http://www.bighanddave.com Opening Band For The Redneck Traveling Comedy Show Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:22:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/09/03/mchales-fort-mill-sc-gig/ It was about time we had our first Band Party of the Year. I think everyone had a great time, I know I did. I'm not much of a story teller so I'll just let the pictures and audio tell the story. [slideshow=8] All Along The Watchtower - Sound Check [audio:laborday08/0%20-%20All%20ALong%20The%20Watchtower.mp3] Bang A Gong [audio:http://www.bighanddave.com/audio/laborday08/1%20-%20Bang%20A%20Gong.mp3] These ... http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/09/01/labor-day-2008/ Last night’s practice was the best one we have had in quite some time, at least as far as I can remember. First of all I should be calling it rehearsal instead of practice as we have now set a timeline / goal for our first real gig. ... http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/07/18/the-day-after-practice-is-back-07-18-2008/ Last night we had a really good practice, even though it started out with Dave messing around with the lift on his boathouse. There seemed to be a power problem. I told him I would love to help him out but I don’t like to dance to the beat of ... http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/04/25/the-day-after-practice-04-25-2008/ We had a really good practice last night. The pirated recording of Big Hand Dave playing Green Onions and Secret Agent Man were debuted to great reviews. Damn Pirates!! [audio:16%20Secret%20Green%20Onion%20Man.mp3] We decided that we have enough material to make a band page on MySpace with actual recordings. I think Rodney should be in ... http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/04/11/the-day-after-practice-04-11-2008/   April is Autism Awareness Month! Across the United States and beyond, the autism community is celebrating its members, holding special events to raise awareness, and raising money for research. This month, I'll be highlighting as many national and local events as I can -- so please feel free to send ... http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/04/04/autism-awareness-month-begins/ Last night’s practice was a lot of fun, despite the fact that we played a lot of material for the first time. It was a night of fab firsts as many of the songs we played were new to everybody. Thank goodness for PJ’s charts. As an added bonus, Corn-Squeezer ... http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/03/28/the-day-after-practice-03-28-2008/ We had a pretty good practice last night, despite the fact that Dave neglected to deliver my corn juice soaked hymnal back to its proper owner and Rodney had to shift his Mustang into Jeep to avoid getting trapped in Dave’s driveway. Dave has had some trees removed at the ... http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/03/21/the-day-after-practice-03-21-2008/ We had a great practice last night. We got through an amazing amount of material and had a lot of fun doing it. There was, however, the matter of mysterious corn juice on the counter. I’m not sure I would ask if I were you. And just so you know, ... http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/03/07/the-day-after-practice-03-07-2008/ Last night we had a really good practice. Sadly, the secret word will not be disclosed. Those are some sickos, those bandmates of mine. But we were introduced to a possible new song that I came up with using some software and sampling and that’s what we warmed up to. ... http://www.bighanddave.com/2008/02/22/the-day-after-practice-02-22-2008/