The Excitement Is Building

The growing excitement has created an almost unbearable tension. This Sunday, we play at the annual Historic Oakland Cemetery Festival and I know of at least two people who will go there JUST TO HEAR US PLAY! I'm married to one and her commitment is wavering, but I think she'll make it. Of course while we are actually on stage she might be on an extended search for Margaret Mitchell's grave.
Excitement is also reaching epic oozing proportions for the pending release of our newest CD, "Hey, Dog," with an actual photo of a dog on the cover. It's like poetry, without the rhyme. We just got the mastered CD and now are feverishly working on the packaging. It's harder to work when feverish than we had thought. We think we're going with an eco-friendly package involving no plastic, except that they come shrink-wrapped, which we will put on because we really enjoy hearing lots of swearing. Surprising for a band that does so much gospel music, huh? We are trying to reach consensus whether to include the lyrics, which raises our printing/packaging cost. Then people could listen and read the words I was supposed to be singing.
Meanwhile, we are rehearsing. We still haven't made it through the whole playlist yet; a little disconcerting since the Big Event is coming up. The good news is once we get a song started, we generally do pretty well with it. It's just the starts and stops that cause trouble, kind of like a bicycle rider using shoes that snap onto the pedals for the first time. We are pretty excited that Patrick Dore said he wants to buy the CD; okay, that's one sale we know we have! Yes!