(Use your best Mickey Spilane) It was grey and cool that Saturday morning when I found Olie and David T, the Oklahoma Kid loitering outside the Chase Bank building. Pacing back and forth like a couple of currs just waiting for an old soup bone to fight over, feral and hungry...
...okay, maybe not, but they were the first at the scene.
A full report would take some doing. With so much to look at and compare, there were a number of converastions happening all at once about bases, favorite players, albums, gig stories, gear and you name it while someone else was jamming away.
Lots of oohs and aaahhhs when the cases started opening up. It's one thing to see a stunning bass on the web and quite a different matter when you can see the inlay work up close as on Wayne's Unicorn and Jorge's Bird. It'll catch your breath. All in all it was a euphoric vibe to be standing around all that hand-crafted wood. I don't know, it was just cooooool.
You can see from Olie's post that there were a number of Alembics to try out, that was my mission. Never made it to any of the Series bases (I don't need an acute GAS Attack). I was anxious to try David's Epic. Then I saw Jorge's Distellate and then John's Exploiter and then Wayne's fretless S2...it just wouldn't stop.
Plenty of Hey, mind if I try your .. from everyone. I don't think a sugar-freak turned loose in a candy store could have had as much fun. Old ones, new ones, fat ones, skinny ones, Anniversaries, Series, bright, mellow, dented and weathered, shinny and new. Quite a collection.
The format was prety loose: set a groove and go. I don't recall anyone saying, Hey, do you know this one? It was mostly a free for all, jumping in and out and playing off each other. I think the most at ony one time was three guys collaborating on someone's original line. All improv. For the most part Olie kept the jamming going, he's a funkmeister and probably plays in his sleep. Overall, nice contributions from everyone.
Pete Foskett layed down really nice patterns and had no trouble finding the pocket. It would have been a different experience if he hadn't made it. We need a guitar player for the next jam (anyone up for it?). For the record, Pete made the comment, I really like Alembic bases. Although Pete knew a number of drummer jokes, he falls well outside of that box.
It all came together fairly well off-line. And for that I thank everyone. Especially David and Jorge who each drove several hours one way. And David was early! Way to go, guys.
I still have some left over IBCs, but I don't think they'll last til we do it again.
