John Sterling ...on guitar

 

1/12/13: Saturday night. Dogfish Head Alehouse in Fairfax. Silver Lining’s debut gig. This is the one we’ve been getting ready for, rehearsing for. If we get through this one, if we get this behind us, well then …Read more

9/23/12: The day after the gig at Cafe Mezzanotte with Wildman. My usual workhorse amp for gigs, the Fender Blues Hot Rod DeVille, has not been acting right lately. I think I’m losing the preamp circuit... as …Read more

 8/11/12: Well... we did it. And loved it. Silver Lining cranked up in front of actual people at Spanky's Shenanigans in our very first show since this big idea first came up. Rehearsals, song selections, equipment purchases, practice locations, music…Read more

  5/22/12: Full Mesh at Lion and Bull, Haymarket. Funasallgetout! I got there too early - that’s ok. That gave me a bunch of time to mess around and set up. This gig, there’s a house sound system and …Read more

5/15/12: Mushroom Musician. That’s what I am. I don’t even care anymore! Sunday I had a gig with Wildman at a new, great place for us, The Water’s Edge in Occoquan, Va. Right on the Occoquan river at a …Read more

4/22/2012: I was just thinking about last night, Wildman played at Cafe Mezzanotte again. I’ve lost count of how many times we’ve played there now but the thing is, the number of people in the room for our shows …Read more

  4/17/12: Band update. Wildman rocked the 6 or 7 people at the American Legion Post Number 10 in Manassas, Virginia on Saturday night! Just kidding - there was 20 or 30 people there and all of them …Read more

  3/21/12: Just got back from a beautiful ski trip to Lake Tahoe, while I was there 2 to 4 feet of snow dumped on the mountain. Did I say snow? I meant to say “champagne powder”. Did I …Read more

 





1/28/12: It’s a little after the fact I know, but I was just thinking about my last gig with Full Mesh, Jan 21 at the Carpool in Herndon. The cool thing about this gig was it …Read more

   1/6/12:  Now this will be real interesting! I picked up a Tascam DR-07 mkII yesterday at Guitar Center. This is a hand help recorder that has 2 gigs of memory chip in it and will hook …Read more

OK, it’s JamHub time! This is the coolest invention, I wish someone had come up with this a long time ago. Today I used it for the first time even though I’ve had it for months. With my drum …Read more

  Here’s what I always get worried about but I really never need to worry - I won’t have anything to work on when the bands take a hiatus. Both Wildman and Full Mesh deliberately took the months of …Read more