What a great time we were having! I called around and got us a gig at Amos’ Southend, a venue devoted to live music in Charlotte, North Carolina. I had not played a true performance venue of the sort with a full band in way too many years. I actually called John...
Shortly after the Amos’ debacle, the world shut down due to COVID, which particularly affected live music and other events. Man, what a hit that so many people had to take financially, and even more so mentally. I’ve always felt like true musicians feel compelled to...
Yep, you read that title right. Building our house was one of the most stressful years of my life. Don’t get me wrong; they were all First World problems, but they were problems, nonetheless. I immersed myself in alcohol—anything I could do to distract me from...
Oktoberfest, here we come, flying blind as hell! I mean, we really only had ONE rehearsal as a unit, but I wasn’t worried a damn bit. The biggest concern with any band is the rhythm section. Remember back when I said I wished I had a pic of the smile on Mike’s face...
It felt like we had captured lightning in a bottle. Maybe even “white lightning” in a bottle, as the music and playing together were intoxicating—but obviously not tequila-intoxicating. I went back home and couldn’t sleep because my mind was working hard. I had all...
We dug in hard, and everyone came together to put forth their best effort in order for us to rehearse as much as we could before this show. We didn’t play all of the new songs at Oktoberfest because we still needed to finish crafting a few of them. One song in...