Last year we had upwards of 30+ musicians seeking to participate in our Weekly Open Jam, and it was a constant struggle to try and work everyone into the excitement. This year, we definately have some roudy crowds coming out to enjoy the fun, but we are also running around 20 musicians out on the stage over a given night. While those moments were true magic is performed onstage has not slacked off with the lightened load of musicians, we are actually able to run a lineup's groove into multiple songs. We have actually been forced to short a few people on performances, but hope to remedy that in the coming weeks.
Last Night was an Original Night for the FA-Q ALLiance as we played all originals with the exception of a little diddy on Green Onions that we did to sound check our Line 6 on the 6-String prior to more originals. We received strong feedback on our set and sold a few of our live CDs. Added to the list this week was a first time playing of "Favored" by Bubba. It is our first Gospel song, and it sounded great. That is a lot for a jew to admit. Another song we have been working on for a few weeks is Bryan the Cucumber Bell's original song, "Voices in the Night." Bryan's song is a rock song, but has a very funky bassline reminiscent of the Gorillaz. The band is really coming together on that song, and it is now a part of our gig sets.
The first band to try out for the Battle of the Bands being promoted by the newest Gwinnett outlet, CraZe, and Atlanta's Best Bands came out last night. Doug Funny and the Freshtones are a great band, a mix of both covers and originals. DJ Reese, Adi, and Brian on Bass played with Mark and Mike Nii at drums and really let a great set. They are being offered a seat in the Battle of the Bands and it will be fun to hear them again. You all may see some of this performance on youtube soon as we recorded all but their last song in HD sound and Video.
The chart of performances for the Night:
| Time | Performance | Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:30 – 10:15 | The FA-Q ALLiance Some Jam sound check, then started with Lady of the Night, Voices in the Night, Magic Island, Favored, Funky, All in All. |
We played almost only originals except for an acoustic Green Onions, a lot of friends were out so it was great. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Open Jam |
Funky sounds, great musicians jamming. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Doug Funny and the Freshtones |
A good new band, will be in the CraZe Battle of the Bands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 – close | Open Jam – Closing Jam |
Some seriously great musicians |
Some great musicians who came out and performed with us, include Mike Nii and Mark on drums and percussion. Cameron is an amazing guitar player, who is considered extended FA-Q, and is a touring lead guitar player. Cameron is an enigma, because he is simply an amazing musician who is also just real easy to play with. Total team player with the skills of a sick madman on the six string. Chris and Cameron has some great dueling going on in the closing jam.
In total we went through under 20 musicians, but we all got our chops in.
The peformers chart of the evening went at follows:
| 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 |
| Mark | Percussion, Drums | |
| Doug Funny and the Freshtones | Original Band | Very Groovy rocking sound, kind of fusion and a very good sound to their originals. |
| Adi | Lead Guitar, Backup Singer | Doug Funny and the Freshtones |
| DJ Reese | Lead Guitar, Lead Singer | Doug Funny and the Freshtones |
| Brian | Bass | Doug Funny and the Freshtones |
| Mike Nii | Percussion, Flute, Drums | |
We will at the very least post videos for Favored and Voices in the Night this week so those of you who missed the show can check out our sound on our newest originals. Next week we will be doing mostly covers as we prepare for our April 7th show at the aforementioned CraZe bar.
We should have a number of bands showing up over the next few weeks as the Battle of the Bands nears. FA-Q is not partaking, but I will be a judge and several of the affiliated FA-Q bands will be taking part so it is guaranteed to be a great time for everyone.
With the weather getting nice, our Sunday shows should keep expanding. I hope everyone tipped Anna and Barbara well, they worked their tails off last night.
So until next show, FA_Q ALL
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