On the road


jschroni
Registered User
Joined: 04/18/20
Posts: 5
jschroni
Registered User
Joined: 04/18/20
Posts: 5
04/21/2020 11:47 pm

Well, there used to be all these regional dance venues where big bands played and people would come from far and wide to dance and drink, frolic and what not.

I used to play tuba in an occasionally turing mickey mouse band (like Guy Lombardo's band) out of Chicago and we'd play these places. Usually these events were pretty well attended. The music was pretty good, the guys in the band were fun to hang with but the pay was only scale. Some of those band members were friggin great musicians. But anyway...

So some members of this band taught me about crown on the rocks during break and how to not get too messed up that you can't play properly. This was back in the day way before zoom.


# 1
William MG
Full Access
Joined: 03/08/19
Posts: 1,631
William MG
Full Access
Joined: 03/08/19
Posts: 1,631
04/22/2020 12:22 am

Mister, by the sounds of it you have seen some pavement. I bet you have some very interesting stories to share....


This year the diet is definitely gonna stick!

# 2
DavesGuitarJourney
Registered User
Joined: 02/23/20
Posts: 323
DavesGuitarJourney
Registered User
Joined: 02/23/20
Posts: 323
04/22/2020 2:17 am

Damn, but I love the kind of joint you just described but they just don't seem to have many of them where I live these days (New England). Lived in various places in East Texas for years and there were lots of music/dance halls; some really small and some that I swear would hold more people than the population of the small town they were in. The dance music was mostly Western Swing, what with it being Texas of course. It wasn't unusual at all to have 50s style bands either. Lots of blues and traditional country (I should say "both kinds, country and western") and southern rock sounds. Some of the live bands would be really good and some were just awful but it was live music, cheap beer, some pretty women, some not so pretty women that were just as much fun to be around as the pretty women, lots of well worn hats and boots and belt buckles, dirty floors, questionable bathrooms, and a whole lot of sweat. [br][br]

But hey, you mentioned tuba so I may be thinking of a completely different kind of venue! Plenty of Jack Daniels and Wild Turkey, maybe not as much crown. Ć°Åøā€˜ā€˜

So anyway, welcome and like Bill said, I'll bet you have some good stories and I hope you will share some of them with us!

Dave...

P.S. I probably offended some people by throwing in pretty and not so pretty women. Sexist and objectifying, etc. I hope no one is offended, just trying to lay out the tableau. There were also some really good looking dudes and some really homely hombres.


It takes as long as it takes unless you quit - then it takes forever and you will never get there.

# 3
jrpierce06420
Registered User
Joined: 04/22/20
Posts: 27
jrpierce06420
Registered User
Joined: 04/22/20
Posts: 27
04/27/2020 11:57 am
Originally Posted by: DavesGuitarJourney

and some really homely hombres.

I resemble that remark.

Where in NE are you? I'm in CT.


# 4
DavesGuitarJourney
Registered User
Joined: 02/23/20
Posts: 323
DavesGuitarJourney
Registered User
Joined: 02/23/20
Posts: 323
04/27/2020 5:25 pm

I am in Rhode Island.


It takes as long as it takes unless you quit - then it takes forever and you will never get there.

# 5
jrpierce06420
Registered User
Joined: 04/22/20
Posts: 27
jrpierce06420
Registered User
Joined: 04/22/20
Posts: 27
04/27/2020 6:15 pm
Originally Posted by: DavesGuitarJourney

I am in Rhode Island.

Small world. I was born and raised in RI. My dad still lives there


# 6
mjgodin
Registered User
Joined: 11/23/19
Posts: 455
mjgodin
Registered User
Joined: 11/23/19
Posts: 455
04/27/2020 10:22 pm

Very small world. I'm in NH. [br][br]Moe


# 7
DavesGuitarJourney
Registered User
Joined: 02/23/20
Posts: 323
DavesGuitarJourney
Registered User
Joined: 02/23/20
Posts: 323
04/28/2020 4:42 am
Originally Posted by: jrpierce06420
Originally Posted by: DavesGuitarJourney

I am in Rhode Island.

Small world. I was born and raised in RI. My dad still lives there

Cool, whereabouts? I am in Lincoln.


It takes as long as it takes unless you quit - then it takes forever and you will never get there.

# 8
jrpierce06420
Registered User
Joined: 04/22/20
Posts: 27
jrpierce06420
Registered User
Joined: 04/22/20
Posts: 27
04/28/2020 11:26 am
Originally Posted by: DavesGuitarJourney
Originally Posted by: jrpierce06420
Originally Posted by: DavesGuitarJourney

I am in Rhode Island.

Small world. I was born and raised in RI. My dad still lives there

Cool, whereabouts? I am in Lincoln.

Hopkinton. Other end of the state, but then everything in RI is close together


# 9
DavesGuitarJourney
Registered User
Joined: 02/23/20
Posts: 323
DavesGuitarJourney
Registered User
Joined: 02/23/20
Posts: 323
04/28/2020 3:04 pm
Originally Posted by: jrpierce06420
Originally Posted by: DavesGuitarJourney
Originally Posted by: jrpierce06420
Originally Posted by: DavesGuitarJourney

I am in Rhode Island.

Small world. I was born and raised in RI. My dad still lives there

Cool, whereabouts? I am in Lincoln.

Hopkinton. Other end of the state, but then everything in RI is close together

Yeah, I'd hafta pack a lunch to get down that way.


It takes as long as it takes unless you quit - then it takes forever and you will never get there.

# 10

Please register with a free account to post on the forum.