Goodbye 2009

Closed out 2009 by subbing in Youngstown NY at the last minute as drummer for Wheelhouse – a cover band offshoot of The Bailey Quarters band. I’ve known Mark and Tom for a number of years and have played in a few short-lived projects with them. There was no time to rehearse and I had two days to learn 24 songs, half of which I had never or barely heard before. Thank God for mp3’s though. They emailed me about 15 songs and I looked up the rest on YouTube, listened to them over and over (and then over) again and took notes. The gig went well overall, especially the second set. The biggest problem was song endings, which mostly found us all looking at each other and then, like a set of domino’s one would fall and the others would follow a brief moment later. A good time though, and some really good songs. Some of my favorites:

- Flagpole Sitta (Harvey Danger)
- No Matter What (Badfinger)
- Big Me (Foo Fighters)
- Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
- Everything You’ve Done Wrong (Sloan)
- Santaria (Sublime)

- Bobcaygeon (Tragically Hip)

2010 begins year 4 for me with Poor Ould Goat and we've already begun booking shows. Woo Hoo!!