Greetings Faithful Readers...
Yesterday was a very odd day for me on Facebook. I woke up as I always do and check my iPhone...schedule for the day, ad for new hard drives, Google alerts... and then I saw them... 2 Facebook friend requests from names that I recognized...my bandmates from my old Rock Band, Forte! Tim and Doug... the heart and soul of one of the greatest bands that has ever played in the courtyard of Nova High School. That's right...the juggernaut of music that was the band Forte was back together. The world has been calling out for a reunion tour, but we had lost touch and moved to all different parts of the country... Viva la Facebook!
Tim (the guitarist) got married and moved to Maryland. He still plays guitar regularly but took a regular gig working at a school. Doug (the drummer) also got married and moved to the Carolinas where he took a job as a newspaper writer. I hadn't really talked much with them over the years..it's one of those "we'll always be buds" things that ends up drifting and eventually falls apart... But now here we are...reunited thanks to the Internet...and ready to melt some faces with a sound that's one part rock and roll and one part approaching-40 wanna-be garage band legends.
But we weren't quite complete. There was one more member of Forte that had yet to be found...arguably the most talented musician in our band, Ken (the keyboardist). So I went to work...and found him on Facebook as well! I sent him a friend request and he accepted it...along with a very cool note talking about our past glories. NOW we were a full band again (if only in the computer)
Will Forte every play again? Should Forte ever play again? The world only knows...but just to think that I woke up yesterday morning and was but a lonely bass player with memories of a rockin' day gone by...and now I have been reconnected with three guys who went through it all with me... amazing. Thank you Facebook... thank you Tim, Doug, and Ken... and thank you to all of the fans that prayed this would happen... our first song on the tour is dedicated to you.
BV
Thursday, January 29, 2009
I was in a rock band.
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YEAH!!!!!.. Forte again!.. yes,my prayes have been answered...pls, give me the dates of the concert we will be there..Now, back to reallity, that's cool, seriouslly, why you guys don't get together at least for one time deal??
Tainna
If I was planning my wedding I'd ask Forte to play at it, for sure! "because i have the microphone & u will listen 2 every word I have 2 say!"
hey form a FB group & fan page, and we'll join, just cause we love ya!!
Believe it or not...I cannot hear The Spirit of Radio without it bringing me back to that courtyard!
Reunion tour, eh? I'm game. But happy enough to find my old friends again and see them doing so well. Ken was arguably the most talented ( and with the easiest access to his dad's liquor cabinet) talk about memories of rockin' days gone by! But Brian was by far the most popular with ladies, though he maintained himself as an honorable Gentleman throughout.
So, where does the tour start? South Florida? or can we get Brian and Ken up North??? (Blues Brothers quote) "You're never gonna get Mr. Fabulous and Blue Lou outta them high payin' gigs".......but, "we're on a mission from God!"
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