Bass drum and trio

Gregory and I had coffee and a nice chat Saturday morning at (the new) Zoma coffeeshop. So nice to have this place open again. GT loaned his new box set of Bill Evans' last sessions and a book by Haruki Murakami. "An aquired taste" says Mr. Taylor. I will find out tomorrow most likely, with the cool and cloudy weekend weather we're having here.

Sam Patrick and I had a fun and rocking practice out in the country this afternoon, despite the less than perfect weather. Overcast and raining a bit.

The view out the door:
Good to be settling in at our Stoughton digs again. Sam hosts our rehearsals in town on Mon and/or Thu where I use his son Mitchell's kit. Today it was nice to have my own full 4 piece set together and back in action after the dead mouse incident:

Bass drum rejuvinated

Got to rock really hard on Beatles numbers (It Won't Be Long, I'll Get You, Come Together..) and we really nailed some others that we play often. Sam continues to challenge me with traditional types of grooves that Tom hasn't had much experience playing. Really good for my chops and great fun to pull beats out of thin air to accompany songs I've not heard (or heard for many years).

listen:
Sat morning
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
Richard and Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
for Sun morning
Heartless Bastards - Stairs and Elevators
Joey Baron - Tongue in Groove
Roger Miller/Maximum Electric Piano - The Big Industry
müm - finally we are no one