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The past almost week has been just so non-stop that I haven't had time to catch up on my own posting.
(Hey! No cheering from you short attention spanners!)
Anyway:
My New Deal gig last Thursday went well. We had what looked like a light attendance, but it turns out that there were three people there whom I didn't know. (but they knew me) (almost)Strangers coming to hear *me* play!- nice omen. Sold a CD to one of them.
I did two things new and different. The "request things you've never asked for" thing was kinda mixed since almost half the audience was there for their first time. Nonetheless some fun songs that I haven't had much of a chance to showcase came up- like "Battleship Chains" and "Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog"
I've also started a contest. It has to do with a "mystery" song. There is a song that is in my repertoire for no other reason than I had this album when I was young that is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. I got it before I developed any of what most people really know as my "taste" in music. You wouldn't expect me to like the song that this album is known for- or to like this album as much as I do. What's more the song is COMPLETELY different from the sound and style of the rest of that album, and now fits in perfectly with alot of the other songs in my repertoire. You have to come to one of my gigs to hear me play it. BUT if you come and hear this song and can tell me:
-what album I got it from
-the name of the artist (and hence, what they are "really" known for)
THEN YOU WIN A COPY OF _PATCHES_ (my CD)
Oh, and what really sucks about this contest, is that Google *will* tell you what album it's from (but only left handedly) if you put in the title, which I will not divulge- but the song title is not contained in the lyrics. AND so far, my feeding Google random snippets of the lyrics have FAILED to come back with it. So go ahead, bring your wireless laptop to New Deal Cafe and try your best. I'm fairly sure that you will NOT win this contest with an online search engine.
In attendance:
Sonya
John
Gary
Chris
Jaimee
Greg
(and at least three people whose names I didn't catch)
1) Long Black Veil
2) City Of New Orleans
3) Battleship Chains req(John)
4) Whistling Gypsy Rover/Reel Set (req for "something Irish")
5) Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Debut!)
6) Can't Find My Way Home
7) Ripple req(Gary)
8) Franklin's Tower req(Sonya)
9) Uncle John's Band
10) Dixie Chicken pre-show req(Sonya)
11) Hurdy Gurdy Man (debut of 3 verse version*)
12) He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (**) req(?)
13) American Pie pre-show req(Sonya)
14) Fire And Rain
15) -----------------------------(Song title not divulged)
16) You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
17) Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog req(Greg)
18) Dire Wolf
19) Ob La Di Ob La Da req(Greg or Chris)
20) Home By Bearna (debut!)
21) Colorado Rockies req(Sonya)
22) Mister Tambourine Man
23) Shelter From The Storm req(?)
24) What's So Funny About Peace Love And Understanding req(?)
* In Donovan's autobiography he talked about his friendship with George Harrison who wrote a third verse for "Hurdy Gurdy Man" which Donovan sometimes performs. Given how special George is to me, I've put that into my version of HGM and I'll be singing it that way from now on.
** The very nice lady whose name I didn't catch asked me to play this song, which I *thought* I'd taught myself. Turns out I committed a rookie mistake and thought that all of it was as easy to play as the parts I'd figured out, and I kinda blundered thru the song pretty clumsily on Thursday. If you missed the gig, then you missed me messing up pretty bad on this song, which is now history because I've since found the pieces I was missing and I will have this song DOWN by the next time I'm at New Deal.
My major gig for the weekend was the Dagorhir Yule Feast. Long ago, I used to hang out with Graymael and go and play with the Dagorhir and their padded weapons. By a highly amusing set of serendipitous randoms I wound up back in touch with some of them awhile back and since then, they've provided me a PAYING gig entertaining at their local winter feast.
I get paid, well-fed, and while the gig always starts off slow, it also always builds to a big finish, where I wind up being told to drop all period or perioid pretenses and just play what folks wanna hear, which makes for some wild setlists. It's also a nice LONG gig, the way like them where I get a chance to really get out a decent number of good songs.
And I sold 3 CDs!!!!
