FriendBurst Blog

I was feeling “oogy” BEFORE I had that medium pizza (with extra cheese) for Dinner…the chocolate milk shake for dessert surely didn’t help…but I went out to the open mic  anyway…took my guitar, but left it in the car…as I was leaving to come home, Charlie asked me if I wanted to play with a sax player (eric) and I said OK…it wasn’t too hard to pick songs for him…I did a “blooze” (1 4 5),  and MOONDANCE with a snippet of WALKING ON THE MOON as a “vamp” at the end…there was a 3rd one that I can’t remember…then Charlie (tonight’s host) switched places with Tom (lead guitar) and joined in for a bunch of songs that nearly featured Eric…which included YOU MAY BE RIGHT, and a especially “hot” version of HOW LONG by Ace–lotsa trading riffs between me Charlie and Eric…man it was good…even did me some twangin’, Charlie sang MAMA TRIED…that cooked as well in my (currently) NOT so humble opinion…we also did SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT (also very good, more trading of Musical ideas) and one other one I think…AND I got the dough for last week’s gig in Baltimore…all in all a great way to end what started out as a rather ambiguous day…NOT just because of me, but I think the evening ended on a high note–there had been a “trainwreck” earlier–I hate when it happens while I’m onstage, but it’s a bit of a drag when it happens to a friend too… A blog or two ago I wrote about the Musician’s Ego…mine was stroked to a considerable degree…*I* know THE TRUTH, but the whole “band” was on it this evening…No longer completely sure what’s happening Friday night…but right NOW, Life is supergood…hope my Fb friends have a great Friday…