It’s springtime in the Rockies and it’s
still snowing and colder than a well digger’s ass. It was 6 degrees here at the
bunker this morning. Yesterday’s blizzard warning turned out to be all blow and
no snow. (only got an inch of the slippery skid stuff)
With some extra time on my hands I went through a bit of the
history of putting this band together. The project started in Sept of last year
with ads posted on Craig’s List looking for players and networking around town
for local players looking to form a group.
The Craig’s List ads and scouring the local gene pool resulted in about two dozen people I
either talked to, auditioned or took in for a short time. The breakdown of the
issues resulting in not having these players is as follows: Eighteen where
rejected for reasons of ego, not wanting to practice, lack of equipment, living
too far away, poor excuses for missing practice, and for not responding after
initial contacts. Two went on because they didn’t want to wait for the band to
gel into a tight enough group to play gigs and joined other bands and the rest
had to commit to day jobs and didn’t have the time to practice and commit to
future gigs.
As it stands right now I have a good bass player who sings
well and a drummer who is on thin ice for not showing up for practice, although
his excuses have all been legitimate up to this point.
We’re still looking for a keyboard, lead guitarist, or steel
player. The ad is up on Criag’s List but I’ve only had one response in the last
week from a guitarist I’ve already sent packing for thinking he is too good to
have to attend practice. It’s slim pickins around here for pickers.
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