Jam Night Last Night

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18. Jams

Jams can be good or bad depending upon who is hosting. Bad ones tend towards chaos on stage. Good ones can be incredible. One in my local area was horrible. I remember sitting out in the audience one night listening to one guitar player on the left side of the stage playing major chords and scales while the guitar player of the right was playing minor chords and scales.
Other times you get the posers who hog the stage with long boring self indulgent repetitive solos that go on forever.
As a past Jam host I set down a set of guidelines that allowed no more than 3 songs within 15 minutes not to exceed 15 minutes. The jammer could play 3 songs or 2 within 15 minutes. Once the 3 songs or 15 minutes was up it was someone else's turn.
This was a well hosted jam I used to enjoy participating in in the Everett Washington area. (before Covid made it all risky)