Monday, July 8, was my first day as a Camp Leader for the Kids Who Rock (Dude Camp). The camp is all about teaching kids the joy of music by learning an instrument, playing in a band and writing a song together.

The ultimate goal after 5 days is to have the band play their song for their parents in a showcase. Kids are divided by age group for the bands. I am helping out with the Bass players and 8-9 year old band.

We learned our instruments each morning and then separated into our bands by age and started working on writing a song.

On this particular day we had a visit from the legendary Chuck Rainey, bass player extraordinaire. Just google him and you’ll see, he has played bass on over 1000 songs and has worked with so many in the industry. His band opened for the Beatles during their 1965 tour. So cool. He has played on many of the TV show themes you may have heard including Sanford and Son and Barney Miller.