pfffft!: what went down
(the title of this post is in accordance with the convention hembree proposes, wherein the number of "f's" should correspond with the number of musicians present.)
we played two sets to a handful of ppl and got off. matt was using his new b:ASSMASTER for the first time, and i decided to bring the squier tele that my son-in-law gave me on extended loan before last year's fredfest. it's not as responsive as the strat, and at times i kinda felt like i was fighting against it, but i figure that to be an advantage for this project, if it keeps me from just playing habit patterns.
jesse sierra hernandez fell by and mentioned that tony chapman had played at his first-ever art show (wearing a high school band jacket and feather boa -- "it was during my hendrix-emulating days," sez tony). cadillac fraf was there, too, and a little later, jon teague and eric harris. tony said he hadn't had all of his stuff set up in awhile, and his volume was kinda low the first set, but after he turned up, things sounded better.
clay and matt had a real nice dynamic playing together. while we were waiting for the stars game to end so we could start, clay told me that he got his first drumset when he was five and started playing with the choirs at his father's church (his pop's a preacher) when he was nine, trying to disguise the hendrix/zeppelin/metallica influences in his playing.
i asked chat room soundguy eric ortiz if we could get another date in about a month, and he told me that the next couple of months are booked pretty solid, but next sunday's open, so we'll be returning to the chat with what hembree calls "our King Crimson meets Yo La Tengo meets free jazz improvisational madness." and maybe eric harris on gtr for the last set, so it'll be "pffffft!" then.
a sad note: after we finished, matt got the word that his cat echo ellen hembree had passed away. she had a good long life, and she was loved. peace.
we played two sets to a handful of ppl and got off. matt was using his new b:ASSMASTER for the first time, and i decided to bring the squier tele that my son-in-law gave me on extended loan before last year's fredfest. it's not as responsive as the strat, and at times i kinda felt like i was fighting against it, but i figure that to be an advantage for this project, if it keeps me from just playing habit patterns.
jesse sierra hernandez fell by and mentioned that tony chapman had played at his first-ever art show (wearing a high school band jacket and feather boa -- "it was during my hendrix-emulating days," sez tony). cadillac fraf was there, too, and a little later, jon teague and eric harris. tony said he hadn't had all of his stuff set up in awhile, and his volume was kinda low the first set, but after he turned up, things sounded better.
clay and matt had a real nice dynamic playing together. while we were waiting for the stars game to end so we could start, clay told me that he got his first drumset when he was five and started playing with the choirs at his father's church (his pop's a preacher) when he was nine, trying to disguise the hendrix/zeppelin/metallica influences in his playing.
i asked chat room soundguy eric ortiz if we could get another date in about a month, and he told me that the next couple of months are booked pretty solid, but next sunday's open, so we'll be returning to the chat with what hembree calls "our King Crimson meets Yo La Tengo meets free jazz improvisational madness." and maybe eric harris on gtr for the last set, so it'll be "pffffft!" then.
a sad note: after we finished, matt got the word that his cat echo ellen hembree had passed away. she had a good long life, and she was loved. peace.
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