…up-ness
Yooooooooooooo!
What up everybody? Nigel Hall here, reporting live from sunny Bangor, Maine. I have had a very busy couple of months. I think the last time I blogged, I was in Newport, Rhode Island at the jazz festival. I wanted to meet Herbie. Well, I DID! And it was one of the most amazing things ever to happen to me (next to witnessing child birth). It was awesome. You really can see why his music is so beautiful. Because he’s a beautiful person. He was very nice to me and appreciated that his image was being kept. So Herbie, If you’re reading this, thank you very much for the chance to shake your hand. I haven’t washed it yet.
So, a lot has happened since then. I just started a new gig with some old friends of mine in Portland, Maine called “Rustic Overtones” as the new keyboard player. It’s so awesome because I get to actually play my instrument first. I think that I’ve shared with you all that I’m a keyboard player first. So I really get to “Duke”-out and it’s a lot of fun. We’re writing a whole bunch of new tunes and doing an album together and we’re having a blast. I also am playing keys in a band with Mr. Krasno called “Chapter 2″ with Deitch and my good friend from my Wally’s days, Louis Cato (vice president of the NOT RIGHT club for musicians). I’m the president, self proclaimed of course. We’re playing our first gig on the 6th of Nov. at Sullivan Hall in NYC. FULL RAGE!!!
I’ve also been working on my album as much as I can, due to my hectic schedule. It’s comin’ right along.
I went to North Carolina not to long and did a show with Lettuce which was (as always) a ton of fun. I got to meet another one of my heroes, Mr. Ahmir Thompson, you may know him as the almighty brother ?uestion. It was awesome.
So that’s really it…
I’ll catch up with you guys down the road…
Rage
Nigel
