MUSINGS & RAMBLINGS

Since Johnny Rawls cancelled for some weird reason, Bobby Young took his place.
T.Mambo would be with him.

Walked in the Tradewinds and checked out the band area.
It consisted of T. Mambo's percussion set up complete with cowbell on the floor with a foot peddle. For a cowbell, it didn't sound too bad.
Guitar, Bass, Keys and congas looked like the band. No drummer, just T.
I really thought this was the band for the night, and they sounded pretty darn good, and then a guy came in, dumped his stuff on the floor and started settin' up drums while they jammed. He was obviously runnin' late. He worked quickly.

Bobby's pretty damn good on that guitar and I could hardly hear him. He needed to turn up. Too much bass and congas were mic'd too.
That was before the drummer finally kicked in. Bobby was buried.

It's back to that same ol' question I always ask myself..."when is OK to give 'sound' advice?'

Fun sound, fun crowd, but just not enough blues for me....sorry.

I love when Wylie's there with the Bobby Young Project. And yes, I need to make a show soon because it's been way too long.
Wylie Trauss is a great singer.
Every once in awhile he'll yell out, "It's Bluestime, Baby!!"....and then they break into a real grinder.
Aaaah...ain't nuthin' like a grinder.
I love the way a slow blues breaks out and it's everybody's first instinct to yell out, "Oh, yeah..."
Yep...and Wylie can sing me the blues any ol' time.


Anyway....
People were diggin' on dancin' to this groovin', funkin', Mambo jammin' kind of music.
Yes, even I was.
T.Mambo was the highlite of the evening. Real good on them Congo/conga/bongo thingies.... what ever you want to call them.
Glad I finally got to see him because I have been seeing his name around for awhile now.

I knew I wanted to go to the city Sunday afternoon so I called it an early night.

Just a blues fan......
Mo