Jubal Modine Blog: 4th Tri-City Jam Session

Here's my second post from Jubal Modine & the Love Handles' MySpace blog:

Well, the 4th weekly Tri-City Jam Session went down last night and the Love Handles were in fine form, playing tighter than they ever have before. The audience was kind of thin at the start but by the time the night was over it had swelled to a respectable number. More importantly, just about everyone in attendance was extremely supportive, with much applause and compliments when it was all said and done.

For some reason the jammers mostly stayed home (perhaps it was the drizzle outside)...the only one who joined us was a man named Yoda who sang a few songs and exuded a style and confidence that would have made Elvis Presley proud..

Without the jammers we were obliged to play the whole night, so we decided to break it up in the middle and each member of the band played a few solo acoustic guitar numbers, starting with our bass player James, who did an original, "The Ladder", the Beatles' song "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City". Keyboardist Jeff then performed a couple of his originals ("Beat Me With Your Hair Brush" and one I don't recall the name of). Guitarist Roger did "I Don't Want to Talk About It" and Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane". Finally Charles wielded the Ovation and delivered a striking rendition of Bruce Springsteen's "Stolen Car". It was something a little different and a lot of fun for the band and the audience alike.

Jubal missed the jam...we got a call halfway into the second set and he told us "I'm in Tijuana drinking beer and chasing lizards. I intend to come home with a new pair of iguana skin boots. Sorry I couldn't make it". I've become privy to some more information concerning Jubal's absence...as it turned out the trip to Tijuana was the grand prize in a contest sponsored by the Macomb County Toad Handlers and Frog Breeders Guild. Jubal had been excited about it for some time and was in the process of working on a green tree frog that was roughly the size and shape of an armadillo. Well, naturally this behemoth amphibian won the contest and next thing you know Jubal's on a plane to old Mexico with a smile on his face and frog goo on his hands. He should be back in the states no later than tomorrow evening and we'll try to set up an interview with him for our little blog here.


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