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We were on KPIG Radio’s live Sunday morning show “Please Stand By” again yesterday. It’s always a kick playing on your favorite radio station. It’s also always a nice chance to check in with Sleepy John Sandidge, see what our pal Marky cooked up (literally) in the way of concessions – yesterday it was pineapple upside down cake – and hang out a bit with whoever is on the air that morning.
Yesterday it was the Santa Cruz Sentinel’s Wallace Baine doing one of his great on-air commentaries. Wallace was one of my favorite writers even before I wrote for the Sentinel (two or three lifetimes ago). We visited for awhile, and then I stuck around to catch the Austin Lounge Lizards last KPIG appearance with Tom Pittman in the band. (We also caught their show at Kuumbwa the night before.)
Out on the KPIG deck, Pittman says his retirement has helped ticket sales. I suggested that perhaps Conrad Dielser should leave the band next, followed by Hank Card, and then they can get back together and do a comeback tour, like Cher. Pittman thought it was a good idea, and added, “Yeah, but to do it like Cher, we’d have to get major cosmetic surgery before each tour.”
Aaron Bagchee, Michael Gaither, and Sleepy John Sandidge at KPIG
Music-wise, Greg, Aaron, and I played three new songs that’ll be on the next record…er, whenever that happens. Here’s a clip of “Still A Small Town”, the best excuse I could think of to explain why I’m still living here in the same place where I was born. You’ll also hear a slightly sarcastic story-behind-the-song, too:
By the way, Marky’s pineapple upside down cake was gone in about a minute and a half. I wisely snagged two pieces immediately after our set. (Musicians and free food…they just go together really well.)