On Friday, I had the opportunity to play the boards as our staff band did a rendition of Bustin Loose in honor of Chuck Brown. I ain’t gon’ lie, I was pretty nervous. Not that he woulda been all able to single me out and say something, but it’s just the point. Bustin Loose is definitely in my 50 favorites, so I would’ve wanted to do it justice if it had just been the students in the audience, but with HIM there? Pssshhhh. But I wasn’t really tryin to crush it, I just wanted to be easy and play my role.
Expanding a little bit, what this really makes me think of is this: I was seriously pressed because the author/composer of a song I really like was there when I played that song, yet it’s sometimes hard to keep that same kind of focus when it comes time to realize that God, the creator of everything, is always there. Hm.
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Wow that must have been a great experience!
Mr.GO GO himself there.
Congrats Avery!
I expect to see your interview posted shortly.
That song will always take me back to my freshman year at FAMU. The only radio contest I ever won was for tickets, I’m sorry, one ticket, to a concert in Gaither Gym featuring the Bar-Kays, Chuck Brown and the Fat Back Band. I also won a t-shirt, which became my primary pickup basketball shirt for several years before my wife put it out of it’s misery.
gimme the bridge, y’all
Was Chuck at Bell?! Thats great Ave!
yup, chuck was @ bell.
the only thing i remember winning off the radio was a fishing lure. i called into an outdoors show when i was, like, 10.
ave, you tease, ain’t you gonna tell us how this happened? that’s a pretty cool experience doe, no doubt!