The Yacht Rock Revue was boarded by the Yacht Rock Schooner last night and held hostage in on own ship. Ok, maybe it wasn't that bad...Nick, Cobb, and Dannells were out last night, so Kevin Spencer, Ganesh Giri Jaya, and Shannon Pengelly filled in. It wasn't really that different--Cobb's been out for a while, and I've played the last few Schooner gigs with Kevin and Shannon.
The 10 High changed the start time to 10 PM, which made for happier patrons (who still rolled in around 10:15 PM). I think it was better for our collective psyche, too, to have some people in the room while we were playing.
We ended up with a pretty solid crowd; it was pretty much as packed as last week, which is to say it was fairly stuffed, particularly around the bar. They were definitely rambunctious and fine looking people (women)!
No gear troubles to report, though I think that I should probably move up to some harder alto reeds. The reeds I am using right now are fine, but when I lean on them (say on Baker Street, or something else where I am really pushing a ton of air into the horn), the reeds are kind of giving out on me. It's tough to say whether it's because they are overall too soft or just old and getting mushy. I think I'm going to go up on strength and see how they work.
One funny thing: Ganesh made the setlist, and he recycled an old Schooner setlist, so ALL the songs with sax and flute were in the first set--it was pretty much one right after another. The second set was NO saxophone--I should have put my horns away on the break so I could get home a little quicker! Oops!
I'll be happy to have all the usual guys back next week. We are back to full strength!
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