Take your humble correspondent and the Eyewitness Blues Band. I (and we) didn't claim to be anything more than a bunch of broadcasters goofing with guitars when we first burst upon the scene a year ago. Nobody expected much, and we got away with plenty, including this:
That's Mike Sugerman, me, and Doug Sovern--with Dr. Elmo. Don't recognize the name? He's the man behind the weird holiday classic "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer", and as part of our mad dash to get away with every musical experience we could, we brought him into the radio station so we could play along with him. Live.
Did we suck? Well, Doug didn't. Mike and I were so naive that we didn't understand that "modulation" meant "key change", so when Doug and Dr. Elmo modulated, we didn't. Bad guitar playing is one thing. Bad guitar playing in the wrong key is something else again.
So now a year's gone by. Dr. Elmo is coming back for a reprise. We've had all kinds of rehearsals and performances. And this time, we can't play the "goofball" card. This time, we have to modulate.
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