FriendBurst Blog

so I went to the AmerLegion O.M.–stayed a little more than an hour or so, wasn’t having fun…was kinda forced to sing/play a little, I didn’t do all that well IMO…so I left and almost came home; but suddenly changed my Mind…I went to see a friend and her Band–I’d only ever seen her doing the solo acoustic thing…so a full band was a bit more fun…Ya can’t hit a home run every time, prolly shoulda skipped the Legion altogether…apparently some members of a Grateful Dead Tribute Band showed up, whoopee…there’s only ONE Grateful Dead…the whole Tribute thing escapes me…completely…not that I EVER see it happening, but the only reason *I* would go that route would be for the money…oh well, such is Life…had an offer to play a gig tonight, but I don’t like the place–charging Band members full price for sodas is bullshit IMO, so I turned it down…I actually do wonder if it’s because I’m Caucasian…dunno, don’t much care…which is why I’m not researching that theory…I don’t regret not taking the gig (yet)…

ADDENDUM–personally I think it’s fairly pathetic that ANY artist in ANY form (Music, film, literature, painting, sculpture) would use their ability to “pay tribute” (copy) any other Artist…it’s natural, logical and inevitable that one would  have influences…but to consciously copy someone, especially someone who is still artistically active (Neil Young for instance) makes no sense to me…Elvis is (still) dead, and has been since 1977…so maybe MAYBE Tributes make sense…but just barely IMO…oh well, different strokes for different folks, right?