Today’s set-up was a little weird. Vipers were at the fountain. Baby Soda was on the promenade in front of the band shell where Ralph usually is and then we were down on the poet’s walk. That’s three swinging bands within a 5 minute walk. The only trouble is Tin Pan wasn’t really swingin’ today. Oh well, can’t always be on point. I had Marco Gazic come fill in for Clifton and he’s really playing rhythm guitar better and better. The Cangelosie Cards has been schooling him real well. To sit in for Stefan, I invited an Argentinean girl named Mercedes. It was her first time playing in the style and she hadn’t really listened to much of it before last night when I gave her a CD. She’s mostly a free player. Anyway, it felt like it was a big adjustment for her and the music wasn’t really grabbing people’s attention the way it often does. And just barely in ear shot, I could hear Adrian just tearing it up with the Baby Soda crew. Shit, that dude can play some lines! Dang.
I had that “tail between my legs kind of feeling.”
Nice day though…
