worst traffic jam ever + 2.5 hours late = no gig!
This weekend I was offered gigs on Friday and Saturday night playing piano for this singer.
Friday nights are pretty bad going to Bistro 221 in Escondido, so I usually allow 1 hour drive to get to the restaurant. What happened yesterday was a traffic nightmare. For some reason it was the worst traffic ever going north on the I-15.
To make a long story short, I was on the road for 2.5 hours in stop-and-go traffic that inched its way toward my destination. I started at 5:30 and got to the gig at 8pm. The gig was supposed to start at 6:30pm!
Fortunately, we’ve known the chef/owner for a very long time, and he was understanding. It was too late to do a gig because they were going to close in an hour. So, we just chatted, then set up our instruments so that we would be ready to go for tomorrow. Then went home.
Anyway, I’m excited to be playing piano tomorrow because I’ll basically be improvising and playing jazz for most of the night. I’m going to try some Keith Jarrett style improvisations when it’s just me on piano, and play jazz and pop standards with the singer.
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