It’s been a while since we’ve seen all our family, friends and fans! We’re just going to call it a “hiatus”, but as you all know it was much more than that. This pandemic had caused so much grief in our lives with family, jobs and businesses. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families that lost their loved ones and careers.
We are so happy that this has finally blown over. We, as a band, had not been able to hang out together and jam since December 2019. For the first time in over a year and a half, we all met up again and played together. Playing jazz was like riding a bike. We all just gelled and grooved together as if we hadn’t stopped.
One major change for us was Richard Morrison, our friend and bass player for over 20 years has retired, sold his home and he and his wife Dee picked up and “the first thing you know, they moved to Tennessee!” So of course, before we could jam together again, we had a bit of a hole that needed to be filled. We held some auditions and found someone that fit right in. So we want to welcome the newest member of the SpareTime family, Leroy Chavez on bass guitar and vocals.
Not only did bands, of every caliber, simply stop playing with each other due to Covid, but obviously the venues were closed too. Some, unfortunately, have closed down permanently. So even when we’ve “honed our chops”, we still need to find places to play so we can see all your happy faces once again! That task is in the works and we hope to be playing again real soon. And to those businesses that were able to conform and survive during this pandemic, we are very happy to see your doors open!
So… to all our family, friends and fans… SpareTime is back and we will be seeing you real soon!
