Here's the third installment of my Jubal Modine & the Love Handles MySpace blog, preserved here for the ages.
Last night was our sophomore gig at the Watering Hole in Shawnee, Oklahoma. By all accounts we played better than we did the last time we were down there (I wanna say it was about a month ago but it doesn't seem that long). Acquiescing to several requests, we pulled "Free Bird" out of a hat and surprisingly it sounded very good. Partly that was a result of Roger's awesome soloing at the end. We never really considered "Free Bird" for our sets because I'd just figured you can't properly and respectfully cover that song without at LEAST a couple of lead guitars to fly in that final section. But now I have to reconsider.
Certain other songs wound down into short improvisational jams that were something a little different but also something we'd like to expand upon in the future.
We played a couple of songs for the first time last night. Both were Hank Williams Jr. classics: "Family Tradition" and "Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound". They went off without a hitch.
The crowd, as is so often the case, were thin at the start but eventually swelled to a respectable size, and especially towards the end of the night they became quite supportive. From the stage could be seen several folks who were obviously getting into the music, and that always puts a smile on the face.
All in all a good night, although James did get stopped by a cop on his way home passing through Meeker. The cop had him dead to rights for failure to stop at a 4-way stop sign. Luckily the K-9 Unit was not involved and he got off with just a warning.
Jubal, however, was not quite so lucky. That's right, he missed the show last night because he spent the night in the Tulsa County Jail. Like James he was stopped by a local policeman. Unlike James, his car was full of high quality marijuana. They got him for possession with intent to sell and eluding and evading...oh yeah, I forgot to tell you...he tried to run from the police. The chase went on for several miles and reached speeds in excess of 100 MPH. Just when the cops were about to throw out the "stop-sticks" Jubal slowed down, pulled into a store parking lot and stopped the car. He went peacefully. When asked, 'Why did you run?" Jubal replied, "Why does anybody? My heart's desire was to get away from you, and you'll never know the extent to which my heart is broken now that you've got me, hands cuffed behind my back. We're off to the big house, gonna spend some time in the Pokey. I deserve it. I don't really mind spending time behind bars, but they'll seize all that hooly and burn it! God have mercy"...in case you didn't know, Jubal can be quite verbose at times.
So we've dispatched some dedicated Modine fans out to T-Town and looks like we're gonna bond him out, just in time for next week's show.
And speaking of next week's show, it's gonna be Wednesday & Thursday, 3/21 & 3/22 at Dietrich's Club, 623 Kickapoo Spur, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Don't know if anyone reads these yet other than the band and their wives but if you're out there, try and make it out to the show. There's really nothing like a Jubal Modine and the Love Handles concert.
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