School was out and the sweetness of summer had finally set in, with nothing to look forward to but what would be the best summer of our lives. My best frei nd Ben and i were relaxing by the pool soaking up the sun as we started to talk about what we wanted to do for the summer and the rest of our lives. In the midst of our conversation our mutual love of music came about and he shouted these words which started it all… .’ lets do it man, lets start a fucking band!’ Now i had played the guitar for years now, played in a few bands… nothing i ever saw potential in. Ben had had a very long stay with a great local band as their bass player and as that came to an end he started to learn the drums, which he called his true passion.
New at the he was, but no matter, we began look in for other people to fill the band. His very good frei nd dave had long wanted to front a band and we all beleive d he was just the man for the job, very outgoing charismatic, and of course he was always the ladies man. Now we just needed a bass player to complete our quartet. One of our good by the name of mike played the guitar which is very similar to bass and we all thought he was a person that we wanted in the band, so we asked him to make the change for us. He agreed and now the task of acquiring the personal was complete, now we just needed material, and much much practice. We began writing songs arranging them just the way we wanted, as well as learn a few songs to cover from our favorite artists.
The Term Paper on Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
? Summer of the Seventeenth Doll premiered on 28th November 1955 at the Russell Street Theatre in Melbourne ? Before the 1950s, very little Australian work was produced on Australian stages and often a whole year would go by without a single work by an Australian reaching the commercial stage. ? The Doll was a success in part because it gave its audiences unmistakably Australian characters in a ...
We new we didnt have much time becase fall would soon come and take us each away to our different schools and then we would be no more or at least have to wait untill the next summer. On top of that we had set our first performance one month from the date of our first practice and if you have ever been in a band you know it isnt something you can just pick up and do, it requires much dedication. So practice we did, we kept a rigor is practice schedule, basically any time that all four or even three out of four didnt have work obligations we were in mikes basement practicing. Mikes basement is were we practiced every day, cramped by the bulky furniture which was stored there and all of our equipment.
The basement floor was a sea of black which consisted of speaker cables going to all of our amplifier’s and the PA system. The greatest thing about spending hours a day there was of course mikes mom, she was always cooking for us. We all knew that not long after practice started that the air would be filled w/ the aromatic sent of burgers on the grill or chocolate chip cookies in the over. She really was TO good to us, but we loved her for it. Our fist performance was the Dayton band playoffs held annually at the Canal Street Tavern. I remember it like it was yesterday, all the feelings and emotions i had on that day.
The, all our friends had finally got the opportunity to see us play, the anticipation, i knew i was born to be on the stage i loved it there was no place id’e rather be, the raw excitement of being on stage in front of all those people with the lights pointing on you. It was quite a night, quite a feeling.
