First Gig

Wednesday night was Jason Pritchard’s first solo gig, he was playing acoustic at Blue Moose Lodge on Washington.  We had known about it for a few weeks and we weren’t going to miss it.  I’ve known Jason since the 8^th grade, so we have known each other now for 16 years now.  We became really good friends in high school mainly through playing football together.  We both were crapped on when freshman and sophomore’s in high school so that really brought us together.  We both played on the B team as freshman and played on JV as sophomores.  We both had chips on our shoulders and were determined to prove our coaches wrong and we did.  Our senior season, Jason won Defensive of player of the year and I won Offensive player of the year for New Caney.  Hard work does pay off and we both put in a lot of time and effort to get to where we were at.       

Back to Jason’s first gig, my brother Casey joined Bambi and I for the occasion as well as Chris Bowes (Adventure Racing friend).  Jason was really nervous during his first set and you could tell he was frustrated.  I think he dropped a couple of F bombs and was ready to take some shots so he would loosen up.  Jason’s Mom and sister showed up as well, it was good to see Mrs. Pritchard.  Jason did really well and I was happy for him, he has a great voice and would like to see him with a band.  Another thing that I’m impressed with Jason is he is writing his own music.  He has some great lyrics and I have a lot more respect for artists who write their own music, no offense George Strait.  I would be curious to see where he could go if he had all of the tools.  It ended up being a late night and we didn’t get home until 1:45 AM, we have a designated driver now so that definitely helps. 

Pretty Cool Pic

I think I was starting to get on his nerves with the pictures, oh well.

I had to get up first thing on Thursday and head down to the George R Brown convention center for the NAPE Expo.  The NAPE Expo happens twice a year and it’s where oil and gas companies put on display their prospects and possible deals to sell all at one place.  I heard there were 15,000 people there yesterday and it was crowded.  I was tasked with one of my coworkers to cover half of the aisles looking for South Texas prospects.  There weren’t many deals for us to look at and it took us around 3 hrs to cover our aisles.  The oil and gas industry is at a major flux right now due because I don’t know of many E&P companies turning a profit in the domestic scene.  The costs are really high and commodity price is really low, mostly referencing natural gas.  I know it will all work itself out over time.