t_ross33
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For those following the continuing saga 
The Barley Boys played a dance a few weeks ago. Pretty good crowd and we had lots of fun. Got a little more practice setting up and tearing down our gear - packed and loaded in 40 min! Here's a pic from our soundcheck.
The very next weekend Mid-Life Crisis played a dance. To date it has to rank as the best freakin' time I've ever had on stage. The crowd was off the hook! Everyone was up and dancing all night and we definately left them wanting more. Our stage sound was the best we've ever had it and we were as tight as can be - we just kept setting them up and knocking them down! Awesome.
Last weekend MLC played again to a much different crowd. Older to start with, so we had to bust out some old-timey country waltzes, shuffles, two-steps etc. The crowd thinned out by 10:30 but those that stayed were up dancing as we started into our rawk n rawl stuff. They closed the bar at 12:30
and in the middle of one of our rawking-est sets, they turned on the lights and started taking down tables and stacking chairs. We took that as our cue and were packed and loaded and sitting in the local watering hole before last call! Weird. They liked us, want us back, just not a crowd for staying up too late. Oh well, a good time was had by all and we made it home before 6:00 am for a change. Oh, I also got a chance to play our bass player's Gibson LP - haven't done that for awhile, now I'm GAS'ing for one as well as a Tele. My wife thinks I'm nuts: "Didn't I just buy you a new guitar for Christmas!!??!!. At least I know you guys will understand 
Our MLC experiences have been going much better lately, so it may be premature to predict the demise of our foursome. As "The Barley Boys" (i.e. three piece) we have a couple of gigs booked in April. I can't wait to get back out there! Thanks once again for listening to my rant!
Trev
The Barley Boys played a dance a few weeks ago. Pretty good crowd and we had lots of fun. Got a little more practice setting up and tearing down our gear - packed and loaded in 40 min! Here's a pic from our soundcheck.
The very next weekend Mid-Life Crisis played a dance. To date it has to rank as the best freakin' time I've ever had on stage. The crowd was off the hook! Everyone was up and dancing all night and we definately left them wanting more. Our stage sound was the best we've ever had it and we were as tight as can be - we just kept setting them up and knocking them down! Awesome.
Last weekend MLC played again to a much different crowd. Older to start with, so we had to bust out some old-timey country waltzes, shuffles, two-steps etc. The crowd thinned out by 10:30 but those that stayed were up dancing as we started into our rawk n rawl stuff. They closed the bar at 12:30
and in the middle of one of our rawking-est sets, they turned on the lights and started taking down tables and stacking chairs. We took that as our cue and were packed and loaded and sitting in the local watering hole before last call! Weird. They liked us, want us back, just not a crowd for staying up too late. Oh well, a good time was had by all and we made it home before 6:00 am for a change. Oh, I also got a chance to play our bass player's Gibson LP - haven't done that for awhile, now I'm GAS'ing for one as well as a Tele. My wife thinks I'm nuts: "Didn't I just buy you a new guitar for Christmas!!??!!. At least I know you guys will understand Our MLC experiences have been going much better lately, so it may be premature to predict the demise of our foursome. As "The Barley Boys" (i.e. three piece) we have a couple of gigs booked in April. I can't wait to get back out there! Thanks once again for listening to my rant!
Trev
