Oh Well!

We had practice last night at Bob’s as usual. Bob and I started jamming while we were waiting for Henry to show up and Bob suggested that we learn “Oh Well”. This song was written by Peter Green and recorded when he was a member of Fleetwood Mac; the pre Lindsey Buckingham era. It was covered by Kenny Wayne Shepherd, which is the version that Bob prefers, (I prefer the original, but it’s Bob’s song and I’m OK with that).

After listening to the CD, we had a portion of it worked out when Henry arrived. After several tedious attempts at figuring out the arrangement as well as the individual parts, we got it to sound pretty good. It’s a complicated song, but one I’m sure you’ll enjoy next time we see you. Good times!

Booking a Gig

Booking the band is a hard job. It takes a considerable amount of time, dedication and dumb luck to get a gig. A lot of time is wasted driving from place to place, talking to empty-headed barmaids, and getting the cold shoulder, look-you-up-and-down stare from non-committal bar owners.

I came up with an idea that I have been working on; I got a couple biker rags that have an untold number of ads for bars and events in them. I am putting together a database of all I can find and then I am calling each place to find out who is in charge of booking bands and when they are most likely available. I am hoping that this narrows my contacts to get to the “right” people so we can talk business. I have also found that many places will tell you that they are not hiring bands now, but will be at a later date… another time saver.

I have also printed a master song list, a sample of concert posters, business cards, and created a demo CD which I’ve packaged in a blue folder. This is my promotional package, or promo pack, that I present to prospective keepers-of-the-gig. Since I have a lot of time and effort, not to mention some money tied up in these, I try to leave them with people that I think are serious about hiring us. It’s my impression that this makes a statement that we are a professionally minded, quality group worth hiring.

Please, if you know of a place or event that we might play, let us know. We’ll see you there. Good times!

Merry Christmas!

Hey Y’all,
We were back at it in the studio on Sunday night. We laid the drum tracks down for two songs, “Garden of Love” and “Ride On.” Again, it’s quite a task to walk in and lay down some quality work within a few hours, but Bob-the-drummer did a tremendous job. This was our last time together before the Christmas holiday and to me, it was important to reach this point. We can now get the rest of the tracks laid down during this busy season and free up some time to get out a book some gigs right after the New Year. Merry Christmas Y’all!!!!!!!!

Always, Always

I just returned home from the recording studio. We worked on a song I wrote this week called Always, Always. Bob laid the drum tracks down and did a fine job. Then it was my turn to record the rhythm tracks with my acoustic guitar, but I just didn't have the mojo. It's a tough thing for three guys that work full time jobs and have commitments and responsibilities to jump in and get everything just right in few hours. We are used to doing it and most times it works, but its a fragile affair. We'll continue to make magic on Tuesday night and we'll see how it turns out. Good times!

Bleu Voodoo Cocktails

The cat's out of the bag. All involved have been cleared of any improprieties. We had an after party at Club Inferno last friday night. Too many Bleu Voodoo cocktails were consumed and things got out of hand, but more on that in a minute. We danced, we sang, we drank, we danced and danced some more. There were some lovely young ladies there that knew how to throw down on the dance floor and a good time was had by all!

Our friends Sharon and Skip hung out with us all night long. It was Sharon's birthday weekend and shots were drunk in celebration. We played some good ol' rock-n-roll before packing it up and heading to the club; that's when we started drinking Bleu Voodoos. We closed the club and headed to Denny's to get some breakfast. Here's a lesson kids; when you drink too much let someone else drive. Dirty Hank was way too inebriated to drive so he gladly got into my truck and we headed up the road to the restaurant. Bob the drummer on the other hand, staggered to his truck and drove home. Oh, we tried to stop him and get him to ride, but he wouldn't hear of it. Thank God he made it home safely, but I don't know how. At the restaurant, Henry managed to order breakfast just before passing out in the booth. Imagine if he had been driving? We took him home and he slept it off. I talked to him the other day and he said he was still drunk on Sunday morning! Wow, that's drunk! But that's rock-n-roll baby!

We'll be back in the studio this week and it will be a blast. I can't wait! Good times!

Cracked at Cracker's

Hey Y’all,
We played at Cracker’s Tiki Bar in Crystal River last night; our first time back in there since last summer. It is always fun to play music, and the few people that were there were great! But what is going on with that place? They are only booking bands on Friday nights, there was hardly anybody there and they say Saturdays are worse. Is it the place? Is it the economy? I have always wished that they did more advertising. The almighty sheriff coming in there to shut things down with his almighty attitude is a killjoy. Anyway, I’d like to know what y’all think so drop me a line.

Thanks to all of our friends that partied with us all night. Be sure to check out our crazy pictures of the entertaining evening. In the meantime we’ll keep playing music and looking ahead for the next party. Peace.

Edge of Sunshine

Hey Y’all,
I’m sitting here doin’ my best couch potato impression, playing my guitar and watching Monday Night Football. I thought I’d take a break to tell y’all we had a blast last night at practice! We decided to do some recording of original stuff and we got the tracks laid down for “Edge of Sunshine”, now it’s up to Dirty Hank to work his magic. The session was lubricated with some good ol’ American Busch Light and a few snifters of Royal Crown. Let’s just say that Bob-the-drummer was loose as a goose and feeling no pain. He got his hands on a camera and took a few pictures; check them out on our photo page (click on the Sets link).

We got a call from Cracker’s Tiki Bar to play on Friday night. Its short notice but we took it; hey, you can’t look a gift horse in the mouth. (huh?) Well, anyway, come out and join the party; the weather is going to be great!