This had the makings of a miserable afternoon. On paper, it looked pretty good - go back to the neighborhood in which we got our start 27 years ago, see some people, do the whole Church carnival thing. It started raining on Friday and didn't stop. Sunday morning's torrential downpour had us thinking that the event would be called. Not St John Fisher! They didn't let a little rain stop them. They didn't let a lot of rain stop them - like a Chicago area record 7 inches in one day lot of rain. Sure enough, we arrived to see everyone walking around in the pouring rain, riding rides, eating funnel cakes and drinking tap beer from the beer tent. OK, we can do this.We were proceeded on the stage by a tight quartet called Girl Next Door. They cleared the stage by 3:15, and with all of us there, we got set up in 15 minutes. Maureen from Fisher kept the plastic pitchers of Genuine on tap coming and coming, and all things considered, we played very well. The obsequious Brian Sandstrom sat in on bass, and really gave us a solid foundation to wrap around. Gina Knight played a wicked Sing Sing.
And it was good to see some old friends. Tom Scannell, Julie Collins, and even a couple whose wedding reception we performed at 25 years ago. That was very cool!
Sometimes you play for 5000 down at Grant Park, sometimes you play for 20 people in a rain soaked tent.
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