{"id":3530,"date":"2008-11-30T12:17:54","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T19:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=3530"},"modified":"2024-04-21T10:23:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T17:23:29","slug":"a-long-night-followed-by-a-longer-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2008\/a-long-night-followed-by-a-longer-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long Night, Followed By A Longer Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night Deception<\/em> played to a packed house, at the Church of the Blues. The beer and other beverages were flowing, & the waitresses had to weave their way in and around the dancers on the dance floor, as they delivered the plates of food & suds to the customers.<\/p>\n

I had a lot of interesting experiences last night, some of them were pretty strange. \ud83d\ude2f However that’s all part of being in a band. The sax in Deception<\/em> is not a wall flower. I am front and centre with the lead guitar, and as such, get a lot of attention.<\/p>\n

When Art hired me 3 years ago, he made the decision to fundamentally change the sound of his Blues band. He wanted a strong opposite to his lead guitar, which would give him the opportunity to lay back more, and play rhythm. I was tasked with filling in behind his vocals, and giving him a strong base to build both his vocals and guitar solos on.<\/p>\n

Over the years Art and I have “clicked” in such a way, that we just know where each of us is going at any given moment. We have amazing musical chemistry, and the audience picks up on that very quickly. It is something we often get comments on.<\/p>\n

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Last night was a long night for me. We played from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am. It is the first time that I’ve played that long a performance since I got ill 2 years ago. I took it as easy as I could, but by the time the third set rolled around, I was dead-tired, and in a great deal of pain.<\/p>\n

Because my neuro problems have left me with a balance disorder, I stagger like a drunk if I’m not using my cane. The more tired I get, the more I stagger. Well what better place to stagger than a bar? I was staggering like a drunkard during sound check already, while I wandered out to check our levels.<\/p>\n

This shot was taken during our sound check while I was doing a solo. It was sure nice to have my Selmer back. It’s been 8 months since I’ve been able to play it at a show.<\/p>\n

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As the pm wore on, when I tried to “walk the bar”, it was rather unsettling for me, because it was really crowded, and I had a number of people grabbing at me, which threw off my screwed-up sense of balance even more. They were just trying to get my attention, to let me know how much they enjoyed my playing. But it takes all the concentration I have, to be able to walk in a reasonably straight line, when not using a cane. (And even at that, there are a lot of side-steps involved.) Being thrown off by people grabbing at my clothes, is just very unsettling.<\/p>\n

This afternoon we are back at the Church of the Blues, to host their weekly Blues jam. It is another 4 hour event, with the potential to run longer, if there is a crowd, and the owner wants it to go on. Wish me luck. I’m going to need it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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