Taking The Stage
Ladies and Gentlemen, THE CLEARANCE RACK. To paraphrase the great Dennis DeYoung, tonight’s the night we made history. Tonight was the debut of our new band, The Clearance Rack. Considering where I bought our matching button-down polka-dotted cowboy shirts, all a size too small by the way, it felt like the perfect name for our group. If you don’t count the choir at my synagogue growing up, this is only the second band I’ve ever been part of and the first since my Junior year of college. 23 years ago!!! In case you missed the article in Rolling Stone magazine (or my recent blog), we’ve been a band for all of two weeks. Short story shorter -- the father of one of my daughter’s friends and his two neighbors loved the video game Rock Band so much, they decided to start their own real band. Minus a singer. Yada yada yada. I guess you know the rest. Our first gig was tonight at their annual block party -- their 10th annual block party. Little did I know when I signed up, but this shindig is ...