my songs and shows
It was a gorgeous day Saturday for playing a little outdoor concert in Lisa B’s yard for all the folks stopping by to see her art. Maile and Anais came along and had fun, listened, danced, made it fun for me. Anais was dressed up in her wedding dress and ruby red slippers for the occasion, so that alone made it wonderful.
Maile asked me to write a song for Anais for Valentine’s Day this year and this is what I came up with, an ode to Anais’s powers of observation. (Be sure to watch till the end of the video, there’s a bit of bonus footage after the credits.)
Earl made a cool experimental video from footage of my last concert in the creek, over an old unreleased instrumental version of I Can See You. (that features the keys). Love the colors, heart!
Some cool coworkers and I started a group called Mixed Bag and sang “Lean on Me” at the DDCE staff meeting.
Ladies and gentleman, I am proud to present the world premier of the best damn video I’ve made to date (with great help, beginning to end, from Earl). This is my No More Shitty Gigs manifesto and pledge:
No More Shitty Gigs
No more sitting in my cube beneath the zombie lights
Where the light is too white and the walls are too tight
I need to go outside and a get big fresh breath of air
But I can’t escape the screen and my butt’s glued to the chair
No more standing on a stage beneath a TV screen
No more trying to sing over the coffee steam machine
No more waiting hours just wait for hours more
In some far off remote hope that my foot gets in a door
No more shitty gigs I’ve played enough for one life
No more shitty years it’s high time I decided
Let’s go for a walk, I’m gonna take show outside
‘Cause it’s my show and I decide where it will go
It’s my show and I decide where it will go
