The show at Zuzu last night was fun, and we had a good-sized, attentive crowd. The usual monitor situation made it hard to tell if we were hitting the notes on the harmonies, but after-show feedback said we sounded good. Everyone played well and seemed to enjoy themselves.
I need to get used to the fact that playing live will just NEVER sound as good as the rehearsals. It's always a battle with the sound system and the physical layout. But I enjoy it more each time.
Lilly was a great host, and we all ate magnificent Zuzu dinners. Playing for my supper never tasted so good! I had shrimp with lime cilantro sauce over beans and rice with long plantain chips. Very nice presentation and I wish I could've ate it all, but I didn't want to fall asleep before the show.
It's sort of funny how appropriate our material was for the Unhappy Hour. One heart-wrenchingly sad song after another...
Set list:
(the numbers are my capo setting)
4 New Strings
4 Punk Rock Dream
0 The Ballad of Tom Billings
2 Her Grey City (formerly Beautiful Song)
5 Nothing
5 Box
5 Die of Hope
7 Driving in America
5 'Til You're Gone
0 Crazy (by Versus)
0 All My Dreams Are Dead (by the Television Personalities)
0 Murder
0 Lady Fay
2 Yellow Sarong (by The Scene Is Now)
Andy didn't bring his cello - he's trying to phase it out - just too much of a hassle to lug it to shows - but played mandolin and lap steel, which gave a more Bluegrassy sort of feel to the numbers that are usually cello-heavy. Probably a good thing, as strings would have made the songs simply too sad to bear.
Got a good laugh with my intro to Driving in America: "Okay, we're gonna pick things up a bit now with a new song that's all about how much it sucks to be alive"
It was a very Unhappy Monday.
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