Timbale solo at Rose-Hulman Community Concert

My performance at the Rose-Hulman Community Concert went well this past Saturday.  I did a timbale/percussion solo.  I only messed up twice but nobody noticed until I told them about it later.  The video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP9Mmtn5jDU

Holiday LP hunt, limited but good

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So over the Thanksgiving break I was in Louisville and did some record hunting and I only came up with four this time.  I swear the prices on old LPs must be rising.  But they are four good ones I was happy to find.

• Rush -”Hold Your Fire”  – Their 2nd worst album, but now I have everything by them on LP through 1987
• Eagles – (Debut Album)
• Molly Hatchet – “Flirting With Disaster”
• Deep Purple – “Shades of Deep Purple”

Oh, and unable to find anymore early Bob Seger, I got “Beautiful Loser” on CD.  Good album, but a little too mellow.  It’s a sharp departure from it’s rockin’ predecessor, “Seven” my favorite album of his.

Record Hunting Fairly Successful This Past Weekend

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I went record hunting this weekend and it was fairly successful.  I got 9 albums with one BINGO!  A “Bingo” is when I find one I was looking for specifically and I say “BINGO!”  Seriously, I always do.  The Bingo was J. Geils  Band – “Nightmares…and Other Tales from the Vinyl” 1974.  There are two songs I know and like but I am not sure about the rest.  But it does fill out my collection through 1977, first 9 albums.  I am having a heck of a time finding early Bob Seger titles (up through Beautiful Loser).  I have 3 of those 8, “Mongrel”, “Smokin’ Ops” and “Seven”.

The other albums I picked this past weekend include:

• Pink Floyd -”Meddle” 1971 (another BINGO, but its pretty scratchy so I still might pick a better copy up later if its not too expensive.);
• Deep Purple – “Fireball” 1971;
• Rainbow – “Rising” 1976;
• Styx – “Cornerstone” 1979;
• The Moody Blues – “Long Distance Voyager” 1981;
• Rush – “Signals” 1982;
• Rush – Power Windows (Korean Release) 1985;

Record Buying Weekend Ahead

I’m going to Louisville this weekend to visit family…and that means it’s time to buy some records. I collect LPs and the pickings are very slim here in Terre Haute.  But when I go to Louisville, the sky’s the limit. It’s not a matter finding great stuff to buy, it’s a matter what I will choose to buy and will I be able to keep myself from spending too much money. I am hoping to fill in my Rush collection a little more. I currently have everything through Exit…Stage Left, plus Grace Under Pressure. I am looking for some more. I am also looking for any of the first three from Yes and any early Bob Seger minus Mongrel and Smokin’ OPs which I already have. You can view my entire album database at http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~bernier/albums/