Another gig in the books as my “tour” came off hiatus when Evie from Evolution asked me Thursday night via text: “Can you do a gig on 7.7 at In The Drink?”
My car was packed anyway!
This came out of left-field but fortunately I have the time to do fill-in gigs as needed. We played today from 4-7 (and I got home early!) and let me tell you…this was the hottest gig I ever played that I can recall. I mean, really, it was 91 degrees with a heat index of a million. Even the canopy above us wasn’t much help. We hoped to be moved inside but no such luck.
Ah, the things you do for rock and roll.
Was nice playing with drummer Steve Adamo again. First time I met him was back in October last year at a gig in Florida, NY. So when Evie said Steve was going to fill in on drums, I said COOL! We played most of the set list, made some alterations, basically winged it as we went along. Fortunately, I know a good chunk of the songs even without rehearsal.
But wow it was scorching! I love the sun and the heat, but have to admit this was bordering on overkill. I drank enough water to grow gills. My hands kept sticking to the guitar neck so some of my solos were, well, sticky. But I pushed onward. And I went through three t-shirts again!
Can’t disappoint the golfers, right?
HUH?
Yes we played on a golf course. Well, near on but still it was interesting to play and see people wearing stereotypical golf attire. Was hoping the spirit of Rodney Dangerfield would come through. SO LET’S DANCE!! Still it was a good time, the people liked everything, and now I can finally go on hiatus until July 27 with Evolution at Tony’s Pizza.
I better not jinx things!
Now, some time ago, I was listening to “Time To Fly” on my friend DJ Metal Mistress’ show, and she always says it’s her fave song from me. For some reason, when I heard it after six years, I thought “Wow this sounds flat now!” So I remastered the whole MARBLEHEAD album. Or as I jokingly say, it’s been re-marbled. Now it sounds brighter and a bit sharper, and the difference is very apparent. It’s available for sale (download only) through Bandcamp as well as streaming platforms such as Spotify and the like.
And no it’s not available on cassette! That’s something DistroKid does because it’s cool.
Come to think of it, I forget the last time I recorded on cassette…
OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR 7-STRING GUITARIST STEVE BELLO 