The day I stopped worrying...

[jterrasi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Joe Terrasi)]

...so much about my equipment:

OK, I know I told this story before, but it was in a different context AND
I only have a couple good stories anyway...

One night a couple years ago, the band I was playing with at the time was
working a small club in Chicago.  I was playing harp and singing.  I
remember that at the time I was feeling dissatisfied with the sound I was
getting from my equipment.  Of course I was certain that there was NO WAY
the problem could've been with my playing or technique....

Anyway, this one night we were playing our regular Thursday gig at a bar
that wound up hosting an informal get-together after the funeral of a
certain well-known local blues singer.  A LOT of serious players were
there, so we had a few of them come up.  Later in the evening, I asked
Billy Branch if he wanted to do a couple tunes.  He said sure and came up
to play.

Well I'll bet you know what's coming.... Using MY equipment - you know, the
stuff I was unhappy with - Billy played a couple of tunes. The walls shook.
The sky split open with sound.  He tore the ROOF off.  The setup that
sounded thin and wimpy moments before now sounded like the four horsemen of
the apocalypse.

After Billy played, he thanked the band and stepped down.  The little
wisdom I have told me it was best NOT to blow harp for the rest of that
set, so I just sang.

To make a long story short, that night I decided to take responsibility for
my sound no matter WHAT I'm playing through.  Don't get me wrong, I like
good equipment as much as the next guy.  I just realized that the sound was
coming FROM me and just going THROUGH the equipment.

Play on, you guys.

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