Eric's House Of Ego

This was a weekend of glorious shows!

Night one!

The Cheshire Moon Power Trio hit the stage. Old arrangements were discarded. New arrangements were made up on the fly. Songs were picked by nearly everyone!

Thank you for making this show so much fun. I have said many times that I want Cheshire Moon shows to be a conversation not a concert. And indeed it was tonight.

What we played

Set One
Widow's Garden
Ghost Train
Witch in Your Story
Banshee
Catnyp
Seaside Evening Market
Out of the Light
Calvin's Girl

Set Two
Circus of Dreams
Shadow Moon
Disenchanted
Snow White Red Road
Callenwood
Nachthexen
Village by the Sea
Boneman's Daughter

Night Two!

Thank you for coming out and dancing around in our worlds last night, It's so much better when we have someone listening ... and commenting!

What we played ...

Set 1
Out Of The Light
Witch In Your Story
Nighty Knights
Shadow Moon
Tea & Fireflies
Catnyp
Banshee
Horizon
Calvin's Girl
Ghost Train

Set 2
Widows Garden
Seaside Evening Market
Third Harvest
Callenwood Pt 1
Alice In Zombieland
Loki Loves You
Within The Snow
Snow White Red Road
Nachthexen

Weekends like this are why we do what we do. The audience is as much part of the show as we are. Requests are made, and played! And a lot, a lot of laughter, both from the audience and from us. Thank you so much for making what we do so much fun!

And we are done for the moment. We're going into writing mode, we want to finish Welcome To Callenwood by the end of the year ... we'll see!

Thank you to everyone at KHOI for making our evening so wonderful! Thank you to everyone who showed up to join us in our little worlds this evening! Thank you for the questions and the kind words! Thank you to everyone who was listening at home! This was a very special one for us this evening!

Here is what we played!

Seaside Evening Market
Gatekeeper
Tea & Fireflies
Persephone
Disenchanted
Sleep No More
Shadow Moon
Widows Garden
Spinning Skies & Mirrors
Nachthexen
Snow White Red Road

All standard tuning!
Eric only played two instruments!
Nearly half the songs written by other folks!
It was a most unusual show!

Thank you for coming and dancing over the internet with us!

A Song About Fog
Banshee
Child Of The Library (Piers Cawley, Gill Cawley)
Witch In Your Story (Susan Weiner)
Denali
Gargoyles
Single White Monster (Susan Weiner)
Sleep No More
When Monkeys Fly
Village By The Sea (Susan Weiner)

So ... it was a birthday party. I knew there were going to be shenanigans. The level of shenanigans was far more extreme than I thought. There will be some video later. As well as a lot of thanks yous for a lot of people.

1st Set
Circus Of Dreams
Disenchanted
Mamaw’s Kitchen
Seaside Evening Market
Stream of Consciousness
Tea & Fireflies
Widow’s Garden
Ghost Train

2nd Set
Calvin's Girl
Hamlin’s Bow
Shadow Moon
Nachthexen
Persephone
Winter's Night
Solstice

Wow, that ... was ... FUN!!!

Banshee

Shadow Moon

When Monkeys Fly

Seaside Evening Market

Nachthexen

Spinning Skies & Mirrors

Alice In Zombieland

Ghost Train

Boneman's Daughter

The audience was a trifle interactive, so were we!
After the week we had, this was so much the show we needed! Thank you so much!

And a real quick set at the Masquerade Saturday night. There were not a lot of entries, so the judging went very fast.

Seaside Evening Market
Shadow Moon
Nachthexen
Alice In Zombieland

We got to the circle a bit late, and were pretty burned out by that point but we played a few songs.

Disenchanted
Sleep No More
Critters (with Beth & Justin on drums)

It was a lovely weekend. Really, really what we needed.

Now we are off for a few months (there is a chance of one show later this summer).

Time for some relaxation. Time on the bikes, time at the pool. Time together where we're not traveling.

I found myself, a mere mortal surrounded by Goddesses.

One was an Amazon Warrior whose weapons were keyboard and bass and a voice that could be heard through all space and time.

