I have been considering signing up for open mic night at a local sports bar here in my little town. When i was about 16 years old I started recording some songs I did alone and also with a couple of friends. Back in 2009 an old girlfriend of mine found a box of my old reel to reel tapes in a box in her mom's garage and she sent them to me. Needless to say the vast majority of the music was lost due to most of the tapes being subjected to 30 years of heat and cold. But I was able to retrieve a few of the songs and convert them to MP3s and finally do some tweeking and make them sound good.
My son is also a guitarist and a buddy of mine who I reconnected with at my 30 year high school reunion in 2010 is still playing and singing. So we are thinking of doing an old Sheriff song titled, "When I'm With You". We are working it up when we get together which is infrequently AND separately and discussing things on the phone. Bill lives in Orange County, CA and my son and I live up here near Fresno. So...ya. Gonna be awhile before we can do that one.
I have linked to a recording I did back in 2010. Do you think I should do Open Mic Night with this one to get my feet wet? It's been over thirty years since I got on a stage to play so I am a little nervous. Please be honest....
The song is a cover of the old Shirrelles song, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/2010%20Will%20You%20Still%20Love%20Me%20Tomorrow.mp3?w=da222f32
This is the one we are working on. I think this one is better for Open Mic Night...