Here I am.
So Where Have You Been?
Busy, I guess.
It’s been just shy of four months since my last post. Not too regular lately, eh, wot? I can, of course, claim the usual excuses. Lots of stuff going on and blah, blah, blah. I suppose between that and CRS (Can’t Remember Stuff) that pretty much covers it.
So what’s been going on these four months? Glad you asked.
Family Affairs
Wendie has been diagnosed with, and successfully treated for, cancer, with a very good prognosis. Surgery only was required, no chemo or radiation. That’s a big “Thank You Jesus” for that one. She was actually trying to find the cause of some other issues when this was discovered. Had the other issues not bothered her this might have gone undetected long enough that surgery alone would not be enough. That’s another “Thank You Jesus.”
Our younger son has announced his engagement to be married. Congratulations, Andrew and Jana, and another big “Thank You Jesus.”
And we will be heading north in a few weeks to have a nice visit with Wendie’s family and some of our old friends. Looking forward to that.
Churchy Things
Still playing roughly two Sundays a month at New Song Church, and enjoying it more than ever.
The Edge Church has gotten off to a grand start. Their first service was on Easter Sunday. Not long before that they did a promotional event in Surf City called Edge-A-Palooza. Some of us from New Song went down and played a set. It was pretty chilly when we went on, but the day warmed up nicely.
And back to New Song, we had a video in the service this morning of U2 doing “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. ANd when I sat down to do my new entry tonight I noticed the title of my last post was A Bit On (The) Edge. Coincidence? I doubt it.
Other Music-y Stuff
Yesterday Cold Biscuit Band played our first real gig this year at the Hilton Deck. It was notable for a few reasons. I think on most of the songs we sounded better than ever. Our new drummer, Laura, joined us on stage for the first time. We also had a guest guitarist, Landy (I hope that’s spelled right). I will fill in last names at a later date (like when I learn what they are). Landy will be filling in on those times (notably Fridays) that I can’t be there.
Landy may have even more opportunity to play with the band since I will be leaving after the first weekend in June. I’ve decided that it’s time to reassess my musical activities.
After our trip up north in mid-June I think I may start organizing a Christian Blues band. I’ll be setting up a page on my website in the near future with more information about this. As always, I reserve the right to back out of this before I get it started. It is, after all, a scary proposition. Pretty much every band I’ve ever played in has been one that has already been in business and I usually replaced someone who was leaving (or had already left).
Anyway, more on this at a later date.
First day of the 2011 Guitar Center King Of The Blues contest is coming up Thursday. I’ll be heading out to Raleigh to try one more time to get past the local store final.
In recent musical history I did a video for the GuitarControl.com contest. You can see that video here. This was a lot of fun to do, even if I wasn’t a finalist.
And not directly a musical thing, but I’ve decided to leave off my Share The Stage posts for now.
All In All
That’s it for now. More later.
