Electric gigs?
Last gig was in the front yard in March.
Here in Bakersfield, restaurants have moved outdoors. We got a call from Cafe Smitten to return and play. They offered us both Friday and Saturday. Pay is minimal, but we get two free drinks and 50% off a meal price.
The Huckleberries took Friday. With the addition of a pedal steel player, we became a country rock band with a set list mixing Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones, Haggard, Owens, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Byrds, Leon Russel, Willie Nelson, Taj Mahal. We do lots of jamming and leave the audience bewildered. Last time around there was a conga line dancing amidst the tables and people freaking out at hearing a mix of Telecaster and pedal steel.
I’ll be using my MIM Tele with Harmonic Design Pickups into a 1958 Tweed Deluxe with a Boss ‘63 Fender Reverb and DD5 Delay.
Saturday will be the RiffKats, a blues band with the Huckleberries bassist, my brother on Hammond organ, a different drummer and singer. Our sets are comprised of the three Kings: Albert, BB, and Freddie, Taj Mahal, Robert Johnson, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Doc Watson, Bernard Allison, Jimmy Reed, Cream,Clapton, some originals, and a great tune from the first Blues Image album, Leaving My Troubles Behind. I saw Blues Image when I was 13. Mike Panera was just 21 and after seeing Hendrix a few months earlier, was a truly amazing player.
I’ll switch to a Les Paul TV Special into either a ‘76 Princeton Reverb or 1980 Deluxe Reverb with a ZenDrive.
Anyone else gigging?
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