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After a year+ of loyal service, I’m retiring from Coastguard.

When Jerome approached me about starting a band, I wanted to play bass. I picked up a Squier bassVI and parts to mod it. I put together a pretty boffo pedal board, which I like to call my “surf board.” We learned half a dozen songs, and I even had a few of my own originals ready. Things were great!

The difficulty we faced was finding a reliable, solid drummer. I played drums at one drummer-less practice so that the guitarists could play with a beat, and I ended up staying behind the tubs.

Playing in this band allowed me to dust off some skills I haven’t used in years. It’s also cemented my interest in instrumental music, and more specifically, guitar based instrumental music. Yet, I don’t love the routine of gigging as the drummer as much as I did in my twenties, and I don’t love how the very loud volume makes my ears feel. So, I decided to quit while I’m ahead.

Our last show was to be this Friday in DC, but someone got Covid and it’s not safe for us to play. As such, the bang with which I intended to go out has already happened.

“That’s #ShowBiz!” as my dad used to say!

We played in Baltimore as a band for the first time tonight, and we had a good time. The sound was good, the audience was great, and our harbor coast has been guarded.

SETLIST:

60 Seconds to Nothing
Bunions
Mr. Moto
Bang Bang (My Baby Left Me)
Sukiyaki
The Mysterious Smell of Provolone
Seanie B-Goode
Jeronimo
Rio
Man of Mystery
Santa Barbara
Telstar

Here’s a clip from one of our songs. Video by Chloë.

We just played at the Public Option in DC with the Flying Faders.

We repeated the set from our last show, which was:

60 Seconds to Nothing
Mr. Moto
Penetration
Sukiyaki
The Mysterious Smell of Provolone
Seanie B-Goode
Jeronimo
Rio
Man of Mystery
Santa Barbara
Telstar

I co-started/joined an instrumental band (mostly surf) with my buddy Jerome McManus and our first gig was at Slash Run in DC (2/26/2022).

It was a good set, very fun, nice energy. It was nice to play out.