Rounding out my musical performances for the weekend was a gig with my friends from the GHBC worship band in a decidedly non-worship capacity. We were asked to play an hour set of cover tunes for the big memorial day bash for the Cedar Park Parks & Recreation Department at the Veterans Memorial Park pool. However, we had to do different cover tunes than what we usually do - no worship music - and we only had one rehearsal beforehand. I must admit, I was a little nervous about doing it after that rehearsal because I had never heard most of the songs we had to play and some of the funk tags and endings are not something I'm used to hitting off the top of my head.
However, it turned out to be pretty fun and we had a great time. We played some surf tunes, some funk/jazz songs, and a couple of pop songs. Most of the people were busy playing in the pool and stuff, but we had a few people that were listening to us and drew a crowd of girls with our version of Taylor Swift's "Love Story" - but that was probably due to our lead singer on that song being 6-year-old Madison McFeeters. It was a new experience for me, but it turned out to be pretty interesting - for the most part, the bass and I just setup a 12 or 16-bar groove and let the sax, guitar, and keys solo for however long they wanted to. I know that someone got it on video, so I'm hoping to see it at some point to hear what it sounded like from the outside.
Our set list was as follows:
"Wipeout" - The Beach Boys
"Pipeline" - Dick Dale
"Chameleon" - Herbie Hancock
"We Won't Be Quiet" - David Crowder
"Stratus" - Billy Cobham
"Upshot" - Grant Green
"Love Story" - Taylor Swift
"Footprints" - Wayne Shorter
It was a blast and the response that we got was pretty good, especially for us having just one rehearsal and totally playing by the seat of our pants (or maybe I was the only one playing that way). It was a totally different thing for me and I'm hoping that maybe we can do more things like this as it exposes me to a little different style of music than what I'm used to playing. I kept telling Danny that we needed to come up with a name, but he didn't agree with me. So, I'm going to stick with my original name for our little group which is "Danny Lacey and the Last Minutes". Perhaps you'll see us again at some point at a pool or mall opening near you.
Wipeout isn't by the Beach Boys. It's the Surfaris. Although the Fat Boys version from 1987 does feature some of the Beach Boys, but not Brian Wilson. Piepline was the Chantays. The only known recorded version with Dick Dale was done with Stevie Ray Vaughn for the Back to the Beach soundtrack in the 1980s.
Am I overly OCD for knowing all this...or am I a rock snob?
A little of both, I think, but it's all good. Thanks for the correction - I want to give credit where credit is due.