The Blue Vibe

I suppose it was a good omen. The Lovely Carla rented a car for the weekend. She picked out a Pontiac Vibe. A little blue Vibe. So we were riding the Vibe to our show last night.

We found that you can get one dazzling female vocalist, one weathered male guitar player, one very small, very limber female bass player (with boots and red cowboy hat) two guitars (electric & acoustic) one bass, two amps, and one music stand into a Vibe pretty comfortably.

Add a couple of CDs into the mix (Television, Joe Strummer, Wilco) and you are ready for a trip into the good night. Beautiful August evening in Chicago. We ended up in the South Loop. It's a hard neighborhood. Still down on it's luck.

Reggies Rock Club and Music Joint is a little r&r oasis in the middle of the urban grit. And surprisingly it was alive with rockers. The Music Joint is a great room, hardwood floors, plush booths, nice old wood bar, excellent sound. Good food and drink. People were there. Some came specifically to see us, some were just hanging out.

Our drummer was the last to arrive, but he assembled his kit quickly, and then we put on one of our best shows to date, (the Lovely Carla gave us a B+ and she does not grade on a curve!), and that is a good thing. We actually won over a couple new fans.

Satisfying. A great feeling. A cold Stella Artois cannot hold a candle to that feeling of satisfaction. Sometimes success can feel like failure, and sometimes success can feel like success. This one was like the second kind.