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January 04, 2007
Its 2007!
Hello everybody!
To quote an old cliché, it's hard to believe that it's already 2007. It seems as though I was just celebrating New Year's Eve 2006, but that was actually so long ago, I can even remember what I was doing.
This past December was one of the busiest that I can remember. I was working on several projects in the studio, and Sheryl and I were preparing for our first New Year's Eve gig together. Along with Sandy Ferris and Spike Dean, we formed the Sheryl Paige Band. We were scheduled to play New Year’s Eve at The Pelican Yacht Club in Ft. Pierce, Florida.
Playing a New Year's Eve gig was not a new experience for me, but it certainly was for Sheryl Spike and Sandy. I was truly impressed at the amount of work that they put into rehearsing for this gig.
So, how did it go? I would say it went really well, the only thing we could have done better was to have more fast party songs in our repertoire. We had a few club members request that we "pick it up a little".
The younger club members wanted to party, and they wanted nothing but loud and fast music!
From my experience playing these types of engagements, I knew that if we played loud, fast and hard right away, the older members would end up leaving. Sometimes you get into situations like these New Year's Eve jobs, where no matter what you do, you're not going to please everyone!
But we made it through, and as my friend and fellow musician Jan Turner used to say, "That's one for the record books.”
So as we begin 2007 were now preparing for our next trip to Nashville. Sheryl will be playing once again at the Bluebird Café, and then also at the Hall of Fame Lounge. What makes this trip special is that not only is our good friend Asli Walker coming with us, my mother-in-law, Bev Purdum is also accompanying us.
I always tease my mother-in-law by saying to her, "I have a terrible problem with you. I don't get to see you often enough!"
Of course, like most people, we've been making our New Year's resolutions, and setting goals. There's a lot we want to accomplish in 2007. I don't think I'll put a list here in the blog, if I start listing everything out; I'm going to get tired.
I hope to be adding to this blog on a more consistent basis. I also plan to put some effort into creating an e-mail newsletter for all my clients and members of my "musical family.”
Talk to you soon!
Posted by leon at January 4, 2007 01:22 AM