This weekend I got to go on tour. By “on tour” I mean I drove to Lexington, KY for a gig. It was great! Jeff and Frank were previously engaged this weekend so I grabbed local funk legends Kevin Scott and Duane Trucks from The Atlanta Funk Society for the gig. We loaded up the trusty Honda Element and headed up to Kentucky. I actually lived in Kentucky when I was a kid, but I haven’t been back since then.
The venue was Tin Roof Right off of the University of Kentucky campus. There was I time that I was a UK basketball fan because I liked Rick Pitino. Then he spent a few years ruining my real basketball love – the Boston Celtics – so I had to divorce UK because of their prior relationship with him.
The gig itself was a little odd. UK had a huge blood drive that day so not a lot of people were going out. It’s tough to grab a crowd when there’s no crowd. We still had fun though. About 30 minutes before the end of the gig I went ahead and let Duane and Kevin start packing up and I just played solo. About that time everybody started getting into it. I think it was because they had finally gotten enough liquor in them, but I told Duane and Kevin it was probably because they sucked. That’s not true, but it’s fun to say it. I could tell that this place was usually a rocking joint though and I can’t wait to get back!
The best part of the trip was the ride back. I’m not much of a night driver, but Kevin ad Duane are pros. Play with Col. Bruce Hampton for long enough and I think it become second nature. The music vocabulary of these two is kind of insane. I slept mostly but in between road naps I kept hearing different styles of Pandora music from funk to pop to cheesy 80′s ballads. It was pretty cool.
Anyway, thanks guys for a great trip. I’m beat but I loved it can’t wait to do it again!
