Coming Soon..to a community theatre near you
Rock Band almost segued into what Zoe called Band Camp. And no, none of us play...but Eric does sing.
The story here is that several years ago we were having a party at my parent's house while our house was out of commission due to some construction. At the time, my youngest brother (who is 12 years my junior) was in a band. The only instructions left by my Mom was that Matthew, my brother, didn't want anyone playing his "expensive" band instruments.
Well as you can imagine, the night went on and the recycling bin started to fill up. Everyone (well at least the guys) wanted to know what it was like to play in a band. The next thing you know a bastardized version of John Mellencamp's Pink Houses was wafting its way through the basement. Eric was on guitar, Keith on bass, Jeff and Brian played drums...I think I was playing another bass. We rocked. The more we rocked, the more our wife's slowly gravitated towards the other end of the room. We were loud (he had 6 foot speakers) and we sucked.
Then, like a the thud of a Judge's gavel, the music stopped (of course calling it music in the first place is being generous). My Mother, with little Matthew in tow, had arrived home. My Mother had the amazing power of making all of us feel like we were sixteen again. She was...shall we say...a little upset. For some reason everyone thought the fun was over. People started leaving...quickly. My final salvo, before Zoe dragged me to the door, was telling Matthew, "at least if my friends break your instruments, they have jobs to buy new ones". That went over quite well. Fear not, the next day we all made up. I accepted their apology gracefully...at least that is how I remember it.
My parents will be moving next month and this will be one of the twenty years worth of memories we will always laugh about. The story only gets better with time. Last night we posed for one last picture with Matthew's precious instruments which funny enough, are going to be donated away. I am soooo glad we didn't cause them any harm that one rocking night.
