BWSC at Parker Pie

Big Whiskey Social Club returned to gigging after a break of several months.  We had recorded several tunes on Thursday 2/18 and two days later we played at Parker Pie in West Glover.  It was only a two hour gig but involved just as much lugging as a longer gig.  In fact, set up wasn't easy at all.  The driveway was very icy, there were several flights of stairs to go up, and the stage was 5' tall.  Once we were set up, though, we had plenty of space and although not many people fit in the room, it was quite enjoyable.  The person who'd set up the gig with me at the ETA gig was there listening.  I think she liked it.

SET 1

Drink in my hand - Stu

Take a little ride - Stu

Cocaine Blues - Stu -- At this point I switched basses because I'd left my fretless plugged in and the battery had died.  I changed the battery during our break.

Sunshine and Whiskey - Andre

Friday night - Andre -- after the first verse we play A and F#.  After the 2nd verse it's supposed to be just an A, but there's always some confusion.

Achy breaky heart - Stu

Something about a truck - Stu

Save a Horse

Big Green Tractor - Stu

Good hearted woman - Stu -- this one felt too slow

Folsom Prison - Stu

Six days on the road - Stu -- this was definitely too slow -- we ended the set with this song.  I tried to start the 2nd song with Parking Lot Party.

Booze Cruise - Stu

SET 2

Parking Lot Party - Andre

Country Girl - John

My kind of night - Andre

Move it on over (E) - Stu

Homegrown Honey - Stu -- really good, except for the ending.

Aw naw - Bill -- I did ok, except for the first few notes I sang.

5-1-5-0 - Stu

Neon light - Andre

Buy me a boat

Family tradition - Stu -- the opening was weird.  Started with a guitar solo, but no one seemed sure about what we were doing.

Sweet Home Alabama

Honky Tonk Be-donk-e-donk - Stu  -- I screwed this one up by trying to come out of the guitar solo too soon.

Boys 'round here - Stu

There was one tune that ended early, but I can't remember which one.  We definitely did better at going from song to song.  They got us to play "one more song!" and we played a kick-ass version of "Can't You See."

ETA at the Irasburg Town Hall

Playing with ETA is always fun, and we had a good time at the Irasburg Town Hall last weekend, Feb 13, 2016.  The time got changed from 8-11 to 7-11, but they took up most of the first hour with a raffle.  The tunes we played were pretty much the same as usual and I played most of them from memory.  We did "Old Time Rock & Roll" and "Mony Mony," neither of which were on the set list but aren't real complicated and I did fine.

The load-in was extremely fast due to below-zero temperatures and high winds.  It wasn't any warmer for the load-out, either.  Coldest night of the winter so far.

For me peronally, this marked the end of a bass-playing drought.  BWSC had started rehearsing a few weeks earlier, and a gig the following week.  Someone came up to set up a gig with BWSC at the end of the ETA gig.  Good stuff.