tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17166659.post114704077905777881..comments2023-10-25T16:08:23.546-07:00Comments on Jet City Blues: Mike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17344654261133655744noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17166659.post-1147062214227170782006-05-07T21:23:00.000-07:002006-05-07T21:23:00.000-07:00The Slackmasters was a launching pad into the Seat...The Slackmasters was a launching pad into the Seattle blues scene for not only the band, but for the individual members of The Slackmasters as well. I met John Hodgkin, Tom Brimm and Nick Morrison through a "musicians wanted" ad in The Rocket, the local music magazine at the time. That was one of the only ways for those not already connected with the scene to meet other musicians wanting to form bands. I went to a house where the guys were holding auditions and things seemed to click pretty well so I felt fairly confident that they were gonna offer me the guitar slot in their blues band. John called me later to say that they dug what I was doing but that they had auditioned another guitarist earlier in the week that they really liked, too, and that I should jam with them when the other guy was there. Oh great... I had to prepare myself for a "shredding session"! The other guy turned out to be Tim Sherman... 'nuff said! The guys couldn't decide which one of us they wanted so the ended up with both of us. That turned out to be, at least for me... very, very cool! The band played and partied HARD for about a year... at which time Nick annouced that not only was he quiting the band, but quiting the drums as well. At the end of his final gig with the band at The 4th Ave Tavern in Olympia, Nick set his drums on the dance floor, worked the crowd into a frenzy, and coaxed them into completely demolishing the entire set. That was Nick's "last hurrah" as a drummer. He did go on to a very successful caeer in radio, though. Tom Brimm quit shortly after that to join Too Slim in Spokane, John Hodgkin moved to Spokane as well, and Tim and I were left without a band. We both have managed to survive nicely, though, thank-you-very-much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com