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Benjamin Earl
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Roll back time
Our first gig in support of a 5 song ep we released 1975
1980's my first ever sponsored bass guitar deal 
Dean Hollywood Z first show lot of poser pix I will spare you the rest ha ha ha
Our first gig in support of a 5 song ep we released 1975
Dean Hollywood Z first show lot of poser pix I will spare you the rest ha ha ha 
At the conclusion of our 2019 performance at The Huntington Library's Summer Concert Series during their 100th Anniversary. 4,000 people in the audience - it was a good day.
Though we weren't getting paid as it was a Charity gig, we were still blessed to grace the stage of the "Pony"!
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DudeLike a mighty Viking!
Thank you that might be appropriate my mom was from Norway (serious)
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
One from a recent gig with a great band, with a moment of communal prayer with drummer Mike Hyman:
in the middle of Blister in the sun where it gets real quiet...
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Exactly! I've seen Page and Beck twice each and had always wanted to see EC. Mission complete!
2019… when we could still gig.
That's some history right there! Wish I had (did play The Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco which was about as close as we had).
I'm amazed at the quality of gigs some of you guys are playing. I'm what you call a "ham and egger":
Rockabilly trio I used to play in circa 2017-2019. The double bass conveniently hides my fatness. This was back before I learned how to slap. The guitar player taught me how to up my style game and dress more snappily.
My old indie rock band from 2013. I've played in a bunch of groups and usually I'm pretty easy come easy go about things, but this it the one band in my life I regret quitting. We weren't great performers, but it was an excellent hang and a really fun/exciting songwriting situation. Unfortunately the group fell apart due to ego issues (including mine). I wish I had been more mature during those days, the band might still be around. There's also a guitar player, out of frame.
The first band I ever played with that gigged out. We played bar covers, but we were all pretty jazzed to be playing on an actual stage instead of crammed into the corner of some crummy pub, and as you can see we hammed it up appropriately. The lighting rig wasn't working properly, which created the dark area at the front of the stage.
Rockabilly trio I used to play in circa 2017-2019. The double bass conveniently hides my fatness. This was back before I learned how to slap. The guitar player taught me how to up my style game and dress more snappily.
My old indie rock band from 2013. I've played in a bunch of groups and usually I'm pretty easy come easy go about things, but this it the one band in my life I regret quitting. We weren't great performers, but it was an excellent hang and a really fun/exciting songwriting situation. Unfortunately the group fell apart due to ego issues (including mine). I wish I had been more mature during those days, the band might still be around. There's also a guitar player, out of frame.
The first band I ever played with that gigged out. We played bar covers, but we were all pretty jazzed to be playing on an actual stage instead of crammed into the corner of some crummy pub, and as you can see we hammed it up appropriately.
The lighting rig wasn't working properly, which created the dark area at the front of the stage.
