Met two other local uke players to watch/listen to a the solo performance of "All Young Girls Are Machine Guns" last night at a small coffee shop. It was in the neighborhood of where I went to Jr High. When leaving I had a good memory of being dropped off by Dad with my Peavy T-40 electric bass guitar at the bakery a block away, buying a donut and sometimes a brownie, then walking about 5 blocks to school lugging the bass along for first period Jr High jazz band. Who knew that would turn into a career, then fall away. Playing has again returned in my life as a hobby.
Oh yea, it's a "losing weight" blog. Breakfast was one cage free chicken egg cooked over-easy, sprinkled dried parsley flakes and a dash Louisiana Hot Sauce, one slice of whole grain toast with chunky peanut butter, and about 8 oz of 1% milk. Only 10:00am and I'm not feeling satisfied, but it's plenty of food for breakfast... just need to adjust.
I want that breakfast!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOnce music comes into your life, it is yours forever. I am not a musician but I am involved in theater and musical theater, concerts, and performances have always been a central part of my life. As I said, I am not a performer, but now, at this stage in my life (second career) my job is to find and present performers for the stage. I get to do for a living what other people pay to see or hear. What a life!!
isn't it cool when you have those flashback memories. How cool, the donut, and then lugging the bass. That was a great night for you, man.
The breakfast is pretty good. I heat a teflon coated omelet skillet then drop in about 1/2 tsp of extra virgin olive oil, check that the oil is hot/liquified/thin/, then break the egg over the drop of oil. Seems crazy that such a little amount of oil is all it takes.
ReplyDeleteThe pro-music career culminated in a 9 month nation wide tour as the bassist for Sweet Charity. We played Queens College, and stayed somewhere in Rhode Island. That's the only venue of the NE I recall.