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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Late night at Eddie Bo Dean's
I showed up at Eddie's last night and the stage lights weren't on, and only Rebecca and Josh were there (among lots of other pub patrons that don't participate in the open mic). They were very happy to see me as I was the first to show (which surpised me as it was 9:30). They bought me a Guinness with their bar tab and got the show started.
I went up after Rebecca and even by that time some other musicians started to arrive. I played three Tea Party songs in an open C tuning: "Sister Awake", "Winter Solstice", and "Sun Going Down". People enjoyed hearing these songs, or perhaps moreso hearing someone play non-usual songs in a non-usual tuning. People mostly liked "Sun Going Down" because of the slide guitar and the style of the song. After my set, Josh asked if I would come to the recording studio and record - I will be a test subject for his student (he teaches recording engineering). I of course said "Absolutely!"
There's another fellow that comes occasionally, named Tyler, that plays slide blues - he deserves an honorable mention. His tuning was a little out but it was still very cool to hear him play - a refreshing break from the usual stuff you hear. Greg went up again and played a good set of songs, this time my favorite was probably "Lost Together" by Blue Rodeo, and Josh and I went up and provided backup vocals to this song.
Later, a bluesy fellow named Dan wanted some accompaniment so I played some basic 12 bar blues while he went nuts on the guitar... he's fairly fast and has a flair for Stevie Ray Vaughan. I think he's really young and already quite good, so watch out for this guy in a few years!
I went up after Rebecca and even by that time some other musicians started to arrive. I played three Tea Party songs in an open C tuning: "Sister Awake", "Winter Solstice", and "Sun Going Down". People enjoyed hearing these songs, or perhaps moreso hearing someone play non-usual songs in a non-usual tuning. People mostly liked "Sun Going Down" because of the slide guitar and the style of the song. After my set, Josh asked if I would come to the recording studio and record - I will be a test subject for his student (he teaches recording engineering). I of course said "Absolutely!"
There's another fellow that comes occasionally, named Tyler, that plays slide blues - he deserves an honorable mention. His tuning was a little out but it was still very cool to hear him play - a refreshing break from the usual stuff you hear. Greg went up again and played a good set of songs, this time my favorite was probably "Lost Together" by Blue Rodeo, and Josh and I went up and provided backup vocals to this song.
Later, a bluesy fellow named Dan wanted some accompaniment so I played some basic 12 bar blues while he went nuts on the guitar... he's fairly fast and has a flair for Stevie Ray Vaughan. I think he's really young and already quite good, so watch out for this guy in a few years!
