Sweet Home Chicago
Waiting for eight
After sitting Danielle down in a chair, the band started to get their stuff together and plugged in. As soon as they did that they did a sound check. By this time it was about 4:30. When they finished the sound check, Jake was slightly annoyed.
"Why the heck did it take and hour to set up the equipment?" Jake shook his head.
"Because it took you 15 minutes to climb up the main staircase," Willie replied. At this remark the band broke out in laughter, everyone except Jake.
Still laughing Danielle walked over and hugged Jake. "It's ok Jake, just remember it''s not true. We can make fun of them for things too."
At that Jake looked at her with this cocky smirk on his face, "Yeah we can, can't we? Good point, baby girl."He punctuated this by raising his eyebrow, his trademark.
The bartender walked in at that moment. "You guys the band?"
Elwood nodded.
"Your on in ten, since people are already arriving."
Again Elwood nodded and pulled his harmonica out of his battered briefcase handcuffed to his wrist.
"Ok Danielle, you can''t come on yet, but go ahead and get you a coke or something."
"Yes Father," Danielle replied laughing when Elwood stuck his tongue out at her.
The band walked up on the stage and got ready while Danielle walked over to the bar and got a Dr. Pepper. After receiving it she went and sat down at a table near the stage. Sitting down she opened her book bag and pulled out her harmonica case and sat it on the table.
Leaning back, she took a sip of her soda and listened to Jake singing "I Don''t Know," and Elwood blowin' on the harp.
She started to sing along silently , patiently waiting till 8:00 when she could be up there with her brothers. Singing the music that freed her soul.
She couldn't wait to be up there when the band hit that beat that gets your adrenaline pumping so that no pharmaceutical product could match it
Looking at her watch it said 5:55. "Come on time go faster. Please just go faster."