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Post 1730, Day 258 of 2016
- 2,084 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
- 2,084 days since I started this blog -
I had a fun gig tonight, part of an intense week of gigs and semi-gig playing.
Last Friday, I played guitar around a camp-fire for a couple of hours (another fun part of my wedding/camping gig).
Sunday and Monday were days of really heavy playing with my friend Richie and other of his Brattleboro friends. I estimate I played about twelve hours over the course of those two days!
Tuesday I rehearsed my trio for a benefit I'm performing at on Saturday - that was good for three hours of playing (after driving in from Brattleboro) that afternoon.
This afternoon we got in another rehearsal, bringing us up to tonight's gig.
This was supposed to be a support gig for a Toronto-based surf music guitarist/singer. He canceled, so we kept the gig by bringing in two blues guitarists who I happened to meet in their more typical role as bassists. While I had played with these guys at jams over the years, we had never done a gig together. Both are excellent guitarists, and good singers. Icing on the cake: The drummer is one of my favorites, both as a rhythm section partner and as a friend.
Also, this is my first blues gig in New York, ever! Of course, I've played blues (a lot), but my gigs have tended to be playing rock, of one kind (i am Fool) or another (classic rock).
The gig was a lot of fun! Despite being warmed up from the hours of playing at rehearsal earlier, adjusting to the unusual situation of being told what to play (remember, both of the guitarists are excellent bass players) had me a little stiff at first. I'm just not used to that, and it tends to make me think instead of just play... But as I got more comfortable with it (I don't object to it, it's just unusual), I loosened up, and really got into it, into the flow, and everybody started having a better time. I got into my happy place.
Tomorrow is the final rehearsal of the trio for the benefit, then Friday I have a 'sub' gig with my former band, Bradshaw Blues. Saturday is the benefit, with the first and last performance of the Reverend Ken Trio and a set by i am Fool.
It's a dream of playing, more fun than I could ask for, and I'm so grateful.
Last Friday, I played guitar around a camp-fire for a couple of hours (another fun part of my wedding/camping gig).
Sunday and Monday were days of really heavy playing with my friend Richie and other of his Brattleboro friends. I estimate I played about twelve hours over the course of those two days!
Tuesday I rehearsed my trio for a benefit I'm performing at on Saturday - that was good for three hours of playing (after driving in from Brattleboro) that afternoon.
This afternoon we got in another rehearsal, bringing us up to tonight's gig.
This was supposed to be a support gig for a Toronto-based surf music guitarist/singer. He canceled, so we kept the gig by bringing in two blues guitarists who I happened to meet in their more typical role as bassists. While I had played with these guys at jams over the years, we had never done a gig together. Both are excellent guitarists, and good singers. Icing on the cake: The drummer is one of my favorites, both as a rhythm section partner and as a friend.
Also, this is my first blues gig in New York, ever! Of course, I've played blues (a lot), but my gigs have tended to be playing rock, of one kind (i am Fool) or another (classic rock).
The gig was a lot of fun! Despite being warmed up from the hours of playing at rehearsal earlier, adjusting to the unusual situation of being told what to play (remember, both of the guitarists are excellent bass players) had me a little stiff at first. I'm just not used to that, and it tends to make me think instead of just play... But as I got more comfortable with it (I don't object to it, it's just unusual), I loosened up, and really got into it, into the flow, and everybody started having a better time. I got into my happy place.
Tomorrow is the final rehearsal of the trio for the benefit, then Friday I have a 'sub' gig with my former band, Bradshaw Blues. Saturday is the benefit, with the first and last performance of the Reverend Ken Trio and a set by i am Fool.
It's a dream of playing, more fun than I could ask for, and I'm so grateful.
Food and Diet
Today's Weight: 204.6 lbs.
Diet Comment
Previous Weight (9/9): 201.0 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: + 3.6 lbs.
Diet Comment
A pretty much all off-plan all-the-time five days took a toll, but given what I ate and drank and in what quantities, while I was away for four-and-a-half days, I'm not fretting.
Food Log
Breakfast
12:10pm:
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| Omelet with peppers, onion, greens, chia seeds, hemp seeds, parmesan cheese and bacon. |
Lunch
5:30pm: Sriracha chicken breast and cole slaw.
Dinner
11:30pm: Pork rinds, Dubliner cheese, and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 22 oz.; Tea: 0 oz.; Water: 82+ oz. And a shot of Jameson's Irish whiskey.
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sounds great. went to see Bruce Springsteen last night. Too tired to write
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