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In the aftermath of 9-11 when the Trade Towers were destroyed, I noticed a lot of friends, couples mostly, broke up.\u00a0 Maybe just a coincidence, but it sure seemed like that event led to questioning everything from politics to marital compatibility.\u00a0 After a couple of years of Covid isolation, I bet something similar is going on, folks trapped in their homes and apartments, slowly reassessing jobs and marriages and lifestyles, taking a hard look at new realities.<\/p>\n
The South End String Band started up right after 9-11.\u00a0 You need help with the math, that was 21 years ago.\u00a0 We started out as a back porch ensemble, mostly beers and potlucks, pickin and grinning, no big expectations, just play some music, bbq, socialize, anything goes.\u00a0 We ended up with two dozen folks but eventually whittled that down to 11, then started playing benefits, small gigs, eventually larger concerts, made 4 CD\u2019s, ended up with 5 of us going into 2022.\u00a0 Last two years we didn\u2019t play very often, didn\u2019t do concerts, didn\u2019t even practice much, just waited for the Plague to run its course, no need for the band to be Super Spreaders.<\/p>\n
So when the first member quit — by email —maybe we shouldn\u2019t have been too surprised.\u00a0 Next day, the second one quit \u2026 and shortly after that the third, all by email, nicely impersonal, definitely socially distanced.\u00a0 21 years \u2026 and we get a digital WE QUIT.<\/p>\n
Bands don\u2019t generally have a long expiration date.\u00a0 Tough life, a musician\u2019s.\u00a0 Road trips, groupies, drugs, crooked promoters, disruptive spouses, the inevitable corrosion of fame.\u00a0 21 years is longer than the Beatles, longer than the Who, okay, maybe never catch the Rolling Stones unless we get blood transfusions like Keith Richards, and even then, probably not.<\/p>\n
But here\u2019s the deal: don\u2019t write us off.\u00a0 We got a banjo, we got a fiddler, we got a bass from one of the original band, we\u2019re the South End String Band, dammit, and we\u2019re not going anywhere \u2026 fast!\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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