Windshield time

Jay Barracato

Graduate Student
Jan 11, 2011
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Solomons MD
In the last month and a half I have been as far north as Westminster MA (Smaart training), as far south as Jacksonville Fl, as far west as Lexington KY, from MD to NC twice and to SW VA once.

Last Saturday, I broke down about 40 miles west of Beckley WV, was towed into a dealership, had to rent a car, still beat the band's van to the evening gig, and yesterday I spent 14 hours driving back to Beckley to pick up my truck and drop off the rental car.

In the meantime, the band has been to CO and back without me,and are currently in NM. I rejoin them in SW VA next weekend.

As much as I love the band engineer thing, I am starting to think maybe it is time to look for a house gig. Or in James McMurtry's words " We hit the road and then it started hitting back"
 
Re: Windshield time

My friends band was just delayed when a fueling truck bumped the wing of the plane, after they were boarded and seated. Of course they missed their connection at LAX, had to rent one car to drive to Santa Barbara, to pick up the second car they had reserved.

Yeah, walking out of school on a Friday and having a couple of gigs over the weekend close by is starting to sound good.