Nothing real exciting going on here this weekend.
I went to a concert at the zoo tonight to see a local blues/rock guitarist named Ryan McGarvey. It was a great show. Our zoo does a summer concert series at their outdoor amphitheater. It has lawn seating for three thousand or so people. I had friends who got there early and saved me a space on the front row.
Ryan's in his late 20s, and having a great career so far. He's been on an upward trajectory since about 2010 when Eric Clapton picked him out of several thousand other guitarists in a contest to play the Crossroads Festival. These days, he spends most of his time touring overseas, so it's a treat to see him come here and play to his home crowd. His bass player tonight was Carmine Rojas, who's played with people like Rod Stewart, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, and most recently Joe Bonamassa. Ryan's a nice kid, too. We're casual acquaintances...I run into him from time to time at the supermarket. He stays at his parent's house when he's in town, and they live nearby.
Saturday LOML is working and I'm not (for a change), so I'll mostly be working on the Honey-Do list. Ialso need to put in some guitar time to start learning a bunch of material for a new musical project I'm going to start playing with (in addition to my main band).
Sunday will mostly be spent hanging around with LOML. We're planning to go to an arts and crafts fair, and after that we'll just make it up as we go.