So I’ve picked up a gig in June, playing... Disco hits of the 70’s? It’s weird, trying to get a groove going to songs I viscerally hated when I was a teenage freak, but there’s some good stuff in here, too. Superstition, Right Place Wrong Time, & Saturday in the Park by Chicago, which has a surprisingly adventurous progression & arrangement. I’ve had the set list since Sunday at 1 pm & the first rehearsal is tomorrow. I know half the set. Yikes!
@Devils_Rancher ha! My band got a gig offer for July playing a bunch of disco hits too. September by EWF, Good Time by Chic, a bunch of Jamiroquai and MJ tunes. I'm in trouble!
@fobo is there some sort of popular revival going on that I’m unaware of? This set is very horn-heavy, and I’d be surprised to see any horn players tomorrow night, so I’m dubious, but I’m a pro & they say, whoever they are, that so long as the bass can hold it together, the band will sound good. I’ll have this shit down note for note in another 3 weeks, for sure. Rock the boat, baby.
@fobo The one song from the 70’s I can really get behind is Donna Summers’ I Feel Love. It was pretty ground-breaking. Get Down On It, not so much.
@Devils_Rancher no idea. The thing we're doing is a disco dance night that bounces around various clubs in Seattle called Stayin Alive. I guess it gets packed, so maybe some kind of revival is happening.