Carol Kroll

Night Light Sweet Jelly

This past week the members of Sweet Jelly all got together and decided to peacefully “retire” the band after 9 years of musical service. It was a joint decision and we have agreed to all pursue other musical projects. Wednesday night, we spent a good deal of time reminiscing about “the good ole days” which included highlights from the best and worst gigs we have ever done like:

“…remember that one time when the guy showed up for that Halloween show we did at McAuliffe’s with no pants or underware on and he had a life sized stuffed sheep attached to the front of his body; its legs stuffed inside his rubber boots…?”

Oddly enough, everyone remembers that crystal clear.

I personally can’t stand it when bands “break up”. Especially your favorite ones, let alone one you co-founded. Even before being in one, the news of a band break up always disturbed and depressed the living shit out of me. This was no exception. But it really was time, and time for us all to move on. I am glad we all agreed to refer to this as “retiring”. I will miss practicing, gigging live, and writing music with them greatly, but I wish us all well on our new paths. As Aaron said, we have a lot to be proud of and none of us should walk away feeling like we have failed. I personally am very grateful for the time spent with great friends making over 70 original songs together and laughing a lot. Those are precious things.

I included our picture from 2005’s Summerfest (which was so awesome to be a part of I really cannot describe it to you) and that is something we need to be VERY proud of as it is nearly impossible for bands/musical folks to get into this festival.

Visitors here, know I have been working on my own music for a bit now, and I would personally like to thank all of those who have written here or in email or have said to me in person, how much they like my new music. It really means a lot, and adds reassurance to my sometimes self doubt into this new frontier for me. I also have other musical projects in the works that I don’t want to quite let out of the bag yet, and I may try my hand at forming another band.

Though I’m currently accepting applications, I’m leery of it turning into the door tryouts scene from The Commitments.