Band birthdays

There are lots of cool things about being in a band and a bunch more cool things about being in an all-girl band.

One of the cool, girl things we do is we make a point of celebrating our birthdays.

Here we all are at the Rockslide last night celebrating KP's (aka Kelley, our singer) birthday.
Yeah, we're pretty cute.

Kelley asked me if I would join her in performing and I happily obliged — I mean, it was her birthday and I had the opportunity to play some music. What better way is there to spend a Tuesday night? Bridgett joined in on the congas which really filled out the sound.
Check out that guitar I'm playing. It's an aluminum Martin. My acoustic electric was acting up, so one of the other musicians lent me his guitar ... I didn't realize at the time I was playing a $1,300 guitar.

Damn, what if I fell off the stool and broke the thing ... oh yeah, it's made out of aluminum. It proly would've been OK, unless I knocked the head off or broke the neck. Yikes, I'm glad I didn't know that then.

It was great fun. I really do enjoy performing. I even sang a song, Peace in the Valley. It's funny because I don't get nervous much anymore, but just before I had to sing, I got a bit of stage fright, even though I've sung this song before — but with the whole band.

It went fine. The other two songs KP sang with her hauntingly beautiful voice. It was great.

After we played, KP's husband's band, Wheel, played a rousing trio of songs that got the crowd a-drinking. They are a really talented group with a fun, funk sound.
I hope it was a happy birthday for KP, because it was a fun night for me.