It was quite a feat and a struggle, not to mention severe pain, to even survive last night’s festivities with a fresh lower back muscle injury i sustained at the gym while doing my core workout yesterday. The discomfort and difficulty on certain body movements had to be dealt with and endured to be productive at all. Anyone who had experienced lower back injuries knows exactly what I am talking about. Notwithstanding, struggle or not, the Friday Jam will not be denied. The show must go on. Talk about dedication or should I say passion.
Barring my condition, what a better time for the house band to finally be revived and rejuvenated after missing the group for quite some time now. I was particularly delighted upon house band front man Tinnie Esguerra’s declaration at our chat earlier on putting the band back together, something I had been hoping for for quite some time now. Spearheaded by the man, i am confident that this will be a jumpstart of better things to come for the group. Let’s do it.
Along with Tinnie, among the other house band guys who made it were amazing guitarists Anton Atengco and Dolf Cruz, bassist Rick Trinidad, percussionist Vincent Garrucho , vocalist Mayette Alberto-Clemente and, of course, myself on drums. The jam was totally satisfying and invigorating with all the songs we played. It was total bliss for me to finally experience the jazz vibe we had been missing all this time. I hope the rest of the other guys in the roster will take the queue and show up next time, as well.
As far as the overall turnout of guests in comparison to last weekend, it was quality over quantity. Great to see a lot of good friends around to join us. Old friend (emphasis on old…hehe!), high school batchmate and music room veteran Allan Flores was in the house along with his Australian based sister Anne who is in the country for a short visit.
Air Force brats arrived in abundance, some I had not seen for a long time. Among the familiar faces were siblings John-John and Jonathan de Leon, Japan based Ken Ebuen, Rico Tayko, Deana Aquino with her grandson Fonz and a few other military brats along with them. Nice to see you back, guys!
As expected, the house band dominated the stage all night with just short respites in between. The jam was great for the masters lasting till 3am. Now that the guys are getting together, there will be priorities and set of rules to follow. In lieu of this, the youngsters who would want to jam will have their stage time only when the house band are on break, a new system agreed upon and to be adapted from now on. With the house band converging usually late at night, the kids then are encouraged to come early so that they can hug the stage and jam until the elders arrive. As a general rule, the stage should always be available for the house band whenever it is needed. And so, to all concerned, please be guided accordingly.
My special thanks to Rick for assisting me in doing the lifting and driving when we went out for a beer run. Much appreciated my friend. To the house band honchos who showed up and participated, to the youngsters who jammed in between sets and to all the other guests and friends who dropped by to party, thank you one and all!
See you all again at the next Friday Jam!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE! GOD BLESS US ALL!
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