MUSINGS & RAMBLINGS

The place was a hoppin'! Packed. Squeezed up to the front and there they were; an all-girl blues band tearin' it up.

That was fun. First for me was this little Yoko chick on guitar. Oh my lord.....can she play!!! "Sylvia's Sisters," I do believe was the name of the band.

Lots of people came and went on stage, as you would expect from a
Nitro show, but here's a few of my personal favorite highlites:

Nitro when he really started playin'. Never too much Nitro and never
enough.

Stan Erhart when he got up there. Caught him twice now sittin' in on
occasions, and it's always too busy on stage to fully appreciate his
playing so I'm gonna have to get to a show of his soon. Fine guitar
player.

Tommy Castro popped in for a few and tore...it...up!!! He hits those real sensitive spots. That's all I can say.

Daniel Castro was around the whole evening and finally got on stage
for a couple of songs and that was it. I just love it when this guy gets up there. He had a couple of those great magical, moments he's so famous for like when he and Andy Mazelli were goin' back and forth.

Daniel was doin' that "doo-doo-doo" stuff he sings into the mic,
usually along with his guitar playin', but this time Andy would mimic
his "scoobie-doobie-doo-in" with his guitar licks and it was incredible!!!

That was a great moment that had Johnny and Silvia stopped dead in
their tracks, takin' notes.

The moment right after that was when Daniel, Nitro, and Andy, were
trading licks, taking their time, sharing, building up ever so gently
with much restraint until it could hold back no more. They slowly came together, musically speaking, and walking closer together 'til they had three guitar necks joined together, two criss-cross then Andy shot right up the middle and they were joined together like it was Super hero time!! It was amazing. Shazam!!

They joined forces, bouncin' off each other and it was great. Sure, we had lots of those shreddin' moments. The ones where it's just a bunch of noise, blows your eardrums out, and leaves you standin' there lookin' at the stage like, "What the hell?" but this one was
different. It was magic. Like I said, the joining of superpowers.
(Thanks Terri for that one).

Next would be Rich "North Beach Peach" Piellish (sp?). He would be the one to tune up the guitar that was for the raffle so's everyone could play it before they gave it away. He got up there and BELTED out "I Ain't Drunk. I've Just Been Drinkin." It was too cool. Man, he can play, this I knew, but I didn't realize he could sing!!

It was fabulous. Thanks Peach. It was comical. He really gets into that song and does it very well.

Not sure who that drummer was but he was great. Tom Bowers on bass
always holdin' it steady.

Andy Mazelli throws surprises out there every so often and the one on
this night was a bluegrass of sorts and I can't remember the tune's
name but we all know it.... something about Tennessee...Arkansas,
TN.....

I hate that......it'll come to me. It was a bit off the blues course but everyone following along beautifully and even joined in the "twangy" harmonizing back up vocals.

I wish I could remember that song, dammit! Real fun night and I was about to collapse. I was spent.

I think Johnny made out pretty good, and let us wish him a speedy
recovery after his operation.