will things be different now?
I went to work early so I could get the paycheck and go to the Bank…otherwise I didn’t have the money to get home…it took a LOT outta me to walk there and back, but I survived…and after work:
Lou and I went to that place he seems to like (better than me) called Hershey’s…The regular o.m. host was absent; the fill-in guy didn’t have a spare guitar for anyone who might need one–like me…So Lou and I came to the OTWC, the place *I* like better than he does…WE asked to go on at a certain time more or less, and we did…with a drummer and bass player…We did alright, played about 5 songs, no major screw-ups…after the o.m. some of us sat around pickin’ and singing…then some of us went to a private house and picked up where we left off…I played drums, we had a bass player…we were there about 3 hours starting around 1AM…for better or worse one of my newest acquaintances (Alan) now knows how good I am as a Musician…How good IS that? Well, that’s a silly question, “good” is in the ear of the beholder…I really wanted Alan and I to sing together–just the two of us…but of course ya can’t ask yer (rather inebriated) host to go chill out while you and a friend tackle GUINNEVERE…so it didn’t quite sound as good as it could have…and while some people are fairly good singers, harmony is not their best thing…but again I kept my mouth shut…and I DON’T mean Alan, I mean Nancy…harmony is not her best thing…and I’m sorry it didn’t occur to her to leave me and Alan alone…the FEMALE Ego can be pretty big too…But it was a very good night for the most part…Playing “right-handed” Drums is still challenging, but I did alright…On the other hand, my ears are ringin’ like a fire alarm and my throat is raw…I hope it’s from those impressions I was doing of a certain well-known area musician who sounds like Louis Armstrong…hopefully it WASN’T the kiss on the cheek I got from that woman who seemingly has laryngitis…