It's Been a Long Time...

Saturday night last marked both a beginning and a continuation. I have music for a long time; almost 40 years. I still have the first snare drum that my parents gave me when I was 10. But most of my musical career has been spent behind the drums. Lately I have been stepping up with my guitar and harmonicas to play my little folkish songs for people. But Saturday was different, for the first time I stepped up in front of a rock band and sang. Holy shit was that fun!

I had played drums with these guys for a long time, Steve, Jim, and I have a long history of being really loud. But my body has been rebelling against the constant pounding that I put it through when I play drums. I am arguably the loudest damn drummer you have ever heard. Of course now I have shoulder problems and nerve damage to the ball of my right foot which makes it pretty numb. So I decided to give up the drums (see earlier post).

But I still love to sing those old rock and roll songs.

So with harmonicas in tow, I mounted the floor (there was no stage) and sang my ass off for an hour with these guys. Yes, we are old. Yes, the songs are old. But we had a great time and the people around us seemed to be enjoying it as well.

So enter phase two of the musical life for me: singer/songwriter/front guy.

Wish me luck.