Back In Time Booked for Port A Event

On Saturday October 12, 2013 I will be scratching through one of my bucket list items: my band is booked for my 40 Year High School Reunion in Port Aransas, Texas. The event will held at the Sandcastle Beach Condos Conference Center on Saturday night.
This has been my dream for many years and finally it will be happening. After a few phone calls and contacts from previous band members I was able to recruit a band. You know the story; we then got booked a few times to perform and have had some great fun with this.
Back In Time Band is a cover band playing mostly classic rock hits from the 70's. We play the songs that you still hear on the radio all the time. We chose the big hits that anyone would know and love to hear over and over. Songs like Born to be Wild, Take It Easy, Wonderful Tonight, and Old Time Rock and Roll. You can't ever get tired of hearing those classic hits.
Our last two gigs at Farr Best Theater were almost sell outs and each time the crowd went crazy and loved the event. Farr Best Theater is a small 150 seat entertainment venue that is fun for the whole family. We rocked the house and gave tickets holders their moneys worth for sure.
I am not sure what our future holds after this culminating event in Oct so keep watching here for updates.

What do you do for fun? Comments? Discussion?

New Booking for Back In Time Band

Well, we just booked another performance at Farr best Theater in Mansfield, Texas for Saturday night June 15th, 2013. As a new start up band we are pumped to get asked back for a second concert. If you missed the Sept 29, 2012 concert is was a packed house full of family, friends, and their friends, and locals. We opened with an instrumental of Can't Find My Way Home by Steve Winwood. We went a little easy on the first set just wetting the audiences appetite for some classic rock. After a short intermission we rocked the house with our second set with heavy hitters like Stormy Monday and Gimmie Three Steps. We ended the night with our own version of Johnny Be Good and rocked it hard.
We built this band just for one event: to play my 40th high school reunion. I graduated in 73 right in the middle of an amazing music era of 70's rock. So much music came out then that is played today on any classic rock radio. You here them all the time! The reunion gig is Saturday night, Oct 12th, 2013 in Port Aransas, Texas on the beaches of south Texas. Our venue is the Sandcastle Conference Center in Port A. Guaranteed to be a rockin time bringing back those favorites we grew up with in high school.
So if  you like Clapton, Eagles, CCR, Allman Brothers, and Steve Miller you need to come see us!

Comments? What are your favorite classic rock songs?

Back In Time Band

I never dreamed I would be performing concerts and getting paid to play! I had been thinking about and talking to some previous band friends about getting a band together to play my 40 year high school reunion. That is one of my bucket list items to play my high school reunion. Our 40th is coming up in 2013 and if  I don't play this one, it won't happen.

In Feb of 2012 I started making phone calls to guys I had played with in other bands and before I knew it I had a commitment from two guys; the drummer and a guitar / vocals guy. I then looked up a guy that played bass for me more than 10 years ago and is the BEST bass player I know.  I searched the internet and found him in Mansfield, Texas right where he was 10 years ago. I made the call and he overwhelmingly said yes to playing again. The guitar guy I already recruited recalled another name I had not heard for over 10 years that plays keyboard and piano. I searched the internet and found him also and made the call. He's in for sure!

Our first rehearsal was in March 2012 in the living room of the bass player, Darryl. We banged our way through a dozen classic rock songs and I was amazed it sounded so well for the first rehearsal. We rehearsed another time and decided we needed a second strong vocal. Our drummer, Steve (drummy) plays in another band and called his lead vocal guy. He said he would do our gig as well so now we have, Stan on guitar and vocals, Steve (drummy), Darryl on bass, Jet on keyboard, Dave on guitar and vocals, and me on lead and rhythm guitar.

Over the next several months we rehearsed once a month. All the band members are in the same are except I was 100 miles away so I drove the practice each time and home. It was well worth the drive to jam with these guys. The next thing I know we are booked to play a paying gig.

We played a classic rock concert on September 29, for 150 people with a 2 hour set list of classic hits from the 70's. We rocked the house and they loved us. In fact Farr best has since called and booked us again. We never planned it this way!

Just a note: Darryl our bassman played with Stevie Ray Vaughn in the early days and is incredible! Steve (drummy) is a sound tech for several churches and know his stuff man. Jet on keyboard was a concert pianist at age 21 and rocks. Dave plays acoustic guitar like no one else. Stan can sing country and knocks out some classic rock leads like no body's business. Me, I have been playing guitar since i was a kid and this is my fourth band to start and have fun with. By the way between all these guys we have enough sound equipment to play anywhere. Go figure!