Morning, amigos. Took the day off today, as I'm running behind preparing for tomorrow night's gig. Is that Officer Cam I see?
<><>It sure isn't, you must be mistaken! What gig ya preparing for?
It's a two-fer. First, I have to officiate my dad's wedding. Then the Hubcaps play at his reception. Got a surprise planned for his father-daughter dance with my sister. Gonna make her cry. But I have to learn the song. That's today's priority.
I love the Hubcaps! Sike, never heard of them. Morning, Bret. What's the surprise? That you're playing it?
We're the best band you've never heard of. Morning to ya, Joe. My sister was a ballerina from toddlerhood to high school. When she was little (she's 15 years younger than me), I used to play the Elton John song "Tiny Dancer" for her on the piano and she'd dance around the living room to it. Now she's grown up and I haven't played the song in 20 years but I convinced the band to do it at the reception. It took some convincing, as there aren't a lot of Elton John fans in the band.
Great song, throw down some Rocket Man for the encore!
No. I wanted to do "Levon," but the band wasn't going there.
Maybe Crocodile Rock.... Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting or The Bitch is Back.... then again, probably best to stick with your one victory.
Yeah, see, we're a guitar band and Elton John's stuff doesn't lend itself to the extended solos and guitar harmonies for which we're famous (relatively speaking). We're more Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eagles, Joe Walsh, Brian Setzer, and Santana. I could have convinced them to do "Rotten Peaches" or "Razor Face" because that's edgier stuff. They'd have gone with me on "Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)", but that's not a great choice for a wedding. So I'll stick with this.
