoustic guitar but switched to electric as the jam started to create a version that more than stands up to the fabled “Hosewood” from last fall’s South Farms shows. The first complete “Jiveangle” took over the next segment of the show, with Jive I closing the first set and a phenomenal Jive Lee -> Jive II to open the second frame, featuring an extra ten minutes of jamming (whether you consider it Jive II or “Jam” is up to interpretation) before fading into Wysteria Lane and the live debut of likely the most popular track off of the Ted Tapes, Moby. While this performance stuck to the previously released version’s groove and length, both the band and crowd had ear-to-ear grins as Trevor dropped bass bomb after bass bomb through the song’s incredible groove. A searing Empress of Organos and an emotional 726 encore solidified this show as one of Goose’s strongest to date.

The final night of tour, much like the opening night, was plagued by torrential rain – however, this time due to the lack of an early curfew at the Caverns, the band was able to get in a full show that closed the first leg of 2021 on a high note. From the opening notes of Atlas, which had notably been written on multiple previous setlists but hadn’t been played yet, the crowd and band were amped up to continue their hot streak from the night before. The rest of the abbreviated first set contained a fantastic new groovy instrumental original titled Welcome to Delta and a slightly truncated Elmeg the Wise that led into an extended setbreak due to the precipitation. As fans took shelter in the Caverns’ underground portion and got their hands on dry copies of the El Goose Times, spirits remained high and as the band took the stage for the second set over an hour later, it felt like no energy was lost during the break. Opening with the Madhuvan everyone knew was coming, Goose dove headfirst into the jam, once again eschewing their traditional tension and release in favour of a spacier, more Ted-like space. before building into a more traditional peak ahead of a fantastic segue into the tour’s first repeat, Spirit of the Dark Horse. This song continued the flow of the set perfectly, giving Peter yet another chance to shine on the Vintage Vibe electric piano before finishing off Madhuvan with a bang. Doobie Song offered a quick breather with Peter taking the song on organ instead of his usual guitar part. Yet another new arrangement debuted next as a slow and Ted-ified Tumble gave us another phenomenal ethereal jam before Don’t Do It closed the set. Returning to stage for the encore, Goose closed the tour with an absolute HEATER of a Crosseyed and Painless, complete with an Elmeg Reprise to finish the first set’s truncated version.

Six shows into the year, the band continues to up the ante with more and more diverse jams and shows. With an extensive summer and fall tour already scheduled, there’s no telling the heights that Goose will continue to reach every show. HONK! VOL. 2 - JUNE 2021

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It Takes a Gaggle.

A Mama’s Mission to Save her Child

How To Impress Your Empress

By Guest Writer: Nicole Johnson, Co-Founder of The FOXG1 Research Foundation

If you couldn’t tell from the stark contrast between the men’s and women’s line for the bathroom, the Goose Chick is a rare and beautiful bird. The jam band scene is a notorious sausage fest, and our gaggle is no exception. With at least 3:1 odds not in their favor, the el homies find themselves at a great disadvantage when Seeking to Jive with a like-minded partner while the hens rule the roost with their pick of the flock. Here’s some insider tips to help the average peacock get involved:

You never know who is dancing right beside you at a show. We feel the energy and shared love of the music surrounding us, but do you ever wonder what’s her story, or his story? We all have one. When I’m dancing in my zone, often next to “Scarf Guy,” under the Goedde lights, everything feels right. In the moment, and in every moment I know my purpose here, as this earthling, is quite a story. Hi, I’m Josie’s mom.

Josie was born with a rare, devastating disease called FOXG1 syndrome. She is nine-and-a-half years-old and she can’t walk, or talk, or even sit up without falling over. She can’t dance, but man, does she want to. She is fed through a tube, but the worst part is that she suffers from life-threatening seizures. When they happen it’s like a monster takes over. She can be laughing her most precious infectious belly laugh one moment, and in a flash she can be unresponsive, just stuck and blue. These are heart-crushing moments.

Score the tickets. Want to show her you have your shit together?

Nothing proves your dedication, focus, and ability to perform under pressure better than waking up an hour before pre-sale, doing the research, and delivering results. ALWAYS go straight to the source and check the venue website. Use multiple devices and browsers. Check your inter-web connection. Do. Not. Refresh. The. Page. Patience is key here.

Clicking the link right as the clock strikes 10am local time is milliseconds faster and makes all the difference. Bonus if you grab extras to disperse to the fam and keep out of the hands of scalpers.

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Snacks. On hand 24/7. Sweet. Salty. Savory. Spicy. Vegan. Be prepared.

You’ll never know what she wants and she won’t either. Keep her hydrated while you’re at it. She is a water fowl after all.

Like any Mother Goose would do, I’ve decided to work my ass off to find a cure for Josie and for every child in the world with FOXG1 syndrome. I started the FOXG1 Research Foundation in 2017 and we’ve assembled a team of the world's most brilliant scientists to fix this broken gene - and let her dance again, let her live so free. Yes, I just channeled Mr. Mister.

