Well, I've just joined a band

I met this guy about a month ago. He's a drummer, named John McEntire. Pretty flamboyant dude. Anyhoo, about three weeks ago he asked me if I'd start a band with him. I've said yes.

This is basically me coming out of retirement after I stopped performing professionally around 1995.

I'm taking some heat for the decision, but I think it's justified. Here's why: to give you an idea of the level this guy performs at, we're not practicing tomorrow because he's going to be in Montreal recording with Oscar Peterson.

Yep, that's right. Oscar fucking Peterson.

John's got contacts out the wazoo, and he's using them for this project: we got a confirmed booking for Lee's Palace in Toronto yesterday for late August. Lister, I hope you'll come out to that; look for the booking for a band called Boondoggle. I don't have the date on me, but when I do have it, I'll post and let you know...

Yep, that's right. Lee's fucking Palace. Everybody's played that room... I get to tread the boards that have supported Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, and the Guess Who.

I absolutely can't believe this is happening to me; I keep waiting for the floor to drop out, but even after jamming with me a few times he keeps telling me I'm a good player and we are moving ahead at a high rate of speed. Looks like I'll be spending most of this summer on a stage for the first time in like twelve years....

This is the main reason I've not been about very much for the last few weeks. Our first gig is at the Royal Hotel in Picton this coming weekend. We're booked for Friday and Saturday nights.

