Hey guys -
You know I'm in - I was actually toying with December 1st, but sounds like that excludes Wayne? And maybe Jorge? The Jam Station idea is fine with me, and we can always use my office and conference room again if we want (office may be a little more secure).
I'd rather wait until January to have maximum attendance than to rush it and have limited turn out (although we've always had fun).
If I'm counting right, we had 17 before, plus 2 from Houston, plus 2 from N.O., plus a new one for Olie and one for me puts us at about 23? Any more Houstonians? San Antonioans? Somoans?
I also have a young guitarist (22) who's been playing for years and is into blues improvisation who is willling to join us any weekend. I may have a second drummer as well depending on the weekend.
As far as music goes, I'll start the list with Brown-eyed Girl. Here's my thinking - great recognizable bass line for one or two players, double lead line could be cleanly reproduced on bass by a couple of other players, couple of guys on upper register chords (split up the notes) for the verse and choruses, and a soloist/melody on top of that. With a little preliminary work (maybe another good reason to wait until January), I think you could actually incorporate 7 distinct bass parts into that one song - with a little mixing, that would be cool.
Some Doobie Brothers tunes, some Stevie Ray Vaughn numbers, and some Rush numbers could probably also be worked up the same way. And I'm open to other suggestions, but we do need the song list, volunteers for parts, and a little time to create chord charts to give everyone a common starting point. (we all know exactly where the changes are until two or more start playing together )
Just a few thoughts.
JFT
