Sooo, my band is in the final throes of rehearsal for our Ukraine Benefit (with Harry Chapin's Long Island Cares food bank). While we're the house band and will play our own set, the headliner is Long Island's own Elliot Easton, and I'm pretty excited to be playing with a guy that's legitimately in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (and yeah, I know the RnRHof is kinda lame, but I digress). Of course we have to do a set of Cars music, and one of the selections is "Just What I Needed" which if not their biggest hit, was certainly one of them. Oddly enough, I've been using my blue Pilot bass a lot lately, and will probably play it for the benefit because the blue almost matches the blue in the Ukrainian flag. And it sounds pretty damn good too!
While working on the bass lines, I stumbled into this clip from "Live Aid" in 1985, and lo and behold, what is Benjamin Orr playing? A black Pilot bass! It looks to be an early one with a pickguard, which would figure, this is from 1985,
For those of you that might be in the area, (shameless plug alert), please consider coming down and supporting these poor Ukrainian folks. $65 isn't a bad deal for free food and grog for four hours, and all proceeds are going directly to relief.
We even managed to get a little digital ink from the local Patch, and are hoping for a good turnout. Plenty of room at Mulcahy's for those worried about crowds.
While working on the bass lines, I stumbled into this clip from "Live Aid" in 1985, and lo and behold, what is Benjamin Orr playing? A black Pilot bass! It looks to be an early one with a pickguard, which would figure, this is from 1985,
For those of you that might be in the area, (shameless plug alert), please consider coming down and supporting these poor Ukrainian folks. $65 isn't a bad deal for free food and grog for four hours, and all proceeds are going directly to relief.
We even managed to get a little digital ink from the local Patch, and are hoping for a good turnout. Plenty of room at Mulcahy's for those worried about crowds.