Chelsea McBee: Blog

So, at the beginning of January I took a trip up to NY city with Bob Keel to do a couple of shows. It was my second time playing in the Big Apple and I love the city... I also really love coming home from the city! Our first show was at Googies Lounge above The Living Room. We had just whooshed in on a bus from DC and went straight to the gig to set up. There was not much of a crowd (at all...) but that is typical of any first time gig at a new place. Bob played his set and sounded great, but when I got up to play, my banjo wouldn't stay in tune. That can be really frustrating since it is hard to get a banjo in tune any way (I'm sure you've heard of more than one joke about that). About three chords into my first song the neck of the banjo separated from the head and folded itself like a sandwich! Ever have one of those dreams about performing and realizing that you are naked? Well, magnify that feeling by 100 and that is what I felt. Fortunately, it was late in the evening and I was only "playing" to Bob, a very good friend Angie, and the sound guy so we called it a night. I managed to wash away the pain of the broken banjo with a few beers, and got to bed. I was able to find a guy in the village that could fix it for me the next day before my show at Goodbye Blue Monday that evening. So much for making any money on that trip... oh well
I'll try to post some photos soon :)