Last night, Please Pleaserock Me (Yacht Rock Revue plays The Beatles) ventured beyond our home at Smith's Olde Bar to try some Beatles at 37 Main in Buford, Georgia. I think we had a very successful first night!
37 Main is a pretty cool place--the sound system is pretty good and the sound guys know what they are doing. The staff/management there is also very easy to work with. It's a good gig (even though it is FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR away).
We had Rob Opitz joining us on trumpet for this gig. Excellent playing! Working in a horn section situation is fun with a guy like Rob--he plays the charts very accurately and shows up prepared for the gig.
I hope that we can get back to doing a regular (monthly) Beatles gig--maybe more if we can get into a rotation with Smith's, 37 Main, and the soon-to-be-open 37 Main Johns Creek. It's easy (for me) and fun, and we've begun playing some of the really cool solo stuff, such as What is Life off George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, Watching the Wheels by John Lennon, and Band on the Run by Paul McCartney. Great records!
