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No point
in working on the practice pad now. You would think that after
all these years you would not still be nervous, but not so.
We
gathered at the side of the stage.
"House
lights out."
On we walked
... to a standing ovation! The roar was deafening, the loudest
I have ever known, it felt good. I was on auto-pilot most
of the set and when the adrenalin is pumping you can’t
be too clever, there can be a tendency to rush things so I
concentrated on keeping the beat solid and steady. 'Little
B', my drum feature came up. We
had only practiced the tune at rehearsals so I didn’t
know what I was going to do during the solo. My
technique was nearly up to scratch so it was just a case of
how and where to take it. It’s instinct mostly, that
and daring to take the dynamics down to almost nothing. Some
of it came off and some didn’t but at the end, the audience
rose to it's feet and
let me know they liked it (big time!) I was very happy. The
same reaction from the crowd at the end of the set and in
minutes we where back at our hotel.
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