Rumors Jam 4/16/17-Easter Brookie

With

Terry McDowell-host
Brook Hoover-Space guitar and vocals
Tommy Bruner-Down to earth guitar and vocals
Dan Johnson-Somewhere in between on bass
R.Smith-Hanging on for dear life

Songs:

Tired Of Waiting For You (vocals: Brook)
Jumping Jack Flash (Vocals: Tommy)
Ride Captain Ride (Vocals: Dan)
Take Me To The River (Vocals: Tommy)

Easter Sunday and not a lot of places open, and I did the record store day thingy a week early.  So basically it was on to Rumors to do the weekly jam and see what we can come up with.  A lot of bikers and drinkers but this time out, only me and Trevor were the drummers present.  Ian Jacoby came on board later.

You never know what Brook is going to do for songs and as per course he continued to dig deep into his big note song book for Tired Of Waiting For You to which after a false start and trying to feel our way into the song managed to get into the first verse.

Brenda Snow did post a video of Ride Captain Ride but alas, the sound didn't come through, but if you play the Blues Image song to the video you will find that we came close to performing it right.

Again Jumping Jack Flash was dusted off for jamming purposes. Tommy is the master of picking the Rolling Stones songs and making them his own.  It's fun watching Tommy and Brook trade leads and Dan throwing a bass lick in for good measure. Somehow Brook managed to pick up the tag ending to Can't You Hear Me Knocking at the end of Jack Flash, he's the master of improvising on the spot, throwing feedback into the mix as well as effects as well.

It ended on a epic note when the guys did Take Me To The River and I do wished somebody would have recorded that song.  Brook and Tommy managed to trade leads at mid beat, DJ also got in some funky licks and I guess I kept things in check till the ending when I mixed it up a bit.  Brenda told me afterwards I was really hitting the drums hard, but in reality I was a bit more laid back then usual.

Overall, the jam was epic and fun. The lineup of Hoover/Bruner/Johnson is why they are Hall Of Famers.  I'm happy just to hang out with them and take part of the proceedings.