Stone City Acoustic Showcase 9/30/18 And The Road To Monticello

Songs:

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
Realitiesville
For What It's Worth
If I Had My Way
Sundown


Mike Moran-Harmonica on If I Had My Way
Aaron Caryl-fiddle


And: With Julie Gordon/Ryan Matthew Paul
Dreams Of Arcadia at The Office Lounge, Monticello IA

Gold Dust Woman
For What It's Worth

Julie Gordon: Lead Vocals
R.Smith-Guitar
Ryan Paul: Percussion on For What Its Worth

Plus playing percussion with  Glen Gardner and Dave Bonham at Stone City
Aaron Carl on fiddle,
Julie Gordon: Backing vocals
Glen Gardner: Lead vocals and guitar
Dave Bonham: Lead Guitar and vocals

Songs:

Little Wing
Suite Judy Blue Eyes
Black Water
Can't Find My Way Home

Support group

Lane Gaffney
Carl Meiners
My Brother Rick
My other brother Aaron
Mike Fredericks
Danny Biaz
Ray Larson
Phil Thomas
Darryl Hokinson
Ryan Paul
Mako Dervo
The Stone City General Store Audience

NOTES:

Julie had the beginnings of another cold but she managed to do a very credible and very good gig at The Office Lounge, a place in downtown Monticello.  My day didn't start out very well,  I had a bad case of IBS just before I left and then went to the wrong bar.  I thought it was the old Blue tap, that was Whiskey River instead, so my next plan was to go downtown and see if I could find it.   Thankfully I did.  I got there just in time for Julie and Ryan showing up there.  Julie forgot her fan, so a trip to Thiesen's.  That may have something to do with her getting a scratchy throat. Even with she has a cold she still sings very well.  Better than me when I'm well.

For the second straight week, I have been helping Dreams Of Arcadia on providing the beats and spelling Ryan on a couple songs. I don't mind it, and had some help from Lisa who played congas most of the gig with me on Cajole. It takes a toll on my wrists but it's fun. And so far I make a few dollars too.  A paying gig! YAY!  But it's their band and I just find the time to help out.

The crowd I have seen in Monticello and Scott Grove have been very supportive of Dreams Of Arcadia.  The folks kept buying us drinks but since I don't drink I would settled for a Pepsi.  The bar owner was so impressed with DOA that she gave them a couple more gigs, including the coveted New Year's Eve bash!  I enjoy this since this is closer to me than the Cedar Rapids gigs but still if I had a night off and could help them out, I still would.

We got done and I decided to head to Stone City and Julie and Ryan did follow me over, tho' they didn't play. The strain of the gigs and an oncoming cold probably bogged them down.  I was surprised they did follow me over. I figured they wanted to do the Otis Tailgator's jam which hasn't exactly been taking off.  But I think they just called it a night and went home.

I heard that the Rumor's jam was chock full of jammers, so was Stone City.  Even on a crappy day there was a full amount of jammers and I got there about a quarter to seven.  Julie ordered nachos so technically she did buy supper.  I missed Darryl and Phil and Ray Larson was leaving when I got there.  I played percussion on Dave and Glen's numbers and then eventually got on stage to do my songs.  I did For What Its Worth on my own without Julie's vocal help.  And basically continue to do the songs that I have been learning of late, the highlight was If I Had My Way done as a sermon and having Mike Moran playing harmonica.  But even after pounding on the percussion and having wrists ballooned up to the size of my thighs, I still managed to do an fairly good set.   But of course my brother was hamming it up in the background giving the Dio devil horns and making funny faces throughout my percussion playing with Glen and Dave.  But then he and Aaron were long gone before I took my guitar out and played.  I was the last performer of the Stone City Acoustic Showcase.

With a week left before fall processing I won't have much jam time.  In fact only the Checker's jam with Julie and Dave is the last weeknight jam for me.   It's a wait and see on the SAT returns at work but even with overtime, I have committed to the Whittier October jam.  I have Madison on my mind this week but the weather for this week is total shit.  Rain every day for 9 straight days.  It used to be that fall was the driest month, not the past two fucking years.  Floods and angry rivers and more rains.  If the end of the world is coming, let's get this over with.  I'm tired of the rains every day.

But it was a fun day, and I got paid 30 dollars for the effort.  I have made more money playing this year than I ever did in playing in bands.  Pretty bad eh?   I know Julie needs the money more than I do but it is nice to get rewarded for four hours of banging on something.  Even if we not a couple, I still think she's special.