Another fun weekend! Yacht Rock was in North Carolina this past weekend with a public show Friday night and a wedding Saturday. North Carolina is always good to us. Specifically, your women are really hot. Thanks.
We had Matt Reed subbing for Monkey on guitar and the Dude from the Shadowboxers subbing for Pete. Both did an excellent job filling in!
Friday: We played in Charlotte at the NC Music Factory, which looks like a loading dock in the middle of a group of restaurants. The last time we played here there were major problems with the stage and the tin roof over it--namely, every time the bass played a G, the whole thing would sympathetically vibrate with it. Peg was a lot of fun that night.
On this trip we had Kip with us. Yay! No rattling Gs. Kip can make any venue sound good--this was a great gig because he was there.
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| Matt Reed |
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| Kip |
We had a really good crowd! I think Charlotte should definitely be a regular stop on our trips to the Northeast.
Saturday: we drove to Highlands, NC for a wedding reception. Weren't we just here? We were just here.
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| color coordinated suit and binder |
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| Dude's pants are too tight |
What can I say about this wedding reception? Nothing. It was easy. We sat around for hours beforehand. I ate all the pineapple. It was over at 11. We drove home afterwards.
Sunday: Church gig. The band leader noticed that I was playing clarinet instead of soprano saxophone. I think I switched about five weeks ago. My mix sounded good, though the piano still doesn't have much presence. I'm still thinking about getting a better microphone for the job.
