{"id":779,"date":"2018-04-13T11:25:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T17:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikeycunningham.com\/blog\/?p=779"},"modified":"2018-04-13T11:25:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T17:25:54","slug":"im-in-the-right-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikeycunningham.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/im-in-the-right-band\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m in the right band!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So this past weekend, I got to be a Deltone again, playing with the incomparable Delphia.<\/strong> It was my first gig with them at the Hotel Andaluz<\/em> in downtown Albuquerque. I’ve played there many times, but never with Delphia – and it was a bit different for me. I’ve played to a packed house there before, but I’ve mostly played there with Hillary Smith<\/strong> and\/or Missing Mandy<\/strong> – and I know all of those fans. I still don’t know all of Delphia’s fans – so it was a packed house of folks I don’t really know yet… and that’s a fun dynamic.<\/p>\n

Something fun happened that helped solidify in my mind the fact that I’m in the right band. We introduced a brand new song that Delphia had just written, called “Lovely Surprise.” Now when I say a ‘brand new song,’ I don’t mean one that we’ve worked on but never performed. This was the very first time we had ever played it at all. You got it – no rehearsals, no run-throughs, no nothing… this was the inaugural performance of this song. And I think it turned out pretty dang good! As a rhythm section, we were in sync – and it sounded great.<\/p>\n

I’ve put up a video that our manager shot so you can see\/hear for yourself… Imagine how good it’ll be once we’ve rehearsed it a few times!<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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