Acton Jazz Cafe/Acton, MA
Well December turned into a busy travel month for me and I didn't even have the time to comment here on the blues jam activity that I was a part of in Orlando, FL and Phoenix, AZ. However, I did get to play one more time in '07 at the Acton Jazz Cafe this past Thursday night. As always it was a great time playing to a packed house. I was up with the second set of jammers, playing on the house set of drums, which I dislike since you have to have a rock on top of the bass drum to hold the right mounted tom in place so you can play it. I did bring along my own snare-the 6 1/2X14" Ludwig Pioneer which sounds great and makes me feel more at home. People always seem to ask me as a drummer how do I like playing on a drum set that isn't my own at a jam. My answer back starts with asking the question if they have ever borrowed a bathing suit to go swimming. It feels like that. You can go swimming but it never really feels comfortable. The big news here tonight is a time change for the start of the jam, which will now be at 8pm and not the 9 or 9:30 that I've been seeing in the past. This is a wise decision on the part of the management-since most folks coming in on a Thursday are here only for the jam and really don't want to stick around late or wait while another band finishes up before the blues jam begins.
