Meanwhile, at the other end of the room, Kirk, the band's sound engineer, could be found sitting behind the soundboard: adjusting levels when needed, configuring the right amount of reverb for effect or simply catching up on the latest sound tech magazine.
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| Kirk: The Mellow Soundman |
Kirk - the Captain as we called him as he practically ran things - was typically mellow, and he was gracious enough to grab us an extra cable, microphone stand or any other piece of equipment we might've forgotten to bring with us on stage. He was also a whiz at taping down those cables.
At this particular practice, I had paper on a music stand and was searching desperately for a pen or pencil with which to scratch down some new lyrics.
"Hey, Cap, you got something to write with?" I called out.
"Yeah, gotcha, man," he responded.
With my guitar strapped across me and plugged into my amp, I stood at the stage front ready for the hand off... Though it never happened.
About midway to the exchange, the Cap'n decided to stop and fling the pencil at me. That wasn't so bad, though his aim was off. That wasn't so bad either, except I was wearing shorts that summer day, and when the pencil stopped hurling end-over-end, the pointed lead-end planted firmly in my shin.
The whole event seemed to pass in slow motion and was a bit surreal. It was a tad odd witnessing a pencil sticking out of one's shin. From that day forward, I was never afraid to ask Cap'n Kirk for more vocals in the monitor or less guitar in the mix, though I don't believe I ever requested another pencil from him again.
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| Kirk: The Not-So-Mellow Pencil Thrower |
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