My opportunities to play out locally are starting to show up again. Thought I’d share a little promo for the kickoff of gigging season. I’m backing up a singer/songwriter who I have introduced to central WA Stillwater fly fishing 
Playing live music 2023
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Things are back, I'm double booked at outdoor events 3 weekends in July plus the 4th. I kinda applied at many places to make sure I had something going on now I'm stressin'
Playing music or hawking frozen confections?
Slingin' cream...
wait that doesn't sound right...Four gigs in May, nothing but fun to be out again.
May 10, Directing Jazz Police at the Royal Room
May 13, Trombone with Moonlight Swing Orchestra for a wedding
May 14, Piano with Jazz Group at the Sheridan Market for Mother's Day
May 20, Third Place Books, LFP with Moonlight Swing
May 10, Directing Jazz Police at the Royal Room
May 13, Trombone with Moonlight Swing Orchestra for a wedding
May 14, Piano with Jazz Group at the Sheridan Market for Mother's Day
May 20, Third Place Books, LFP with Moonlight Swing
Played Friday night after the rodeo in Eburg with the Chukar Pluckers. The stage is nice and it turned out to be what allowed us to do the show at all, considering the storm that rolled in. This is 15 minutes before show time:
Notice that sky! It had just started to rain, which is why people were sitting on the stage. Once it really started storming most people left because the stage was the only dry space. A few folks stuck around and danced through the downpour. Hard core!
Notice that sky! It had just started to rain, which is why people were sitting on the stage. Once it really started storming most people left because the stage was the only dry space. A few folks stuck around and danced through the downpour. Hard core!
Wait, it rained in E'burg? Is that every really allowed to happen? I'm a wet side native who's been through E'burg countless times, and it's never rained there. E'burg's in the middle of a desert, and it never rains in deserts. Well, almost never. Unless it's like what Ed Abbey wrote about Flat Rock, Utah. Which is also in the desert, where it hardly ever rains, but when it does, it's like a cow pissin' on a flat rock! So, is that what happened?
Yup.
Modern gear is a technological marvel. As one who came up in the 90’s when big, heavy gear was the rule, even for small stages, I’m totally spoiled. My 4 lb amp, 40 lb speaker cab, and 1/2 lb preamp replace what would have been a litteral truck load of stuff 30 years ago. Playing out tonight with a couple of long haired freaky people
Reverend Decision! Huge fan of their instruments. I’ve got a Wattplower, Balch, three Volcanoes, three USA models, and two Hellhound combo amps.Modern gear is a technological marvel. As one who came up in the 90’s when big, heavy gear was the rule, even for small stages, I’m totally spoiled. My 4 lb amp, 40 lb speaker cab, and 1/2 lb preamp replace what would have been a litteral truck load of stuff 30 years ago. Playing out tonight with a couple of long haired freaky people
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My office last night. Good crowd, good vibes.
Took care of business Saturday afternoon at PUNCH Projects in Thorp. Last gig of the summer.
My community theatre musical calls dried up when Covid started, with one local theatre company going under. I miss them.
My last gig was a community theatre production of "Big Fish" in 2019 with an incredibly musically-diverse score. I used my little 30 lb Evans AE-200 (Archtop Electric-200 watt, 1-10" bass, 1-10" fullrange drivers) combo amp as a monitor, and a Pod HD-500 floor amp-effects modeler in the pit. I used a clean Fender Blackfaced Twin model for my dreadnaught and tenor banjo, clean Twin for electric (solid body) CW and early R&R, a Tweed Bassman model with a little dirt and tremolo for electric with the number notated with "Spaghetti Western" sound-feel, and a cranked Marshall Plexi model for the number notated with "Van Halen feel". I didn't have enough amp inputs for my mandolin and it was only needed in a soft soli section duet with a flute so I mic'd it. My amplification was small & light but roadies would have been nice for all of the instruments I had to schlep in every night.
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@Brian Miller that’s good stuff. At heart, I’m just a rock and roll bass player. The good news is there’s a market for what I prefer to play and there are local venues who want bands on the weekends. I’ll take it.
Last gig of 2023 for me last night at Iron Horse Brewery tap room. It’s a tough room for sound; high ceilings, industrial feel, all hard surfaces. But people turned out! The band is all acoustic instruments, three piece, doing old country and bluegrass tunes.
I expect exactly zero of this crowd to show up at the gig tonight at Graham's but I'm excited to play it!
Think loud obnoxious juvenile hardcore/punk/sludge played by middle-aged men.
And our first bit of merch is a throwback to the original Metalmücil GO HOME sticker.
Think loud obnoxious juvenile hardcore/punk/sludge played by middle-aged men.
And our first bit of merch is a throwback to the original Metalmücil GO HOME sticker.
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