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Jay's Blog 2010
These past few months have really trying for the band and for me personally.
We lost my longest running band mate in Kenny due to retirement, and two weeks later, the second longest running member decided to step down. Two tough shoes to fill on short notice, but we have searched for new players and have found what we are looking for.
On February 20th, at Infinity: This will be the complete ensembles first show as a new unit, and all are really excited about it.
We just finished off our last show with a "fill-in" drummer and it was our best one yet. I think that inretrospect, maybe it helped the band lean on each other a little bit and learn again to play with one another. Sometimes that gets forgotten in the moment on stage.
Jeff Beckley - who I met almost ten years ago at my very first National Open for Marty Stuart, sat in Saturday night at the Byrncliff. As always, the place was nutty. Crowd up and kept us going after long after our time was up. Chanting for Lyle to sing a song was priceless and very much appreciated. Jeff filled in incredibly well. He had a ball and so did we. Why does it seem that it is wicked cold only when we play there. Nothing like coming out from working all up on stage and out into the subzero temp and shivering in your van. Only at Byrncliff!
