The Hootenanny

When we got to the venue early to set back up and do a sound check, my worst fears were realized. All the settings and connections tuned in by the professional sound tech on Thursday had been arbitrarily changed by the keyboard player.

Grrr!!!!

Why he did that is a mystery to me. Why use a sound tech if you are going to screw it up yourself?

We tried to put things back together but we never got the good sound like we had the day before during the tech rehearsal.

The best I can say is "the show was a mess but people loved it."

That's about how I thought it would go. Parts of it were really bad and parts of it were actually good. Over all, the audience was thrilled.

I was shocked at how many people I didn't know! Where do these people come from anyway?

It was an old, old crowd. At one point, a friend of ours blurted out, "This looks like a nursing home." I had to agree.

Well, they had a great time at the nursing home!

This show sold out in 2 weeks. Sold out a full 3 weeks before the show. Obviously, there is a huge demand for this type of event. They love music here! And that is a great thing for us.

There were some good parts. I played guitar for many hours a week for weeks. I met Mickey and Squirt, the song writing couple from Nashville and I now know I don't want to do another one of these!

Now that I have my life back, with free time and everything, the Panamanian holiday season goes into full swing.