I really like Luna’s Café. It feels like playing at home for me. I think it has something to do with the fact
that it’s cozy, that it is a Café rather than a pub, and that Art Luna is such
a cool guy. The night opened with singer-songwriter
OLIVIA AWBREY. She described her music
as punk folk, which I think really nails it.
She plays with a very percussive strumming approach that is just short
of aggressive, and delivers her thoughtful lyrics with a fantastic voice that I
am sure can go beyond the range she pushes it in her performance. I really enjoyed her set and invited her to
join me the next night at a different venue, but she didn’t make it. I hope our paths cross gain in the future. I followed Olivia, and had a pretty good
set. I tried out a couple of new songs,
one which I was not sure would go over well acoustically (The Guilt Trip), but
I received very good feedback form the audience, both right after the song, and
after the gig. I had a really solid
turnout, but unfortunately, Olivia was from out of town (Portland), so she had
no local followers, and the headlining act never showed, and neither did their
fans. So the 12 headcount that was there
were my friends and followers, which is cool, but for Art’s sake I would have
liked to see a fuller room.
The next night, at Clubhouse 24, I
played with Charles Gunn, and it was one of those nights… I was curious about
this gig as it was an exploratory event for me.
I was playing at a gallery on Second Saturday (a once a month event
where galleries stay open late and host passers-by. My goal was to gauge what a Second Saturday
gig would be like, if I could live with being little more than wallpaper in
return for a significant exposure. But
as it turned out, there was no exposure.
This particular gallery had not promoted and their geographical
situation is such that there are not a whole lot of walk-ins. We did get one couple who peaked in and
stayed for a couple of songs, and we had three friends show up. But other than that, we basically played for
ourselves. The redeeming factor of the
evening was that Mr. John Lowry, harmonica player with the Cash Cartell Band,
sat in for the majority of my set and I had a blast listening to him improvise
over my songs. Charles was solid, as
always, with his laid back approach and excellent songs. I really enjoy working with him and I believe
we complement each other well. Thanks to
Chris Whetstone for the use of the PA, it sounded great in this room!
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