Rockin' at Nall

[toprudder]

Matt and I arrived at Nall Thursday at about 6:00pm. Just in time for hot dogs and the AMA meeting. Afterwards, Matt found out there was going to be a jam session in the hangar, so he ran (not walked!) to the van to get his guitar and amp. Glad I told him to pack those, "just in case".

Chris Hinson is absolutely AWESOME on the guitar, Peter Goldsmith rocked on the bass, Blair "BR289" was incredible on the drums, even though he said he has not played much recently, and George Hicks took turns on the drums as well. Another guy (sorry, did not catch his name, maybe someone else knows?) also played guitar.

Matt has been playing the guitar for just a little over a year, and I wasn't sure how well he would do with the others, but he made his dad proud! When Chris took a break, he let Matt play his guitar. Matt played lead on Eric Clapton's "Cocaine" and also AC/DCs "Shook me all night long", during which someone from the audience stepped up to the microphone and supplied great vocals.

At some point during the jam session, I noticed that most of the others in the group were JR flyers, so I promptly gave Matt his Futaba hat to wear.

Matt and Chris Hinson:


With Peter Goldsmith:


With George Hicks on drums:


I really appreciated the others letting Matt play. We had a great time -- one of the higlights for us at this years Joe Nall.

Bob R.

[JeeUm]

I was really impressed at how well he did with the guys. Had me clapping during the AC/DC tune.

[BR289]

Toprudder,
Believe it or not...I too fly Futaba....even though Chris Maier flies on the JR Team and is my best friend...I do like my 14MZ!
Matt was really having a good time and thats what we intended to do. We were talking at Toledo ( Chris Hinson and I ) and decided to just get together and jam and hopefully provide a bit of entertainment ( and being I havent been playing for quite some time, I thought it would be fun to throw a set together )
Next year we will actually learn some songs and really shine....and we hope Matt will be there to be a part of it!
Keep in touch!
Blair

[BR289]

By the way, George Hicks really rocked too! Hope he wants to come up again next year!
Blair

[Marty]

Thanks a ton Blair. Man, even though I look kind of emotionless in the pictures and stuff, I was having a really good time. I really enjoyed jamming with you, Chris, Pete, George, and that other guy who I didn't catch the name of(Sorry). I look forward to it next year, and hopefully everyone will be back then.

Matt