From normpeterson@earthlink.net Fri Aug 11 11:28:25 2006
Subject:Re: old bands/Norm- OT-OT

Thanks Walter,
The "Blue Scar Motor Inn" was a band in north Seattle house the guys had
before I joined them. They even wrote a song about it. It was a place to
live, rehearse, bring chicks to and party like fools after local gigs. The
original Blue Sky bass player is putting together a website about their
early years. www.blueskyrock.com In my first band "Seatttle Star" the bass
player's dad was smart enough to get him into a house which we all lived in
for a while. We had a cool studio in the basement and did much musical
experimenting there.
Norm

> [Original Message]
> From: jake92028

>
> Hey Norm, great pics of so many bands! I'm curious after I read the
> line about the Blue Sky Motor Inn - did you have that for a place to
> rehearse? No live rehearsal space is one of the biggest obstacles for
> players trying to start a band and get the first gigs. Most of the
> time there's no place to rehearse except those pay by the hour rental
> studios. They're as bad as playing a gig or worse to load in/out every
> rehearsal, and you're lucky to find an inexpensive place that's
> decent. One of the best bands I played with, doing CSNY covers with
> some other album rockers plus originals - had the best conditions to
> start: The guitar player knew a real estate agent that let us use a
> house that was in a long escrow with new owners coming from out of
> state in a month. We practiced the songs and three-part harmony with
> instruments, PA and monitors set up just like we were live onstage
> almost every day for a month. The first gig was 4 sets tight as a tick
> and "the crowd went wild," ha ha. No problem finding gigs after that.
>
> More pics, post 'em!
>
> Walter j
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