Thread: Be Kind......We're Rewind (Darkkitten9389 & CrimsonMaster)

Life, from the very beginning, was an adventure for the Walker family. In the beginning, it was just Mary and her husband, Mason. They formed their own little traveling band and traveled all over. During their travels, the duo were blessed with three wonderful children. Doug, Faith and April all loved traveling and learning all about music while children. They would stand just off stage and watch their mother and father perform, the two girls loving how beautiful their mother looked on stage when performing. Once old enough, the three children joined their parents in the show. Their parents made sure all three were well taught and well rounded when it came to different types of music. Things seemed like nothing could ever ruin their wonderful childhood, but while on tour one year, Mary became ill. It turned out that she had brain cancer and it had been caught too late. There wasn't much the doctors could do as it had progressed too far. Later that year, she passed away and when she did, Mason retired from music and from traveling. This had been hard on the three children, Faith and April the most as they still wanted to travel and sing for people. They tried to get their father to join them, but he just couldn't do it anymore without his Mary. She had been his muse and without her, he just couldn't find the enjoyment in it anymore. However, the girls brother, Doug, agreed to join them, though he didn't want to perform on stage with them. He was more interesting in the management side of things and helping out as a roadie. So that's what he would do while the girls performed. With it decided that they would become a retro band, the three searched for more bandmates to round out the band. They soon found Carlos Cruz who was an amazing drummer and with him on board, they searched for two others. A guitarist and a bassist. April was able to play keyboards, xylophone, the sax and some guitar, while Faith could play guitar and keyboards for the band. She did play violin, but she very rarely played it for anyone other then her family. Both of the girls could sing, but their vocals were rather different from each other. April was able to hit those higher pitched ranges easily and her voice was lighter then Faiths. Faith's voice had a husky, sexy tone to it naturally and she could hold her notes longer then April. The two women were great on their own, but together they sounded amazing. It wasn't long before they met a couple other guys through Carlos. A bass player named Tyler Banks and guitarist named Mathew Shaw, but he insisted that they call him Matt. With the two in their group, the band was completed and Doug had them all gather for a group chat about how things were going to work out. He told them about the kinds of venues they would be performing for and the girls were very familiar with the places that he said they would play in. He told them about creating a website where they could be booked by anyone who liked them and he encouraged Faith and April to create accounts on Facebook and on Twitter. This was something that Faith cringed at, as she wasn't really big into social media sites like her sister was. But she did understand and with the help of both Doug and April, she created accounts on Twitter and Facebook, semi-seriously telling them that they would probably have to remind her to check both accounts since it wasn't something she was used to doing. They then got to talking about a band name and they tossed around different ideas before the sisters suggested one that they both though sounded good for the kind of band they were making. Rewind was the name they suggested. It's a rather retro term these days. Faith had said. Like what people did with their cassette tapes. The others agreed on the band, all of them liking it and Doug said he would get some t-shirts made up which they could sell at their shows while he also made plans for them to record their own CD's and to sell them as well. Faith was impressed with how her brother was already managing things. After pooling all their money together and with their fathers help, the girls went out and found a large panel truck for the bands instruments and equipment. Their father also gave them some equipment from when he had traveled with the family. Between all of them, they were ready to play any kind of music anywhere. On top of that, the girls had bought an old tour bus from a band which Rewind would play songs from. It was a band called Journey. With everything purchased and everything planned out, the band was finally ready to go. So they loaded everything up, and after saying goodbye to their father, the children hit the road. In the beginning, it was small gigs at bars for 500 a night, but in time, they began to play bigger and better places. After a year on the road, they were beginning to become better known. Especially online. It helped that April had used her skills with the computer to post clips of their band on YouTube with the tag of Be Kind..... We're Rewind. This became a catchphrase for them to say during their show, either to start things off or to end the show. They were getting booked more and more often for different shows via their website that Doug had created. First mostly bars and clubs, but then parties and dances. Finally they were booked for the Kansas State Fair. It was one of their biggest gigs to date. They would be starting Tuesday afternoon and they would be getting 1000 a day for the next 5 days. On top of that, they would be selling their merchandise as well. The drive to Hutchinson, Kansas was a long one, but they arrived Monday afternoon. After Doug parked the bus behind the stage with Tyler parking the truck next to it, the group began to pile out of the vehicles to stretch their legs. After getting out of the bus, Faith slowly stretched her arms over her head, her black tank-top riding up and exposing her flat belly and the silver barbell that was in her bellybutton glinted in the warm afternoon sun as she looked around and took a deep breath, smelling the fried food already and she grinned over at the others while running her fingers through her messy hair.