Yeah folks, tons of live music around here this summer, grabbing 5 or 6 shows a week , playing with the great, the medium and the ugly, making hay whist I can.
Yep, it's that time of year so get up your computer chair and go out and participate in the celebration. And while there is nothing like busting out with 10,000 of your closest friends, if that opportunity doesn't come your way, go out and see some local or regional guys, prolly playing right now at a bar near you.
If where you are is at all like here there are probably some amazing old pros laboring in obscurity within 100 miles or less. You can be sure if these guys been doing it all there lives in less than ideal conditions they must have a powerful love of the art form.
Every night I see talented seasoned veterans playing like they are in front of the multitude, playing like it's the last time they are going to play music and heaven demands funk, soul and groove.
These guys say they play to feed their families, like it's working at the steel mill, and they work way hard, but everyone knows it's just for the shear joy of making music together, reveling in their hard won skills, and going for soul communion.
Go out and find em, the funky shamans. Ask an old musician about local greats. A large portion of these cats have played with well known people or bumped up against the big time. You give up a lot up there. it's hard and corporate. Lotta the home cats are where they are by choice.
But go out spend a few bucks, zap em with some SPF style attention, take em out in the parking lot. Hangin with the likes of you. if it don't kill em it will make em play.......
See you at the dance!
Yep, it's that time of year so get up your computer chair and go out and participate in the celebration. And while there is nothing like busting out with 10,000 of your closest friends, if that opportunity doesn't come your way, go out and see some local or regional guys, prolly playing right now at a bar near you.
If where you are is at all like here there are probably some amazing old pros laboring in obscurity within 100 miles or less. You can be sure if these guys been doing it all there lives in less than ideal conditions they must have a powerful love of the art form.
Every night I see talented seasoned veterans playing like they are in front of the multitude, playing like it's the last time they are going to play music and heaven demands funk, soul and groove.
These guys say they play to feed their families, like it's working at the steel mill, and they work way hard, but everyone knows it's just for the shear joy of making music together, reveling in their hard won skills, and going for soul communion.
Go out and find em, the funky shamans. Ask an old musician about local greats. A large portion of these cats have played with well known people or bumped up against the big time. You give up a lot up there. it's hard and corporate. Lotta the home cats are where they are by choice.
But go out spend a few bucks, zap em with some SPF style attention, take em out in the parking lot. Hangin with the likes of you. if it don't kill em it will make em play.......
See you at the dance!