Thoughts On The 9/18 Dudley Manlove Quartet Gig
Friday night The Dudley Manlove Quartet performed at the Fremont Oktobertfest. This was an enjoyable event for many reasons, and being a festival it had a few funny aspects. Our band dressing room was the back of the stage. As in: the area behind the band currently performing. I decided it didn’t matter. It’s Oktoberfest in Fremont. How out-of-place is some guy standing around in his underwear?
Once we started playing things went great. The set is sounding good and I think we’re getting really solid on the material. During the Second set we played “Sister Christian” by Night Ranger. When the song began there were some people in the audience who were unsure whether we were actually going to play the song, or whether it was a gag on the audience. No, we really did it, and by the time we got the second chorus everybody was into it. The Neil Diamond songs are always crowd pleasers too. Closing with “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” always gets enormous audience response though I suppose the beer garden helped a bit… 🙂
My amp spent a few days in the shop last week and it seems to be much better. I am beginning to think seriously about getting a flight case for it. This is an amp I intend to use for a long time and I’d like to keep it in good shape. Hopefully I can find a case at a decent price.