a bit better than any band I've been in lately

       FRIDAY 4/12/19 11AM--maybe it's an omen that I'm watching Poverty Ridge videos, I'm not 100% sure I'm going out tonight...I WANT to, but stuff happens, right? For instance, it looks like I have to accompany Dianne to her WW meeting after which, we're going to Sugarloaf...judging from the sound of the videos, Poverty Ridge is better than either the Combustbles or the ACME Band...maybe not "way" better, but better...I do like their arrangement of  PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC--they slowed it down, and suddenly there was a groove...most of the videos are short, but that's the way club owners like 'em...I don't know if the vids are LIVE, I doubt it...they don't sound live to me...their harmonies were better when Brian was playing drums in the band, as far as I can hear...LATER--there are real live vids on youTube...and the band is, like I said, a bit better than the Combustibles and/or the ACME Band...and sometimes "a bit" is good enough...
               And there are vids of the Sandra Dean band on youTube as well...that band seems to be a LOT better than the bands I'm in...and that's really really depressing...I know I'm NOT the best local guitarist, but I think I'm the best male harmony singer in Montgomery County...but that's a secret--unfortunately...
SATURDAY 4/13/19 5:44PM--at this point in time, Dianne and I are going to the OTWC for Dinner and to check out The Sandra Dean Band...why I suddenly have a tummy ache is a mystery to me...
6:30PM--I think I'll be fine by the time we get to the Café, somewhere around eight o'clock...
10:47PM--it seems like every time Dianne and I have gone out to Dinner and to see a band, we've ended up fighting about something...tonight was no exception...For numerous reasons, we inadvertently stayed until 10:00, which was how long I hoped to stay in the first place...
          The Sandra Dean Band was as good as I thought they'd be...In my opinion, the tempos were a teeny bit fast...otherwise the playing was very good...the vocals sounded quite muffled where we were sitting, but that has nothing to do with the musicianship...and I liked the (first) set song list...the place was packed, and then some...there must be a reason for that...we had to wait quite awhile for a table...My next gig is with the ACME Band, in two weeks, not counting the 4th Thursday Open Mic, which is less than a week away...
              It's depressing to me that a band that only plays once a month and doesn't practice sounds at least a little better than either of the two bands I'm in, bands that DO practice and play out, at least a little...VERY depressing...
SUNDAY 4/14/19 10:42AM- I don’t feel like doing much of anything today, physically or emotionally but--and acquaintance of mine is going to work on my  electric 12 string guitar...after which I hope to start using it more than I have been, which is not at all...he doesn’t live nearby, but I don’t have anything else going on that I know of...tomorrow I will buy a set of strings for it, which I can get from Victor Litz... I think with all the rhythm guitar work that I do in the ACME band, it will come in handy... and like I often say, “it’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it...”