Eric's House Of Ego

So ... it was a laid back night. I was almost totally ignored by the audience and played like it. I did a couple of songs that I didnt know. At least one of them was truly awful ... so ... the set list

Bang My Bald Spot (good laid back version, kind of like the version I did at the open mike last week that I never wrote up)
In Crosby Park (Jumbled a little, but ok)
Almost Beautiful (very nice)
Hand Above The Water (very very nice)
Don't Go Home (great)
Color Of Your Eyes (casual)
The One I Chased Away (Isaac liked it)
The Things You Never Know (I messed up the LAST chorus ... weird)
Yesterday Is Here (Tom Waits)(terrible, I need to lock the chord changes away)
New Dawn Fades (Joy Division) (Great)
Rockaway Beach (The Ramones) (The best I have ever done it)
Pine City Motel Blues (it workd, but I had the lyrics where I could see them)
Hey Dad! (with Isaac, when it was good it was amazing, when it was not so good it was still amazing)

Isaac played a great set, it was a much better night than I thought it would be. We made 16 bucks between us ... not bad for a small audience who mostly ignored us (me more than Isaac though, he was very good)

So, I did an unusually serious and very fun set tonight. There was a flashback to my stand up days as I was introduced as "something a little different". And boy was I.

The first act was this guy Ron aka Paint Dog. I love Paint Dog. He does Dylan and Woody and a few of his own songs (he needs to do more) and announces Mr Bojangles as a Jerry Jeff Walker song ... good for him.

The middle act was this guy who does a lot of train songs and such. He was quite good, but he talked loudly through the last half of my set with one of the folks who booked the show. How nice of them.

My set ...

Hey Dad
In Crosby Park
Things You Never Know
The One I Chased Away
Color Of Your Eyes
Don't Go Home
Product Might Be Hot
Hand Above The Water
Hides

There was a small but appreciative audience who, regardless that I took out all the "offensive" stuff still didn't seem to know what to do with me. I started a little off but warmed up quickly.

I sang as well as I ever have. My playing was a little out of it. I need to re-adjust some things. I'm having problems with my right hand that ties in to my back problems. We'll see what happens.