We’re living in a mind-blowing age of scientific breakthroughs and we (The FOXG1 Research Foundation) have several promising projects underway - including gene therapy, Crispr, drug re-purposing, RNA therapy and more. Trust me, I don’t have a science background, I was actually in the music business before this, but a mama’s gonna learn what a mama needs to know. With support from my family, friends, and my community, I know that nothing is impossible. We are here to change the face of a horrible disease and that makes life pretty damn exciting. It takes a village - or a gaggle, rather.

Sponsored By Set the mood. Skip the Slow Ready vs So Ready debate and go straight for the Ted Tapes. A Goose Chick wants you to take her through all four phases of the Moon in the back of a Camino deep in the Forest.

Don’t sweat your small stuff. A little bit goes a long, long way if you know the moves. Here’s our top three: 1.

The Handini - Don’t Twiddle with it. Pull up a chair and give her the service she deserves like when Peter tickles the ivories on the epic 9/17/20 Rosewood.

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Toss the Arugula - slap her skins like Jeff’s percussion on Earthling or Alien from last Goosemas.

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Tremorbass - if this needs explanation, I fear for the future of humanity.

After the peak climax in Honeybee (reference 11/6/20 from the 4:50 mark on), it certainly doesn’t hurt to pull down your sunglasses, look deep into her soul, and read her some poetry.

Most importantly, create a culture of consent. Don’t ruffle any feathers. Use clear, direct communication. Ask for feedback. Listen. React immediately and appropriately. Keep it Ted at all times.

Goose chicks are wiser than Elmeg, stronger than This Old Sea, brighter than the Whitest Lights, and ultimately, tired of the Same Old Shenanigans. Keep your heart on your sleeve, your intentions Madhuvan pure, and let her Lead the Way. Page Four

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Pictured Above: Josie & her Mom Nicole (Used with permission)

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Josie is the embodiment of pure love and joy. She gives the gift of perspective to everyone who knows her. I am truly blessed. And while she is perfect to me, she deserves so much more. Josie lights up when she hears Goose, she especially loves Rick’s guitar solos. My dream (my goal) is that she will be on the dance floor with us all one day. I always say this will be Josie’s story to tell one day. And I’m sticking to it.

Thank you for reading our story. To learn more, please go to: www.FOXG1research.org

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1 Cup Softened Unsalted Butter 2 Cups Powdered Sugar 1 Teaspoon Vanilla 1/2 Cup Toasted Coconut

Finishing Steps & Advice: 1. Before frosting your Sweet Island Muffins, make sure they are fully cooled like a Yeti so your frosting doesn't melt!

2. Garnish with more toasted coconut and a cherry Make sure to "Get Involved" and post a Picture or you and your Sweet Island Muffins on social media and don't forget to tag the el Goose Times!

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2. In a mixer with a paddle attachment OR in a bowl with a hand mixer combine Butter and Sugar and mix until fully combined and color lightens 3. Add Eggs and Vanilla and mix until incorporated

5. Mix in Crushed Pineapple gently by hand 6. Pour batter into well greased muffin tins and bake for 17-22 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and comes out clean Frosting 1. In a mixer with a paddle attachment OR in a bowl with a hand mixer, combine Butter, Sugar and Vanilla and mix until fully combined, color lightens and mixture get light and fluffy 2. Mix in Toasted Coconut by hand until fully blended Page Seven

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3. One of Peter’s most common nicknames.

5. A Great Blue original that has become a staple at Goose shows.

7. This song was between All I Need and Flodown at Swanzey last year.

11. A play on the name of Peter's Dad's commercial fishing boat company.

14. Same Old ______________ 16. On the Buffalo 2019 live vinyl release, this song was split into two parts.

17. This was the first song of Goose's first show of 2021.

19. This South Farms version won the Twitter Jam of the Year bracket, to much controversy.

20. The name of Tweekz character in the Shenanigans Nite Club teaser video.

21. Ben's nickname

1. A story of unrequited love in Spanish class.

2. The Wiltonian _________ 4. Sheriff John Brown broke up a party.

6. This jam, found on the Ted Tapes, debuted at Playing in the Sand 2019. It's also the name of a popular DJ. 8. "You say it looks like rain today, but we say, Oh, what a day to be livin" 9. This Goose original debuted Goosemas 2019.

10. These lyrics inspired the Great Beyond podcast’s name.

12. Goose’s latest animated music video.

13. One of Rick's nicknames, which he earned after he sustained a major knee injury playing volleyball 15. The band is based out of this Connecticut city.

18. “A road lies ahead, so tie up your shoes”

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Joe Joseph Creative Guru Lisa Governa Classifieds Queen & Goose Chicks Lead Writer

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