Fretsmith: It seems your list has a few I need to listen to before I decide whether or not to learn them. Hopefully, it'll give me some more bands to start listening to.

I'm not quite sure why you'd say that "Hold The Line" is a Surprise-Pick, though. It's a classic Rock song just like the majority of the list, if not all of it. And I like to think that at least a couple of the songs on the list are recognizable enough.

As for the part with "throw in a few 12 bar blues jams, a little bullsh*ttin' and a couple of smoke breaks", are you referring to while jamming in a rehearsal space, or while performing on-stage (when that time comes, and there seems to be a natural break or shift in mood in the set)? Just want to be 100% sure :)

Generally, though, it's still going pretty well for me. I'm not going to hurry with finding a band or anything. If I can learn a bunch of covers, write a few of my own songs and find some folks to play those songs with on-stage and become even a bit successful, I won't mind if it takes months or years.