Looking forward to tomorrow night.

Kerry Brown

Kerry Brown

Ambassador of the Great Northern Bar Jams
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For eight years I played in a weekly bar jam. Last year the hotel sold. The new owners kept the jam going for a few months then they closed the bar for renovations. I played a few open mic’s as a solo act but that is not really my thing. I hadn’t played in a real band for over 30 years. I enjoy playing with other musicians, especially live, but don’t have the time or the discipline to be in a band. The bar jam filled my needs. A couple of months ago one of the guys I’d jammed with contacted me about performing as a duo. We both play guitar and write a little bit. Neither of us are great singers. After a couple of practices we decided we needed a female singer. We put out the word and had a few singers respond. The second one is a gem. She has written more songs than Jim and I together. She is a really good singer. We have done a few open mic’s as a trio and got a lot of good feedback. We had a practice last night. In the afternoon she texted to ask if she could bring a bass player. It turned out I had played with him a few times but he played guitar. He is a decent bass player and picked up our original material very quickly. Tomorrow night the bar is starting the jam up again. We are going to perform four songs as a group, three of them originals. I’m stoked to be back at the bar jam and really stoked to be doing some original material. It will be workout. The jam lasts until the wee hours. My poor old fingers will be raw by the end of the night.
 
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We had a lot of fun. I got to play a set with the house band then we did four songs as a "trio". I have trio in quotes because it was a jam and several other musicians wanted to play with us. It wasn't our best performance but everyone had fun. That's how jams go sometimes, especially when you're trying to do original material that the other musicians haven't heard before. We ended up doing two covers so others could play along. The covers rocked. The originals would have been better with just the three of us.
 
Kerry Brown said:
For eight years I played in a weekly bar jam. Last year the hotel sold. The new owners kept the jam going for a few months then they closed the bar for renovations. I played a few open mic’s as a solo act but that is not really my thing. I hadn’t played in a real band for over 30 years. I enjoy playing with other musicians, especially live, but don’t have the time or the discipline to be in a band. The bar jam filled my needs. A couple of months ago one of the guys I’d jammed with contacted me about performing as a duo. We both play guitar and write a little bit. Neither of us are great singers. After a couple of practices we decided we needed a female singer. We put out the word and had a few singers respond. The second one is a gem. She has written more songs than Jim and I together. She is a really good singer. We have done a few open mic’s as a trio and got a lot of good feedback. We had a practice last night. In the afternoon she texted to ask if she could bring a bass player. It turned out I had played with him a few times but he played guitar. He is a decent bass player and picked up our original material very quickly. Tomorrow night the bar is starting the jam up again. We are going to perform four songs as a group, three of them originals. I’m stoked to be back at the bar jam and really stoked to be doing some original material. It will be workout. The jam lasts until the wee hours. My poor old fingers will be raw by the end of the night.
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Sounds like your on and have been having an awesome adventure. Congrats and hats off...
 
Awesome!
Stuff like that - playing with other musicians, writing and collaborating, and playing live - is all a Rock n Roll Fantasy to guys like me who play alone as a hobby, and not very well.
Still having fun though.
 
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