The Scene

I'm reading Eric Clapton's autobiography right now. Kim says it's boring (she hasn't read it) and that no one knows who Eric Clapton is anyway. The shock on my face must have been visible because she defended her statement.

It got me thinking, though. Do people still know who Clapton is?

Now, all truth be told I'm not a huge Clapton fan, I never bought into the Clapton is God thought but there's no denying he's a living piece of musical history and as a guitarist, I'm interested in that kind of stuff.

I know a lot of people no longer know who Brian Setzer is which really freaks me out.

Anyway, I'm reading the book and it's interesting reading about how he played at clubs and the Beatles would come in and watch, or the Stones, and that there were all these other guitarists who seemed to come up with Clapton. A whole flood of music that seemed to at least be related to each other the way soap opera characters are, where everyone knows everyone in some sort of way.

And it got me thinking about how cool it would be to have musician friends in the very local area that you could jam with and you could feed off of each other's passion and playing, learn new techniques, go to their shows, they would come to your shows, and who knows? Maybe you could all rise together too. It happened in England, it happened in Seattle. There was even a Midwest metal scene not too long ago.

I just think that would be awesome but you would need 1) musician friends and 2) a town that had some sort of place where shows could go on.

You'd also hope to have a population in the town that likes music and I'm pretty sure no one likes music here. Because this place is death.

But still, it would be cool to have a scene, even if it was for other players. I certainly have no expectations of stardom or even getting a band together for any gigs. It would still be something cool for this town to claim and be proud of instead of relying on the athletic achievements of twelve year-olds.