Who has kids that are in a band or have been?

@bolong That's what has happened here.  I got my son a job doing what I do and there's no free time. Plus, he has two kids now.  I suspect that he'll try to do something when the kids are out of the house. 

He played in another band that did covers of classic rock, country, etc. He was in his 20s and the other guys were old farts.  He had fun with it and improved his playing skills because they covered so many different types of music. He also played in a band that covered 90s rock.  He got pretty good on the guitar.  

@knotscott Yeah, I miss going to gigs. We didn't miss many. He played in Tennessee and a few other distant places that were a bit far. 

He had another band before SOS. They were really good, but the lead singer was difficult.... They played a few songs before a Brothers Osborne concert. Pretty big crowd there 

The sound system for my kids' band has been my home theater system since the band broke up; it all worked out well for dad and you can't beat the JBL stage monitors (horn mid/treble 15" for mains and 15"x2 for rear;12"x2 for center channel)  for movie soundtracks!

@fatdaddy2 I didn't end up with any gear that I could use for audio. He has a nice pair of Barefoot amplified speakers, but he hung on to those.

I do have a new pair of Gibson amplified monitors sitting in boxes.  Gibson made a limited number of speakers with fronts that mimic a Les Paul. Really cool wood.  Garrett had a pair, too, but he sold them to his younger brother.  They actually work pretty well for music. 

Oh and I forgot about the 18" sub with its 1500 watt amp (size of a small refrigerator), not to mention the Mackie powered mixer and Crown amp that drive the whole thing.  Great for making use of the discrete channel outs from the Oppo disc player.