Stone City 4/7/19 We Move Onward

Songs:

With, Ray Larson, Bill Schlatter and Danny Dias

Take Me Home Country Roads (I sang lead vocal)
Those Were The Days

Solo:

Wedding Song (there is love)
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
Logic And Lies
Go Out And Get It
For What It's Worth

With:

Lane Gaffney, Steve Black Wolf, Guy Petersen, Ray Larson, Bill Schlatter, Rocky Smith, Dave Bonham, Jay Devore, Tiffany Zwieinger, Richard Edward Butler, Danny Dias, Lorie Parker, Donna Jo Elsner and Glen Gardner

Notes:

I'm still dealing with IBS issues when I decided to make my way to Stone City, battling a headache as well from last night's surprise party for Julie.  And the usual gang was there, tho Ron and Dakota  weren't.    Ray Larson asked me to sing Country Roads for him and I managed to do that.  First time I actually sang the song.

Outside of that, I started things off with The Wedding Song or There Is Love, the Paul Stookey song that gets played at weddings but hardly at jams.  I don't think it's a weird feeling to sing it, in fact, it's changes the setlist big time for surprises.  Not that I'm going to be married anytime soon.  My funeral would be sooner than being married.  I didn't make it a parody song but rather a earnest and honest attempt to make the song mine and listenable.  It went pretty well.

And then it was the usual four songs that seemed to be the go to songs from previous gigs and jams.  The more I familiarize a song the more it becomes mine.  Steve Black Wolf has his, Guy Petersen has his, so does Glen Gardner and Dave Bonham, tho' Dave does mix the songs up more often than I do.  And of course, the usual dropping of the guitar pick and me keeping it going by my thumb.  I am improvising much better now than when I first started out.  Nobody knew I dropped a pick till I told them.  And they were quite surprised how I kept going, without missing a beat.   I move onward.

Logic And Lies was played.  I can't think of any other song that describes all the feelings I have for Julie;  it's not a hate song at all, but rather a song that every couple deals with, insecurities, wondering what she thinks about/of me, dealing with the pros and cons and making the decision to go after, only to get rebuffed, thinking there's something worth saving and holding up tho' she's killing me emotionally. Two years ago when I wrote that song, it was a playful summary of being with her, nowadays it's the realization that we haven't made much progress.   And I keep holding on, thinking things will get better..  But to hear the applause of the crowd at Stone City or Checkers and folks like Ray Larson wanting to share the stage with me on Country Roads keeps this ole boy going.  I struggle but I move onward.

It was great to see Lorie Parker and Donna Jo pop up to play today and they cheered me up for a while. Rocky even shared part of his meat lover's pizza but alas, it gave me the shits and I had to head to can twice to deal with my issues.  I decided not to try the Stone City Sundae due to another fun to the toilet.  I was very surprised that Tiffany was in town with family and she remembered me despite my hat and glasses on. She still remains one of the best drummers in this state.

Earlier, the fine folks at Twitter decided to suspend my account due to a sarcastic crack to the worthless Mitch McConnell and his obstructing ways and on his tribute to the late Senator Ernest Hollings, I told Mitch to follow Hollings' example.  So while practicing on Wedding Song, Twitter suspended the account.  Which is no big deal.  Twitter did little to support my music habits anyway and half the time I was bitching about how crappy the Chicago Cubs have been this year.  Once I get cleared, that site will be deactivated.   Social Media brings out the worst in all of us and I'm guilty as charged.  But the double standard of McConnell and our worthless President making threats and not getting booted, is reason cause just to tell Twitter to piss off and leave it.  

And move onward.

(live shots provided by Glen Gardner)