Flat Iron gig self review
Here are all the recordings I have from the 3/27/2010 gig at the Flat Iron Cafe. A number of songs didn’t get recorded due to operator error. The turnout was good but not as good as my first gig – which I was sort of expecting but still a little disappointed about.
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I’d say my performance was a little better, or at least sounded a little better. At the first gig I had a lot of trouble with feedback – which made the volume a little low. I also didn’t have any on-stage monitoring which adversely affected my singing a little bit. This time I set the main speakers well in front of me and plugged ear bud headphones into the line out from my recording deck. I used just one of the ear pieces – it gave me perfect monitoring of the mix.
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I played every song except one without a pick and was generally pleased with the results. One thing about my hybrid clawhammer technique is that it causes me to vary speed quite a bit – just something I have to work on. When you really get the percussive groove going right the tempo tends to run away a bit.
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I think my favorite songs of the night were I’ve Been All Around This World, Buckets Of Rain, Tomorrow Is A Long Time, The Foggy Dew, Every day I Write The Book, Walkin’ Boss, Shady Grove, Pretty Fair Maid In The Garden, and Dress of Satin. Most of the stuff came out OK but as usual there are a few duds here and there. Yet somehow life will go on.
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We also had an encore that featured Marese(Mary) Barry. She’s been under the weather lately and we haven’t sung together since the last gig on Nov. 21 – but the fans would not be denied. Marese did an exceptional rendition of Closer To Fine – much better than her first fear conquering attempt at the last gig. Unfortunately, I messed up and didn’t record it.
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Well .. enough of my yapping – here are the recordings which are served up with a new in-line mp3 player plugin.
- 01-Christmas Time.mp3
- 02-Comes A Time.mp3
- 03-Blackbird.mp3
- 04-I’ll Fly Away.mp3
- 06-I’ve Been All Around This World.mp3
- 07-Buckets Of Rain.mp3
- 08-Tomorrow Is A Long Time.mp3
- 09-The Foggy Dew.mp3
- 10-Every Day I Write The Book.mp3
- 11-Walking Boss.mp3
- 12-Red Rocking Chair.mp3
- 13-Little Bird Of Heaven.mp3
- 14-Shady Grove.mp3
- 15-Julia.mp3
- 16-Carmalita.mp3
- 17-Papa Gene’s Blues.mp3
- 18-Pretty Fair Maid In The Garden.mp3
- 19-Willin’.mp3
- 20-White Banks.mp3
- 21-Viva Las Vegas.mp3
- 22-Two Soldiers.mp3
- 23-I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You.mp3
- 24-Dress Of Satin.mp3
BB,
I enjoyed the show as did all of the people at my table. Needless, to say the highlight of the night was the crowd getting your wife onstage during your first encore! The Flat Iron is a great place to spend a Saturday night listening to some good music.
I can’t wait until the next gig!