Rumors Blues Jam 8-14-19

With:

Dan Hartman-
Tommy Bruner
Terry McDowell
Billy Bourbon
Randy Burgendorf

Songs:

Tush Blues
Runaway
I Hear You Knocking Blues
Suburban Homesick Blues
The Weight
Lay Down Sally

It's the blues once again.  A spare crowd, not many jammers and the guys slowing songs down to that you can't tell them from the original.   Somehow, I'm not picking up on when they play Lay Down Sally.  I seem to be playing to the three beat instead of one.  False start, do it again.  It is hard to get on their wavelength of a slow down beat.  Either they're getting too old or I'm getting too caffeinated and speed up the beat.  Maybe Baby, they were slowing the song down.  Intentional I guess, interesting for sure.  Not my cup of tea tho.

There was no Checkers jam to go to, PJ has pulled the plug on that or looking for somebody to replace Julie.  Good luck with that.

Looks like the Wildcat has gone back to hibernation.  He wasn't there second week in a row and with my vacation coming to a close, I might opt to sit next Wednesday's jam out and chase records.  The summer of jamming is winding down.  We have the Cabin Jam this Saturday and Sunday the Dreams Of Arcadia thing at the Office.  To which I'm waiting to see if Joan, the owner will let the band play or if she is just jacking everybody off again.  I'm not pleased of going to a gig and seeing the place closed and nobody bothered to call to cancel it.  And they complain about us musicians not following through.  I have signed off helping Julie and Ryan on this gig and the failure of Joan not sticking to her terms, I will boycott The Office from here on out.

The professional vs the hobbyist in song played...When Tommy showed me how to play a slow version of I Hear You Knocking, I really thought it was too slow and I felt like I was dragging along.  He did said it sounded good.  The Weight went pretty good and Billy dusted off the End theme song from Austin City Limits.  And then Lay Down Sally with me on the GD off tempo. I did rebound and found the beat on the second take.

I wasn't in the best of moods, watching the Chicago Cubs stink up the tube and getting blown out didn't help much.  Ann Mishmash was talking to me about her daughter's problems getting moved down in that U of Iowa for fall classes but I couldn't hear her talk half the time.   I think tonight's had highs and some lows, just like most of the jams.   But when they're playing a song, I'm thinking it's a different song and it sounds odd.  And at the same time I'm not trying to hit the cymbals full blast.  It does give Tommy a headache.  

And me as well.