Rumors Jam-7/2/17 Wicked Willie

Rumors Wess Side Jam Hosted By Terry McDowell

With:

Willie Wells-Lead guitar and vocals
John Hernandez-Bass
R.Smith-Drums

Songs:

Redhouse Blues
Long Train Running
Voodoo Chile

(Willie Wells and friends, Willie is the one with the hat, Photo courtesy of W.Wells)

I'd never jammed with Willie Wells before so this was going to be a first.  We kinda stumbled around for a few minutes before going into Redhouse Blues and a very fast version of Long Train Running. It was almost speed metal.   Another few minutes of wondering what to do before I suggested Voodoo Chile and this was the highlight of the jam.  The song was about 8 minutes long and Willie did just about everything imaginable using his assortment of guitar effects.   Except when he hit a wrong switch and the guitar amp went up to 11, he really got into playing lead, including playing a bunch of sound effects that sounded like invaders from outer space.    John Hernandez from Full Circle helped out on bass.

Good to see my former co worker Brad Milner popping in. I was surprised to see him up there so we chatted for a spell. He mentioned if I ever want a job, they're always hiring up where he's at in Le Mars.  He also said they do a lot of firing too. Eventually Brad got canned too.  He's now working in Orange City.

Side Note: Willie Wells had a 1996 album of metal songs out that I saw in the 2 dollar section at Half Priced Books.  Always amazing how these guys looked like they used a half a can of hairspray back then to show off their metal side and then later changed into a mountain man look.


Appendix:  Blues Jam at Parlor City 7/4/17

With:
Tony Brown-Vocals and guitar
T Bone Giblin-Keyboards
John Heim-Bass
Jon Wilson-Drums

Songs:

Can I Change My Mind
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Green Onions
She Caught The Katy.

The blues jam is a whole new affair.  More on blues and soul rather than rock and roll.  Leave it to Tony Brown to dust off Can I Change My Mind, the old Tyrone Davis song, and it done a bit more faster than the record.  I know the guys do a different arrangement of She Caught The Katy and I didn't get with the breaks of the song till the end.  Jesse Carruthers, fresh from the Rumors jam also played drums but Dr.  George Hanna, the dentist playing drummer decided to go home early, which was a good thing.  Had he stayed I probably would have done 2 songs tops.  I wasn't into fireworks so that what my fourth of July was.