Music and Mayhem

So, I FINALLY got around to downloading the pictures from my camera so I can post them for you all. We had a fantastic weekend playing for everyone that showed up. Friday night, a wonderful group of people came in after celebrating the college graduation of a friend of theirs. Several of them are in a local band called Ruben.


They hail from Lake Elmo (my old stomping grounds) and are a great bunch of guys. I'm going to try to get out and see them soon.




It brings to mind the topic of live music and why I love it so much. It never ceases to amaze me how often someone will come in to a show and comment on how fantastically fun it is and ask why they had never heard about it before. I’m never sure what to tell them.



Live music is always a risk and most people don’t want to take the “risk” of driving out to see someone and having it suck. We have all been in that situation before where the band is just WAY too loud, or one or more of the members is clearly tone deaf and thinks singing louder will help. I understand not wanting to head out and try something unknown, but that is why word our mouth is so important. And I have to say that is one thing that I love about the fine people who come out to see us, they come back and they bring friends.

Well, I could go on for a while on this subject, but I have to run right now. I’ll try to get back again before out gigs this weekend.

And remember that pirates can be pretty too!Aaaaarrrrr!! ~Slainte~