Smoking Furby's....

I bought the bass, I couldn't afford shit so I went to a music store and bought two strings. I was determined to learn to play. I didn't own a tuner and would constantly ask Gabe to tune my bass as well as to teach me songs. The first song I ever learned was Geek Stink Breath by Green Day and then Polly - Nirvana. Time crept on and I remember going to an outdoor show at the Whitesburg River Park. I think this was my second show ever. It was in the fall, I remember some bands that played were Leery, Misled Youth, Doug Pukeface and JD had a punk band from Kingsport, TN, and there were definitely more. I was very naive at the time and I remember writing 'I Play Bass' on the back of a t-shirt in hopes that someone would come and ask me to join their band. It never happened....until at some point Jason Ritchie asked me about starting a band or maybe vice versa, so we would meet up every thursday to play in my parents living room for a couple hours. There were nights of begging my dad to cross pine mountain to pick up Lee Sturgill and his drum kit, or to take them back for him, all so I could try to make this dream of being in a band happen. We played shitty covers of shitty music and to us we were doing it. We started off under the name Boxed 'N' then changed the name to Force of Change. At this point, We wanted to play for people. So I booked my first show. It was in November if I remember correctly at the Jenkins City Park. It was cold, snowy, and a huge learning experience for me. I booked High Hopes, Misled Youth, Carmalitta, Leery, Force of Change, some southern rock cover band, and Evelynn's Downfall. I remember there were some issues with a PA system, almost noone showed up, and again it was cold as hell. The whole day/night is a blur to me right now but it was fun and it got me started.... also, this was the first and last time Force of Change played as a band. I'm not sure we even practice after this. I could be wrong though.