We've just finished up a really fun weekend at The Ranch. I know you've seen me post about this place for the last few years but it's such an epic-ly fun room to play. If I may, I'd like to share a few more pictures of the place.
When I arrive Friday afternoon for our load-in/sound check, most everybody is already here.
After our sound check we retire to the greeen room for some supper.
Mario, Hal, and Art are enjoying their salads (a beet salad, a chopped kale salad, a Kenter green salad), some Sesame Crusted Ahi Tuna, and Yellowtail Fish Tacos.
I also had a salad and the Buffalo Chicken Sandwich.
Man! The food here is nothing but perfect. I have to over-caffeinate or else I'd have to take a nap after supper.
I brought my usual WMDs (Weapons of Musical Destruction) and set them in front of that beautiful backline amp that I don't get to use because of the nice IEM (In Ear Monitor) system here.
Yes, since it was St. Patrick's Day, I tied my daughter's green-ish scarf around my headstock.
And Art brought his green Strat for his backup guitar.
Here's my amp-selfie just before we got started on Friday night.
I was told by a couple of people that I should keep the scarf on my bass' headstock. I guess that gives them something to look at besides my ugly mug.
Yes, it was pretty light for a Friday night. I think it's because a LOT of people went to traditional Irish pubs to celebrate St. Paddy's day. We may have started slow but it did pick up later in the evening.
I included this picture just to show you that sometimes I just have to use a cheat sheet, until repetition allows me to work without it. I have a small sheet music holder that clips to my mic stand.
I've performed this song about a half dozen times and will probably need another six times until it really gets stuck in my brain so I can lose the crib notes.
It's early in the night and Kelly gets us started.
I guess we're rolling now.
Art and Daniel are throwing it down.
Hal is pounding the keys like he knows what he's doing. Thankfully, he does.
It was a quiet Friday night. As I strolled by the FOH booth on the break I noticed the decibel meter.
I snore louder than that!
Kelly puts on the show.
The line dancing crowd shows up. The crowd there is so good it's like a floor show every night. Great fun!
Kelly belts out another tune while the bass player thinks, "A, A, A, A, D, D, E, E..."
More line dancers putting on their show!
Here everyone is enjoying a two-step, some more than others.
One of my favorite couples, Ryan and Kaylee. I love how they love each other and have so much fun on the dance floor.
At this point in the evening I jumped up on the drum riser with Kelly because I had a little bass solo to play with her vocal line.
Toward the end of the night, perhaps after a couple of green beers, the scarf went from my headstock to my head.
Here is a teeny, tiny cellphone video of one of our newer cover songs.
Continuing now with a few pictures from Saturday night. Art didn't get a nap today so he's hitting the Diet Coke for its caffeine content. He's "hittin' the sauce"!
Tonight I had the beet salad and the Sesame Crusted Ahi Tuna for supper. Yes, that's basically really good sushi.
Heather, the entertainment manager, joins me for an amp-selfie before she announces us.
Our dear friend, Stephanie, stopped by tonight and sat in for a couple of tunes.
You might remember Stephanie from our Disney show from summer 2014. It was great to work with her again.
Also from Saturday night, Art and Kelly share some fun.
This is the bass player and his newest Scully shirt. I'd like to pick up a few more. You can see my sheet music holder clipped to my mic stand. I don't think it looks that intrusive from out front.
Kelly and Stephanie reunited.
Shhh! Don't tell anyone but Kelly was at the hospital on the day Stephanie was born. Their families have been good friends for a very long time.
The bass player and the piano player are in the zone, the Twilight Zone.
Kelly really knows how to charm the camera.
Here's a nice picture of Stephanie.
I wonder if April and her friends dance in front of the bass player just to try and get him to mess up? Nah, they're not that mean.
Art, his grin, and his sparkly ASAT Tele.
I think Daniel is swooning just a bit with Stephanie in such close proximity.
Kelly and the lads play and watch the line dancers do their thing. It's almost like we're performing for each other. Feel the love!
Kelly and Steph sing Miranda's "This Ain't Your Mama's Broken Heart".
Here's on more of Kelly, just because.
Megan and Rebecca came out tonight, two lovely two-step buddies. They are very sweet ladies and we enjoy a spin around the dance floor.
Stephanie has been playing Elsa in the "Frozen" show at Disneyland for the last year or so.
Do you know why you should never give Elsa a balloon? Because she'll "Let it go,...Let it go..." <chuckle!>
That's it! I guess we had about as much fun as was available this weekend. Thanks for looking!
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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