The Last Parlor City Blues Jam For 2018

With

Ryan Phelan-Lead Guitar and Vocals
Tom Giblin-Keyboards
Jon Wilson-Bass on two songs
Byron Stevens-Bass on the other two songs
I played drums

Dan Johnson Host Bass player

Miles Demarco, Julian, Stacy was the crowd

Songs

The Christmas Song
Jon Wilson Hits The Bass
Tangled Up In Blue
Mercy Mercy Mercy

I took a long lunch break and got yelled at for taking too long and get any work done but sometimes that happens.  But Ryan Phelan was host so I wanted to jam with him.

I haven't jammed with Dan Johnson at Parlor City since June and that might have been the only time I did jam with Dan.  It's usually with Mark Awad or Byron Stevens, both great bass players too.  It's the second time I shared the stage with Jon Wilson, who's a drummer by trade but has branched out to bass recently.  

Julian who works at Guitar Center and I have crossed paths, most recently at Otis Tailgators and he led the second set with three very long guitar workouts with Miles Demarco on drums.  Miles helps Dan Johnson and Skeeter Louis at Q Dogs on Wed or Thursday Night.

Some guy started things out with The Christmas Song.  Not sure who he was but it seems to be a Christmas tradition.  Couldn't figure out what song Jon and Ryan were playing but I followed along.  I did figure out Tangled Up In Blue and Mercy Mercy Mercy.

Christmas is next week and New Year's follows so this was the final Blues jam of 2018 at Parlor City. A very small crowd and even less jammers were on board.  It seems to the be way of things I noticed.  I have heard rumors that Checker's will retire the Wednesday Night Acoustic Jam starting next year, and since the split of the Acousta Kitties two years ago, it has died down a lot tho' Kevin Moore has been the new comer.  There doesn't seem to be much interest, even Steve Black Wolf has cut down on playing live and with Glen Gardner and Carl Meiners heading to Arizona for the winter, that will be less people playing.  Even Cathy Hart has expressed interest of moving on to her band and projects.  We're all getting old and even I'm beginning to realize that this is not as fun as it once was.  However, there will be two more Checker's acoustic jams coming up, plus the Artisan Sanctuary Open Mic jam.  I know Julie isn't too happy about Checker's pulling the plug, she does make some sort of money but the crowds have been disappointing. It bothers her but we can advertise the hell out of these jams but if nobody shows, it's a wasted effort.  Somewhere the jams will continue, something will always pop up.  They usually do.

And finally Mike Moran aka The Goat Singer is packing up and moving to Roanoke Virginia, taking his music with him.

He will be missed.