Back to Work

Tomorrow night we'll be at Carnegie Mellon, for the Beaux Arts Ball, in the revival of a longtime tradition at CMU. The costume ball, which hasn't been held since 1993, is described by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as having a "lushly costumed history...which, at times, was so bacchanalian that one reveler said it would have made Caligula blush."

Update: Here's a photo from the first set, which we played for no one--it was still early.



On the second set, three hours later, we followed some band that played loud and fast, said "fuck" frequently in the microphone, railed against Department of Defense funding of Carnegie Mellon, and induced frenzy among those assembled in the room. It was a tough act to follow, but we kept it fast and funky, and everyone danced and had a good time.

It's an odd way for the band to go back to work after a long layoff from live performances. Maybe the oddest thing about the gig is that the first set is at 8:20 and the second set is more than three hours later. Maybe we should drive to McKeesport during the break and cut a few more tracks for the new CD.

Lenny will be in the studio finishing up some solos tomorrow, and I'll be there with him. Now that everything else is just about done, I'm finally going to record my for-keeps vocals on Monday; then we do a little more cleanup, mix the tracks, and we're done.

Speaking of McKeesport, here's a plug for the Piney Brown show at the Palisades Ballroom in McKeesport on March 11.


BP Band keyboard player Jimmy Britton will be playing in the band that will back Mr. Brown, who is in town to record a new CD this week at the Mojo Boneyard for Bonedog Records. I couldn't find anything about it on the web to link to except this little blurb:

The Western PA Blues Society and Bonedog Records present a BLUES EXTRAVAGANZA!! THE LIVING LEGEND........PINEY BROWN....the only living blues artist to have recorded for the past SEVEN DECADES!!!.. at the PALISADES in McKeesport PA SATURDAY MARCH 11TH. Doors open at 7:00. 15.00 in advance 20.00 at the door.

Special guests: blues axe man JIMMY ADLER and Pittsburgh's premiere soul singer BOBBY WAYNE !!! For advance tickets and to charge (visa/mc) call the PALISADES at 412-678-6979.

Should be a great show--Jimmy Adler and Bobby Wayne are also both great. If you're there, look for me and Rebecca and tell me that you read about it on my blog. That will make me happy.

Billy

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