Things have been going well with our new drummer Al!  As I reported in our last blog Alan is a great guy, a terrific drummer and singer too!

We have been working in new songs and showing Alan some of the stuff we do that is new to him. We rocked the Island Saloon at the end of March then had a blast at Humphrey's by the Bay on the 5th. This last weekend we played at Liz's wedding! ...always something, as Alan was coming back on the Base after setting up (North Island) they held him up at the gate 'cause he couldn't remember the wedding party's name!

I remember when I first joined JumpStart Big Al called me in to take Ron Wheeler's place as he left to start Ron's Garage. I went over to Al's house a couple of times and he went over each song on the list as I took notes. I played with those notes for nearly a year.

Here's a shot of the band at that time, before Big Dave took over for Bobby Sealover...

Here's a close up of Bobby...

and Al & JB in the fog...

These pictures are from a little place in Chula called the Manhatten Club. The owner loves his lights and "accessories".

You see, I didn't realize that he had a fog maching hooked up on the wall. This picture was taken a moment after the first time it was turned on...

Too frickin' funny... The smoke hit me on the side of my head and caught me off guard! You may notice that I play on the other side of the stage now! ha ha  btw, those are my notes on the stand there.

...anyway, thought you might get a kick out of my misfortune...

We'll be back at the Island Sports and Spirits in a couple of weeks... Saturday night the 26Th!

See ya then and keep rockin',
little Dave