Could their be a Gathering XI in 2024?

[aeijae]

I also put out a post on the Alembic Facebook page and between all the getting the word out via all the platforms. We have 7 Alembicians are a hard yes and 3 potentials that will probably not know till the last minute. 1 drummer, 1 banjo player, 1 guitar player (that’d be you Bill) I plan on bringing a small 1x12 guitar amp that’ll be loud enough to keep up with the drums. It’s fairly versatile with sounds, but if your particular about your guitar sound, feel free to bring a personal guitar amp. If you bring an extra mic, that’ll make 2 mics that I’m tracking.

[aeijae]

I also put out a post on the Alembic Facebook page and between all the getting the word out via all the platforms. We have 7 Alembicians are a hard yes and 3 potentials that will probably not know till the last minute. 1 drummer, 1 banjo player, t1 guitar player (that’d be you Bill) I plan on bringing a small 1x12 guitar amp that’ll be loud enough to keep up with the drums. It’s fairly versatile with sounds, but if your particular about your guitar sound, feel free to bring a personal guitar amp. If you bring an extra mic, that’ll make 2 mics that I’m tracking.

[garyhead]

I went back to my original post here and saw the date as the day before I woke up partially paralyzed!  Yup, May 3rd I woke up and my left arm was partially paralyzed.  Fast forward 3 months post op and I still have limited mobility with the left arm.  Conducting PT to get it back.  I can play using my thumb to walk the rest of the fingers down the neck but cannot play upright (Classico) yet.  I was planning to drive down from the PNW like I did in 2017 for the last Gathering.  While now cleared to drive, I feel I cannot do two days strait in the drivers seat.  I'm really bummed about it but I wont make it in 2024.
Oh, the cause of the nerve damage?  Arthritis in C1-C6 vertebrae.  C5 is where the arm nerve bundles leave the spine.  Fast surgical removal of C5 limited the damage.  I have 4 screws in my neck now and am waiting for bone regeneration to replace the removed vertebrae.  I am fortunate this kinda happened as the arthritis was also pushing against my spinal cord which would have been undetected until paralysis from the neck down!

Anyway...have a great time y'all....I hope to be to next years Gathering......My goals are to get back on my motorcycle and to keep playing Bass.

[David Houck]

Hoping the physical therapy is a complete success.

And yes, you probably don't need to be doing a lot of driving right now.

[aeijae]

Gary,


I deeply admire your love and dedication to music. Best not to push it till you're fully recovered to do so. Hope you will be able to make it next time around, I'll ensure to organize another Gathering insomuch no more than a year passes by without a Gathering coming to pass.


 

[aeijae]

We are a solid go for tomorrow. I'll be there an hour early at 11am to get things set up so we can jump right in. Our end time is also flexible. Hope to see everyone there

[lbpesq]

Just got back a little while ago from the Gathering.  A fine time was had by all.  A big thanks to AJ for organizing.  It was great to see some old Alembic friends and meet some new ones, too.   Sam took a bunch of pics, so I expect that will be some visual memorialization showing up on these pages soon.

Bill, tgo

[mica]

I'm glad you guys got together. Sorry I couldn't make it. Hoping to host again next year, found a couple good spots near Alembic and then we can field trip for a group tour.

[David Houck]

Good to hear the gathering was a success!

[aeijae]

here's a photo that I took

[pauldo]

Oooh.
😀

[David Houck]

Nice lineup!

[edwardofhuncote]

Yeah, nice group picture! I see a couple old Dragons there.

[paulman]

I'm glad you guys got together. Sorry I couldn't make it. Hoping to host again next year, found a couple good spots near Alembic and then we can field trip for a group tour.

If that happened I'd make the effort to hump my stuff out there.  2009 is as a long time ago and I'd love to jam with and see everyone in Cali!

[sonicus]

I would like to inquire as to why no photos were ever shown from the 8/31/24 Gathering event XI  ?