rocking for spock
Among all the other things this weekend, I played a show with my friends The Blibbering Humdingers at a local venue in town; ’twas us and our fellow nerd-rockers Paradox Machine playing to a full house of friends and nerd-rock fans, which was pretty great. We had a lot of local (and not so local) friends come out for an evening of music, and a good time, it seems, was had by all.
I know we had fun, anyway. We played a great set, including one new tune that’ll end up on a record at some point (a Doctor Who-themed country tune called “Key To Your Hearts”) and as the event was titled “Rock for Spock” ( it was officially scheduled right after Leonard Nimoy’s death a few weeks back), my bandmates surprised me with an impromptu (and largely improvised) version of the late actor’s iconic “Ballad of Bilbo Baggins”, during which I hit most of the right notes.
My friend Scott (not the singer) shot the following photo during the set – you can almost see me back behind Scott (the singer)’s giant top hat:
We’ve got a few more gigs coming up in the next couple of weeks/months, including a slot opening for Wizard Rock pioneers Harry and the Potters (which is a big deal in the wrock world) in Cary NC, and a couple of convention gigs at local (for me) events RavenCon (April 24-26) and (for them) ConCarolinas (may 29-31).
How the hell I ended up as such a busy musician in my early middle-age never ceases to amaze me.
