The Bacon Jam

Every Wednesday Night at Checker's Tavern in Cedar Rapids is the Bacon Jam, a collective of some of the legendary musicians of the area get together from 8 to 11 and jam for about 3 hours.  I have talked about going to this and see what goes on but can't do it since I work nights.  Tonight I decided to check it out and hopefully get on stage.

For the most part, the musicians Tom Bruner, Dan Johnson and a cast of a few have made this a selective event for over the hill rockers past their prime to do the classic rock overplayed stuff and tonight was no exception.  The first notable chords of Margaritaville,  the old Kansas City classic song and Can't Get Enough and plenty more.  It's all fun.

But I sat there in the background jamming to the beat and playing table drums, basically pounding my hands on the table to keep the beat whereas some of the drummers would over do drum rolls or fills.  The best drummer was the guy that works in the drum section at Guitar Center.  Some kid could spin his sticks just like Tommy Lee but couldn't keep the beat and made a mess out of a simple 4/4 Keep Your Hands To Yourself, or miss the breaks of Can't Get Enough and when I heard them do Dead Flowers, I was chomping at the bit to bumrush the stage and show them how to actually do it.  I haven't done many jam sessions over the years but from what I heard, I don't think I would have embarrassed myself at all if I made it behind the drums for a jam session.  Even after all these years I remain a mystery to the rest of these musicians, doesn't matter if I made a new Townedger album or get played on Radio Buzz'd. But I always been a eccentric anyway.  I doubt if I will ever change but who knows, perhaps the next session they might bite the bullet and let me sit in on a few numbers.

I might surprise them and even myself.



Come to think of it, the waitress never did bother to give out some of that free bacon either.  And I gave her a 2 dollar tip from the pizza burger!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE6zEmlnwaM

Look for a cameo of myself at the 20 and 33 second mark.  Told you I was there.