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Post #282,647 by jake123 4/22/07 8:35:52 PM Reply	Well, I've just joined a band I met this guy about a month ago. He's a drummer, named John McEntire. Pretty flamboyant dude. Anyhoo, about three weeks ago he asked me if I'd start a band with him. I've said yes. This is basically me coming out of retirement after I stopped performing professionally around 1995. I'm taking some heat for the decision, but I think it's justified. Here's why: to give you an idea of the level this guy performs at, we're not practicing tomorrow because he's going to be in Montreal recording with Oscar Peterson. Yep, that's right. Oscar fucking Peterson. John's got contacts out the wazoo, and he's using them for this project: we got a confirmed booking for Lee's Palace in Toronto yesterday for late August. Lister, I hope you'll come out to that; look for the booking for a band called Boondoggle. I don't have the date on me, but when I do have it, I'll post and let you know... Yep, that's right. Lee's fucking Palace. Everybody's played that room... I get to tread the boards that have supported Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, and the Guess Who. I absolutely can't believe this is happening to me; I keep waiting for the floor to drop out, but even after jamming with me a few times he keeps telling me I'm a good player and we are moving ahead at a high rate of speed. Looks like I'll be spending most of this summer on a stage for the first time in like twelve years.... This is the main reason I've not been about very much for the last few weeks. Our first gig is at the Royal Hotel in Picton this coming weekend. We're booked for Friday and Saturday nights.
Post #282,648 by Another Scott 4/22/07 8:39:22 PM Reply	Fantastic! Stay loose. :-D
Post #282,649 by bepatient 4/22/07 8:40:37 PM Reply	Well I will confirm one thing you >are< a good player. The right chemistry and anything can happen. How freakin awesome! Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #282,652 by crazy 4/22/07 10:02:49 PM Reply	Holy sh*t! Congrats. Let me know when you are playing the US east coast.
Post #282,659 by tuberculosis 4/23/07 12:27:48 AM 8/21/07 5:40:19 AM Reply	I'm jealous I miss playing in a band. I'll be coming out of retirement pretty soon though. We posture as apostles of fair play, as good sportsmen, as professional knights-errant-- and we throw beer bottles at the umpire when he refuses to cheat for our side...We save the black-and-tan republics from their native [statesmen]--and flood them with "deserving" democrats of our own. We deafen the world with our whoops for liberty--and submit to laws that destroy our most sacred rights...We play policeman and Sunday-school superintendent to half of Christendom--and lynch a darky every two days in our own backyard. H.L. Mencken, 1914 Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:40:19 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #282,682 by Silverlock 4/23/07 6:11:58 AM Reply	Nice, hope the gigs pile up. And if not, there's always weddings. :) ----------------------------------------- You can fire an at will employee for good cause or no cause, but not bad cause.
Post #282,700 by jake123 4/23/07 9:17:12 AM Reply	Hey man, wedding gigs rock if you can do them the money is amazing.
Post #282,710 by Silverlock 4/23/07 9:50:17 AM Reply	I know I roadied for a band that did weddings to pay the bills so they could do bar gigs for the fun. Busiest week was 4 weddings and 3 bar gigs. Lots of setups and teardowns. The band I worked for got pretty popular and started making enough on public gigs that they ended up dropping the weddings. ----------------------------------------- You can fire an at will employee for good cause or no cause, but not bad cause.
Post #282,739 by tuberculosis 4/23/07 12:07:52 PM 8/21/07 5:41:23 AM Reply	Well, they pay well, and the conquest/hookup ops are solid but the material can be a bloody drag. Consider I did some wedding work in both Detroit (large polish contingent - break out plenty 'o polkas) and Albuquerque (need plenty of spanish/mariachi material - same fucking beat). The Wedding Singer movie by Sandler - I think I lived it in Detroit. We posture as apostles of fair play, as good sportsmen, as professional knights-errant-- and we throw beer bottles at the umpire when he refuses to cheat for our side...We save the black-and-tan republics from their native [statesmen]--and flood them with "deserving" democrats of our own. We deafen the world with our whoops for liberty--and submit to laws that destroy our most sacred rights...We play policeman and Sunday-school superintendent to half of Christendom--and lynch a darky every two days in our own backyard. H.L. Mencken, 1914 Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:41:23 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #282,791 by jake123 4/23/07 5:15:46 PM Reply	Yeah, well, not wedding gigs on the horizon here we don't have the songlist for it yet. Still, we're picking up stuff pretty quickly, and if we keep up this kind of pace we might be able to do some of those kinds of gigs soon....
Post #282,813 by Silverlock 4/23/07 7:21:48 PM Reply	I hope never to hear Celebration ever again. ----------------------------------------- You can fire an at will employee for good cause or no cause, but not bad cause.
