An interesting thing happened to me last week. I was working a retirement home I work on a regular basis and someone came up to me in the middle of a song and asked if a drummer could sit in. I said to him, I'm sorry but I don't see any drums here. He explained that the guy played congas and went upstairs to get them. About that time, I saw him coming in with the congas. I said sure. I mean, how bad could it be. As it turned out, the guy had played congas in LA for 30 years and he was great. I had 30 minutes left in my show and I immediatly switched to all latins. It was awesome. It's amazing the extra dimension that was added to my music by the live congas. Live musicians are still the best. But I'm thankful I don't have to run a band anymore.

Joe

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Joe Ayala