An early start welcomed our Friday Jam Night and prospered throughout the evening all the way till about sunrise with a respectable number of attendees and musicians around to party. Some had even signified to come as early as 7pm to make a head start. Fortunately, the weather and traffic condition cooperated and posed no obstacle to the guys. Surely another marathon night of fun and frolic worthwhile for those who made it.
Dear friends Monchie Henares and Arabelle Jimenez came ahead of the pack, arriving early just in time for dinner. They even brought along a generous supply of sumptuous home made spaghetti that Arabelle prepared to add to the meal i had prepared for them at the dinner table upstairs. We did take our sweet time satisfying our gastronomic cravings before we headed down to the music room.
After dinner we were welcomed by more guests and friends who had already arrived. Percussionist Vincent Garrucho, his daughter Maxine and her friend were already in the room as well as guitar wizard Anton Atengco and drummer Bubui Colico.
The guys took their sweet time, too, settling down while savouring and enjoying the yummy pizzas that Bubui brought along. Four big party boxes all in all. Plastic bags of chips courtesy of the other guests and ice cold beers in the cooler were all out for the taking. Time to party!
Finally, the jam commences with Anton on lead guitar, Rick Trinidad on bass and Bubui on drums. Balik-music room stalwart Richard Parcia played rhythm guitar and tinkered on the keys at some point while Erwin Dimaculangan played 2nd lead. Vincent, on the other hand, was on percussions and flute.
Seeing that all the bases were already covered was indeed gratifying. The more the merrier, as I always say. After all, i do have all night to have my chance to play...no problem at all. A perfect time for me to handle the snap shots and videos for the gathering.
The band played a diversity of genres from Rock to jazz to fusion to classics to OPMs alternating band members, trying out each specific song choices for hours. A few minutes of toilet break and some smokes at the smoking area was all the respite available between sets.
It wasn’t surprising that after hours of continuous playing fatigue will take its toll. In effect, at around 2am the stage suddenly turned quiet. At this point, some musicians and guests will have their fill and already be heading for home. Thanks guys!
It was 4:30 am when we finally got our second wind back. With mostly the regular house band guys left to play, it was time for the Magic Hour. Spearheaded by the main man Tinnie Esguerra, we were still able to do countless tunes with Vincent, Monchie and myself along side. We must have had too much fun that we found ourselves ignoring the time concluding just before 6am. What a night! As always, I praise and thank God for the opportunity.
Thanks to all the other guests who joined us. Special mention to my wife Vicky, sis-in-laws Ana and Tintin, good friends Bambi Rubio, Luisa Distor, Johnny Wassmer, Alan Rufino, Myron Reyes, Randy Soliven, Frank Resulta, Michael & Amar Puyat and their friends and to the rest of the guys that i failed to mention…thank you so much! We hope to see you all next time soon.
And so another night of fun, bonding and blessings for all of us. Praise be to God!
Till the next time……
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE! GOD BLESS US ALL!
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