I was the Jester of the Blues last Tuesday, March 28!

There were several of us competing for the evening's winning spot (including my son, Kennon and cheered on by our most wonderful supporter Laura). There were a few really good players there that evening and won accordingly... there were a few newbies that played REALLY well. Kennon played the best I've ever seen him play! It was probably the most fun I'd had with a guitar in hand in a very long time.

Once I got on the stage, I wasn't prepared for the feeling of standing in front of stacks of huge amps and speakers (been practicing with a VOX AD30 for a long time)... I then forgot where I was and got rubber knees. Oh well... I just had to jam a bit in the correct key until I could figure out a way to get back to my prepared tune... It went OK, but I had played so much better the night before at home on Brother's Blondie (the Tele).

I can't wait until next year!

Well folks, next Tuesday (March 28, 2006) is the big day... my son and I are competing in the first phase of The Guitar Center's Guitarmageddon-King of the Blues.

My piece is fired up and ready to go. I'm hoping at least to make it to the store-level finals. If not, it was a whole bunch of fun just composing and playing the lead to the REALLY excellent backing tracks done by Pete Anderson. Truthfully, I don't have the chops to compete all the way to National... but maybe my melodic capability will get me part of the way there.

I'll drop an entry in after the results come through...

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