1) inst: Polka Set
2) Rosin The Bow
3) Into The Mystic
4) Johnny Jump Up
5) She Moves Thru The Faire (req by Athelas)
6) Lily Of The West
7) Long Black Veil (req by Sonya)
8) Skye Boat Song
9) The Whistler/Banish Misfortune
10) Enchanted Gypsy
11) Home By Bearna
12) The Highwayman
13) The Cruel Sister
14) Queen Of All Argyle
15) Viking Sea Shanty
(short break)
16) The Bonny Scotsman
17) Whiskey In The Jar (req)
(another break)
18) Sally MacLennane
19) Juice Of The Barley
20) Title withheld, because this is the mystery song for my contest- clue: it fits in with my traditional repertoire
21) Willie O'Winsbury
22) Mad Tom O'Bedlam's Song
23) A Pair Of Brown Eyes
24) Three Jolly Coachmen
25) Back Home In Derry (debut!)
26) Valley Of Strathmore
27) Rambling Rover
28) inst: Kesh Jig
29) Isabel
30) Barrett's Privateers
(another break)
31) Seven Hundred Elves
32) The Wee, Wee Man
33) Black Velvet Band
34) Whistling Gypsy Rover/Reel Set
35) Mary Mack
36) McIntyre
37) For My Lady
38) Heather On The Moor
39) Finnigan's Wake
40) Aiko Aiko (req)
41) Sugar Magnolia (req for "more Grateful Dead")
42) Franklin's Tower
43) Dire Wolf
44) When I Paint My Masterpiece (req Sonya)
45) Mellow Yellow
46) All Shook Up (req for something in honor of Elvis' B'Day)
47) Science Fiction Double Feature
48) Sweet Transvestite (req "more RHPS!)
49) Time Warp
50) The Joker
51) Werewolves Of London
52) Wish You Were Here
53) Little Wing
54) Queen Jane Approximately
55) Wondrous Stories
Other highlights of the night was some nice smooches from Athelas, an excellent hug from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
werewulf's sister Sarah, an annuall reconnecting with Graymael and of course, the inevitable huge pile of leftovers they send me home with.
(Hey! No cheering from you short attention spanners!)
Anyway:
My New Deal gig last Thursday went well. We had what looked like a light attendance, but it turns out that there were three people there whom I didn't know. (but they knew me) (almost)Strangers coming to hear *me* play!- nice omen. Sold a CD to one of them.
I did two things new and different. The "request things you've never asked for" thing was kinda mixed since almost half the audience was there for their first time. Nonetheless some fun songs that I haven't had much of a chance to showcase came up- like "Battleship Chains" and "Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog"
I've also started a contest. It has to do with a "mystery" song. There is a song that is in my repertoire for no other reason than I had this album when I was young that is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. I got it before I developed any of what most people really know as my "taste" in music. You wouldn't expect me to like the song that this album is known for- or to like this album as much as I do. What's more the song is COMPLETELY different from the sound and style of the rest of that album, and now fits in perfectly with alot of the other songs in my repertoire. You have to come to one of my gigs to hear me play it. BUT if you come and hear this song and can tell me:
-what album I got it from
-the name of the artist (and hence, what they are "really" known for)
THEN YOU WIN A COPY OF _PATCHES_ (my CD)
Oh, and what really sucks about this contest, is that Google *will* tell you what album it's from (but only left handedly) if you put in the title, which I will not divulge- but the song title is not contained in the lyrics. AND so far, my feeding Google random snippets of the lyrics have FAILED to come back with it. So go ahead, bring your wireless laptop to New Deal Cafe and try your best. I'm fairly sure that you will NOT win this contest with an online search engine.
In attendance:
Sonya
John
Gary
Chris
Jaimee
Greg
(and at least three people whose names I didn't catch)
1) Long Black Veil
2) City Of New Orleans
3) Battleship Chains req(John)
4) Whistling Gypsy Rover/Reel Set (req for "something Irish")
5) Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Debut!)
