Author: sheilaned

I think it was September of 1967, the first time I met Joe Mal. I auditioned for his band at a restaurant called DeMaio’s in East Hanover, NJ. I was only 16 years old, so my Mom had to drive me to the audition. I played well enough, I guess, to pass the audition that

Bass players are a bit of a weird subset of musicians. Stereotypically, bassists are quiet, organized, reliable self-starters that truly represent the backbone of any band, and not simply because they provide that “thump” that is so recognizable when listening to any music. Don’t misunderstand, not every bass player falls into that stereotype … oh

The Covid thing was dying down somewhat here in North Georgia when Sheila & I got a call from our friend, Bob, who is/was the drummer in my Unit 5 band. Unit 5 kind of fell apart with the ‘Rona restrictions, but Bob and his wife Kimberly remained good, social friends of ours. The call

As hard as it is for me to imagine, it’s been more than a year since my last blog post! It’s not like I can blame it on the pandemic (Covid 19) (Corona virus) (‘Rona) (whatever), because that didn’t really grossly impact us more than any other event over the past year. Okay, sure, maybe

Breedlove Solo Jumbo Fretless CE I hadn’t purchased a new bass in about 3 years, choosing to sell off some of the excess stuff I’ve had instead of buying. But I was missing a decent acoustic bass for most of the usual reasons that musicians buy an acoustic … hanging out at home, taking with

In February of 2020, I received a call from someone named Jessica, who worked for a group called Sharecare. They are based out of New York and Atlanta and were in search of a person who had experienced heart failure to be featured in a three video group of 2-3 minute clips. Turns out, Sharecare

Here are the three videos from our ShareCare story about my heart failure experiences. https://www.sharecare.com/health/heart-failure/article/video-ed-story-heart-failure https://www.sharecare.com/health/heart-failure/article/video-support-important-heart-failure https://www.sharecare.com/health/heart-failure/article/video-living-best-life-heart-failure

Social distancing, North Georgia style Everyone in the world seems to be sheltered in place as this virus works its way through society, and here in Georgia we’re no exception.  Just for reference, Sheila & I live almost 35 miles from downtown Atlanta on the very outskirts of the “greater Atlanta Metro area”. I frequently