Who plays a musical instrument?

[Devastatin Dave]

TogakureOjonin,

Let me just say... WOW!!!

The biggest gig I ever played was in front of 15 rednecks at the Wreck Room in Atlanta GA at 1:30 AM when I was 17!!! LOL!!!

Anybody know if the Wreck Room is still open? I know we have some fellow Georgians in here. Its off of Roswell HY. There was this local band called Fun Mudd. They were the best garage band I ever heard. The boys could rock. This was back in the early 90's BTW. Man those were the days, damn my life choices!!!

[Togakure]

Cheers Dave

I never made it down South. Except for the gigs in Chicago and Kitchener, our circuit only went as far East as Abilene, Texas. Played at a little club called the Upstairs Room there. Only place where patrons would shake their boodies one song and two-step the next. They drank their beer from large mason jars and were the most polite people I encountered on the road. We had a particularly outrageous experience leaving town after a gig there, but that's an involved story which I'll save for later.

Some of the more memorable clubs I played regularly back in those days were Chilcoot Charlie's in Anchorage, Alaksa, the Troubador and Checkers in Las Vegas, Clancey's in Phoenix, The Roxy's in Tucson and El Paso, The Warfield Theater in SF, The Lady Lorenz in Redding, Grand Central in Reno, and of course, just about every major club in our home town of Sacramento: Crest Theater, El Dorado Saloon, Rock Factory, Shire Road Pub, Harry's Bar & Grill, and the legendary Oasis Ballroom (birthplace of the band Tesla; I went to high school with Brian Wheat the bassist, and Frank Hannon the lead guitarist--they opened for US a few times back when they were called Earthshaker, LOL). Back in those days you had to PAY to play in the LA area, and we were trying to live off of what we made, so we didn't play there.


Anyone who has managed to play rock and roll to an audience that appreciated them has experienced something very precious. Though I don't think I could survive road life now (it is NOT a bed of roses, believe me), I wouldn't trade the memories for anything. And if I could go back and do it all again, I definitely would!

For those about to ROCK!
We will , we will ... ROCK you!
Let it ROCK! Let it ROLL!! Let it GO!!!
I ... wanna ROCK AND ROLL all ni-i-aight ... and party e-ver-y day!
With a rebel YELL ... she cried more! More!! MO-O-ORE!!!

It's been a long time since I've rock and rolled ... ooo yeah, ooo-ooo-YEAH!!!!
... It's been a lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lone-ly ... time ... ... (I love this next part! Bonham baybie!!)

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lights a candle, shuts off the lights, and retires to the piano to play Beethoven's "Moonlight," while gazing out the window across a glowing winter wonderland of snow and twinklig stars, remembering ...

Thanks mom. Now I know why you made me stick to practicing every day. Missin' you ... .