Sorry for the delay in blogging both the Band Gigs as well as the Open Jam Sessions. As some of you may know, the band acquired a Zoom Q3 and has been taping all of our performances. We then try to post the best videos from each night on youtube, so goto youtube.com and search for the FA-Q ALLiance to see what we have done. We will be putting out a Live CD of our activities this year, and it will feature only FA-Q ALLiance Originals. Come check out our Pre-St. Patricks day Party this Thursday at Sportstime Bar and Grill, we will be selling our Live CDs at the gig. T-Shirts are not that far behind.
The focus of this Blog regarding the Open Jams is not to just push the band's business though. We started off with the return of an old friend as Blaise led the initial Jam session hitting some of his classics. Bryan and Ryan played in on Bass and JB manned the Chocolates for the grooves. Everyone enjoys listening to the Blaise Set and it is a great start to our Open Jam.
We then went into the Cucumber set which while normally solo, involved a lot more people this week. Sergio la Quesadillas joined on Guitar, I played in a song on Bass, JB and Alex took turns on the Chocolates, Sean played percussion, and Bubba joined in on Keys. Great sound and a perfect leadin for the FA-Q ALLiance as a group.
The FA-Q ALLiance covered most of our originals going from Bubba's "Lady of the Night" to Dub's "All in All" with a final rendition of my theme song, "Funky Like the Jew" to close the FA-Q set. We record everything, but played hard for these songs in preparation for our gig this Thursday.
Our Closing Jam featured Double Bass with both Ryan and Chris playing, it was awesome. Sergio hit guitar, Sean and Alex hit the drums, with Mark getting a turn at the Chocolates before it was all said and done. Bubba on keys is always impressive.
Our Performance Chart of the Night:
| Time | Performance | Comments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 – 9:45 | The Blaise Set Great Classic Rock Set |
Bryan Bell’s original and cover solo jam, very jazzy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Cucumber Set Ad Lib blues with group, expanded Cucumber set |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | The FA-Q ALLiance Originals only. Making recordings for our Live CD. |
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| 11:00 – close | Open Jam/Closing Jam Some Great jams, double bass to end with Ryan and Chris |
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Our crowd started off small, but built up nicely as the night went on. To be honest the crowds have been very solid and seem to be getting better each week. I like introducing new fans to Sportstime through our Open Jams.
Overall we worked through 15 musicians, which got tight late as we monopolized a lot of time with our Original Set. We always do that the show before a gig, but the other musicians don't seem to mind.
Our Performers Chart of the night:
| Performer | Performance | Affiliation/contact |
| Bryan Bell | Guitar, Bass, Lead Singer, Backup Singer | The FA-Q ALLiance, Shrewd Louis |
| JB Williams | Lead Singer, Drums, Percussion | The FA-Q ALLiance, Multiple Dimensions |
| Sergio Quesada | Guitar | The FA-Q ALLiance |
| Brent L. Miller | Bass | The FA-Q ALLiance |
| Bubba | Lead Singer, Keyboard, Drums | The FA-Q ALLiance, Multiple Dimensions, 3 Piece no Fries |
| John Dubs Gomes | Lead Singer, Guitar, Percussion, Sound Master | The FA-Q ALLiance, Shrewd Louis |
| Chris Edwards | Bass | So What |
| Brian George | Harmonica, Backup Singer, MC | |
| Blaise Zieman | Lead Singer, Guitar | |
| Ryan Taylor | Bass | The FunGuys |
| Jeff the Entertainer | Guitar, Bass, Lead Singer | |
| Sean | Percussion, Drums | |
| Alex | Drums | |
| Leah | Lead Singer, Guitar, Bass | |
| Mark | Drummer | |
I do hope everyone tipped Anna and Barbara well, they worked their tails off last night and deserve the special attention.
I will blog next about our Thursday gig, then again on Sunday for our Open Jam. We will also work to put up more videos on youtube (or replace them with better sounding ones at the least). So until then...
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