Ok, are you ready for this? We continued with the process, taking some time off through the holidays. Last week, we found a guy who was very eager to get together with us. We met him and worked on some songs. He played pretty solid and even was willing to try some songs he hadn't worked on. We felt he was a good fit and he really seemed to like us. On top of that, he was recovering from a motorcycle accident last July and they had to rebuild his elbow. The scar is impressive. This was the first he had played bass since the accident.
We looked him up on line and found a rather impressive resume including tours as a guitarist with Cornel Gunther and The Coasters, The Drifters, Mary Wells, Chubby Checker and The Platters. He became Musical Director for The Platters and toured Asia, South America and US/Canada. All of this was in the late 70's and early 80's.
Sooo, we schedule our first rehearsal for yesterday (Monday). Everyone is so eager (including him) that we decide to get a jump start on Sunday, but he ends up being sick and has to cancel. Then last night, we get a call from his wife that he is en route to the hospital with chest pains. Spoke to her again today and he is in intensive care, possibly with pneumonia. So the whole band thing is in the holding pattern until David can get well. We have assured him that we are more than willing to wait and let him get back to 100%.
Oh and as I mentioned his name is David...our guitarist is David...our singer's husband?...yep, David.
You can't make this stuff up...
Fortunately, the husband goes by Dave, guitarist is David, and the bassist goes by his tribal name - Two Dogs.
We need to make a movie: SilverMine: The Story of SilverMine
I wonder if Marty DiBergi is available...
For those of you so inclined, we would appreciate your prayers for recovery.
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