Ever wonder how a band gets off the ground? From rehearsing in my living room--Texas garages are prohibitively hot--to low-budget gigs to weddings where the sky is the limit. This is the story of The Original Recipe Band told from the point of view of the arranger and instigator-in-chief.

Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Gearing up again

Friday we'll be back at Cabo Loco.

Janice is going to be the canary. Don't ask about the other gal. Janice is a pro.

We've got a few more new charts coming into the book, but due to the weird scheduling--beginning of school mostly--we're not able to rehearse before the gig. But when we DO rehearse we'll have Shaker Song by Manhattan Transfer and What You Won't Do For Love by Bobby Caldwell. I did a quick and dirty on Night Train that we could do. Hmmmm.

My brother is seeing the light and cutting back on the lesser cover bands. It's a lesson we all have to learn, even if we learn it in our mid-forties. You got to pick 'em.

Welcome home.

We have to start working at Pato's on happy hours, which I see as an alternative to rehearsals. That's why I like working with pros. Every one of us will do this rehearsing for beer stuff for a few weeks. When it builds (not "IF if builds") we'll be asking for dough. And they will be selling a lot over the bar.

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