Unlike before, it might still be premature for me to expect total guaranty every time from the house band to show up to the Friday jams after a couple of weekends intact. After two consecutive Friday nights with the house band back on stage, it is quite understandable to go through a feeling of longing and impatience to relive those glory days. Slowly but surely we will get there. Patience is all it takes.
The evening started slow with just Ryan Nacino and myself in the room. This was almost 10pm. Minutes later bassist Rick Trinidad followed suit. It was just the three of us on stage performing. Obviously still nursing a musical hangover from last Friday’s epic jazz night, i just wanted to experience it once more.
With myself doing the drumming, Rick on bass, Ryan on keyboards and later on Ryan Pineda, we ended up doing familiar chord progressions to warm up but with a bit of a jazzy flavor in interpretation and texture to add. Well, I guess we pretty much achieved a semblance of what we had intended to do. No complaints.
With myself doing the drumming, Rick on bass, Ryan on keyboards and later on Ryan Pineda, we ended up doing familiar chord progressions to warm up but with a bit of a jazzy flavor in interpretation and texture to add. Well, I guess we pretty much achieved a semblance of what we had intended to do. No complaints.
In the meantime, great friends showed up as well. My Air Force brats family in the personas of chef Raymond Donesa, Deana Aquino and her talented grandson Fonz Cabal, Johnny Sarmiento and Rico Tayko were present. My sis-in-laws Ana Mara and Tintin Mara Reed, niece Tina Mara, good friends Cali Tiansay, Ging General, Raul Julian, James Orros and Geebee Casiano were around too. Incidentally, Geebee paid us a surprise visit to deliver 2 sd cards addressed to house band comrade Richard Parcia to be picked up anytime he is around. It will be kept in safekeeping till then.
Good to see Gina Sevilla-Mendoza making it over. She came with her children Nacho and Daniella. Gina earlier arranged a meeting with me to specifically do an ocular of the place along with her daughter Daniella who is soon hosting a birthday party at the room at the end of the month.
Much later, visibly tired and exhausted, house band vocalist Monchie Henares just caught up with us being busy from work. The busy bee seems to be quite in demand, nowadays, with so many events he needs to attend to and can hardly find and squeeze in time to come and jam. No vocal stimulation for Monchie on stage this time though, but ended up playing drums instead. A welcome relief for the band being already under manned at that time.
Overall, the jam was great despite the dismal turnout of musicians. We even had a special treat from a Pete’s Place female newbie vocalist (wasn’t able to get her name..my apologies) at closing time. Also happy and grateful to see lap steel guru Haro Echter back in the room and onstage with us. His sound is always amazing and totally soothing to the ears. Indeed, just as i told him that it made us all sound a lot better. Well done guys! Thank you all!
And so another evening comes to pass. Another evening full of joy and blessings with friends and family to last us another week. I praise and thank God for the opportunity.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE! GOD BLESS US ALL!
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