who the hell was that guy?

     

            THURSDAY 6/17/21 10:21PM--I've been performing in public as a guitarist/singer since about 1969...tonight the guitarist struggled to be heard over the other half a dozen or so guitarists...but the frontman/singer exploded outta me and in public yet...Jeff Payne took the signal from the Katana and fed it thru the PA...I still couldn't quite hear my guitar...and my playing wasn't that good IMO (here we go again).
               I sat at a table with Bonnie and shared her mic...occasionally I sang thru it alone...eventually I went "onstage" and sang thru the main mic...
             I sang OB-LA-DI OB-LA DA by the Beatles...and Joe Cocker's arrangement of THE LETTER...Frankly, I absolutely amazed myself,  if nobody else...I've always wanted the guy who sings in the car (he is a bit of a vocal chameleon) to sing like that in front of people...finally he/I did...and I thoroughly enjoyed myself...I can't wait until next Thursday...but I might bring the Blues Jr. with me...I am more than deliriously happy...and yes, I know it won't last forever...
FRIDAY 6/18/21 7:47AM--I even played some Bass last night, which got the wheels turning...now I'm seriously thinking about buying a set of strings for my Bass...Jeff's Bass is a 5-string, and I made some boo-boos because of that...The cost of Bass strings doesn't seem to have increased all that much since the 70s, when they were about $20 bucks...They're roughly $30 dollars these days...maybe I shouldn't, but I wanna buy a set...
11:20AM--so I got a set of strings for the Bass...Litz Music was no hope at all in determining what guage of string I should buy, so I gambled...I'll likely wait until Monday to work on that...
12:45PM--so I started to put the new Bass strings on...I cut one a little too short and the new ones that ARE on there do nothing but buzz--no notes, just buzzing...I knew my happiness  wouldn't last long, but not quite 18 hours? Seriously? it doesn't seem at all fair...
1:12PM--maybe the Universe DOESN'T want me to play (my own) Bass...a friend of mine is gonna do some work on it, I just have to drop it off where he lives--in a room over Hershey's...maybe Dianne and I can have Dinner there tonight...*I* can't really afford it, but I bet she can...