gtrhrcane
June 5th, 2006, 06:34 PM
So I got home from work Friday night around 7pm as usual. Just got relaxed and started warming up them fingers with a little Funk # 49... and I got a call.
The other guitar player in our band, Jerry...calls me up and asks what I'm doing. Not much I tell him.
"You wanna play tonight?!"
"What do you mean, where?"
"At the VFW!"
Well as it turns out, some Elvis impersonator was supposed to play that night and for whatever reason didn't so they called up a back up that plays there now and then. Jerry knows the bass player and he tells Jerry to call up the boys and lets play!
So I brought my trusty Strat and showed up, ended up playing during 2 different sets for a total of 8-9 songs. Did Folsom Prison, Cross Cut Saw, some standards, Pride & Joy, and some stuff I've never played before but I was in the pocket the whole time, playing and singing sometimes both at the same time. I'm stoked because aside from Guitarmageddon earlier this year I haven't been on a stage for about 8 months and I've succeeded in squashiing all the 'problems' with my playing since then.
I'm happy, and had a blast! :drunk: :toohappy: :cool: :D
The other guitar player in our band, Jerry...calls me up and asks what I'm doing. Not much I tell him.
"You wanna play tonight?!"
"What do you mean, where?"
"At the VFW!"
Well as it turns out, some Elvis impersonator was supposed to play that night and for whatever reason didn't so they called up a back up that plays there now and then. Jerry knows the bass player and he tells Jerry to call up the boys and lets play!
So I brought my trusty Strat and showed up, ended up playing during 2 different sets for a total of 8-9 songs. Did Folsom Prison, Cross Cut Saw, some standards, Pride & Joy, and some stuff I've never played before but I was in the pocket the whole time, playing and singing sometimes both at the same time. I'm stoked because aside from Guitarmageddon earlier this year I haven't been on a stage for about 8 months and I've succeeded in squashiing all the 'problems' with my playing since then.
I'm happy, and had a blast! :drunk: :toohappy: :cool: :D