Western Swing and Other Things

This weekend Bryan's biz took us to a gig at a ranch on the canyon rim. The Western Swing Heritage Band played for the party goers.

Luckily, the high heat of the week was lessened by the cool Amarillo breezes.

Ha, did I say cool Amarillo breezes? That's only true if cool breezes means gusts of 30-40mph. At times we felt like we were being pelted by a sandblaster. But, I'll take the gusts of wind over the 95+ heat.

As I look at this picture from the evening at the ranch I have to chuckle. What sign is there of the wind on the ranch - if one were to believe this windmill they would think it was a completely calm evening! I think this group of musicians were genuinely excited to have a sound guy to to look after them. These guys were certainly a chatty bunch - sharing many stories of years gone by.

The jamming continued well into the evening providing many hours of dancing for the party goers. Honestly, I had never seen a party quite like this until I moved to Amarillo. Western Swing dancing is not exactly common in Eastern Iowa.

Bryan enjoyed mixing audio for this group. The plus side is that Western Swing is not very taxing on the gear.

I was excited that the gig was big enough to warrant a load-out crew - this meant I had to move less gear. And that's a good thing!

Until the next big gig...