Open Mike Night Tuesday January 20th

 

Don't know if it's good news or bad, but I am back on my theme after a week off due to extreme grumpiness.  But...

This week we have the following acts appearing on stage.

• Raul brings us some sea shanties
• Sylvain will tell us of troubles with Lili Marlene
• Ken strums his Lute for some Renaissance favourites
• Martin will have us scratching our heads with his absurdist comedy routine (really, you try classifying MartinC)
• Jez will bring in a some sort of musical automaton
• Plus who ever else shows up or comes back for an encore.

The photo up top is why I'm not building any new projects this year.  Back in the fall my guitar teacher noticed some cracks in my 50 year old classical guitar. The years and low humidity had taken a toll and it was time to retire the old one and look for a new one.  Guitars aren't cheap so domestic negotiations were required and it became my combined Christmas, anniversary and birthday present.  I got to try out the model that I researched (it's a Cordoba C7 if anyone cares) on a work trip to Vancouver and had the shop ship it to me since I figured they'd know how better than I do, and because United breaks guitars. 

Alright my first week's music pick went over well, so let's see if the trend continues butI'm old and have quirky tastes.  The idea I'm running with is to find videos of live performances with a stripped down feel to them.  This week it's the Cowboy Junkies (who like the Holy Roman Empire are neither cowboys or junkies), a Canadian alt-country band from the 80s featuring three Timmins siblings.  Back in the day I had a huge crush on Margot.   This is the song that they're best know for, and it's from the Trinity Sessions album recorded mostly in one day in a church with a single microphone, giving a really old timey stripped down feel.  Supposedly they told the church that the Timmins family band wanted to record Christmas music.