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It's all fake.
Good God Gertie...I've got a few cool projects going but there's something missing. Am I getting too old for this
crap? Naahhhh that ain't it. I'm playing better than ever and still like to watch the youngsters' jaws drop when the
old man cuts loose. I think I'm tired of trying to do it all myself though.
I bailed on the oldies band. Nice folks but I hated the tunes. I'm still whoring around playing music with
just about anyone who'll let me, And still in search of the perfect lineup. I really am too old for all this shit.
Then there is my other project. A trio this time and we play some great tunes. This one keeps my interest
but for some reason we can't seem to get it together. I do all of the vocals in this one and it's killing me.
I've been lobbying for a singer.
We are playing at the North Atlantic Bues Festival Pub crawl again this year. Same place, right on Main St, downtown
Rockland. Lots of great bands again although I am not impressed with the lineup for the festiva itself....
I get these primal urges to grab my axe and crank 'er up! I'm really groovin' on the sound of my Strats through
the old Deville. When I can feel each note I squeeze from the neck, reverberatin all through my body,
I know the tone is right. I keep sayin' I 've got to get a couple stompboxes like a chorus and maybe a delay but I've
never been much good at those things. They just muck up the signal.
I have a regular bunch of guys I play music with. Ya know, some guys go bowling, some play cards, we play music.
Bill, my very dear friend (who will never even see this as he's not much of a computer guy} hosts it and we all have a great
time. There are a few of us "regulars" and we often invite others. Since a few months before last July's
Blues festival, we've evolved into a trio and have settled on "Three Blind Mice". We play some old blues tunes, and
a little classic rock, but the stuff we play best is very hard to describe. We do "Where's My Mule" by Govt mule, and
"Good To Be Gone" by Soulhat, "Scrawl" by Chris Duarte, and a whole bunch of stuff you may have heard but probably not from
a bar band. We hope that is the case anyway, come give us a listen. I gotta build a myspace for us but haven't
mastered that yet.
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