Dusting off the Distillate and heading out to a gig with the Swing Of Pearls Band this Saturday:
 
Revere's Wells Street Tavern, 505 Wells Street, Delafield, WI.
 
Classic big band stuff.  :-D

have a great gig Paul.
 
graeme

Glad to see you're out and about with that sweet distillate!
 
John

Keep 'em swingin' Pauldo!
Mike

Thanks guys.
I'm looking forward to 'throwing it down' after such along winter and I must admit that the Distillate has been gathering dust for various reasons, partly because of upright playing but mostly just being in a slump. . .  :-(
 
Been practicing all week and it REALLY feels good having my Alembic in my hands - they really make sweet arse instruments! Thanks Mica and crew!
 
:-D

Had a New Years Eve gig last night with the Swing of Pearls band.
We played at a retirement community center on the shore of Lake Michigan.  Being an older crowd we played 7:00 - 10:-00.
 
We played a group of 'new' songs that I wasn't well versed on and the show was nearly sublime. My Distillate and I were on auto-pilot. . .  Things went so smooth and was so easy that after laying my bass in her case and prior to closing it I said, thank you baby.
 
With that I extend the thanks to the Wickersham vision and proficient execution of creating an instrument that truly does 'drive itself'. I also thank everyone who was involved with the build of 84D3204   , my baby.
 
Happy new year indeed!
8-D

Happy New Year Paul!

So not really a gig but certainly a trip down memory lane.
A little snippet from a local Milwaukee station highlighting the Milwaukee Police Band, the director Karen Dubis recruited me many years ago (she also directs the Swing of Pearls band that I played with.
There is some comments from Karen and if you listen to her you understand why she was such an absolute joy to play for... music- she gets it!   

She certainly does! There's nothing quite so satisfying as playing music with a group of people that share that passion. It's rare, and rewarding. Takes good leadership like this.