The next was a wizard of the wires, keeping the magic flowing from our hands to the world. And then she would pick up the bass and lay down sly grooves.

Third, a beautifully mad creature of the desert and mountains, the imparter of darkly whimsical secrets with voice and bow.

Then the trickiest of all the pixies and the keeper of all the mischief, showing us the way.

And myself, sitting in the midst of this musical maelstrom, strumming at my strings and beating on my drum, hovering between bewildered and bemused.

Much mischief was done. Many truths were told. This must happen again. Both delightful and mildly terrifying, this is one of those moments that I live my life for.

Oh, and we played songs. So many songs.

April Fools Day Sunday (sj)
House of Mama Dragon (sj)
Rabbit’s Song (sj)
Seaside Evening Market (cm)
Strength in Fire (cm)
Stand (cm)
Relative Comparison (rj)
Sweet Nite (rj)
Don’t Tell Mama (rj)
Trickster Prayer (sj)
Cheshire Kitten (sj)
Solstice (cm)
Corvus (cm)
Series of Moments (rj)
Beets in my Salad (rj)

Thank you Sooj, Renee, and Ronda for bringing us on this journey this weekend.

Little rough yesterday in places, but it's been awhile since we have played live. The new songs went wonderfully.

We got to do the best version of Solstice so far. Lots of people with drums, lots of people singing along. As Slim Browning would say, it's better when you help!

Here’s what we did!

Black Walnut Wall (first time live)
Seaside Evening Market
When Monkeys Fly
Children Of The Flame (first time live)
Hot McGonagall
Gargoyles
Stream of Consciousness
Tea & Fireflies
Shadow Moon
Nachthexen
Snow White Red Road
Spinning Skies & Mirrors
Strength In The Fire (first time live)
Solstice

Thank you so much for making our weekend such fun! As Marie (Slim) Browning once said, it's better when you help!

Thank you for coming and dancing in our little worlds for a couple of hours! We will get back to see you again soon!

Set 1
Hot McGonagall
Nachthexen
Beast Within
Masters of Library Science
When Monkeys Fly
Snow White Red Road
Nighty Knights
Seaside Evening Market
Mermaid’s Scar
Hamlin’s Bow
Calvin's Girl
Critters

Set 2
Callenwood Pt 1 & 2
Alice In Zombieland
Disenchanted
Witch In Your Story
Gargoyles
Corvus

We played a lot of music this weekend. A lot of new songs. Susan was brilliant. Cathy sat in for a couple of songs (a sublime version of The Weaving, and wonderful drums on Solstice).

Saturday night was really special. One of those shows we will talk about for years. Both sets are available to watch on our Faceboook page. We're working on getting it on You Tube.

Saturday night at the McManamon Theatre, complete with footnotes!

Set 1
Circus Of Dreams
Disenchanted
Witch In Your Story
Beast Within
Tea & Fireflies - C-P
The Weaving (With Cathy and Susan on vocals)
Callenwood Part One - C-P
Hamlin’s Bow - C-P
Calvin's Girl
Narrow Way

Set 2
Ghost Train
Banshee
Horizon
Seaside Evening Market - 1-P
An Affirming Flame - 1-P
Masters of Library Science
Gargoyles - P
Shadow Moon - 1
Spinning Skies & Mirrors - P
Solstice (With Cathy on drum) - P

Then, Sunday at Greater Chicago Pagan Pride, also a marvelous show. Eric had rubber fingers, but still managed!

Gargoyles - P
The Well Stone - P
Persephone
Shadow Moon - P
Spinning Skies & Mirrors - P
Widow's Garden
Ghost Train
Snow White Red Road
Boneman's Daughter
Solstice

If it is marked with a C, it is a Callenwood song
If it is marked with a 1, it was the first time we have played it live
If it is marked with a P, it is available in demo form on our Patreon page.

It was a steam roller of a show. It's up on You Tube, I'll working on a writeup for the weekend and will include the links there.

Persephone
Disenchanted
Hot McGonagall
Tea & Fireflies
Calvin's Girl
Critters
Callenwood Pt 1
Ghost Train
Widows Garden
Spinning Skies & Mirrors
Snow White Red Road