The Reign from left, Gene (Geno) Heliker, Bob Baker, Howard Holland, Me (sitting), Doug (Shad) heatherington, Craig (Cac) Chastain |
The highlight of our second session, which was held last evening, was that one of our former drummers, Howard Holland, who will likely not perform at the gig, was kind enough to drive up to Portland from Salem to help us out, give us a solid back beat while we rehearse. Howard is one awesome cat. Howard, (pictured above), was with us during the time we recorded at Capitol Records, and is just an excellent rock drummer. Heavy handed as hell, like Keith Moon. And just about as wild as Keith Moon too. Howard has made his mark with a popular and interesting Auto Body business, Howard's Backyard Auto Body and Videos.
Sitting there with these dudes, working out the tunes, the dynamic is just exactly what it used to be. Musically, we take a lot of direction from Geno, cuz he is our brilliant and handsome musical guru. Then we just do the tunes, over and over, till it starts to sound like something. Looking over at each of my buddy's familiar faces, as I sing and bang on my cowbell, though many years older and all wrinkled up and shit, is completely awesome. Talk about de jevu all over again!
We have been enjoying picking tunes to rehearse that we might actually be able to shape into a listenable experience for our future audience. Cac provided the following list which was the repertoire from our last gig together at John John's in Seattle, 1970. Some of them are in code, but you get the idea.
HOUR 1
Lodi
Workin on a Groovy Thing
Here’s A Ride
Have Mercy Baby
Street
Fly Away
Born on the Bayou
He Ain’t Heavy
Evil Ways
HOUR 2
Wilson Picket medley
You Got Me Hummin’
Hard to Handle
Higher
Easy to be hard
CTA
Proud Mary
Can you dance to it
Something
Nobody
HOUR 3
Soul Shake
Domino
Wrap It up
Cold Sweat
Anyway that you want me
Green River
Mustang Sally
Can’t turn it loose
HOUR 4
Higher
Hold On I’m Comin/Knock on Wood
God Bless the Child
My Baby Specializes
Limousine Driver
Freedom Blues
Just Like a woman
Gimme some lovin’
TNUC
So we have been using old lists and other stuff to come up with the tunes we are rehearsing. But it's still a secret which songs we are gonna do at the gig. Stay tuned.
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1 comment:
Only one listing for Proud Mary - that can't be right ......
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