Popcorn Jam 7/17/16 You Can't Always Get What You Want

Lineup:

Russ-Singer
Tommy Bruner-Guitar
?-Lead Guitar
Dan Johnson-Bass
Me on drums 

Setlist:

Dock Of The Bay
Stormy Monday
Mustang Sally

Music Director: Terry McDowell


This jam featured the debut of Craig Erickson on lead guitar, joining Tommy Bruner, Dan Johnson and Terry McDowell.  Erickson is an national recording artist, he's the sole remaining original person that still works at Music Loft and still plays as a solo artist or with the Funkdaddies.  I thought about sitting this one out but since Craig was showing up, decided to show up and support the cause.

The highlights of the jam was Tommy Bruner and Craig Erickson playing dueling lead guitars on their songs, be it Can't Always Get What You Want.  Craig is one of the best guitar players out there but he always plays loud lead guitar, which complaints of him being too loud was commonplace.  The Loudness Police were complaining about everybody, drums, vocals and guitars.  Even Dan was getting disgusted of being told to turn it down and he almost shut his amp off on our set.   Of course the finale of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb it turned to be a major duel between Craig And Tommy and I'm sure somebody did record it and might post it on You Tube. Nobody could top that so the jam concluded 15 minutes early.   I think Terry was tired of hearing the noise complaints and decided to close it down.

While DJ Holvenstot and Mike Lint managed to log some jamming time with Craig Erickson on some cool numbers (Erickson did Shaky Ground, to which Mike Lint really did a fine job on drums) and DJ and Barb Myers got to jam on the obligatory What's Up and Healter Skelter,   I supported Russ (last name I'm not sure of) and some other dude on lead guitar on our set list songs, with Tommy Bruner helping out on lead guitar.   So I didn't share the stage with Craig this time out.  For the performances, it was okay.  Nothing to break out of a sweat although I did play around the beat with Mustang Sally.  Afterwards Dan did ask me if I was playing in a band and I told him, I'm just a hobbyist.  He told me to keep playing the way I have been.  This is why I like jamming with Dan, he's always positive.

L-R Terry McDowell, Dan Johnson, Craig Erickson (Photo: Barb Myers)