I'm sorry fellas. I really hope it didn't come out wrong... I very much hope you can all get back to playing soon. My regular gig with the Harwell-Grice Band is DOA... we have absolutely nothing booked, and no prospects for this year. I'm sure some will come eventually, but Virginia is no exception to anything, lockdown-wise. Like I was telling Joey the other day, that dadgum virus is everywhere.
This little musical get-together was at a private residence though, and not violating any orders. (ironically, Graeme, some proud Scottish descendants - The McAllisters still fly the flag of Scotland o'er their farm in Fincastle, Virginia) Ours is a pretty tight-knit group of friends. Of the seven of us in attendance, three of us (including me) have already had the virus, three more have been vaccinated (health care workers), and the last, a 16 year-old kid who is not sure, but had mild symptoms last Summer. We feel by just exercising some common sense and avoiding being overtly casual about things, it's a pretty low risk group. It feels weird, because ordinarily, our jams are open, and attendees are welcome to bring guests or friends or other musicians... we just thought for now it'd be better to keep it confined to us. It still feels wrong to exclude people, and we will be very glad when it isn't called for any longer.
Anyway... in the absence of payin' gigs, maybe I'll put up a post and pic or two from our little Saturday nite circle.
