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Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Awesome night at Eddie Bo Dean's!
Last night was very fun at Open Mic!
Dave Simpson followed Rebecca and played a short set, including "The Wind Cries Mary" and his untitled song, which I think should be titled "Perfect"... but he'll figure it out. It's a good song, anyways. Then I followed and played:
The Tea Party - All My Charms
Jesse Rivest - Mesmerize Me
The Tea Party - Oceans
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (ha ha)
I was very happy with the feedback on "Mesmerize Me"; I'm starting to wonder if it's the best song I've written? I sure like it, and so do others! I wish Élise could hear it! The Tea Party stuff was for Erin because she is so cool.
I told Rebecca I had a surprise for her - a song that I wanted her to play recorder on... So she came up and I didn't want her to know what the song was until I started it - it was "Stairway to Heaven". She played the recorder for the beginning bit, then backed me up with some oooh's, and then sang the ending lyrics... it was fun!
Greg showed up for the first time in weeks, which was great (he was sick), and he played an 80's set which put some grins on many faces. The best, of course, was "Jesse's Girl" by Rick Springfield - awesome!
Other highlights:
- Kali and Dan played some wicked Prince stuff... I say this every time but Kali is super funky. He's cool. Dan is super bluesy, he is cool.
- Dave and Rebecca cover a couple Damien Rice songs together, very awesome: ("Volcano" for sure, and I think also "The Blower's Daughter")
- Erin does back up vocal on a Damien Rice song ("Volcano"), too, plus her and Rebecca do a great "Got You (Where I Want You)" by the Flys. Very cool!
- I kicked Erin's ass at pool, except the one time when I sunk all her balls (ha - I wonder if she is reading this)! I also wonder if I am spelling her name right, I sure hope I am spelling everyone's names correctly.
- Josh played a couple songs, one from Ghosts of Modern Man (the new album that he recorded: "City of No Light"), and one from his band 800 Prospect. Josh is very cool on stage with his band, you should see them...
Rebecca has a gig upcoming at Karma (April 16) that I want to check out; if you are reading this and live in Calgary then you should also check it out because wow she can sing. Ask her to do her Alicia Keys song (I'm sure she'll do it anyways) - it rocks. Greg says he comes to the Open Mic just to hear her sing that song. I think Dave also has an upcoming gig at Karma; just watch his site to find out more. Or email him. Or whatever.
Erin's birthday is coming up and I think everyone is going Rollerskating... now when was the last time I went Rollerskating? I dunno, but I gotta attend this birthday party at least for that.
Oh, uh... I called in sick today (work). Greg invited us to his place after the pub closed to continue jamming. Yes, that was very very cool. First, I got to play Greg's Les Paul Custom, which has a ridiculously awesome fretboard (plus a tremolo arm and three pickups, nuts)! Then we jammed out, about 4 or 5 guitars on the coolest Pearl Jam songs ever! I didn't get home till 5:00 and into bed until 6:00 this morning. You only live once, and I have paid sick days that I never use, so...
By the way, I just listened to Missy Higgins' song: "All for Believing". I'm going to be listening to some more of her soon, she's from Melbourne. There's a link below. She's good. Yes. Also, try making use of The Archive for live music recordings. It's rad. Yes, rad is a word.
Links:
http://www.davesimpsonmusic.com
http://www.ghostsofmodernman.com
http://www.jesserivest.com/music (listen to "Mesmerize Me"... do it!)
http://www.damienrice.com
http://www.800prospect.com
http://www.missyhiggins.com
http://www.archive.org
Dave Simpson followed Rebecca and played a short set, including "The Wind Cries Mary" and his untitled song, which I think should be titled "Perfect"... but he'll figure it out. It's a good song, anyways. Then I followed and played:
The Tea Party - All My Charms
Jesse Rivest - Mesmerize Me
The Tea Party - Oceans
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (ha ha)
I was very happy with the feedback on "Mesmerize Me"; I'm starting to wonder if it's the best song I've written? I sure like it, and so do others! I wish Élise could hear it! The Tea Party stuff was for Erin because she is so cool.
I told Rebecca I had a surprise for her - a song that I wanted her to play recorder on... So she came up and I didn't want her to know what the song was until I started it - it was "Stairway to Heaven". She played the recorder for the beginning bit, then backed me up with some oooh's, and then sang the ending lyrics... it was fun!
Greg showed up for the first time in weeks, which was great (he was sick), and he played an 80's set which put some grins on many faces. The best, of course, was "Jesse's Girl" by Rick Springfield - awesome!
Other highlights:
- Kali and Dan played some wicked Prince stuff... I say this every time but Kali is super funky. He's cool. Dan is super bluesy, he is cool.
- Dave and Rebecca cover a couple Damien Rice songs together, very awesome: ("Volcano" for sure, and I think also "The Blower's Daughter")
- Erin does back up vocal on a Damien Rice song ("Volcano"), too, plus her and Rebecca do a great "Got You (Where I Want You)" by the Flys. Very cool!
- I kicked Erin's ass at pool, except the one time when I sunk all her balls (ha - I wonder if she is reading this)! I also wonder if I am spelling her name right, I sure hope I am spelling everyone's names correctly.
- Josh played a couple songs, one from Ghosts of Modern Man (the new album that he recorded: "City of No Light"), and one from his band 800 Prospect. Josh is very cool on stage with his band, you should see them...
Rebecca has a gig upcoming at Karma (April 16) that I want to check out; if you are reading this and live in Calgary then you should also check it out because wow she can sing. Ask her to do her Alicia Keys song (I'm sure she'll do it anyways) - it rocks. Greg says he comes to the Open Mic just to hear her sing that song. I think Dave also has an upcoming gig at Karma; just watch his site to find out more. Or email him. Or whatever.
Erin's birthday is coming up and I think everyone is going Rollerskating... now when was the last time I went Rollerskating? I dunno, but I gotta attend this birthday party at least for that.
Oh, uh... I called in sick today (work). Greg invited us to his place after the pub closed to continue jamming. Yes, that was very very cool. First, I got to play Greg's Les Paul Custom, which has a ridiculously awesome fretboard (plus a tremolo arm and three pickups, nuts)! Then we jammed out, about 4 or 5 guitars on the coolest Pearl Jam songs ever! I didn't get home till 5:00 and into bed until 6:00 this morning. You only live once, and I have paid sick days that I never use, so...
By the way, I just listened to Missy Higgins' song: "All for Believing". I'm going to be listening to some more of her soon, she's from Melbourne. There's a link below. She's good. Yes. Also, try making use of The Archive for live music recordings. It's rad. Yes, rad is a word.
Links:
http://www.davesimpsonmusic.com
http://www.ghostsofmodernman.com
http://www.jesserivest.com/music (listen to "Mesmerize Me"... do it!)
http://www.damienrice.com
http://www.800prospect.com
http://www.missyhiggins.com
http://www.archive.org
