Birthday Bass

Well, once again, I haven't been here in awhile. I knew what I wanted to blog about, but I wanted to wait. I think I have talked earlier about my dream of rock stardom, that I am now living through my friends, Jeremy Huff and Shannan Wright. By the way, thanks guys for letting me hang out! I'll blog about them another time, so stay tuned; that's all I'll say for now!! Anyway, I started playing trumpet when I was 8 and actually, became quite good at it. Good enough to play in Stardusters for 4 years and then do a temporary duty with the USAF Drum and Bugle Corps. That was a great way to get out of "real" work!! I have tried to teach myself guitar a couple of times, but outside of a few power chords and the intro to several Scorpions and Ted Nugent songs, I suck! I picked up a bass guitar when I was 19 and tried to teach myself to play. I became "ok" at it and was able to play in a couple of garage bands while in the Air Force. For whatever reason, I sold my two basses in 1988 and moved on to "grown up" dreams; whatever the hell that is! Well, fast forward to my 43rd birthday about a month ago and I found myself with a little extra cash. Thanks, Mom! So, you guessed it, I went out and bought a bass guitar and a 50 watt amp. I was surprised to find that I remember alot of what I taught myself over 20 years ago, but what I have loved most is the way that I lose myself for hours while playing along with some of my old vinyl. So why have I not blogged about it until now? Because I wanted to make sure I could still play and I wanted to make sure that the love for it was still there! I can and it is! I don't have any unrealistic dreams of rock stardom anymore, but everytime I pick that bass up, the room goes dark, the strobes come on and the crowd goes wild! Thank you Clay Center and good night!!!!!