How do you end up playing bass guitar in a rock 'n' roll accordion band?

You show up at an audition with a borrowed bass rig, then gut out a two-hour rehearsal with 12 accordion players that sounds a little like you're riding a whirling merry-go-round while a manic demolition crew smashes it apart with air hammers and electrical saws.

After surviving your first rehearsal, and without ever being asked if you want to join the squeezebox crusaders, you'll hear a band leader say something like, "Well, now that we've got a bass player...." At least that's how Lewis remembers his introduction to Those Darn Accordions in the early '90s.

Since then he's been happily filling in the low tones for TDA (not to mention managing the band website and driving the band van across the country several times). His latest project was directing and editing the home-brew video of TDA's cautionary anthem, "My Friend Jim." There will surely be more videos to come.

When he's not holding down the bottom line with TDA, Lewis plays bass in the Electric Boogie Dawgz and the Mad Maggies. He also works as a freelance writer and editor for publications including Wired News and PC World. If you need a word surgeon, check out his résumé (PDF file).

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