I love these gigs. J.P. from Western Bop has asked me to do the bass slapping for a Swing Dance night at the Hilton in Dulles, VA. It’s so cool to see these folks having so much fun and really doing some incredible dancing. And… I get to play great music with some world class musicians.
Turned out to be a great day. Hot, but great.
My son and his friend Spenc were the real stars, 7 and 8 year old boys slam dancing to folk music.
Also, thanks to all of the Dylan fans that let me join them on stage.
Gear wise:
I played the NS Design bass again and got lots of positive comments on the sound. Playing wise I’ve got a long way to go on it. All of those dots on the fingerboard get a bit confusing, and not having a heel on the neck makes it hard to reference where I am without looking. But it sure was an easy set-up and tear down in addition to being a feed-back free gig… Hmm?
I’m so used to telling folks to send “anything”@kentuckyjim.com com and it will get to me…I forgot that when I updated the site, I moved it to a new server and needed to re-configure the email. Done now. Sorry!
JV’s RESTAURANT in Falls Church
It’s tiny, but cool !!!
I’m back on the slappy low-end of Western Bop this Thursday night!!
I’m a member of the Parklawn pool. There are a few fine fellas that play bluegrass, blues and old time music. I was lucky enough to be asked by them to do the bass duties. We’ve played a few times over the summer. Well this was the last pool gig of the year and it was a blast.
I forgot to mention in my previous post, I played the NS Design bass at Cool-Aid. And since we spent so much time there on Sunday, I just brought that bass to the pool and played it with the Deep Crater Boys. It sounded great and I’m really getting used to playing it as an upright bass instead of as a cool weird frettless bass. I put Innovation rockabilly strings on it and shimmed the bridge. It’s really a lot of fun. And so is playing with these fine Boys!
Thanks for a great summer fellas!
SO COOL!!!!!! Go to this event if you can and bring the family!!!
So, I drove with my 7 year old son up to Monkton, MD to some farm for an out-door show. My boy got car-sick on the way, and I was really not looking forward to the 2 and a half hour drive then sleeping in a tent on the ground. But we got there and it was beautiful!! It was a little warm out and sticky and overcast. We grabbed out gear and headed across the field. There was a great covered stage set-up and people had tents popping up all over the place, as we walked deeper in, we saw the beautiful pond with kids swimming and canoes. We quickly popped up out tent and got into the pond!!! It was incredible.
Soon the rest of the band showed up and we all moved our tents together to build a little compound. All the kids had a great time. Good times, good music, good barbque, and great people!
I can see me doing this every year that they will have me.
A few weeks back J.P. asked me to fill in a gig. This guy plays so much he need 5 bands to keep up with him. So the gig went well, then I played with him at the Bangkok Blues for the Ole Opre Night. Well, I guess he just couldn’t get enough, ha ha.
So Friday 08/29/2008 I played with him at the Rock-n-Roll Hotel in DC. It was a strange gig, lots of young hipster bands, but they loved J.P.!
So many folks have given me grief about not keeping my shedule up to date. I’ve been trying to fix the gig calendar tool that I have in this blog, it’s just not working.
So, Bangkok Blues gig a few weeks ago was GREAT. I played with One Horse Town, they were really alot of fun. I did a duo with J.P. McDermot, it was a rocking rock-a-billy set. Then my boys, the Jelly Roll Mortals took the stage.And yes, I sang White Lighting.
It’s been really a good time playing with all of these folks.