More good news

We got a couple more gigs out of this weekend's festivities. The booker and the bar manager were effusive with their praise. Things are devinitely looking up. One of the dates we thought we had, however, was already given to the remains of one of the bands I have a history with. The leader is notoriously late for every gig, and true to form was 2 hours late starting the first time he played there and an hour late the second. He was also too loud (he's transformed himself from a rat pack act into a seething rock band without horns) and downright abusive to the customers and the staff. Why this guy ever gets gigs, or ever gets invited back, is beyond me. Anyway, the booker was going to see if the manager would rather have us. Judging from the feedback I've heard it's a real possibility. The thing the bookers and the bar managers and the public doesn't ever see is how abusive this guy is toward the musicians in his band. Enough though. He sounds like he's committing carreer suicide all by hinself, and the good news for us is that as his rat pack act goes by the boards we have more than enough material to fill the gap left in his wake.

Trumpet player and tenant Jon Vander Gheynst and I had a good talk this afternoon about the band. He had a similar band in Illinois when he lived up there and he's got some ideas how we might attain some of the financial gaols they enjoyed. Also had good conversations with Leroy and my brother Jimmy this afternoon. We're going to get together on Wednesday.

Yeah!