Sunday, July 27, 2008

The After Party

After the show, we all went to the Grizzly Lounge (the bar at the lodge where we were staying) and found it already full of audience members. It's pretty much the only bar in Bear Valley. It took forever to get a beer.
There was a trio playing that included a woman playing guitar and ukelele; a harmonica player wearing a vest that had a series of harmonicas in little pockets; and a bass player.
The woman reminded us all of a famous actress whose name we couldn't remember. Finally someone said, "Kathy Bates!" I assumed that the singer was constantly hearing about the resemblance, but later someone asked her and she said that she'd never heard of Kathy Bates.
Eventually Ken Stout got his sax and sat in with the band. Then Tracy brought his flugelhorn and sat in too. Tom Lopes took over the bass, and with that, our band had hijacked the entertainment. The people didn't seem to mind.

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