Last weekend the Left Hook Played the Bryn Mawr Tavern in Yonkers. Nice place, good crowd. Easy parking, and they let us run a tab and then didn\u2019t charge us for drinks. I\u2019m happy to say that the band is getting to the point where it\u2019s predictable we\u2019re going to sound good. All those little things we\u2019ve been working on \u2013 beginnings and endings, tempos, dynamics, vocal harmonies and balance, are all coming together now automatically, without thinking, so we can focus more on performing and interacting with the crowd. It\u2019s good too that our set seems to be working, at least for the kinds of crowds we get at this kind of bar. Pretty much every song we have people dancing and singing along. Some of the ladies were very, uh, friendly and enthusiastic, which was quite flattering, but then again they were drunk too.<\/p>\n
In a completely random encounter, my local UPS guy was in the audience. He came up to me between sets, said he knew me, sees me rollerblading around the neighborhood. I told him he delivered the speakers he\u2019s hearing the band thru. Our guitar player Gary also drives a delivery truck, so they bonded over that like they\u2019re part of some secret brotherhood.<\/p>\n
A long time ago I had a bass player who drove a delivery van as his day job. One day he delivered a bomb to a doctor’s office. Learned about it on the news that night. Quit the next day.<\/p>\n
I now have three gig’s worth of audio and video to sort thru. I hope to put up some new clips on the web site soon. Meanwhile we\u2019re all taking a break for Thanksgiving and learning a batch of new songs. We have gig coming up in a couple weeks back at Fisherman\u2019s Net, but it may be a private party. I\u2019ll keep you posted. Beyond that, the search for more gigs and bigger venues continues. Onward and upward!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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