Last night I went to Erin and Pete’s Memorial Sunday BBQ. It was so nice seeing everyone. Time flies it seems. How else can it be months and months since I last saw everyone? Regardless, it was a lovely evening– the weather was fantastic. Her friends, Sharon and Preston were in attendence. I told Preston how I had such nice memories of hearing him perform at John and Peter’s Open Mike in New Hope, back so many years ago. It’s amazing I have such nice memories considering the pitchers of Black and Tan Erin and I would put away. I told him that Rob is a musician too but his genre leans more toward Heavy Metal. Preston said he used to play Heavy Metal in the 60’s. Of course that got me excited and I started to ask about what he did in the 60’s and it turns out he had a semi-famous band called The River Styx Blues Emporium. A couple years ago some label reissued one of their old albums. He said it gets played more in Europe than here. I searched for it this morning and found an album cover and some song snippets.

Preston brought out his guitar and sang some songs. And then another one of Erin’s guests did the same. After his performance, Preston and this other guy played together. One of the songs they performed was, “I got the ICU Blues.” I figure it makes sense. When you are in your 20’s you write songs about girls, in your 30’s and 40’s the songs become a bit more existential, and then when you are in your 60’s, you write about your hospital visits. 😉