07-10-2020, 01:05 AM
(07-10-2020, 12:35 AM)beez Wrote:(07-09-2020, 09:37 PM)Ahabstar Wrote:
3. I auditioned as the new drummer for .38 Special.
Claim #3.
Will you describe in detail, your actual audition?
Woody and I went to Don Barnes’s house and went out to his garage to jam for a few hours. I had no idea what to expect just having met the guy the week beforehand, so I was just along for the ride. We played All Along the Watchtower and Manic Depression. Although Woody played “the lead” on the harmonica so it was a little weird. We shot the bull for a bit while Woody and Barnes caught up with one another. Next thing I know, I’m pouring 7&7’s. Some more BSing and then Dock of the Bay, Prince’s Housequake of all things and then Rocky Top when Woody mentioned I went to UT. More drinking and BSing after that. And that is when he said Hold On Loosely. I stopped halfway through the first chorus because “damn, he sounded really spot on.” Up until that moment in time I had no idea who he was and just figured that he and Woody were in a garage band together back in high school. It was then I was informed that I was being auditioned because Meeder was out. I busted out laughing and told him what I had thought.
Could have knocked me over with a feather. But that was when I told him about knowing Burns. Which made Barnes laugh.