Pick, Pick, Pick - Sleep, sleep, sleep
The jam session at the BBC on Theatre Square has been suffering from the summertime blues; fewer folks in the room. The Kentucky State Fair has also begun, which generally drags down attendance at lots of events. Nonetheless, last night (August 16), we wound up picking from 7:30 p.m. until 11:10 p.m or so. I noticed that the bar had an announcement about the jam written quite large on an upper portion of the front glass; clearly, it’s time to arrange for some renumeration for this gig.
This was also my third night in a row of getting out and playing. Tuesday, I went over to the Air Devils Inn for their “Wide Open Stage,” where I ran into a few friends, though only one of the musical variety. Such is the music business: there is a steady stream of new players coming along all the time. I had to mike the guitar, as my Taylor’s pickup has developed a ground fault, with a resultant nasty hum if amplified. I don’t know if I can stand to be parted with it for the several weeks it will take the local repair folks to get around to fixing it. I might have to do a little (careful) exploratoration myself. Whoo.
In any case, I found myself taking a couple of long naps over the last two days. Must be getting … old.
Update:
I continued right along this week: on Friday, I went to a friend’s show and wound up sitting in with him for a while. Then on Saturday, I attended a Pickin’ Party at another friend’s house that kept me out until close to midnight. Needless to say, on Sunday, I did some serious napping.
Gigging, while fun, is hard work and more so due to the late nights. Most folks who were out and about until all hours find that to be much harder to do once past age sixty. If you are recording a project and plan to gig to promote it, you had best recondition yourself to staying up late - and getting up late.