Saturday night, we'll be opening a benefit show for Open Hands (Justo Almario, Greg Mathieson, Abraham Laboriel, Sr. and Bill Maxwell). Talk about being out of your league. After their first show at last years benefit (minus Abraham), I swore I'd never play again. Luckily, I was also there for the second show and got inspired. It's hard to imagine sharing a stage with them a year later.
It's a nice intimate setting, probably 150 per show, so it's a great chance to check out these fantastic musicians up close. I'm sure it will be a humbling and inspiring night.
Best of all, we get to be part of raising money to help furnish and equip a medical center at an orphanage in Malawi, Africa.
Originally posted by dosmun: The key is doing what "you" do best and "bringin it". Oh... and Have Fun!!!!
That's the plan. I've never looked at music as a sport or competition. I've always figured that even if you only know three chords, if you can touch people with them, go for it and enjoy the gift.
It was an awesome show. Justo and Abraham are beautiful people with huge hearts.
Greg and I talked a bit about the difference between a real B3 and the Digital one they had for the show. He mentioned how simple Larry Carlton and Robin Ford's rigs were the first time he played with them. His playing really grabs me in the gut.
They did completely different songs in each of the two shows. Each player had moments that were jaw dropping, and they all just gel so well together. There were moments where they were stretching things, and you were sure that they would totally lose the groove, but then they were right back in it.
My band did great. I was disappointed in a couple of bloopers I made in the first set, but the second show was great. And we really seemed to connect with the audience in both shows.
Best of all, about 350 orphans in Malawi got some money to help provide medical care, and hopefully some people "adopted" a child to provide some continuing support.
It's always cool to have a chance to interract with musicians that you highly respect. You said you were disappointed with some personal bloopers; you wouldn't be a progressive musician if you weren't aware of such. You shrugged it off and went on, and that's the thing. I'll bet the other guys on the bill tossed out some clams as well.
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Originally posted by Blues Lyne: Best of all, about 350 orphans in Malawi got some money to help provide medical care, and hopefully some people "adopted" a child to provide some continuing support.
Perfect. This, for me, supercedes all other considerations. You donated your time and talent toward the needs of underprivileged children. This in and of itself makes you a star in my book. Congratulations on a job well done.
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