And he's helping us out tonight, too (see "Guitard walks off gig" thread).
The guy did a pretty amazing job, and has loads of stage presence and flash. He had less than a week to learn 40+ songs. He wasn't able to learn all 40+ but he did get at least 35 or so. Enough to get us by last night and tonight. I think everyone wishes he could join the band on a permanent basis, but he has other band obligations. He's in a tribute band, and I think they can do tributes to at least two bands, probably with the same personnel!
We had a few rough spots, naturally, but the crowd didn't seem to care. I was more nervous than usual before the show, but that went away after we were a few songs into the first set.
There were a couple of local bassists there, who are way better than me, I'm sure. They both said I did fine, and one said I was playing nice bass lines (they were being nice. I know they noticed a few mistakes I made).
Overall, a pretty good night.
I should have added: I don't know how much country music he's played in the past, but he learned a lot of the licks. Some of the songs he shredded on, which was cool and fun actually. Shred Country. Hey, would that be a new genre?
