Whittier 8-10-19

Yet another bronchitis attack.  I can't think of any other year that I have been hit with some sort of hacking and coughing issues and it has forced me out of the 319 Fest and playing with Dreams Of Acadia in Cedar Rapids tonight.  For a musician, being sick is not an option, but in my case I have been sick half the year.   It makes me hard to be with.

I did partake the Rumors Jam since I felt well, and I did stop in to say hi to Jim and the folks at the Sanctuary Thursday Night tho I didn't play.  Boy Scout Hippies were playing and of course Ron had to marvel about the female drummer that plays with them now and Jim Myers flying to play the New York gigs.  I'm happy for him, however their best shows were done in March with a guy that had Bronchitis that month too.  Imagine what I can do when I  play healthy.

Friday, I stopped in to say hi to Tom Berdo and the guys from Notes From The Underground with Bob Gleason being guest star.  Kevin Wymer did his best to recruit me to play drums for Full Circle since Mike Sebrousek and them parted ways.  I'm sure  I disappointed Kevin by saying that I didn't have time to dedicate to play in Full Circle.  Kevin is a great guy, I love jamming with him in NFTU, but I would have issues with Vic about them playing songs like the record does. John Hernandez is a marvel on bass even at age 70.  Plus they're more country than I would like to play.  It wouldn't work out very well.

I am seeing a lot of folk when I'm out and about.  Frederick Jones and Jeffery Brown were at CRL with the Zewt And Noot show, Maki Dervo was at the KCCK jazz under the stars Thursday Night and ran into Doug Schrum at New Bo last night as well.  Nice to be known when I'm out and about. I wish I could be more sociable.

For the past week I have been hacking and coughing again.  It never ends.  I can't be healthy the whole fucking month, this time out if it wasn't the back spams, it's the GD nasal drain down the throat and constant coughing. The reason why I haven't played guitar all week.  I just don't feel like doing that.  I'm debating if I should try tonight's acoustic jam at Whittier to see if I can sing and play.  I haven't touched the guitar in about two weeks, so basically I'm taking allergy meds, pain meds, zinc, cold meds and anything to get over this fucking shit once again and getting more discouraged by the moment.   I did not envision my vacation to be stuck in bed but it's getting to be that way. Simply sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Whittier Song List:

Fox On The Run
Tulsa Time
Race Is On
Wagon Wheel (False Start)
Summertime Blues
You Ain't Going Nowhere
Slipping Away
No Expectations
Good Time Charlie

With David Lam

Six Days On The Road
Greenback Dollar
Marie Laveaux
Thing Called Love

With Carl Meiners

Country Bumpkin
Long Hard Road
The Ballad Of The Green Marines
Me And Bobby McGee
Old Hippie
Paradise


There's a couple which I can never get their names but they were a part of  the small crowd that included me, Carl, Steven and David Lam and while I thought we were going to be done before nine we actually did a full 3 hour jam.  I actually went back into the archives and played Slipping Away for the first time in a few months and No Expectations too.  I was trying to figure out how to play You Ain't Going Nowhere but somehow came up with Wagon Wheel instead,  False start indeed, Summertime Blues got played instead.   I managed to keep my coughing down quite a bit as well.  Thank goodness Carl was there.

Had a interesting couple pop in and took a few pictures before popping out.  Never saw that before.

I missed out watching Julie play this afternoon at the 319 Fest and at Della Viti tonight but didn't have the energy to go into town.  They also had the Cedar Valley Bluesfest at Czech Village as well. I figured if I stayed away from people I might get better come tomorrow.  We'll see if that come true.