BWSC at the East Side

We've had a few gigs at Sweet Harmony that were good but nothing really worth writing about.  Last night we played at the East Side Restaurant for the Poulin Grain Christmas party.  The gig started weird, with people still eating, and just kind of looking at us.  About halfway through the first set they got up and started dancing and it turned out to be a great night.  I usually like the sound at the East Side, but the room was SO LOUD before we even started.  Our sound was like soup to me by the end of the night.

I used an ipad instead of a music stand.  It's less bulky and easy to see, but it took me quite a while to get the pdf to look the way I wanted it to look.

SET ONE
Take a little ride - John challenged us to play this one quietly.  We sort of did, but this is where people started dancing.  Then we just got into it.
Watermelon Crawl - Andre forgot the beginning, and gave us a slow countoff.
Little less talk -
Cocaine Blues - Great response to this tune
How I got to be this way- I think I sang it ok, but there was something weird with the chords.  I'd be fine with letting this song go... People told me after that I sang well but was hard to hear
Good hearted woman -- We started the set here, since it's a nice way to ease an eating crowd into the music.  After We Went we started back over with Take a Little Ride.
Born on a Bayou -
Sunshine and Whiskey
Dust on the Bottle
Radio
God bless Texas
We Went

SET TWO

Copperhead Road - Played this with the first set.  I was surprised how many people sang along.

Boot Scootin' Boogie - people sang along with this one too.

Honky Tonk Stomp

Can't You See - 

Drink in my hand - 

Something about a truck was replaced with Fix a Drink - People didn't get into this tune.  Hopefully they will eventually.

Move it on over (E) -

Tulsa Time - 

Friday night -

That's alright momma - 

Dumas Walker - Skipped this one

Six Days on the Road - Hadn't played in a long time but did fine.

SET THREE

Neon light - Included in the second set.  People seemed to like it.

Cruise - Again, lots of people singing along

achy breaky heart - We might have ended the second set with this tune

Aw naw - 

Country Girl - Started a bit before I was ready because I was thinking we were on the next song.  For some reason I played my fill in the second verse starting on a D.  Fixed it quickly, but it's the 2nd time that's happened.  And it keeps "disappearing."

Folsom Prison - 

Blue ain't your color -

Hog Wild - Played on fretless.  I think I could change the fill to fit the instrument better

Wagon Wheel - 

My kind of night -

Some kind of Wonderful - Well-received, and when we switched right into HTW they loved it

Honky Tonk Woman - 

SET FOUR

Save a horse - 

Homegrown Honey - I'm wondering if we should let this song go

*Head over Boots - I think we skipped this one.  

Ain't my fault - 

Big Green Tractor - Something really strange happened after/during the first chorus, and then going into the bridge

5-1-5-0 - 

Born to boogie

Dirt on my boots -

Honky Tonk Be-donk-e-donk -  skipped

Family tradition - skipped

Redneck Life - I was surprised when we still played this new song, since it was so late in the evening to play a new song.  However, it went over great and I think I sang it pretty well.  I played all quarter notes instead of eighths.  There's no way I could have kept the tempo by that time of night.

Boys 'round here - Stu almost went right into this.  It was a great way to do it.  I still switched to fretless, since there's a long time before I play.

We added Sweet Home Alabama somewhere, and ended with Roller Derby Queen.  I think those were both requests.  In the middle of a song someone asked me if we could play a slow song and then left before we even had the chance to play it.