Tuesday, December 16, 2008

All I Want for Christmas...

So tonight I played the annual Annapolis Christmas Show at Rams Head Onstage in Annapolis. In fact, it was the 10th Anniversary Show and I was honored to be a part of it. I was also very happy to have my old guitar player (from the band) Brian Baker be able to back me up on my two original Christmas songs.

It's really funny how things work out and come together. Brian lives in Key West now but he was up here in MD taking a class for work and decided to call me & the Mrs. to see if there was a night this week when we could hang out. I, of course, immediately roped him into playing the Christmas show with me and he came over last Sunday and did a crash course in the two original Christmas songs I planned to play.

And so we did. Tonight. And it went off REALLY well. The onstage sound at Rams Head... um... SUCKS!!! But since I've played there a few times, I knew this going in. And so did Brian. So we just ran through the songs as we'd rehearsed and let the audience be the judge. From all the feedback afterwards, I'd say we pulled it off. Made me realize how much I miss Brian and the band. It is REALLY a pain in the ASS to find a band, rehearse a band, get along with a band, and gig with a band. But what makes it all worth while are those few gigs that just make you feel like you are kings of the world. We had a few of those while "the band" was together. And I'll always look back on those times fondly.

But times and people change and times and people move on. So it was nice for the stars to align, for all the cards fall into place, and have Brian back in town and on stage with me. It was a nice Christmas gift.

After the show we hung out at Stan & Joe's Saloon and we actually sat in there and played two songs... this time Brian played drums. What can I say!? He's a jack of all trades!

The only regret.... I gotta get up and go to work tomorrow.

Man. That SUCKS.

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