An Oldie but a Goodie

This past friday I had a chance to reunite with some members of "The Chris Sligh Band." Chris Sligh was playing a concert out in Laurens, which I had seen randomly on an advertisement a few weeks ago. For those of you don't know, I played lead guitar for Chris for a few years in high school and college. We were originally called "The Chris Sligh Band," and later "Half Past Forever." The only picture I have readily available to post from these years is this:

That picture is actually of the first edition of "Half Past Forever," which later evolved into a completely different band. The members above are all of the original band, except for Joey (the other older one), who took the place of Joseph Bunn. Joseph was the original keys player and a good friend who passed away unexpectedly my first year of college. Below is a video of "The Chris Sligh Band" playing one of our first concerts at North Hills.

Anyway, I saw that Chris was playing in Laurens and I told Tim Wadsworth (our drummer) to tell Chris we wanted to play with him again for fun as a sort of reunion. Chris was happy to hear from us and we ended up playing a few worship songs with him at the end of his show. We then had a chance to catch up with him and his wife afterwards. It was a fun evening filled with alot of old stories and even more laughter. Some things have changed with Tim...and then some things never will...

The stage picture is courtesy of my wife Kristi, who impressively took it handheld in a very dark environment after some coaching from me beforehand.

Other than that the weekend was pretty usual. Addy and I did spend some good time at Heritage Park riding the train and playing on the playground. I've found the disadvantage of a DSLR is that most people are intimidated by them. I really wanted a good picture of us on the train, but one person couldn't focus and the other guy didn't even actually take a picture. Both of them kept spinning the wheel that controls aperture...who has ever taken a picture with a wheel? I guess I should learn how to turn on Live View so people at least don't have to be confused about why they can't just look at the screen to take the picture.