The sound of Blues rocked the downtown today, as Deception<\/em> played the 27th Annual Abbotsford Berry Beat Festival<\/em>. Our 45 minute show was filled with the solid vocals of Art, Gary, & Steve; Art’s inspiring guitar solos; solid bass lines courtesy of Steve; Gary’s amazing drum rhythms; & my signature, screeching sax solos. <\/p>\n I love this shot. It was taken during one of our new songs where Art and I play multiple improvised duets together. <\/p>\n Photo by M. Margison \u00a9 2008<\/p>\n A big “Thank You” needs to go out to the sound guys: Dave from Tom Lee Music, and Asgar from A&D Music, for their outstanding work. The sound people are without a doubt, the unsung heroes at all live events. They allow the musicians to sound their best. So thanks Dave & Asgar! You’re great to work with \u2757<\/p>\n After I staggered, literally, my way off the stage (I’m sure there were LOTS of people in the audience wondering how the hell the band could allow such a drunkard on stage to play with them) and had put my gear away, I just wanted and needed to crash.<\/p>\n The downtown where this street festival is held each year, is on a series of minor hills. Although the stage was pretty damn close to perfectly level, navigating the streets was tiring, even with my cane. I didn’t want to use my cane on stage at all however. Call it pride maybe, but most would probably call it stupid. My balance disorder was really apparent, and I found myself doing quite a number of side-steps to prevent myself from falling. Next time, I should probably just use my cane. Wow! What a day…It was overcast…It spit rain…It was sunny…But most of all…It was BLUE! The sound of Blues rocked the downtown today, as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[617,43,620,639,630,643,31],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deception","tag-bands","tag-blues-band","tag-deception","tag-martin","tag-tenor-saxophone","tag-vintage-horns","tag-vintage-sax"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/berry_beat_08.jpg\" "\\"berry_beat_08\\"")
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