it was ultimately worth the hassle

 

          THURSDAY 7/15/21 11:30PM--just got in from the Hershey's Jam...the "Gizmo" performed admirably, but it was a b**ch to hook up, I dunno why...as it turns out, the reason I initially couldn't get a signal is because I didn't have one of the three (?) volume knobs properly adjusted...SHEESH...I AM glad we were inside...I might not have played at all if we had been outside...
      Eventually I got warmed up, and I stayed onstage for quite awhile...I played Bass for a bit and even had a go at playing LET IT BE on the piano...I think I'd give the evening a 7 on a scale of 10...a pretty good vocal performance on ONE WAY OUT was marred only by my forgetting the lyrics to the 2nd verse...SueEl is already asking about next Tuesday, but it's way too soon to know what's gonna happen...
SUNDAY 718/21 6:27PM--still feeling somewhat left out of the MontCo Music Scene...the Crimestoppers added a 2nd guitarist--whether it's true or not, I strongly believe Stoney was responsible for my being excluded from the auditions, if there were any...or, based on my poor performance at Branded '72 years ago, they just decided I am a bad guitarist...I'm not a bad guitarist, but I AM inconsistent...I think that's partially because I'm not in a working (busy) band...I believe Liz Springer's band also added a 2nd guitarist...As for Tuesday, I still dunno what I wanna do...
MONDAY 7/19/21 10:20AM--I'm leaning towards going to the Main Stage Grille tomorrow, but I'm not 100% sure about it...dunno what SueEl wants to do yet...I can't assume that I'll be able to use Dianne's car...I think my car can make it there and back...but I dunno for sure...
11:13AM--there seems to have been an explosion of live gigs going on recently, all over the place... apparently club owners think the pandemic is behind us...*I* don't believe it is...I GET that they have to make money...*I* don't think they can make back what they LOST, but I think that's what most (all) businesses are trying to do...
7:25PM--got my CRETONES CD today..apparently it's quite rare...was able to find a certain PHISH song online...glad I remembered how to install it into my iTunes Library...
IF I go, I think I'll just bring my guitar and use whatever amp I can...
10:31PM--it took awhile but I uploaded (?) an alternate version of SAIL ON SAILOR with Carl singing lead vocals...I tried to used the (2nd) MP3 converter I installed on my laptop, but it wouldn't load...and yet somehow, it did...I tried to find it in iTunes, but I DIDN'T find it...