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In reply to the discussion: Jam Night Last Night [View all]

Eko

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11. That made me think of this.
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 07:15 PM
Jun 2023

It must have been sometime around 2006 or so, my buddy and I worked at a large music store in Virginia Beach Va, he was a good guitarist and a great singer, I was a better guitarist and a passable singer at least for harmonies and we got a gig running an open mic in a restaurant/bar in downtown Norfolk.Mostly we did it for the free food and beer and to let us play out live every week. We were really good, lots of covers and some originals but most of the other musicians that showed up were not so much or if they were good they just wanted to do guitar solo's for 30 min's. We did it for a few months and it started to get bigger and bigger which was cool for us cause we got a cut of the door as well. One night this scruffy guy came in and asked if he could play and of course we let him but he wanted to play with a guitarist so I offered to. I went to music school and I'm not that good but I can do ok but this guy was something else. He had a ton of pedals he played his bass with and it was crazy good. It was this guy.


He came out quite a few times. Total pleasure to play with him.
Eko.

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Jam Night Last Night [View all] ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 OP
Bummer. sprinkleeninow Jun 2023 #1
On The Bright Side... ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #2
I'm certain of your chops. Excellent! sprinkleeninow Jun 2023 #6
I could probably get up and put down 2:30 of this one at a jam night Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2023 #3
If You Could That... ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #5
Yeah, I mean if you show me the 5 chords and played the rhythm through a couple times Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2023 #7
You Didn't Hear These Guys! ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #8
Sounds fantastic. bullimiami Jun 2023 #4
This reminds me of Joe's Garage by Frank Zappa iscooterliberally Jun 2023 #9
All along the watchtower By Hendrix Eko Jun 2023 #10
Don't Know If You've Heard This Or Not ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #12
Nice! Eko Jun 2023 #14
Thanks ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #15
That made me think of this. Eko Jun 2023 #11
Dude Is Good! ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #13
I'm sorry it went so badly. Did you know any of the other highplainsdem Jun 2023 #16
Not Really ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #17
Jams LPBBEAR Sep 2023 #18
We Hosted Many ProfessorGAC Sep 2023 #19
:) LPBBEAR Sep 2023 #20
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