Chuck Crowe: Blog

Played UnUrban with Ileana & the band tonight. It was probably 100 degrees in there but I didn't care. It was SO much fun to play with a full band: Ileana (guitar/vox), Tim (bass), & Cheryl (drums) again.
These days I do mostly solos and duos, which I like, but there's something about getting up there with the drums and bass that makes everything better... when it's ON...
I need to get a band of my own one of these days. I talk about it alot. When I lived on the East Coast for a while there was never a time that I didn't have my own band. A band that either I created from scratch, inherited, or overhauled myself to become my own. Maybe I'm trying to regain past glories, maybe I just want what I don't have, or maybe my memory is faulty. Whatever the case, I think I'll start sniffing around for a good solid drummer who can also play as a duo with me. Start at the drums and build...
Anyhow, after the short Ileana set there was a long pause... I asked Steve Narahara if someone was playing [...]

Got the nod from management that I could fill in for a friend who couldn't make it at Harry-O's. It was a great night aside from the fact that only about a dozen people filtered in. I felt like I played pretty solidly, made a bunch of tip money, and sold a couple CDs. How could I complain?

I hope they call me to fill in again soon...

Speaking of fillings... I may be doing a little gap maintenance at Unurban on Saturday night. Fingers crossed...

Got to play with Kid Rick tonight at Harry-O's. Always a good time despite an unresponsive crowd. I think if he'd have kept going it would have turned around for him... but we had a good time. That's what really counts. I'd give myself a C+ playing tonight. Nothing major but a definite improvement over last night...

I HATE tanking... especially in front of a crowd... GRRRRRR!
Back to the woodshed....

My friend Mike Holmes was gracious enough to help me out tonight at the Kokus Family/BMS Fundraiser for Leukemia & Lymphoma. I played a set, he played a set, then we combined for a set. All in all it went off well. I may have tanked one song, so that makes it a pretty sucessful performance IMHO.
I hope they raised a lot of money and I thank everyone who came out and supported. Thanks too to Joel (& Susan) Kokus for allowing us to come down and play!