Re: stumbling around in the dark.....

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Great stories!
~Tim


-----Original Message-----
>From: David Kirkdorffer <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>
>Sent: Mar 23, 2006 10:59 PM
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: stumbling around in the dark.....
>
>In the spirit of sharing....
>
>I remember playing a show in highschool with what we can loosely call "a
>band."  A few days earlier the other guitarist mentioned me that Nick 
>Mason
>(drummer in Pink Floyd) might come to the show (long story...). So, up on
>stage we're playing "We Don't Need No Education" or (whatever it's really
>called) - which I really didn't know how to play.  That's when my friend
>told me "He's here!  He' here!"  To say I was mortified would be to apply
>the benefit of 25 years of hindsight searching for the right word to
>describe extreme embarrassment, panic, wonder and more panic.
>
>He took us all out for a few beers afterwards, so that was cool.
>
>David
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Todd Pafford" <calenlas@gmail.com>
>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:11 PM
>Subject: Re: stumbling around in the dark.....
>
>
>I think we all have stories like these.  In the spirit of mutual
>sympathy, here's mine. :)
>
>One evening I found myself jamming in front of a small audience with a
>group of excellent musicians most of whom had never played with the
>others.  Feeling adventurous we decided to give Yes's Roundabout a go.
> It actually worked out really well.  I'm playing guitar and as it
>comes time for me to cover Steve Howe's solo I find myself on the
>wrong side of my pedal board....meaning the thing is behind me and
>upside down.  So I quickly turn around and have to deal with a now
>completely backwards pedal board.  Hoping for the best, I give a
>button a push that's supposed to boost my volume for the lead.
>Instead I hit the button for a quiet clean tone.  Oops!  Where'd the
>guitar go?  Luckily this particular solo breaks in the middle and
>allows the keyboards to rip for a few bars at which point I quickly
>put everything back in order and came out screaming for the second
>half.
>
>So let that be a lesson to the youngsters:  If you're playing
>something as difficult as a Yes song with a band of strangers, don't
>go wandering around the stage.  Sit your arse down and pay attention!
>:)  (On the other hand, I always did like the second half of the solo
>better anyway.)
>
>Todd
>