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oh man! it is 3:20... I've been home for a bit... we had a gig at Daisy's in San Juan Bautista (an historic town as it was where the Donner party was headed when they got stranded!) We dig playing Daisy's because the crowd is eclectic... anyway a couple of band members have been bickering and I was pretty sure we were gonna have a terrible gig and the band could break up and the fight over the setlist was totally insane....
So, I was pretty bummed going to the gig... And.... packed house (a bunch of german tourists who were AWESOME! they loved us and bought tshirts! woo hoo) anyway, a rarity for me, I had a couple of beers and just went for it... we played great and the crowd was super responsive and fun... and we got paid and the bar owner grabbed them mic and announced we were 'his band!' and that he would have us there as much as we want to play! sweet!
So, go figure, sometimes things work out... one really fun and odd thing... the steel player showed up tonight with his steel (and a mando) but had the gk pickup on the mando and played organ and electric piano and piano about half the night... and it sounded cool...
Anyway, a really great gig... and at this stage of the game... I'm banking it!
Oh yeah.. a highlight.. the last set there were three younger guys doing the 'guitar thing' where they watch what you are doing... etc... anyway, they were giving the thumbs up stuff (all hammered) anyway, they were digging my tone king... the last song we do 'thats all right mama' kinda waylon, oklahoma funk style... everyone always dances to it and we jam for a bit on it.... anyway, I went rock star on the solo and the kids loved it... and were high fiving me when we were done and asking a bunch of questions... very fun! usually we're musical wallpaper...
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