Monday, October 05, 2026

Good show.

we had a great time altho the club was hades-hot. my max bangwell kick drum, one of his old snares, kept bouncing away, which was a fly in the potato salad. gentleman stephen hodges (hodgie, whom james met when he roadied for the james harman band when james was 15 [!!]), said we need to bolt it to a plank of wood. when he got up, with this awesomely gigantic kick, even his wouldn't stay put. "hollow stage," he said. it was a terrific, sold-out, cadillac-zack-presents show. zack said he's had over 2000 shows! james was in fine form, thrilling & virile, the band detonative. 2 fans said tell james to bring back the keyboard full-time. i said i had been doing that for a while, but it's too macho: i didnt fit in. zack, eavesdropping, said, yeah, but with you in the band, the misogyny drops by at least 10 percent. james laughed out loud! well, time for work.

1 comment:

Memphis Mike said...

VIVA LE BANGWELL! Just had a lengthy conversation about him the other day. Back when he was still "Bob", we were basically the house rhythm section for our friend Al's studio. We're playing together on dozens of tracks - but never once were in the same room at the same time. Alas, Bob & Al are both gone now, and I'm left to tell the stories. Last I heard from Max/Bob, he was back in the Land of Cleve and wanted to record together AT THE SAME TIME. The world couldn't handle the threat. That's how I choose to view it. Take care of those drums. Mucho Magic in there!