Post #282,900 by tuberculosis 4/24/07 11:55:35 AM 8/21/07 5:44:49 AM Reply	I hope never to play it again We posture as apostles of fair play, as good sportsmen, as professional knights-errant-- and we throw beer bottles at the umpire when he refuses to cheat for our side...We save the black-and-tan republics from their native [statesmen]--and flood them with "deserving" democrats of our own. We deafen the world with our whoops for liberty--and submit to laws that destroy our most sacred rights...We play policeman and Sunday-school superintendent to half of Christendom--and lynch a darky every two days in our own backyard. H.L. Mencken, 1914 Edited by tuberculosis April 25, 2007, 02:08:31 AM EDT Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:49 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #282,902 by bepatient 4/24/07 12:22:00 PM Reply	I just wanna celebrate....however... is a classic. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #282,910 by tuberculosis 4/24/07 1:01:22 PM 8/21/07 5:45:11 AM Reply	So is Stairway to Heaven But nobody plays that anymore either We posture as apostles of fair play, as good sportsmen, as professional knights-errant-- and we throw beer bottles at the umpire when he refuses to cheat for our side...We save the black-and-tan republics from their native [statesmen]--and flood them with "deserving" democrats of our own. We deafen the world with our whoops for liberty--and submit to laws that destroy our most sacred rights...We play policeman and Sunday-school superintendent to half of Christendom--and lynch a darky every two days in our own backyard. H.L. Mencken, 1914 Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:11 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #282,911 by bepatient 4/24/07 1:24:29 PM Reply	StH is way overdone same as Freebird, Cocaine and Smoke on the Water. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #282,912 by admin 4/24/07 1:36:41 PM Reply	She don't lie, she don't lie Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #282,913 by jake123 4/24/07 1:52:28 PM Reply	Heh, gotta throw that one on the list. That's a great tune.
Post #282,919 by boxley 4/24/07 2:54:26 PM Reply	thats a good way to start fights Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #283,007 by tuberculosis 4/25/07 2:09:30 AM 8/21/07 5:51:25 AM Reply	Eh? Dull - one note - played as octaves - whole song. You might as well play tamborine. We posture as apostles of fair play, as good sportsmen, as professional knights-errant-- and we throw beer bottles at the umpire when he refuses to cheat for our side...We save the black-and-tan republics from their native [statesmen]--and flood them with "deserving" democrats of our own. We deafen the world with our whoops for liberty--and submit to laws that destroy our most sacred rights...We play policeman and Sunday-school superintendent to half of Christendom--and lynch a darky every two days in our own backyard. H.L. Mencken, 1914 Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:51:25 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #283,028 by bepatient 4/25/07 8:46:35 AM Reply	Doesn't have to be complicated to work a crowd. Just has to have its groove on. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #283,048 by tuberculosis 4/25/07 12:41:28 PM 8/21/07 5:51:52 AM Reply	True, but a better bet: That's What I Like About You It never ever fails to fill a dance floor or start a party and you'll get to move your left hand a couple times. There is no surer thing in music. We posture as apostles of fair play, as good sportsmen, as professional knights-errant-- and we throw beer bottles at the umpire when he refuses to cheat for our side...We save the black-and-tan republics from their native [statesmen]--and flood them with "deserving" democrats of our own. We deafen the world with our whoops for liberty--and submit to laws that destroy our most sacred rights...We play policeman and Sunday-school superintendent to half of Christendom--and lynch a darky every two days in our own backyard. H.L. Mencken, 1914 Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:51:52 AM EDT Expand All History
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Post #283,050 by tuberculosis 4/25/07 1:07:38 PM 8/21/07 5:51:57 AM Reply	One always strive to do better We posture as apostles of fair play, as good sportsmen, as professional knights-errant-- and we throw beer bottles at the umpire when he refuses to cheat for our side...We save the black-and-tan republics from their native [statesmen]--and flood them with "deserving" democrats of our own. We deafen the world with our whoops for liberty--and submit to laws that destroy our most sacred rights...We play policeman and Sunday-school superintendent to half of Christendom--and lynch a darky every two days in our own backyard. H.L. Mencken, 1914 Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:51:57 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #283,847 by drewk 5/3/07 9:18:53 PM Reply	Needs more cowbell! === Kip Hawley is still an idiot. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #282,903 by admin 4/24/07 12:24:26 PM Reply	Kool & The Gang? We played that song in Junior High marching band. One day we're out marching around the roads near the school, practicing, and what comes the other direction but a funeral procession. While we're playing "Celebration". And the band director didn't stop us while we marched past. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #282,697 by Yendor 4/23/07 8:54:47 AM Reply	Congrats! That's great news! Keep busy! -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #282,715 by SpiceWare 4/23/07 10:10:29 AM Reply	Sweet! Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare]
Post #282,723 by Steve Lowe 4/23/07 10:26:54 AM Reply	That's awesome, I'm jealous, too! You guys got any recordings out? Would love to give a listen. -- Steve [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu]
Post #282,785 by jake123 4/23/07 5:11:44 PM Reply	Not yet, we're still working on getting a perm bass player.
Post #282,790 by Steve Lowe 4/23/07 5:14:30 PM Reply	I has a bass...but I'm nowhere near you :) -- Steve [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu]
Post #282,745 by boxley 4/23/07 12:59:38 PM Reply	the royal in picton? does it have one pole or two? congrats man, really. If I am in tronna for any reason Ill get there. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #282,786 by jake123 4/23/07 5:12:31 PM Reply	No poles, but I hear that we're supposed to keep playing when the fights start. Not if, but when.
Post #282,938 by Nightowl 4/24/07 5:09:13 PM Reply	Good luck Jake! That sounds awesome! "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- By Geoffrey F. Abert ************************** "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind, don't matter - and those who matter, don't mind." -- By Dr. Seuss ******************************* "Sometimes it takes a whole lot more strength to walk away than to stand there and fight." -- By the character of John Abbott: said on Young & Restless on 5/19/06 *******************************

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