Comedy tomorrow, Tragedy tonight

[lollardfish]

I am going to play at this tonight. One of the guys who runs it invited me a year and a half ago, but I think tonight is the night!

I am still grumpy about missing Fred Eaglesmith on 1/3.

I think I'll play $300 car, Run boy Run, and a third something:

Something trad-like? (Rider, Look on and Cry?)
A country song I wrote? (Last Call Waltz, Little Miss Lonesome)
A country-roots cover? (Let's Kill Saturday Night. If I could).

Hmmmm.

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I'd be grumpy about missing CJ Chenier, too. They played my first WFF, and to great effect, too.

How does Little Miss Lonesome go?

K.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've heard it. I wrote it last spring and have played at parties at which you attended, but were you in the room?

Little Miss Lonesome, outside the bar
Dressed all in red like a big movie star
Studded with diamonds / eyes cut with tears
I said, "Little Miss Lonesome, can I buy you a beer."

I wrote it to show how cool I was. It demonstrates ably how pathetic I was. I like it.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Well, then, I don't know.

K. [you've considered "Time to Get a Gun"?]

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

I can't play Fred Eaglesmith. He was there last week.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Rani Arbo got up on the stage at the Cedar and sang "Oh, Death" the same week that Ralph Stanley did.

K.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Well, that's more chutzpah than I have. :)

Also, I'd do Lucille or Freight Train if I were to do an Eaglesmith.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I was at both performances. I asked her. She had no idea.

K. [I suggest having about 6 songs you're ready to play well, and decide among them on the fly]

[gundo.livejournal.com]

Fitzgerald's is a great place to play. Best of luck!

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Eh, you know, open mic nights are low stress. Just a nice chance to get out and hear music and play a little before term starts.

[guppiecat]

Well, personally I like "Long Black Hair" (hope I have the title right, since there's no recording (hint hint :), I have to by memory).

Two car songs might be too much though.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

I'm never sure that song reads with an audience not already paying attention.

[guppiecat]

Hmm, that's something I'd not considered.

Personally, that was the song of yours that made me pay closer attention to what you were singing... but I am aware that I do not fit the norms. You know audiences better than I.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

I may try it next time, having done well this time with the longer song "Run Boy Run."

[madtruk.livejournal.com]

I hope you did Last Call Waltz, personally :).

This just doesn't happen here:

"Hey man (man being a guy who has played Madison or upmteen years, do you know any open mics in town?"

"Nope."

Stupid small town.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

I did $300 Car and Run Boy Run. The first was a solid warmup and the latter got a lot of attention. It was only a 2-song open mic, as it turns out.