Hi folks,
Well, thanks to the miracle of being married, I'm able to reconstruct the last jam from Sarah's copious notes - even at this late date, and after being under the weather... as well as showing early signs of dementia.
Sarah's notes claim that I even enjoyed myself. Even though I only led one song all evening, it was a winner - "Sinner Man" - with a raucous reaction from the crowd. I guess finding sinners at a bar is about as hard as fishing with dynamite in a pond. You're bound to find a few!
My fellow co-hosts really stepped up big to compensate for my overall uselessness. (Some would argue that this is the normal state of things at B & B).
Bill, besides practicing his German with Zubie's wife, Ingrid, did Ralph Stanley's "Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go", and one of the hits of this, or any night - Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World".
AJ, not to be outdone, gave us John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery" and the Carter Family's "Gospel Ship".
Sarah lead off the evening with Lucinda Williams' "Crescent City" and later did her "Get Right With God" as well.
Am I the only one seeing a mini gospel theme here? Is Bluegrass & Beyond really home to that many sinners?
No wonder we always have such a good time!
And speaking of repenting, Scotty showed no signs of it last time - starting off with Bread's "Guitar Man", veering off into BJ Hooker's "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" for no apparent reason, and then culminating in a 1 chord wonder song "Rock On" (Hey, kids roll and roll...) from the 70's. I was almost able to play on THAT one, but I couldn't find the chord...
Zubie made a rare appearance, showing off for his wife, with "San Antonio Rose", "Down Yonder" and "The 1919 Flu Epidemic" (or was it 1918?).
Speaking of showing off, Liz's boyfriend borrowed a guitar and led John Prine's "Paradise" - with some help from Liz on fiddle, Craig and co-host Bill.
Despair and sorrow were well represented as usual with Gail's version of Jimmy Martin's "Steppin' Stone", Jonathan's Stanley Brothers' "Highway of Regret", Steve's covers of Merle's classic "Mama Tried", along with George Jone's "The Race Is On" - not to mention Judy's 1930's "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out".
And if you weren't sad enough after all that, Craig pulled out John Prine's "Christmas In Prison". I don't know what's more depressing, being in prison, or the fact that there are only 68 more shopping days until Christmas!
On a more positive note, Kim did Tim O'Brien's heartwarming "Nellie Kane".
Instrumental to the jam, literally, were Dan's "Cherokee Shuffle", Banjo Mike's "Hucklin' The Berries", Bill's "Big Sciota" - and, as I was leaving, a weird double banjo version of "Cluck Old Hen" with Bill and Banjo Mike, helped by Scottie and Danny on fiddle - sounding like a mix of "Zorba The Greek", "Arabian Nights" and the Stone's "Paint It Black".
By the way, I have to point out on an instrumental note, that Chris - even though he knows he's breaking my heart by not leading any more Wayne "The Train" Hancock songs - is really kicking on the resonator guitar these days.
As I walked down 2nd Ave. late after another fine jam, I heard the melodious strains of Tony (talk about sinners!) wafting into the night air - "I'm only walkin' after midnight, searching for you..."
Well sinners, you don't have to search at all... every odd Monday at Paddy's... Bluegrass & Beyond...
See you next time, let's raise some hell! (and repent in song...),
Dave Comins
www.bluegrassandbeyondnyc.com
Facebook / Bluegrass & Beyond NYC
Well, thanks to the miracle of being married, I'm able to reconstruct the last jam from Sarah's copious notes - even at this late date, and after being under the weather... as well as showing early signs of dementia.
Sarah's notes claim that I even enjoyed myself. Even though I only led one song all evening, it was a winner - "Sinner Man" - with a raucous reaction from the crowd. I guess finding sinners at a bar is about as hard as fishing with dynamite in a pond. You're bound to find a few!
My fellow co-hosts really stepped up big to compensate for my overall uselessness. (Some would argue that this is the normal state of things at B & B).
Bill, besides practicing his German with Zubie's wife, Ingrid, did Ralph Stanley's "Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go", and one of the hits of this, or any night - Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World".
AJ, not to be outdone, gave us John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery" and the Carter Family's "Gospel Ship".
Sarah lead off the evening with Lucinda Williams' "Crescent City" and later did her "Get Right With God" as well.
Am I the only one seeing a mini gospel theme here? Is Bluegrass & Beyond really home to that many sinners?
No wonder we always have such a good time!
And speaking of repenting, Scotty showed no signs of it last time - starting off with Bread's "Guitar Man", veering off into BJ Hooker's "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" for no apparent reason, and then culminating in a 1 chord wonder song "Rock On" (Hey, kids roll and roll...) from the 70's. I was almost able to play on THAT one, but I couldn't find the chord...
Zubie made a rare appearance, showing off for his wife, with "San Antonio Rose", "Down Yonder" and "The 1919 Flu Epidemic" (or was it 1918?).
Speaking of showing off, Liz's boyfriend borrowed a guitar and led John Prine's "Paradise" - with some help from Liz on fiddle, Craig and co-host Bill.
Despair and sorrow were well represented as usual with Gail's version of Jimmy Martin's "Steppin' Stone", Jonathan's Stanley Brothers' "Highway of Regret", Steve's covers of Merle's classic "Mama Tried", along with George Jone's "The Race Is On" - not to mention Judy's 1930's "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out".
And if you weren't sad enough after all that, Craig pulled out John Prine's "Christmas In Prison". I don't know what's more depressing, being in prison, or the fact that there are only 68 more shopping days until Christmas!
On a more positive note, Kim did Tim O'Brien's heartwarming "Nellie Kane".
Instrumental to the jam, literally, were Dan's "Cherokee Shuffle", Banjo Mike's "Hucklin' The Berries", Bill's "Big Sciota" - and, as I was leaving, a weird double banjo version of "Cluck Old Hen" with Bill and Banjo Mike, helped by Scottie and Danny on fiddle - sounding like a mix of "Zorba The Greek", "Arabian Nights" and the Stone's "Paint It Black".
By the way, I have to point out on an instrumental note, that Chris - even though he knows he's breaking my heart by not leading any more Wayne "The Train" Hancock songs - is really kicking on the resonator guitar these days.
As I walked down 2nd Ave. late after another fine jam, I heard the melodious strains of Tony (talk about sinners!) wafting into the night air - "I'm only walkin' after midnight, searching for you..."
Well sinners, you don't have to search at all... every odd Monday at Paddy's... Bluegrass & Beyond...
See you next time, let's raise some hell! (and repent in song...),
Dave Comins
www.bluegrassandbeyondnyc.com
Facebook / Bluegrass & Beyond NYC
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