It’s funny really how musicians tend to be critical of the playing of others. It’s just that we know how to play an instrument and have ideas on how it should be played. It really isn’t fair yet I myself am guilty of dishing out comments. Sometimes though musicians can be really cool and just forget being so uptight and truly have fun. For the past few nights at Capone’s, the house bands did just that.

Members of the Mike Bon Group, Nino Alejandro, Velcro, Craig Davis and the New Waves, Mojo Fly, River Maya and of course Overtone all got up on stage and jammed together. We played anything. U2, The Beatles, Swing Out Sister, Toto; you name it. The best part is no one tried to upstage anyone.

It didn’t matter what we were playing. No pretensions. We were just having fun. In this situation, you can appreciate one another. You feel what the other is feeling through the music as you’re not disconnected from the performance. Sweet!

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