Unstuck
The story of a long weekend on the road in The Stick Arounds with a kid playing drums, and the rest of us remembering how to be in a band again.
Not that long ago, I was sure that The Stick Arounds were done as a band. Things had seemingly reached a natural point of change within the members of the outfit. Until this past weekend of gigs, it had been nearly six months since our string of last shows. During that break, we had not practiced as a band or even been able to get all five of us together in the same room at the same time.
As 2024 began, I found myself really down about the band that has been the musical fulcrum of my creative life. It has gotten more and more difficult to book good shows both in and out of Michigan. We’ve watched venues close up shop, and seen venues stop offering live music due to the financial instability of live entertainment. Places that used to feel like home are now gone or irrevocably altered.
Booking has never been an enjoyable task, but as we have go…
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