The Use of Social Media

My sister is in town visiting from London England this week and it is great to see her. What was even better is that she got to come see me play my second go round at the Rose & Crown. What was even better is that my brother and his wife were also in town and they came too. Then a bunch of friends contacted me after finding out about this event and by the time Saturday rolled around we had a complete table of at least 10 people.

You see, as in most cases, one thing leads to another. It used to be by telephone. A friend would call me and ask me what I was doing on a certain night and then it would lead to calling so-and-so to see if we wanted to get together at another friend's place and the gathering would be fairly epic. In this case for the Rose & Crown my wife and I just posted where I would be playing on social media platforms and a variety of people showed up. And it was very nice to see everyone.

Hiding Out 'Til the Wee Hours

I have to say the adventures playing in a rock band have been quite fun. They guys are great to play with and I seriously wish my science marks in high school were based on musical chemistry instead of the periodic table.

I received a text on Friday asking if I was available Saturday for an impromptu gig at the Hideout. I thought nothing of it at first until I received a text from Jeff that Chris Caddell was the other guitarist on the evening and that he's really good, so it will be fun. I'm glad Jeff let me know so I could go online and see some footage, which is what I always do before I play with players I have never played with. It makes me feel much more comfortable when it gets to show time after having watched them for a while online.

Holy Crap Chris Caddell man. I google him and I see he's the guitarist for Colin James and Sass Jordan. When I was a young upstart I was listening to Colin James, Sudden Stop, Little Big Band, Tell Somebody, and Racine. I love Canadian music and I'm proud of the history and heritage of the great artists.

Then I proceeded to the first link (click below) which was this guitar solo from last year's Queen Street Music Festival and I was blown away. And I also love reverse headstock guitars.

Back to the Saturday Hideout job. My wife says this was the best gig she's ever seen me play. These players are all top notch. The lineup was Chris Caddell and Jeff Eager on guitars, Ed Mortenson on drums, and myself. We didn't get home until about 5am. That should be a headline in itself. We deserve to play there again and hopefully we get the chance.