Satisfaction

Tired this morning...the good kind of tired...the kind that settles in after doing a good, exhausting job.

Our band played last night at Las Ruinas, our favorite place to play.

It was hot. Swampy, sticky hot.

As we were setting up, I looked around at my fellow band mates and they were drenched. So was I.

After we set up, I went to the restroom to change into performance clothes. I thought, "this is a bad idea, I'm soaked." So I put on the clothes and they were soaked in a minute.

The house was full when we started. And it was hot...sweaty hot and energy hot.

It stayed that way all night.

The audience was fun. Yella was at her best...jumping around, dancing with the crowd, inciting mayhem and mischief.

When Yella is fully on her game, there is no one better. Really! She is infectious, compelling and riveting. Entertainment at it's best!

The band was good too. I was jumping around and apparently making guitarist faces. Maybe I've arrived.

I looked back at the drummer at one point and he looked like a drowned rat, he was so wet.

This is starting to be a magical thing. Everyone was smiling. Everyone was having a ball. Everyone was wet!

We unveiled a new song, "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers. It starts with a LOUD, dominant guitar, thundering out into the audience. It is one of those instantly recognized guitar riffs. People exploded onto the dance floor, the spaces between tables and halfway into the kitchen.

The owner ran out from the kitchen with a camera to try and capture the excitement.

There are not many things better than cleaving the crowd with a wicked guitar lick and getting everyone jumping with excitement!

We are definitely onto something.

We have distilled the music and performance down to "party, party, party"!!!

I had no idea playing dance music could be so much fun!