MANIFEST! MANIFEST! MANIFEST!

The title of this blog definitely makes its point, doesn’t it? As we have always heard, “If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.”

I asked and the universe listened.

After the Blame It On The Girl gig last weekend, I blurted out (in my car) “I’d like another gig before August!” And well, the universe or some musical god happened to be in a good mood and helped me out…

Enter my friend Bob Lamb, all-purpose bassist who can fill in with any band in seconds flat. I am not kidding. He knows a ton of songs, so he will always be first pick to sub. We’ve known each other for many years, since the MySpace days (!) He and I played together two years ago in Tammy & The Others. This time we’re teaming up again with the band CRASH!

Bob wrote me on Monday with “Aidan (Hand; singer) needs a guitarist for a July 11 gig in Nanuet. Can you do it?” I said “Yes for sure, are you on bass?” and he said YEP! The drummer is Ed Gunderman. We lobbied set lists back and forth, and since we’re only playing one 90-minute set, it will be most likely 30-34 songs.

And the gig is 20 minutes from my house 🙂

The gig is at Nanuet Town Centre, a mall in New York. This is part of the Summer Concert Series starting July 11 to August 15; a different band every Friday. I am excited because it will be outdoors, hopefully a nice-sized stage with a rockin’ PA system. The song choices haven’t been finalized but am sure they will include the tried-and-true ones that virtually every cover band does. Which is fine with me as I know a majority of the tunes. If I have to learn a few new ones, so be it!

There’s no “Free Bird”, sorry.

I’d seen CRASH! before at Rhodes Tavern when my friends James Bruno (Rock Hard) filled in on drums and Tony Buono (Supernova) on bass. Think at that show, they covered Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Lit, Jimmy Eat World, and the like. So I know what to expect with this gig.

Take it from me…the more you manifest, the better your chances of getting nice things.

I like nice things.