Come to New Aldaya Lifescapes tomorrow from 5:30-7 for wine, beer, cocktails, and lyric-laden songs. I will be performing several songs using the Digitech Jamman "looper," which allows multiple tracks with harmonies. Pretty amazing machine, really. Plus some new songs, and a ton of the old favorites. AND for a look back at my 52-year singing career with Waller, Winter Ridge Handy, check this out. It began in September, 1961. Bob and Scott, Winter Ridge Handy, Robert James Waller and Making Music from 1961 to 2013. It’s September, 1961. I’m eighteen, out of high school four months, climbing out of Waller’s VW Beetle he calls “Henry” as we haul our cases—guitar and banjo—into “Joe’s 218 Tap” on University Avenue between Waterloo and Cedar Falls. He’s a junior at UNI, I’m a freshman, and we’ve been hired to sing for Joe’s bar crowd, every Thursday night. Waller’s a starter on the UNI basketball team, and knows everyone. A Big Man on Campus. I’m nobody, except I can play and sing harmonies, and Waller and I know several songs that we both love to sing. (Read the whole essay at scottcawelti)
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:09:26 +0000