Living in a blender

[LKTraz]

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Things have been so tumultuous and confusing that I opted not to say anything until everything shook out (and they finally have).  The end result isn't really near what I expected but.................

So  I had the project in the works that was slated to become Rock Dogs.  Well at the practice before Christmas John (guitarist) suddenly stops, packs his stuff up and states "This ain't working!"   As the rest of us (minus the keyboard player who couldn't be there that day) were hanging out jaws to the floor, I managed to ask "What do you mean John?"  He then goes into a tirade saying that "you guys" want to do all these songs that Tommy (keys) and I don't know,  me and Tom were trying to get back what we had before (we guessed he meant his last band), "you guys" shoot down all the songs we (he and Tom) want to do (which is blatantly untrue) and just keeps shaking his head as he walks out the door.

Now Shawn (other guitar) Tomcat (drummer) and I are left standing there confused as hell!  After 2 or 3 minutes I look at them and ask "Do you 2 want to try something together then?"

Shawn says yeah but we need a place to practice and Tomcat agrees.  We all agree that this was a blindside and an assload of drama that we neither want or need.

Later on (after New Year's Day) I make the official announcement that it's over (didn't want to fuck up the holidays).  Amazingly John and Tommy thought it would just blow over and we would reorganize the way THEY wanted to.  Yeah right.

So after that I was searching for practice space and another guitarist as was Shawn and Tomcat. 

In a twist of fate, my buddy Lenny tells me that he's had the shits with his band because of some backbiting bullshit and discourtesy going on.  He said that both he and the singer/rhythm guitarist Anna were both thinking about walking.  I ask if they would be interested in teaming up with Shawn, Cat and I and he said they would be interested.

Fast forward a couple more weeks..............
I still can't find a practice space and in this time Lenny and Anna's bass player quits.  They find out that HE was the shit stirrer causing all the problems.
I offer to jam with them to help out till they can hire a new bassist.

I jam and it turns out that I know 90% of their playlist and did well with 5% more.  What's even better is that I was tighter than the bass player who was with them for over 2 years.

They only get one response to their ad and they guy (after trying out) would take 6 - 8 months to get up to speed so Lenny asks me if I'd take the spot.

I had really wanted to put something together as a new project but......with Endless Plague we can be gigging by April at a previously booked fundraiser.  Ok.......I'm now the new bass player.

We have practiced 3 times and I have 97% of the list down and we are pretty damn tight on it.  I honestly wouldn't be ashamed to play a gig the way we have it together right now.  We're already better than many of the local bands that are booking jobs.

Talk about lots of change in just a few weeks time!