I made it to both my church gigs yesterday…
Church gig number one had a different drummer again. I'm not sure if the usual guy has not been available, or if the church is shopping for a new guy. This week's guy was pretty good.
We had Tommy Dodd, steel guitarist extraordinaire, once again. It didn't appear to be a special occasion…I'm guessing they'll bring him in whenever they feel like it. Evidently the budget can handle it.
Other than that, it was pretty ho-hum. We had a piece with a children's choir and a couple of pieces with an adult choir. Not much for me to do.
Last week was the big holiday show. I was not invited to participate. The rest of the band wanted to know where I was. I said, "At home." They said, "Your name was in the program."
Church gig number two was ok. I was informed that the ushers complained of multiple instances during the past few weeks of distortion when the band was playing. Maybe that was happening when I wasn't there, but we've never had distortion when I was running the board. Once the band got up and running, and walked to the back of the church. One of the ushers was there. I said, "Is it distorting?" "No." "Right. So go to hell."
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