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I've written hardly anything today. I expected to do it this afternoon, but I had guests. Musicians all. Guitars, mandolins, drums, and more guitars, plus singing. It's been a while since my house shivered with musical delight. Oh, the joy of it!
Rainey fixed the muffler on his pickup and I don't hear him drive up as easily as before. The outside door was open today when he drove up, so I met him at the door. I saw him get his mandolin out from behind the seat, and I automagically assumed that Ben was on his way over with his new best friend Anthony.
I sorta asked Rainey if that was indeed the case and he affirmed that it was. He had just gotten off the phone with Ben and he was on his way. Sure enough, within five minutes or so, they drove up and started unloading instruments. I decided to fix a pot of coffee just to stay out of the way. They already knew what they wanted.
Anthony is avery talented musician. I can see why Ben wants to be his agent. I don't see why Anthony wants Ben to act as his agent, but Ben and I go way back and I don't see him as a stranger would. Maybe he's just Anthony's ticket to fame and fortune.
If for no other reason I'd like to see one of Ben's "projects" work out and bring him the rewards he deserves. He deserves to have one of his projects be successful because he's been at it so long and has kept trying despite so many failures that its time for the odds to fall in his favor.
I'm glad I fixed that old guitar up and got it to working again. I used it to try to fit in with their playing as if I were playing bass. They weren't depending on me to carry the songs they were playing in any way at all, so I just strummed along when and if I could find the chords they selected.
In the past when I used to go to odd places and play and sing for pocket money I always did it alone. I moved around a lot. I was always broke and never had no place to stay and keep my stuff. I always had everything I owned with me all the time. I never knew enough technically about playing with other people because I didn't need to in order to catch as catch can.
In all these years I never did get much of a chance to just fit in with a group of players and play what I could without messing everybody else that actually could play up. I think that if I sat down with a regular group and practiced playing together I might be able to do myself proud.
It's the first time I've heard Rainey play the mandolin since he's been playing a lot with various groups. I don't know whether he's actually improved or not because the last time I heard him play he was playing alone. With the backup he had and also provided today he sounded great. It's no wonder he's getting so much attention and finding himself in demand from all around the area.
I still haven't played my piano scales today, so I guess I'd better git cracking.
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I do not attempt to tell the God's own truth here because I don't know what the truth is or hardly ever. I try to capture the drifting thoughts that randomly appear in my imagination for reasons I may not understand. I don't know if the content I capture with these words is true or false. The Comments settings are turned off to prevent me from having to defend what amounts to little more than fanciful, sometime crude speculation. Great moments in our lives never return.
