PJH Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 This has been a fun project! Our school band, Ad Astra (formed in 1973 when we were between the ages of 13 and 14 years old) decided to get together and record one of the songs that was written back in 1973. Two of the members now live abroad (Alan in London and John - Paul in New Zealand). As this is the 50th reunion since formation, they both made the effort to come over to South Africa and get together to redo this song. We'd talked about getting together for a long time but we procrastinated and didn't do anything. Our wake up call came about when we lost our good friend who joined as our singer due to Covid. This made us decide to make this happen. One never knows what's around the corner. The version of the song in the intro was recorded live at one of our school concerts back in the 70's. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB01 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Sounds great Peter and stands the test of time all these years later. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJH Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 9:16 AM, AndyB01 said: Sounds great Peter and stands the test of time all these years later. Andy Thanks Andy! It came out better than I expected. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 ?’s for sure! Very cool. Has a little Strange Kind of Woman vibe. t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Hi Peter Sounds good and your Guitar playing is great Cool even after all these years Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJH Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 3/7/2023 at 4:35 AM, DeeringAmps said: ?’s for sure! Very cool. Has a little Strange Kind of Woman vibe. t Thanks Tom! Now that you mention it, I can hear what you mean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Cool one. Hats off to you for actually doing a reunion like that , instead of just writing about it. Nice .. mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noynekker Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Super guitar playing, and excellent rhythm section . . . really lovin' the revival of this old nugget, certainly shines now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJH Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 On 3/7/2023 at 1:40 PM, Bajan Blue said: Hi Peter Sounds good and your Guitar playing is great Cool even after all these years Nigel Thanks for the comments, Nigel! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJH Posted April 11, 2023 Author Share Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) On 3/15/2023 at 1:19 AM, mark skinner said: Cool one. Hats off to you for actually doing a reunion like that , instead of just writing about it. Nice .. mark Thanks for the comments Mark! It was one of those "if we don't do it now, we'll never do it". Edited April 12, 2023 by PJH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJH Posted April 11, 2023 Author Share Posted April 11, 2023 On 3/15/2023 at 7:32 AM, noynekker said: Super guitar playing, and excellent rhythm section . . . really lovin' the revival of this old nugget, certainly shines now ! Thanks noynekker! Glad you enjoyed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgettmusic Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Nice Work! Enjoyed it. As others have said.... Nice, Classic feel, but doesn't sound outdated. Music has a great feel. Glad I listened. -Shawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Wilby Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 You were a hell of a sight better than the band I was in at school in 73. You must have had a real blast doing this. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesha Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 What a great idea and a great project. You young guys wrote a good song and it aged very well. Sorry for the loss of your friend, I just lost one too. Very fun to know the story and watch your reunion version video. Loved the guitar playing, and it all sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJH Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 4/12/2023 at 3:30 AM, burgettmusic said: Nice Work! Enjoyed it. As others have said.... Nice, Classic feel, but doesn't sound outdated. Music has a great feel. Glad I listened. -Shawn Thanks Shawn! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJH Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 On 4/12/2023 at 8:21 AM, Keith Wilby said: You were a hell of a sight better than the band I was in at school in 73. You must have had a real blast doing this. Great job. Thanks Keith! Yes, it was a wonderful experience. It's something that we plan to do again in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Hi Peter, I am so jealous. My High School band was to get together this year for our 50th anniversary. Sadly our lead guitarist/lean vocalist has dementia and that nixed that plan. What a wonderful job, the song rocks (in a classic rock way), performances were great and production was stellar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJH Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 On 4/12/2023 at 10:24 PM, treesha said: What a great idea and a great project. You young guys wrote a good song and it aged very well. Sorry for the loss of your friend, I just lost one too. Very fun to know the story and watch your reunion version video. Loved the guitar playing, and it all sounds great. Thanks for the comments treesha! I'm sorry for your loss. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJH Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 9:02 PM, Bapu said: Hi Peter, I am so jealous. My High School band was to get together this year for our 50th anniversary. Sadly our lead guitarist/lean vocalist has dementia and that nixed that plan. What a wonderful job, the song rocks (in a classic rock way), performances were great and production was stellar. Thanks Bapu! Sorry to hear about your singer. Really sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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