About
GimmEsome Roy: a brief history
The members of Gimmesome Roy (Bob Rigel: Guitar & Vocals, Kirk Folk: Bass & Vocals, John Schlosser: Drums) began playing together in high school as Shadowfax. Kirk left the band for college. Upon his graduation, the power trio reunited under the name Gimmesome Roy. They played the local bar scene every weekend for several years. Eventually they went their separate musical ways. In 2017, Gimmesome Roy re-reunited to play a couple of shows. The boys had so much fun, they threatened to get back together for good. As with all things Rock'nRoll, Fate planted monkey wrenches within their path. NOW, in Spring 2022 they return to kick-ass and forget names. Keep an eye or two out for them @ Concerts, Nightclubs, Dive Bars, Parties and the backseat of your car!
EDITOR'S NOTE: For those of you curious about the origin of the name, I will edumacate you. One day I spotted an abandoned copy of Playboy while sitting idly in my college dorm. Being an avid reader, I picked it up to pass the time. That's right, pervs: just for the intellectual matter, not for the nudie pictures of lovely ladies. Shuuhhh! Within the pages of soft-core smut, I discovered a poem entitled "The Perfect High". The poem was written by famous children's author Shel Silverstein. Most people are unaware that Silverstein also wrote such hit songs as "A Boy Named Sue", "Cover of the Rolling Stone" and "Sylvia's Mother" etcetera. The protagonist of "The Perfect High" was named...SPOILER ALERT!...Gimmesome Roy. This struck me as a perfectly weird name for a band. We adopted it. Before long we discovered that people would yell "Gimme Some MORE Roy!!!" at the end of our shows. Win, win.
For a video rendition of "The Perfect High" click on the link I've provided below.
Don't be a Roy. Be a You.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1K03pLyE34
setlist
Songs that we are playing at the moment
AC/DC
Long Way to the Top (If You Want to Rock'n'Roll)
Sin City
Whole Lotta Rosie
AEROSMITH
Season's of Wither
Sweet Emotion
Walkin' the Dog
APRIL WINE
I Like to Rock
BLACKTOP MOJO
It Won't Last
CHEAP TRICK
Ain't That a Shame
FREE
All Right Now
GOLDEN EARRING
Twilight Zone
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
Some Kind of Wonderful
GREEN DAY
Dilemma
SAMMY HAGAR
Mas Tequila
JAMES GANG
Walk Away
JEFF BECK & JOHNNY DEPP
Isolation
JUDAS PRIEST
Electric Eye
LED ZEPPELIN
The Rover
The Wanton Song
What Is and What Should Never Be
MONTROSE
Bad Motor Scooter
One Thing on My Mind
Rock the Nation
NIGHT RANGER
Don't Tell Me You Love Me
TED NUGENT
Stranglehold
Hey Baby
QUEEN
Tie Your Mother Down
Stone Cold Crazy
RED RYDER
Lunatic Fringe
REO SPEEDWAGON
Back on the Road Again
BILLY SQUIER
Lonely is the Night
ROBIN TROWER
Day of the Eagle
Bridge of Sighs
UFO
Cherry
URIAH HEEP
Stealin'
VAN HALEN
Mean Street
D.O.A.
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
VELVET REVOLVER
Fall to Pieces
WINERY DOGS
Captain Love
ZZ TOP
Hot, Blue and Righteous
Beer Drinkers & Hellraisers
GIGS!
2025
FENDERZ GRILL & PUB
(@ WYNDHAM GARDENS)
SATURDAY, MARCH 8th
2000 LOUCKS RD.
YORK, PA 17408
7 TO 10
BOURBON TAVERN
SATURDAY, MAY 31st
21603 MIDDLETOWN RD.
FREELAND MD 21053
8 TO 11
BOURBON MILL
SATURDAY, JULY 26th
4797 YORK, RD.
NEW OXFORD, PA 17350
8 TO 11
GIFT HORSE BREWING COMPANY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22nd
117 N. GEORGE ST.
YORK, PA 174O1
7 TO 10
PRINCE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th
600 SOUTH RICHLAND AVE.
YORK, PA 17408
TIME: TBA
CROTCH CANNIBALS PARTY
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th
ELICKERS GROVE
511 ROTH CHURCH RD.
SPRING GROVE, PA 17362
6 TO 10
FENDERZ GRILL & PUB
(@WYNDHAM GARDENS)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1Oth
2000 LOUCKS RD.
YORK, PA 17408
7 TO 10