We hosted a blues jam and played a short set to start and a few songs later, at the end. It was an interesting experience calling up players at a jam. During the jam only one song veered off the blues. Someone slipped in Tom Petty's "Last Dance.." The next song returned to the blues. We had enough jammers that all instruments were covered by some pretty good players.
Here is our band's last song of the night. A local videographer shoots a lot of music performances and she was there. Since it was a jam, and our last song, we stretched out our solos and jammed a bit ourselves. I always can find things I would change in my playing when I see myself on video. This is especially true at the end of the night.
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Doug S.
Last Edited by dougharps on Oct 31, 2015 1:19 PM
I would have been pissed that no one in the band was watching. (I suppose mainly the drummer in this situation...) You dropped your hand for a stop at least three times... I was with you. What you were calling would have been great. Nice job. Maybe next time you should flap your arms like a chicken to get their attention...
@ The Iceman Yep, I did noodle a bit. End of night, etc. Played a little harder than necessary, too.
@ garry Yes, Last Dance is a good song for harp, but it was a blues jam sponsored by the blues society.
@ KingoBad Normally I would signal that way for a stop, but not in this case. The band (especially the bass player) had not rehearsed this song. It is mainly one chord repeating pattern song, but it has one different line at the end of the verse. I told the bass player I would signal that way for the change that goes with the lyric, "Ain't stoppin' 'til the morning light." The first time that came around the bass player totally missed it and the guitar player joked with him about forgetting that we discussed it 4 hours earlier before the jam. ----------
