Greetings, whoever-reads-this! It's a beautiful day here in Samland. Some new stuff on the site, besides this blog, is a new tune from my YouTube page and a gig. The tune is Have You Met Miss Jones.
Fun fact: Have You Met Miss Jones was written at a time when Richard Rodgers was studying music theory. John Coltrane was also studying with the same teacher. It explains the bridge. Coltrane rubbed off on him. No other Rodgers & Hart tune that I know of--or for that matter, Rodgers & Hammerstein--has a bridge that moves around like that.
The gig I posted isn't until November, but it'll get here. Another Boone's gig. Myself, Ben Taylor and Buddy Rogers will make up the band. I know we'll have fun.
One thing about having been retired for awhile is that you settle into your own hours, your own bodyclock. Mine seems to be around the middle of the day. Before COVID, I had a number of gigs at one or two in the afternoon. These were your Nursing Home/Assisted Living affairs, which rarely went past two hours.
These fit perfectly into the scheme of things. Home in time to watch Jeopardy--which was on at 4:30 back then--and have dinner. Of course, the rest of your band has to be retired as well, to make these hours.
Still playing in, to some extent. We've had some nice sessions, something that was put on hold for awhile, and which our host is now trying to revive. Tough getting everybody there at the same time--just about every musician on the planet has dealt with the horrors of scheduling! -- but it'll eventually come together. These will also be fun, once they get going.
I seem to be “broadcasting” more and more from here in the Music Lab, from either the YouTube page or this here website. I guess that just goes with advancing geezerhood. Having to find different ways to do your thing. So the Base of Operations is right here. But I still leave the house on occasion. That door never completely closes..
Back to this day. I figure it will either be a Spartacus Day--conquering an overgrown backyard and alleyway-- or a guitar day- maybe both. Thanks as ever for stopping in and reading. Much love. More later.
