In the 2015 duo set show you mention that the reason you don’t do lyrics for the famous polka is that you forget, is that true or was it more of a quick joke explanation, also do you think you would ever do another duo set, full band set show or has that ship sailed?
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((guy in band grumbles to himself dept: Soooo putting together the duo show turned into a bit of work. Right out of the gate, I had to rebuild the entire backing track to have a consistent, performable show for both us and our sound folks. That meant creating new rhythm tracks for all the old (and new) songs' midi sequences. SO that meant locating all the 30 year old files, formatting them and mixing them to an open reel set up. (Which also meant figuring out which of my very poorly maintained reel to reels was actually show-worthy as this was inevitably a "no backup" scenario.) Then we had to rehearse to it. So we are talking a multi-week effort here for me, including a multi-day stint in a rehearsal hall just editing tape (something I used to be very fast at, but maybe I've lost my edge there))
Now, being in a band one might find themselves daydreaming of scenarios far far away from where things are actually at. In this case I dreamt quite vividly that we would go to this effort of putting a duo show together, but the response would be so overwhelming, so positive, so curious, that we would feel compelled to bring this unique demonstration of entertainment time travel to other cities. It could be yet another track for us--the band that also does their 80s style duo shows!
Well, after all the hubbub we did the show, and it was... fine. Not bad by any means. Maybe even a bit of a personal thrill playing a legit show in our old, yet so familiar, formation. But the response was far close to "the crowd goes mild" in regards to the set up, it took me by surprise.
I would certainly never say never, and it seems foolish that we haven't done it twice. Just typing about how much work has already gone into it reminds me of that. But the effort-to-reward seemed so very slim I just can't see diving headlong into keeping the duo idea going.
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