Rumors Jam-2/26/17 What's The Point?

With:

Jeff Mattison, Bass on Maggie May and Wonderful Tonight
Troy Harper: Bass on Mustang Sally
Tommy Bruner: Lead guitar and Lead Vocal (Maggie May)
Russ: Lead Vocal (Wonderful Tonight, Mustang Sally)
Nick Lnenicka-Harmonica (Mustang Sally)
Me: Doing the dirty work.

Terry McDowell: Host.


The weather is getting warmer and I would rather much enjoy hitting the hiking trails than to do yet another pointless version of Wonderful Tonight and wasting three hours.  Over the week, I been going over Midnight Rambler and maybe thinking I was going to do that song but at the last moment Terry McDowell decided to do it instead.  Mike Lint got to do Substitute another song I would have loved to do.  It didn't help that my back decided to tighten up too, I wasn't in the very best of moods. Certainly when Terry decided to jam on Midnight Rambler that didn't help things either.  The one thing I have an issue with was after Mustang Sally I was good enough, then Mac asks if I want to do one more and I'm back on the drum stool and then he decides otherwise to play the song himself. Like make up your mind man.  Days are getting longer and I'd rather not spend the whole afternoon just to do 3 songs and a repeat of song that you can't stand playing and be bored if I stay around.  It's hard to support local music when you feel like you're getting the short end of the stick.  I end up buying a used drumset thinking of being part of hosting a jam and seven months later, the drumset is gathering dust in the basement.  I have said this in the past about taking time off from the Rumors' Jam and then coming back the next week but judging from the past two times of playing, perhaps I should back that up and take a vacation from it all.  It certainly does feel more like work rather than fun and basically my place of employment pays better.

Anyway, Terry had to clear out to do the North Liberty Tom Foraker fundraiser and Mike took over.  Mike used some vintage Pearl Cymbals beginners type and for low range cymbals they were not bad and didn't overpower the songs, but they were entry level cymbals.  But easy on the ears.  Also Trevor Worcel wasn't there this afternoon.  Highlights: seeing Mike Lint being happy being the jam host after McDowell left, Nick Lnenicka blowing up a storm on Mustang Sally and Midnight Rambler and me missing out on the latter number. And the Dunshee Moon band playing their songs and Joe Hutchcroft playing drums and rocking out to Some Kind Of Wonderful.   For myself, it was okay doing Maggie May and Mustang Sally but I'd rather not  play Wonderful Tonight ever again, although it did got a few couples out on the dance floor.  The song still  bores me to death.  Please don't make me play it again T. Mack.