The Night Shift

[jim sanders]

I'll give a thumbs up to the "paws down " line of thinking but at the same time 2 Bones plus expences is hard to sneeze at for doing something you love to do anyway.. I remember John the Plumber had the Tasc 8-track deal for a short time and then traded up somewhat to a 12? maybe so he could control more of the percusion and harmonies (5 different people trying to sing ) on live jobs put to tape.. i just don't remember what brand or model he has right now but i will ask him tomorrow..... i will check out the MySpace deal in the a.m

[WildcatOne]

Good points, Doc...Thanks...I often find myself trying to do too many things at once. I need to let each day flow. I try to slow down and what I'm describing is a scaled-way-down version of what was going on a year ago...I was playing 5 nights and mostly 2 afternoons a week doing music I wasn't really all that cracked-up about. Maybe I'll take some time and just go easy on it...here's the URL to Rodger's band's site...Cheers, WC1
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... D=28053543

[jim sanders]

I checked them out.... none too impressed.. guess i'm getting old... almost commented on the t-shirt but didn't..... would rather hear your stuff anyday !!

[WildcatOne]

It ain't my thing, either...But Rodger is one of my best buddies, and this is what he wants to do, so I will stand behind him. I've met John Paul and he is a great musician and an even better person. We hit it off great. They invited me to Austin to sit in and play at their debut, so I drove out there and played a set of Wildcats material with Rodger and John and their bass player at the time, a guy named Tim. All 3 of these guys were in a metal band called Heaven in the 80s. They had an album out and they toured, etc. They're buddies with Iron Maiden, Dio, they played shows with those guys. Anyway, they jumped all over my stuff like they'd been playing it for years! I couldn't believe how good they can play blues and rock 'n roll...but they choose old school metal as their weapon of choice. Cool with me, but I only get metallized once in a while...Cheers, WC1

[WildcatOne]

Doc, what size T-shirt do you wear?

[draglist]

Great news, John. Congrats on getting things going the way YOU want them... bp

[WildcatOne]

Thanks, Doc and BP. It's unfamiliar territory, but I'll make the most of it. Today my boss gave me a full set of keys for GRI, from the gates to the doors and the shipping and receiving docks. I'm permanently employed full time with GRI as a graphics and production specialist and a trusted key man. For the first time in 3 1/2 years, I felt relaxed and condifent when I went home. I made it. My last year at the oil company, my 25th year, was nothing short of Hell on miserable earth. The year and a half between the time I took early retirement and began working at GRI, I went through another wave of uncertainty, self-pity and inner (and outer) desperation...I wasn't ready to retire, ya know. I had to. Then I had to figure out what to do next, because I didn't have a plan in placeand I sitll hadn't gotten over the last major life change. As it worked out, the Man Upstairs had a plan, and I went along with it. This happened at precisely the last possible minute for me. It did not come to me without a price, that being a release of the hard-driving life as a musician that I had become involved with. I needed what I have now more than I can say, and I thankfully moved away from the music scene. I went home to my wife, my sons, my responsibilities and my real life as a husband and father. It's good. My hearing is improving slowly, but if I got tested for it, I'd flunk...I'm deaf in my left ear and I can't hear anything out of my right one. Other than that, I've caught up on my rest and I feel great. Will miracles never cease? Somebody up there likes me...but whoever it is made sure I learned a lot of lessons about life that I didn't expect to learn. I'm keeping an open mind so I won't miss any opportunities to learn more when they come along. I'm patient and understanding of things. Right now the family comes first, and that's where my priorities are for the forseeable future. I came very close to losing all of it, and I don't ever want to have that happen again. All I can really say is today I arrived at the other end of the ordeal. My feet stood on solid ground. Thank God. WC1

[pro70z28]

That's great news WC. I knew you'd land on your feet as cats always do. I went through a similar deal many years ago. It's hard to believe things can ever get better when your going through the tuff times, but things have a way of working out if you just keep the faith. They say a rocket uses 80% of it's fuel just getting off the ground. LQQKs like you just hit the second stage buddy. Congrats.

[jim sanders]

very uplifting reading !!