6) Can't Find My Way Home
7) Ripple req(Gary)
8) Franklin's Tower req(Sonya)
9) Uncle John's Band
10) Dixie Chicken pre-show req(Sonya)
11) Hurdy Gurdy Man (debut of 3 verse version*)
12) He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (**) req(?)
13) American Pie pre-show req(Sonya)
14) Fire And Rain
15) -----------------------------(Song title not divulged)
16) You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
17) Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog req(Greg)
18) Dire Wolf
19) Ob La Di Ob La Da req(Greg or Chris)
20) Home By Bearna (debut!)
21) Colorado Rockies req(Sonya)
22) Mister Tambourine Man
23) Shelter From The Storm req(?)
24) What's So Funny About Peace Love And Understanding req(?)
* In Donovan's autobiography he talked about his friendship with George Harrison who wrote a third verse for "Hurdy Gurdy Man" which Donovan sometimes performs. Given how special George is to me, I've put that into my version of HGM and I'll be singing it that way from now on.
** The very nice lady whose name I didn't catch asked me to play this song, which I *thought* I'd taught myself. Turns out I committed a rookie mistake and thought that all of it was as easy to play as the parts I'd figured out, and I kinda blundered thru the song pretty clumsily on Thursday. If you missed the gig, then you missed me messing up pretty bad on this song, which is now history because I've since found the pieces I was missing and I will have this song DOWN by the next time I'm at New Deal.
My major gig for the weekend was the Dagorhir Yule Feast. Long ago, I used to hang out with Graymael and go and play with the Dagorhir and their padded weapons. By a highly amusing set of serendipitous randoms I wound up back in touch with some of them awhile back and since then, they've provided me a PAYING gig entertaining at their local winter feast.
I get paid, well-fed, and while the gig always starts off slow, it also always builds to a big finish, where I wind up being told to drop all period or perioid pretenses and just play what folks wanna hear, which makes for some wild setlists. It's also a nice LONG gig, the way like them where I get a chance to really get out a decent number of good songs.
And I sold 3 CDs!!!!
1) inst: Polka Set
2) Rosin The Bow
3) Into The Mystic
4) Johnny Jump Up
5) She Moves Thru The Faire (req by Athelas)
6) Lily Of The West
7) Long Black Veil (req by Sonya)
8) Skye Boat Song
9) The Whistler/Banish Misfortune
10) Enchanted Gypsy
11) Home By Bearna
12) The Highwayman
13) The Cruel Sister
14) Queen Of All Argyle
15) Viking Sea Shanty
(short break)
16) The Bonny Scotsman
17) Whiskey In The Jar (req)
(another break)
18) Sally MacLennane
19) Juice Of The Barley
20) Title withheld, because this is the mystery song for my contest- clue: it fits in with my traditional repertoire
21) Willie O'Winsbury
22) Mad Tom O'Bedlam's Song
23) A Pair Of Brown Eyes
24) Three Jolly Coachmen
25) Back Home In Derry (debut!)
26) Valley Of Strathmore
27) Rambling Rover
28) inst: Kesh Jig
29) Isabel
30) Barrett's Privateers
(another break)
31) Seven Hundred Elves
32) The Wee, Wee Man
33) Black Velvet Band
34) Whistling Gypsy Rover/Reel Set
35) Mary Mack
36) McIntyre
37) For My Lady
38) Heather On The Moor
39) Finnigan's Wake
40) Aiko Aiko (req)
41) Sugar Magnolia (req for "more Grateful Dead")
42) Franklin's Tower
43) Dire Wolf
44) When I Paint My Masterpiece (req Sonya)
45) Mellow Yellow
46) All Shook Up (req for something in honor of Elvis' B'Day)
47) Science Fiction Double Feature
48) Sweet Transvestite (req "more RHPS!)
49) Time Warp
50) The Joker
51) Werewolves Of London
52) Wish You Were Here
53) Little Wing
54) Queen Jane Approximately
55) Wondrous Stories
Other highlights of the night was some nice smooches from Athelas, an excellent hug from
werewulf's sister Sarah, an annuall reconnecting with Graymael and of course, the inevitable huge pile of leftovers they send me home with.