MaxSouthOz posted:Thanks, TR.
I gleaned from an earlier post that you are a musician, as well.
I've just retired as the double bass player with the Cherry Pickers.
Ring any bells?
Max,
That's fabulous! As they say on Spinal Tap "More Bottom!". I have just spent a very pleasant evening tapping my toes to your band's You Tube videos! You have a great sound! I hope that you will keep playing even after your retirement, if that's something that you'd like to do. Truly wonderful choice of tunes and the audiences loved you!
Coincidentally, I was a bass player, too -- mostly classic rock and some big band jazz, a few weddings. It was something of a novelty to be a female electric bass player way back when. When I moved to the boonies after college, I played Country and Western because that was what "played" out in the wilds of Central Massachusetts. I also played acoustic mandolin and more recently got a 5-string electric mandolin. Mostly folk, country, or jazz. No bluegrass.
Then, after about twenty-five years of bass player head bobbing in the background of the band, and who knows how much hearing loss standing next to the cymbals, I switched to electric guitar so that I could concentrate on lead vocals and some simple melodic leads. (Unlike Sting and Paul McCartney, I couldn't play bass and sing well at the same time. It was one or the other.) I sort of semi-retired after some injuries, performing mostly low key stuff with friends at my church. Now, I have zero time to play or sing. I must say that I really miss performing. Hopefully, some day I can get back to it. I'm even thinking of picking up the dobro if/when I retire. Anyway, enough about me! It's a long winded way to say that I enjoyed listening to your tunes and it brought back fine memories.
Train Mention
And to keep this thread "on track" for our equally fine moderators, I listen to a local bluegrass-jazz radio station every Tuesday night on my drive home from work. They play the best TRAIN songs!! Bluegrass is just overflowing with them! Who knew there were so many awesome train songs?
Thanks for sharing this fabulous tidbit and another one of your many talents, Max. Most impressive.
Tomlinson Run Railroad
