Me and the ANB have recently finished up another Friday night at The Ranch. It was kind of tough competing with the Chris Stapleton concert at the Honda Center, but we had our fun. It looks like Johnny Fingers is just about done loading in and setting up.
Randy is the last to arrive, but he's in time to soundcheck with us and run a few new tunes. There are a lot of new tunes in the set list tonight.
Actually, Austin was the last to arrive. Sorry, Randy. I plugged my bass into the DI box and hid my cases behind the curtain on the back wall. This is such an easy gig for me.
Here's a shot from behind the drum kit showing some of Jason's tech.
Randy continues setting up. You also see the front of Jason's tech.
Amanda looks pretty while Randy sets up.
As long as I'm here, how about a selfie?
Dang, I sure look old next to that pretty young lady. Let's try this again with Arnie.
Now I just look goofy. Such is the life of an old country bass player. How about a shot of our weapons of musical destruction?
Dev teaches the dance lessons tonight.
After our sound check, which was actually a quick rehearsal for all our new tunes, we retired to the green room for our supper. This is the salad course.
Then I enjoyed my favorite, a Buffalo Chicken Sandwich.
Before we took the stage we took some new promo shots of the band. We'll have to crop and filter this shot before it's used on the promo material.
This is Erica and May. It's May's birthday tonight. She and her friends came out to party!
Here's a nice shot of Austin and Amanda just before we start a set.
In honor of Aretha Franklin, tonight Amanda just killed "R.E.S.P.E.C.T."
There was a lovely line dancing crowd tonight. Here are a couple of crowd shots.
It was a really fun night, trying out new material. I think we'll keep most of it. And continuing on into Saturday, here are a few pictures I took on Saturday night at The Ranch. I had a pretty mild commute down into the OC. This is the south end of "the merge" where the 57 and the 60 split and go their separate ways, 57 south and 60 to the west.
I pulled into my reserved parking space at the venue. Since this is a corporate building the signs go up on the weekend to remind all the employees that the bass player needs to park.
I stepped out on stage just to grab my IEM pack off of the monitor mixer board. It looks like it's going to be a good night. The dancers are getting started early.
In the green room we find Randy starting on his supper while Arnie tries out a new Resonator style guitar that Austin just purchased. It's pretty cool.
I had the steakburger and chopped kale salad for supper. We lovingly call this half-pound monster the "coma burger".
Arnie and I take the stage along with the rest of the band.
The DJ plays the last line dance before we start the show.
And we're off! Amanda and I both had trouble keeping our IEMs properly situated. I really do need to get some molds made.
Amanda looks back at Jason. I guess he hasn't counted off the song yet.
I'm sure this is "I Feel Like A Woman". It's the only song with a long enough intro for me to take a few pictures.
Here's one more picture of Amanda adjusting her IEM.
Jennifer is on the right. It was her birthday tonight. She brought about a dozen girlfriends. Sorry I didn't get all of them in the picture.
The is Amanda's friend Erika in the middle. It was her birthday too.
This is our friend Maddy. She and her parents came out to hear us tonight. You might remember we played at Maddy's graduation party.
Here's the whole band with Maddy and her parents, Wayne and Robin. They are good people, salt of the earth.
I was having so much fun tonight I didn't take a lot of pictures tonight. After we had our fun I put my two basses in the cases, grabbed my lyric bag, and I was gone.
Next weekend we are playing both Friday and Saturday at the Buckle and Boots Watering Hole in Lancaster. But first we'll be on stage at Downtown Disney on Wednesday night. I must work my day job in there somewhere too.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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