George
The last time I got a 'Whatsup' email was about five years ago. It was indeed from Bandmix, some guys were looking for a lead player in a copy band and I was desperate to play something, anything...I told them I mostly played bass and mostly played originals but they said "Come on out."
It was a wonderful jam. I took my Tele and they had a Marshal for me to play thru. They asked me if I needed overdrive? Well, hell yeah! We had a grand time. The drummer was hot and the bass player was good enough (he wasn't me but still...
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After about an hour a guy (GA State Trooper) came in - I thought we had a noise complaint. Nah, it was Georgia. He pulled out a harp. He didn't say a darn thing, just walked up to the mic and started playing...It was a stone blast.
We all knew i was not they guy they needed. (I didn't know many copy tunes on guitar) But we also knew we had done something special. When I got home, I tried to explain it, what a magic moment it was, to my wife who said I was living in a fantasy world. Yeah...i suppose so...
She used to get very angry when I'd see a musician phone number on my cell and answer, "Talbot."
"That's not your name damn it!"
But it's my music name. She's my ex now and while it's not her fault, i reckon it's not all my fault either...
Just so you know. I'm on Facebook under "Michael Peirce" or "MikePeirceAuthor," and I've always got time to chat with a brother. Send me a message and I'll forward my phone #.
Talbot