Good on ya for getting out there. $7 is $7! I've certainly played for less...
As for going stone cold blank, I've been working on Stoney Point and went to a jam session last night. I was all set to pull it and lay it on 'em, couldn't do it. I couldn't get the first note out. Still can't. I guess it needs more work... M On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 8:50 PM, sgarrity <[email protected]> wrote: > > We did it!! The Stringbenders played our first gig tonight. The > local arts outreach program is sponsoring a singer/songwriter festival > this weekend and we played out in front of the theater as people > arrived for the main concert. I mainly played guitar but I pulled the > Kimble oval out for WBB, A Chokin' Farewell, and B'grass Stomp. We > had a lot of fun. And made some $$$ too. Let's see, $21 divided by > three.....yessir, that's a whole $7 each! > > We played all instrumental tunes. Some slow, some fast. I've been > working on my fancy crosspickin' on guitar and we're doin' a few tunes > like that. Still gettin' our set list put together. But tonight we > played for about an hour and a half, with no set list, and had no > issues coming up with tunes to play. Although I did flub one tune. > It's my turn to pick one, so I suggest Soldier's Joy. I go to kick it > off on guitar and my mind goes stone cold blank. Can't remember it to > save my life!! Soldier's-freakin-Joy, which I've only played 1,789 > times, and I can't remember it!! LOL Gotta love live performances. > Can't wait to do it again. We had more fun than a two peckered puppy > dog! ;-) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
