Thoughts On The 12/17 1 Uppers Performance
On Saturday 12/17 the 1 Uppers performed at The Royal Room, a new venue recently opened in Columbia City. It’s a very music-friendly room with excellent sight lines and a great sound system. Local jazz keyboardist Wayne Horvitz is one of the founders of the club, and he deliberately established it with musicians in mind. The stage has a permanent backline of equipment including guitar amps, a bass amp, a drum set, a grand piano and a Hammond B3.
I arrived to discover that one of the guitar amps was broken. Fortunately our singer David hadn’t left home yet, so he graciously brought along an amp for me to use… a Dr. Z head and cabinet! It rivaled my Boogie Lonestar for clear dimensionality and blues voicing. Definitely made my guitars sound very nice.
We performed on the opening weekend along with several local jazz luminaries, which made for some remarkable collaborations throughout the evening. Wayne sat in with us for a song, as did guitarist Tim Young. Throughout our performance I was struck by how fortunate I am to be in such great musical company. Another fantastic performance with my great friends in the 1 Uppers. Can’t wait for the next one!