We got up on stage a little before 11 and IT IS ALL DIFFERENT than you are used to. Different amps, smaller stage area, where you stand, lights, everything. And you don't really get a chance to do anything but just start playing. Beginning of the first song (Help Me [Green Onions] I am pretty nervous at first but then I realize I am hitting all my notes (well most) and we sound pretty good! And the only thing at that point running through my mind is my daughter telling me after our only other gig, "Dad, you have to learn how to smile!" So I smile! [glow=yellow,2,300] And then people get up and start dancing and I smile more! It is REAL HARD not to smile when music you are creating gets people to stand up and dance! [/glow] Then the first song ends and people are whooping and hollering and I smile more!
A bass player friend of mine says that's one of the best feelings in the world.....way to go!