Interesting to see an old thread like this and have a chance to update it.

I'm in three bands, or 2.675 anyway. I'm still in Sidekicks, but it's a duo now, or at least a trio with one inactive member.

And the duo in Sidekicks, myself and Pete Kraemer, is the nucleus of Last Gold Dollar, an electric ensemble that does a bit of everything, but electrifried folk is the basis (I play electric clawhammer banjo and mandolin, plus guitar, for example). Guitars, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, keyboard, bass, drums, and steel guitar in various combinations.

The other band I'm in is Civil War Comrades, a trio featuring a recently-divorced couple and myself, doing 19th C. pop songs, folk songs, and the occasional light classical piece. Everything from the Federal period (we do a 1799 show and 1812, too) through the Civil War, but don't try to be a "soldier band."

This is the band that gets gigs. We have two on Saturday. The other bands and ensembles haven't had many gigs to speak of lately.

Sigh.

Bob