Wed, 07 Mar 2007
First of all, the Slow Jam is tomorrow, March 8th at 7:30 at Music & More. When we moved it to Thursday last month there were several people who I couldn’t contact to let them know. So we did a litle jam on teh first Thursday and the first Tuesday. Well, now everyone knows we’ve moved to the 2nd Thursday so I’m expecting at least 8 musicians. It should be a good jam.Our recent performances
The band (who’s name is still in limbo) has played a few benefit concerts lately. Last week we played at a benefit to raise money to help a group of High School kids go to Costa Rica. Two weeks before that we played at a dual benefit for Habitate for Humanity and the Auburn Interfaith Food Bank. I just received an email from the organizers saying that we helped raise $2870 for those 2 good causes.
Our acoustic trio always makes a great impression. We have a darn good sound for only 3 people. But we were glad to share the stage with "Dr. Bach and the Jazz Practitioners" as well as Tom Briar who’s a fantastic ragtime piano player. It’s good to see early jazz represented so well here in the gold country.
So what’s next for us?
First of all, we need to decide on a name. We’re also in discussions about doing gigs at the Auburn Art Walk and at a local renaissance fair. (We’ll have to learn a lot of celtic music for that one. But Ethan is an authority on celtic music so we have a good person to lead us down that path.)
We’re also trying to set up a 2 hour set of an eclectic mix of bluegrass, Dawg music, gypsy jazz, straight ahead jazz and celtic music. That would give us a chance to play places like The Club Car in Auburn.
Whatever happens, I’ll be sure to keep you informed right here on this blog.
Last Night’s Jam
When I was done teaching last night I drove down the hill to Loomis to the Tueday Night jam at "The Wild Chicken." I surprised myself because I taught 11 students in a 6 hour span on Monday and another 8 students yesterday in just 4 1/2 hours so I was pretty tired. But once I started playing I couldn’t wipe a big silly grin off of my face. It was so much fun.
I’m sure that part of it was the pride I felt when I looked around the room and saw 4 of my students. But a big part of it is the simple joy of making music with other people. If you can make it to the Slow Jam tomorrow night then you may feel that joy as well.
I hope to see you there.
What I’m listening to now:Tony Rice
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