Birthday Bash Part 2-Artisan Sanctuary

Songlist:

Behind Blue Eyes
Stop Draggin My Heart Around
Been Down So Long
Love's Guessing Game
Let Your Love Flow
Logic And Lies

Colton Thompson-vocals on Stop Draggin My Heart Around and Logic And Lies
Phil Koening-Backing Vocals on Let Your Love Flow and Behind Blue Eyes

A bittersweet day.  Started out okay, I had my yearly free Red Robin birthday burger (mushroom and swiss if you need to ask) and popped in at Guitar Center, take a look around and then off to the Jam tonight.

The sad part was Julie got sick again.  She can't get rid of that flu crap and I feel powerless that I can't do anything to make her feel better.   Ever since coming back from her vacation she's been well for two days in the past six weeks.  Always somebody around to make her sick and I'm sure somebody at last night's jam did just that.  In my case, I was perfectly healthy.  I told her just to stay home and I would pull through.  She was better off staying home.

I'm getting used to musician crowds.  Only 7 people showed up tonight and three other folks did wonder in for a few songs before leaving. For the second straight time, I dropped the guitar pick on Behind Blue Eyes and had to stop and pick the fucking thing up before continuing.  And probably for the last time, did Stop Dragging My Heart Around without a female counterpart, Colton stepped in to sing backing vocals but when I told him he needed the sing the Stevie Nicks part, he looked like a deer caught in front of the headlights, so I sang that instead. As much as I want to do that song, I need a female vocalist for that.  I'm not doing any favors singing Stevie Nicks part.

Been Down So Long was attempted for the first time.  I gotta laugh out of Phil Koening when after hearing that song he said that I was singing the blues.  To which I replied "mutant blues' that is.
Let Your Love Flow was repeated from last night but Doug Spinler was missed.   It's funny how I did that song on my own and did okay but do it for the first time with Doug, and that song changed for the better.

By default I became the last act to play and although I could have done a couple more songs, I felt a bit labored tonight.  Knowing Julie was sick and couldn't make it played a role. I go through this from time to time, after the highs of Checker's, tonight show was more in the middle, not a total letdown but dropping the guitar pick on the rocking out part of Behind Blue Eyes made me a bit miffed.  I'm sure that happens to everybody but it did kill a good version of this song.

Logic And Lies, as per usual, closed down the jam and Colton actually was singing the whole song. I should have let him sing lead on that to see what would happened.  Later on, I ran into him at Wal Mart and shared a laugh or two.  He's a good lad.

Notes:  There was a band in the recording studio doing some backing tracks for a song while the jam was going on.  It had the same beat to I'm Too Sexy so I was singing that.  Colton thought it was funny, so did Jim Jacobmeyer.

Maury Baker, former drummer to Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band and played with Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa to name a few has a seminar at the Sanctuary Tuesday Night and a Jam on Wednesday.  But Jim mentioned that he's only sold two 55 dollar tickets to the seminar which would be a downer.  I hope I can get Wednesday Night off to at least participate in the Jam (Craig Erickson is rumored to be playing guitar that night as well) but I have to be careful of conserving my vacation days. I told Jim that I cab do only one monthly appearance for open mic night since I'm partial to the Checker's Jam since we are busy at work.   Which would be the last Thursday in February.  I do want at least get to see Maury as he talks about working with Janis and Jimi and Frank, who all three have been dead for many years.