Parlor City Blues With Daddy O

Songs;

Got My Mojo Working
Give Me One Good Reason
Tennessee Whiskey
Tore Down

Kimberly Trevallion-Lead Vocals (1-3)
Kris Briles-Guitar (all songs),Lead Vocal (Tore Down)
Stacia Riccio-Slide Guitar
Dennis McMurrin-Lead and slide guitar
Dan Johnson-Bass
This Blogger-Drums

Jon Wilson/Ryan Phelan; Hosts

Mark Awad, Frederick Jones, Robby, Brian Briles and a few kids figured into this as well.

(Brian Briles: Photo credit)  L to R-Kimberly, Stacia, Daddy O, Crabby O, Kris, Dan Johnson

The Monarch Migration has begun.  There's a couple of trees next the Bottlewerks Apartments that have been full of Monarchs ready to move south.  To me it is a thrill seeing 100 Monarchs in the trees and even grabbing onto a leaf and have four or five of them on it.  I even touched one of them but it didn't fly away.  It has made my week to see these butterflies, and it also tells of a forthcoming fall and winter that will soon arrive sooner than we would like.

For the jam itself.  Tom Giblin was on vacation so Ryan Phelan was the MC, but it was Dan Johnson putting together this lineup that I played in which was the highlight of the evening.  Kimberly was in top form, singing the blues and even putting a different spin on Tennessee Whiskey.  She might have stolen the show.  But Stacy and Kris played some notable guitar leads on these songs.

And then there's Daddy O, Dennis McMurrin, the legend of Cedar Rapids, so laid back he makes J J Cale sound wild.  He added some leads here and there to help the youngsters play. I only jammed with Daddy O twice but these two times, it was one of the best performances that I have done during the blues jam at Parlor City.  If only, I can be like Daddy O.