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Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Slept through my alarm this morning!!
Another late (but great) night at Eddie Bo Dean's last night! I followed Rebecca on the mic and played the following:
Lester Quitzau - Time Takes Time
Jesse Rivest - Crazy French Girl
Jesse Rivest - Deadbeat Blues
Joe Cocker - You are So Beautiful
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Sam Roberts - Don't Walk Away Eileen
I went back up later and played:
Victoria Williams - Crazy Mary
Blue Rodeo - Hasn't Hit Me Yet
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
John Mayer - Comfortable
I met a cool fellow from Australia named Daniel; he is from Bateau Bay (north of Sydney on the Central Coast) and is here on his honeymoon. He waited for my first set to finish before leaving, but before I played we talked a bit about Australia and he offered me a place to stay when I visit! Very friendly dude.
My new friend Ming came and brought some friends, too! Ming won my auction (http://songauction.blogspot.com) so I am going to bring my guitar to his place on Tuesday night; he invited me for dinner. Very cool guy - in the future we might build a guitar amplifier together (experimental but fun). Ming says I inspired him to buy a slide and play slide guitar!
Also, my friend Andrew came and he is becoming addicted to open mic... I think it is inspiring for him as he is new to guitar and is excited about learning to play a whole song through from start to finish. If I have time before I leave for Australia then I will help him with that. Oh, and Andrew is also keen on hearing Rebecca sing (as am I) - she has a great voice!
Another fellow showed up that I recognized from Karma - I believe his name is Dave Simpson and he will have a website up in the near future (http://www.davesimpsonmusic.com). He's quite good and mixes in a solid percentage of originals in his sets - he's confident and is lining up work for himself as a solo act in Calgary.
And as always I appreciated watching Kali and Dan play! I even played bongos with them for a song. Kali is a very groove/funk oriented player and he sings, too. Dan is very bluesy and the two of them work well together. I hope I am spelling Kali's name correctly!
I think this Friday I am going to carpool with Rebecca to Josh's gig (http://www.800prospect.com) at the Black Swan (Calgary south). Should be cool, I hear the band is quite good. Josh plays bass and provides backup vocals, I believe.
Lester Quitzau - Time Takes Time
Jesse Rivest - Crazy French Girl
Jesse Rivest - Deadbeat Blues
Joe Cocker - You are So Beautiful
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Sam Roberts - Don't Walk Away Eileen
I went back up later and played:
Victoria Williams - Crazy Mary
Blue Rodeo - Hasn't Hit Me Yet
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
John Mayer - Comfortable
I met a cool fellow from Australia named Daniel; he is from Bateau Bay (north of Sydney on the Central Coast) and is here on his honeymoon. He waited for my first set to finish before leaving, but before I played we talked a bit about Australia and he offered me a place to stay when I visit! Very friendly dude.
My new friend Ming came and brought some friends, too! Ming won my auction (http://songauction.blogspot.com) so I am going to bring my guitar to his place on Tuesday night; he invited me for dinner. Very cool guy - in the future we might build a guitar amplifier together (experimental but fun). Ming says I inspired him to buy a slide and play slide guitar!
Also, my friend Andrew came and he is becoming addicted to open mic... I think it is inspiring for him as he is new to guitar and is excited about learning to play a whole song through from start to finish. If I have time before I leave for Australia then I will help him with that. Oh, and Andrew is also keen on hearing Rebecca sing (as am I) - she has a great voice!
Another fellow showed up that I recognized from Karma - I believe his name is Dave Simpson and he will have a website up in the near future (http://www.davesimpsonmusic.com). He's quite good and mixes in a solid percentage of originals in his sets - he's confident and is lining up work for himself as a solo act in Calgary.
And as always I appreciated watching Kali and Dan play! I even played bongos with them for a song. Kali is a very groove/funk oriented player and he sings, too. Dan is very bluesy and the two of them work well together. I hope I am spelling Kali's name correctly!
I think this Friday I am going to carpool with Rebecca to Josh's gig (http://www.800prospect.com) at the Black Swan (Calgary south). Should be cool, I hear the band is quite good. Josh plays bass and provides backup vocals, I believe.
