Looked over at my guitar player’s guitar at last night’s gig. His pickup is caving in. After looking at this pic I also realized his tone switch is broken off…
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Phone rings
Me: Hello?
Gene (speech slurred from being about 90 years old and drunk): Ever heard of demencia?
Me: I don’t remember.
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Biker Convention Gig Tonight
Today I hit the road and drive about 4 hours south to a tiny little town to play a gig. There’s a 400 member English biker convention there and they’ve hired my rock & roll band to play there. The area is one of the most beautiful in the state with a national park right next door.
I rate small towns based on how many stop lights they have. This town is so small I don’t think it even has one. With 400 bikers and a rock & roll band in a town which may not even have one stoplight, it should be interesting.
A report and pics will follow.
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First pic of the other studio
Remember that new engineering gig I landed? Well there are two studios. He’s the first pic I have of the “other” studio. During this session we were recording a small orchestra (percussion and woodwinds in the back sound rooms). The music was for a movie which will be coming out in a while.
Bono, the lead singer of the band U2 is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous, but a kind and caring person.
He is playing a U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland when he asks the audience for total quiet. Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands, once every few seconds.
Holding the audience in total silence, he says into the microphone, ‘Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies.’
A voice with a broad Scottish accent, from near the front of the crowd, pierces the silence………….
‘Well, f’n stop doin’ it then.’