jack daniels, if you please, knock me to my knees

okay, so on saturday, i played this pop gig with groove academy. i had seen them about a month ago and i chatted with their keyboard player, saying that i was pretty sure i could play all those songs. i mean, i knew most of them already. the repetoire is mostly dance and discos songs. KC and the Sunshine Band, Bee Gees, Chic, Kool and the Gang, etc.

so i get a call about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago from the keyboardist, saying that he needs me to sub for him on the 10th. that gig eventually got canceled, but he needed another sub for the following saturday, the 17th, so i worked up the music and played with them.

the first set, i was pretty nervous about, just because the gig had about 40+ songs on it and it was all stuff that was supposed to be memorized. i had a few rough places here and there, but it was mostly pretty good. my volume was down too low for me to hear myself most of the time, but by the 2nd set, i had put my levels at the right spot. the 2nd set was when all the 40 and 50 year olds came out to dance to old disco music, and it was super fun. the third set had less people dancing, but more than the first set. it was a fun time, and i'll enjoy subbing in this band whenever i can.

i'm coming to the realization that it's a lot easier to make money as a keyboardist than as a trumpet player, which brings me to my next point, and the title of this post.

i joined a country band.

i guess.

yeah, sorta.

daniel, the bassist in my band, the Great American Challenge also plays with a few other groups, including this country band, whose name i don't know. they had some issues with the previous keyboardist and daniel told me that they were looking for someone new, so i sat in on their rehearsal last week and they told me to come again this week.

have i been in texas too long?

(y'all?)