Dilemmas!

There are big and little problems in Panama. These are a couple of the little ones.

A friend of mine who was a one man band in the US (Think of a guy playing in a bar that sounds like a computerized band) is trying to put on a future event. It will be a hootenanny.

Remember hootenannies?

You may be too young to remember because this is a concept that goes back to the 60's. It involves folk music, not my favorite music. It was a gentler time, not my cup of tea. It was a provocative time, this I like but not the political stuff.

The piano player has been trying to get me to play guitar with him so he can expand out of the one man band thing. The only problem is that he is so used to playing all the instruments...with the help of computers and sound patches...that there is no room for a guitar, unless it is a lead guitar.

I am not good enough to play lead so I am at a loss about playing with him.

The hootenanny is an opportunity to play acoustic, rhythm guitar which is my thing. I hate to pass it up because I want to do something with him, just not this mamby pamby schlock.

Oh what to do? I think I will do it and regret it along the way!

We were invited to 2 parties last week.

One was a big affair with maybe 75 people and loud music. Great food, interesting people but I got tired of yelling to talk to them.

These houses have tile floors, concrete walls and high ceilings...in other words, an echo chamber. Blahh!!! I don't like it except I got to meet some people I otherwise wouldn't get to meet.

The next party was a small dinner party with 8 people. Low key, no exceesive drunkenness, a great fire in the fireplace on the patio and wonderful food. Conversation that was pleasant and low volume.

I am so grateful for small, low key parties.

Like I said earlier, small problems. Hardly worth mentioning. But I hadn't written a blog in 6 days.

Mmhhmm???!!!! Maybe the well of blogs is going dry.