impulse of will

the austin gtr player 'n' singer wound up begging off the date, so lee had to scramble to try and find other players. confusajohn was in austin, and when i called ron geida, he said he was going there as well, to hook up with some friends from massachusetts that were in town on biz. i'm not sure if lee called vikingo or darrin, but the final lineup was him, me and dave karnes, and some cats from dallas playing first (i didn't catch the name of their band, but robert played bass, casey played gtr, and jimmy played drums; all three of 'em sang). basically, we were just filling a date for brian forella.

dunno what the dallas cats' deal was, except that the bassplayer plays in the symphony and the drummer is in a buncha bands. they were muy tight, and i was impressed that they had some zappa toons in their repertoire -- we heard "dirty love," "cosmik debris," and "magic fingers" (from 200 motels), which they played twice in the same way we'll sometimes play "standing on the verge of getting it on" two or three times in the course of a night.

lee had sent me a setlist with 15 songs, and i actually spent some time 'shedding on saturday (wanting to make sure i had the forms down on toons by black sabbath, jane's addiction, and the chili peppers that we wound up not playing -- the dallas cats did "stone cold bush," tho). funny, we do this every week with absolutely no thought beforehand re: what we're gonna play, but having a "real" gig made it seem more important somehow. lee's wife anne told me he was actually dinking around with the bass during the day more than he usually does, too.

we wound up playing maybe half an hour's worth of jam standards: "standing on the verge," an abbreviated "cissy strut," "maggot brain," then joining forces with those guys for "manic depression," "come together," "if you want me to stay," and "back in black." after that, lee invited them to play another set (i got the impression that they don't play out a lot in this configuration). he sang 'n' played a few with them, and carl pack was up a few times in the course of the evening, with us and them -- always a good thing. when it was over, karnage said he wasn't embarrassed, and i was actually happy with how we'd played: we left some blood on the stage. and now i wanna play "stone cold bush," "mountain song," and "magic fingers."