It was a strange entry to John Mackey's new jam night at Smiths. I expected it was upstairs in McGregor Hall (as advised online) and innocently walked in on a life drawing session but was hussled out very quickly. The jam was downstairs this week. Then a few greetings and a few jam bands and a chance to play a couple of numbers with new jammers, Night in Tunisia and Misty. The bass was pretty heavy work to my ageing hands but you adjust. More to the point, there was no bass pickup so the music was limited in volume. Our tunes were OK if somewhat a struggle to settle on Misty. Strange that! John didn't play but some local stars did and they were truly impressive, as expected: Tom, Chris, Matilda, Simon and others. Then through more players and more who might have played but didn't. I caught up with Alysa but she didn't sing this evening: singers have the added issue of changed keys, although chords, if not melodies, are pretty well handed with tech these days. Perhaps not the hottest jam I've attended, partly for the bass volume, but a good outing none-the-less. Thanks to John for the new session and the chance to meet some new players. PS thanks to John for the pic of my jamming band.
John Mackey runs a jam session each Tuesday evening at Smiths.
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