The Blue Island Beer Club played at Beaks again last night. Bruce and I played two of his originals, one of mine (Stocking Island), and a couple of covers from our repertoire. Beaks is a cool place and draws musicians ranging from aspiring beginners to seasoned professionals. Although musicians usually arrive prepared to play solo or as a duo in our case, it is not uncommon for others to join in on bass or drums or guitar or vocals when they know the song. Somehow they do this without messing up the soloist too much and usually add something. Last night Steve Arvey helped us out with some drums and vocals. Later on there were about five people on stage having a great jam. Lots of fun and sounded good.
Our friend J is back in town and played a set last night. He wrote Way Beyond Midnight a couple of years ago and I contributed a few lyrics. We both had plans to write music for the lyrics and I have a rough draft but no more. So last night, J sang his version which is shockingly different from mine. I was surprised! It all goes to show you.......
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