So rehearsal went very well last night. I was very happy to have Your Momma Don't Dance under control...though the other guitarist is having the same problems I was having last week. I'm sure he'll have that sorted out by next week. It's a 12 bar blues, but it has a twist in it and if you miss it, you end up lost.

China Grove and Whole Lotta Love are both great too. A couple of spots here and there are shaky, but a little more work and those will be consistent and show worthy! I have my solos down pat for both of these, so no worries there for me. I just have to keep running through them to keep them fresh...that's easy!

Day Tripper and Honky Tonk Women are old hat for us at this point. We ran through them last night and they were better than before.

We decided to add a 6th song...Start Me Up. That will be interesting because the band I was in as a kid played that song. We did it with basic chords back then. It will be fun to learn it the right way.

So I am pleasantly surprised with what we've been able to accomplish. We'll have a good number of songs despite the fact that a couple of them were a significant challenge for all of us.


Looming ahead in 2 weeks will the 4 of us performing at a "Concert in the Park". This is going to be fun!! We start rehearsal for that the week after next in the rehearsal space we found. It will feel like we are a real band at this point. Our drummer is part of the committe that signs bands up, so she will have our name added to the flyer as the opening act. If all goes well, that flyer will be framed and put up in my practice space.

My wife told me that my youngest son, who is 5, is really looking forward to seeing us perform. I know I'll have at least one enthusiastic audience member no matter what. :-)