I’m not ashamed to admit that when I was in 5th Grade my favorite band was Def Leppard. I wanted to be drummer Rick Allen in the worst way, Union Jack shorts and all. Well, right up until the point when he crashed his car and lost his left arm. That would have sucked. Some years ago the band also lost their guitar player to alcoholism.
To say they’ve been snake bitten over the years is a bit of an understatement. However, they’re still rockin’ the county fair circuit and showing up on VH1, which is where I caught them the other night. Nobody has lost limb or died yet, but the last few weeks for Divided Sky have been a little more Def Leppard-ish for my liking.
Our first rehearsal with all four members about a month ago was cut short when Jeff got food poisoning. Then Matt was bed-ridden with the flu and missed our first trip back to Ellensburg last weekend. Teague was in town a couple days ago and we were able to get through the set list, but Matt still looked like hammered shit. He performed admirably all things considered.
Setbacks and obstacles aside, it’s still coming together nicely and everyone is on the mend. We’ll be back in Ellensburg in a couple weeks to rehearse again, but here’s a little video (below) from a couple weeks ago when we were their last.
Cheers,
Dan
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