Last week I was reminiscing about the “old days” and how much I miss being in a band. My bluff was called and I was told to put up or shut up. So I put an ad on the local musician board and I got a couple of hits within days. A local bassist has found a bar with a house band that plays on Thursday’s and lets people come up and jam between their sets. And it just happens to be at Cecil’s, the only bar I’ve been to in the last year. (I’m not normally the bar type) So, I guess I have to go do this.
Through e-mails we decided on a set list. 3 or 4 songs depending on the amount of time we have. Man, this is going to be such a train wreck. I haven’t had much time to practice and one of the songs is completely new to me….
CCR – Down On the Corner (Straight forward timing)
Van Halen – You Really Got Me (Rock beat)
Primus – Tommy The Cat (Funky weird beats)
Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun (Never played it before)
My brother Jeff is in town and the only day we can hook up is (of course) Thursday. So he and Trisha are coming to see me flop. That’s OK, he says drummers aren’t really musicians anyway.
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