New Digs, Old Digs

In the beginning, Squeaky started practicing in the living room of Harry's house. When we became a real band, then began renting a small room in Everyman Sound Company. We later moved into another room in the same building, across the hall, mostly because of the functional air conditioning. When the band broke up in 2003, we left years of detritus in the space which then became inhabited by various bands of Kristen's, Harry's wife and kick-ass drummer.
When Squeaky re-formed in 2005, we began practicing in the cushy digs of guitar player Steve's house, with a ceiling fan, full-sized fridge, a real P.A. system, and plenty of room for rocking.
Steve recently moved out of that house, and so it was time for Squeaky to move back into our old space, which we now share with one of Kristen's current bands, Three Legged Dawg. It was weird at first, to be back in such a tiny room with hardly any room to move while we play. But it's a blessing, too, to have a room that is away from all of our houses, a room where the band is the band. When we're all there, we are Squeaky. And that matters.
We have gone back through some of the detritus (we seriously had a pair of blue coveralls which Steve wore during a show back in the nineties! It was still in the closet!), laughed our asses off, and have continued the business of being Squeaky.
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