The Yacht Rock Revue returned home to our usual Thursday night gig at the 10 High. I guess our crowd didn't know we were back or something, because it was sparsely attended. Maybe they thought we were the Main Street Exiles.
Due to a family emergency, Mark Bencuya couldn't make the gig, so we had Mike Bielenberg filling in as the other keyboardist. As much as I missed, it was also kind of fun--Bielenberg knows lots of the same parts that I do, so I did my best to play some of Bencuya's parts. More Than a Woman was alot of fun, and I was really pleased with myself for learning the tune that afternoon and playing it well that night. I could have done Bencuya's rhodes part on Baby Come Back (I hadn't had a shot at it since Brandon and I covered a gig a few years ago), but it got cut. I also enjoyed being "the man" on How Long and Hot Child in the City--in real life I just double Bencuya as best I can. Last night I was Bencuya for those two. I think I fared well! Too bad Nick couldn't tell.
I guess singers are a necessary evil.
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