Silly Friday Post - I was recently sent an email warning me that a very bad video from my past had shown up on the internet. As I read the email, I felt a kick of adrenaline as I pondered the consequences and embarrassment that were to sure to follow. Who would see the video? Who has ALREADY seen the video? More importantly, what if I have children someday and they see the video? How will I explain this to little Trace Jr.?
I have a confession to make. I used to play guitar in a vintage surf band called The Markdowns ten years ago. I played a shiny ‘64 Gretsch Chet Atkins through a Fender Blonde Bassman amplifier (I still have the guitar) and we wore gold sequin jackets and featured a go go dancer on stage. The embarrasment arises from the fact that in the afforementioned videos, I play a lot of notes, and unfortunately most of them are the wrong notes. This puts me in a difficult situation as I continue my life from day to day. When somebody asks my “Why?”, what do I say? How does one answer that question? Is there really an answer? I may never know the answer, all I can do is continue to live my life, day to day. To try to move on with my life, I present to you the evidence below.![]()
Other remnants from my past:
Surfing Elephant? - Pretty sure this is NOT the name of this song.
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