Anyone for BBQ?
My friend and amazing guitar player Jason Green invited me to this place located at 646 west 131 st. in Harlem called DINOSAUR BBQ,where he and his trio "Labor Of Love" was performing for the first time.
It supposed to be one of the best BBQ restaurants in the city and the one that
features great Blues Bands so i gladly accepted his invite.
Due to construction the 125st. and 137st. stations on the no.1 line going
uptown were closed,resulting in me getting off at 145st.
No problem, since it was a chilly but bright night and it gave me the
opportunity to walk down Broadway checking out the street life on a Saturday
night which was interesting and fun since i seldom find myself in this part of the city.
When i got there at around 11:00 pm the place was crowded and i had to
follow the music for to find the band.
First one i saw was Mark Greenberg on the drums,which was a nice surprise
since i haven`t see him or played with him for a while.
Yanko Valdes was on the upright bass doing a marvelous job as always
and of course Jason on the guitar and vocals.
I was very warm welcomed by all three and as i was standing there
i noticed Nikki Armstrong who was sitting on the other side of the stage
at the corner of a big table crowded with people.
She invited me over to sit next to her and i happily accepted.
I had missed her show the night before at Lucilles
and i was happily surprised to see her there.
We had the chance to properly introduce ourselves and then she joined
the band singing two tunes promoting her upcoming show there next Saturday.
By the time she finished i was invited to the stage and since i hadn`t brought
my axe with me Jason handed me his Strat and left me up there to do my thing.
It supposed to be one of the best BBQ restaurants in the city and the one that
features great Blues Bands so i gladly accepted his invite.
Due to construction the 125st. and 137st. stations on the no.1 line going
uptown were closed,resulting in me getting off at 145st.
No problem, since it was a chilly but bright night and it gave me the
opportunity to walk down Broadway checking out the street life on a Saturday
night which was interesting and fun since i seldom find myself in this part of the city.
When i got there at around 11:00 pm the place was crowded and i had to
follow the music for to find the band.
First one i saw was Mark Greenberg on the drums,which was a nice surprise
since i haven`t see him or played with him for a while.
Yanko Valdes was on the upright bass doing a marvelous job as always
and of course Jason on the guitar and vocals.
I was very warm welcomed by all three and as i was standing there
i noticed Nikki Armstrong who was sitting on the other side of the stage
at the corner of a big table crowded with people.
She invited me over to sit next to her and i happily accepted.
I had missed her show the night before at Lucilles
and i was happily surprised to see her there.
We had the chance to properly introduce ourselves and then she joined
the band singing two tunes promoting her upcoming show there next Saturday.
By the time she finished i was invited to the stage and since i hadn`t brought
my axe with me Jason handed me his Strat and left me up there to do my thing.

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