Mr. Ovation's Blog (6)

Good grief... coming up with a name... Not much to say... it's just an arduous yet very important process. Continue

Jerry and I have been exchanging emails mostly about tunes to learn/relearn/practice for when we get together. Soon after the initial contact Jerry had sent me their old set list (the guys had played together before) to see if there were tunes I was already familiar with. I knew and had played many on the list. Our goal is to play the Casino's and other larger gigs. We've all played in clubs and parties and the like, and while it's not about the money, we're just not interested in spending a to… Continue

So in early May I get a call from John. He knows of someone who knows someone looking for a "rock" guitar player, "am I interested." This call was just a day after John and I chatting about such fun topics as how depressed I was about not playing, how I hated getting old, and some feelings we shared about music. I was flattered that he thought of me, and while my initial reaction was going to be to say I'm not interested, I decided to say that I would at least talk to them. Afterall John plays g… Continue

In 2006 Lisa and I moved the Washington state. The plan was to start a studio, and start playing again, but a few things happened along the way and it's now 2009 and neither of the above has happened. I now work for the Skagit County as a Business Analyst, my arthritis is very painful, and the bottom line is that it's been so long since I have played that I hate the sound of my playing a guitar, so in most cases when I have tried I have resisted the urge to pull a Pete Townsend, and I just plac… Continue

So it all started with me my whining to a colleague at work John about the fact that I haven't played guitar in a long time. Basically after my last band drifted apart in 1995, I started focusing my efforts on my recording studio. The studio was completed in 2001, and in January 2002 "I quite my day job" as they say, and I bought and sold guitars and other gear, and worked in my studio recording other people. I guess this was the start of me not playing myself. Other than to tune a guitar, or m… Continue

This blog is going to be about me, gearing up to play in a gigging band again after essentially not playing much at all for nearly 15 years. This is my first attempt at true blogging. At first I thought I wouldn't have anything to say, but as the days go on, I find myself thinking this experience could be useful to others. So sit back a moment and relax while I catch you up on the past few weeks, then we'll move forward together. Continue