It all goes by so

July 12, 2002

It all goes by so fast. When you are in uncharted waters it goes even faster. Loved rejoining the the CJBand tonight in a beautiful outdoor evening concert. If I didn't try too hard the songs came back to me. Too many beer signs and motorcycle ads but that doesn't have to influence the music. For the rebels that some red necked beer drinkers and hell raisers claim to be it is evident that they too have bought into a corporate world. Pirates two hundred years late or prey to modern imaging. They don't jump ship on anything and that includes their favourite products. Less fickle and thus slaves to the most rudimentary marketing. One beer one bike...forever. No matter what the manufacturers achieve in the quality department some people will stay with them. Loyalty is beautiful sometimes. Sometimes it is sad. When the manifesto is that "you should never change as an individual" a pretty solid market opens up for the manufacturer. What the product represents is way more important than the product itself. Where was I. Oh yeah. I only play Fenders & Gibsons because everything else sucks. We came offstage lamenting the technical challenges but enjoyed the recovery time back at the hotel. Nice to be back in the rumble seat. Our bus smells like piss and old cigarettes . . . this may help the music.