You ever have one of those gigs where everything just falls into place, where you seem like you playing effortlessly and the crowd just ramps up and up.
My band Aint Yo Mama had one of those sat night. Ive got some video once I get it put somewhere I will try to post some.
It was weird we played a couple of songs warming up, and then the crowd just really got into it, ussually its the second set before people start dancing and cutting up, but halfway thru the first set they were going crazy.
We took a break and the second set it really got rocking, we didnt want to quit, my wife said the second set was an hour and a half long. Didnt seem like it, it just flew by cause the crowd was all over us.
Andy the bass player came over one time and said man can you believe we get paid to do this? It was funny as heck!
Ive watched some of the video and I cant say I was playing my best, if anything I had some tuning issues on a couple of songs, I think because I was so into it that I was really manhandling the guitar strings. I played a few songs on My Gibson ES guitar and actually knocked the low e out of the bridge saddle at one point, I just oops time to switch to Blackie.
Kinda sad also, cause weve only got two more shows booked before our bassist leaves, so Im gonna enjoy it for what it is.
A funny side note, this guy came over to my side and was watching me play, he looked familiar, finally between songs he walks over and says Man I used to go to Sidestreet and watch you guys when I was 14 yrs old, I said how old are you now, he said 35! 21 years we have been a small part of this guys life, pretty wild when I think about, our band has outlived so many bands time wise.
Another gal came up and said you guys played my birthday party back in 93, she said you remember the police came and shut it down, she said well the guy who had the party died a couple of years ago. Heres what I remember, the police came when we were playing Outshined, they talked to me and the guy who owned the house. They said if we have to come back again someone is going to jail. SO we started tearing down. I still had my guitar amp hooked up and this guy comes over and says play some more. I said Chad they said someone is going to jail and it aint gonna be me. His GF is standing there and says Chad if you go to jail and I have to post bail we cant afford the new washing machine. He kinda said yea I guess your right we need a new washing machine. LOL
I mentioned the police came to that party for the song Outshined this is an inside joke with us, we used to play all these outdoor partys and there was a stretch of time where everytime we played Outshined the law would come and bust the party up. I had told my wife this many times, and one day I was going thru some old VHS tapes of partys we played and Outshined was on there and I was joking that the Police always came when we played that song, she probably thought I was making that up, and then on the tape you see the police come in and I have it all on camera, I dont know who took the video or how I got it, but it just cracks me up finding stuff like that, I didnt even remember this party.
Guess Im getting a little nostalgic, I will try the next day or two to add a couple of live videos from the gig, so folks can see what its like playing in my band.
My band Aint Yo Mama had one of those sat night. Ive got some video once I get it put somewhere I will try to post some.
It was weird we played a couple of songs warming up, and then the crowd just really got into it, ussually its the second set before people start dancing and cutting up, but halfway thru the first set they were going crazy.
We took a break and the second set it really got rocking, we didnt want to quit, my wife said the second set was an hour and a half long. Didnt seem like it, it just flew by cause the crowd was all over us.
Andy the bass player came over one time and said man can you believe we get paid to do this? It was funny as heck!
Ive watched some of the video and I cant say I was playing my best, if anything I had some tuning issues on a couple of songs, I think because I was so into it that I was really manhandling the guitar strings. I played a few songs on My Gibson ES guitar and actually knocked the low e out of the bridge saddle at one point, I just oops time to switch to Blackie.
Kinda sad also, cause weve only got two more shows booked before our bassist leaves, so Im gonna enjoy it for what it is.
A funny side note, this guy came over to my side and was watching me play, he looked familiar, finally between songs he walks over and says Man I used to go to Sidestreet and watch you guys when I was 14 yrs old, I said how old are you now, he said 35! 21 years we have been a small part of this guys life, pretty wild when I think about, our band has outlived so many bands time wise.
Another gal came up and said you guys played my birthday party back in 93, she said you remember the police came and shut it down, she said well the guy who had the party died a couple of years ago. Heres what I remember, the police came when we were playing Outshined, they talked to me and the guy who owned the house. They said if we have to come back again someone is going to jail. SO we started tearing down. I still had my guitar amp hooked up and this guy comes over and says play some more. I said Chad they said someone is going to jail and it aint gonna be me. His GF is standing there and says Chad if you go to jail and I have to post bail we cant afford the new washing machine. He kinda said yea I guess your right we need a new washing machine. LOL
I mentioned the police came to that party for the song Outshined this is an inside joke with us, we used to play all these outdoor partys and there was a stretch of time where everytime we played Outshined the law would come and bust the party up. I had told my wife this many times, and one day I was going thru some old VHS tapes of partys we played and Outshined was on there and I was joking that the Police always came when we played that song, she probably thought I was making that up, and then on the tape you see the police come in and I have it all on camera, I dont know who took the video or how I got it, but it just cracks me up finding stuff like that, I didnt even remember this party.
Guess Im getting a little nostalgic, I will try the next day or two to add a couple of live videos from the gig, so folks can see what its like playing in my band.
"A winks as good as nod to a blind man"
