Travelin' Riverside Pre-Hangover Extravaganza, pt. 3

8/28/13
Moon Roof Bar
Rome, GA

Started off to a small but enthusiastic crowd, including the owners of Harvest Moon.  A good mixture of well-known and obscure.

I
Drift Away
Can't Find My Way Home
I Can See Clearly Now
If I Needed You
Keep Me In Your Heart
Let My Love Open The Door
Little Wing
Wonderful World
The Way You Do The Things You Do
 24 Hours At A Time
Boots Of Spanish Leather
Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Amy
Box Of Rain
Don't Worry, Be Happy

A few people rotated in and out, so I busted out the originals.  More enthusiastic folks showed up, so some more well-known ones made the list.

II
Ring Of Fire
Dear Prudence
Melissa
Mother Nature's Son
Pancho & Lefty
Friend Of The Devil
Everything Is Free
Change Partners
Prologue
Too Fast For You
Midnight Afternoon
Rocky Raccoon
Come Monday
A Day In The Life
Dead Flowers
Faithfully
Fishin' In The Dark
Flowers On The Wall
Tangled Up In Blue

Someone had requested some originals, so I obliged.  The Van Morrison song was another request, as was the Johnny Cash.

III
Not Yet But Maybe
Saturday
River Trip
And It Stoned Me
You Never Can Tell
Going To California
Folsom Prison Blues
Midnight Moonlight
After Midnight > Not Fade Away > After Midnight

Thunderbutt Peterson, Episode I

8/24/13
Old Havana Cigar Co.
Rome, GA

We kicked around a bunch of variations on the Thunderbolt Patterson name.  This one is close enough that you might not notice the difference if you saw it written outside the venue.  That being said, you find out just what kind of musician you are when you play with Tim Bowen.  The man is a guru, y'all.  We got together a couple times to make a list and sketch out some arrangements.  Most of these are Thunderbolt songs that I knew I could learn, but I added a few of my own.

I
You Never Can Tell
Friend Of The Devil
Let My Love Open The Door
The Race Is On
Everything Is Free
Franklin's Tower
Crossroads
The Last Time
Sweet Virginia*
Ring Of Fire*
Tangled Up In Blue*

II
Folsom Prison Blues
Just My Imagination > Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
Let It Rock
Down By The River
Pancho & Lefty*
Dead Flowers*
Carmelita
Don't Worry, Be Happy**

III
Willin' > Don't Bogart Me
Wild Horses
Dirty Old Town***
It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry***
All Along The Watchtower

APL - ac. gtr., tenor uke**, voc.
Time Bowen - ac. gtr., mandolin*, lap steel***, harmony voc.

Travelin' Riverside Pre-Hangover Extravaganza, pt. 2

8/21/13
400 Block Bar
Rome, GA

I
Amy
Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy
For The Turnstiles
Althea
Boots Of Spanish Leather
Desperadoes Waiting On A Train
Mother Nature's Son
Torn & Frayed
Gentle On My Mind
America
Change Partners
We Can Work It Out
Third Week In The Chelsea
These Days
Something In The Way She Moves

II
Ring Of Fire
Me & Bobby McGee
Rocky Raccoon
For No One
All My Love
Going To California
Dear Prudence
I'm On Fire >
River Trip >
Too Fast For You
Midnight Afternoon
Harbinger
Drift Away

III
Whiskey*
Walkin' After Midnight*
If It Hadn't Been For Love*
Twisted*
Jolene*
Suspicious Minds
Loving Cup
Fishin' In The Dark
Tangled Up In Blue 

*Beth Brownlow, voc.

 

4/5 The Strange

8/16/13
Schroeder's New Deli Courtyard
Rome, GA

The Strange booked a semi-acoustic gig (their drummer had to go to the Bahamas or something, ain't that a bitch).  They asked a few of us to play in an open-mic format.  JonRoss Maddox and Justin Brown each did a set, then I did a set:

Prologue >
Harbinger >
Not Yet But Maybe >
Saturday
River Trip >
Too Fast For You
Anything At All
Epilogue
Midnight Afternoon

The Strange brought the strangeness in a great stripped-down format.  Always fun to play original music in front of people.  The cat and my bedroom walls get bored with it.

Travelin' Riverside Pre-Hangover Extravaganza, pt. 1

8/14/13
Moon Roof Bar
Rome, GA

My first official night covering for David Bell, who had hip surgery yesterday.  Wednesdays on the Roof are chock full of fun.  Happy hour specials all night, pizza specials, a general party atmosphere.  A little slow right now while the college kids get their shit together, but still a decent little crowd.  Lots of familiar faces who cheered and clapped in all the right places.  I threw in a handful of songs that Tim and I will be doing as Thunderbutt Peterson, just for practice.


I
Folsom Prison Blues
Everything Is Free
Friend Of The Devil
Let My Love Open The Door
I Can See Clearly Now
Going To California
Save The Last Dance For Me
I Second That Emotion
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) >
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
Come Monday
America
Summer In The City

II
Ring Of Fire
Drift Away
Dirty Old Town
Pancho & Lefty
The Weight
Dead Flowers
Long-Haired Country Boy
I'm On Fire
Rocky Raccoon
Solitary Man
Genesis
Lay Lady Lay
Tangled Up In Blue

III
24 Hours At A Time
Travelin' Light
We Can Work It Out
Romeo & Juliet
For No One
Midnight Afternoon

Technical problems (probably the guitar jack) forced the end of the 3rd set.  It was 11:30 or so, and the crowd was winding down anyway, so it worked out.  Damn, that's one more thing I gotta do tomorrow before work.

Northwest Georgia Music Hour

8/14/13
95.7 WATG-FM (The Ridge)
Rome, GA

Bryan Mullins hosts a great show chock full of regional music.  Super informal, two of us crammed into a control room.  Bryan played some music by other people, I played a few, and we had what qualifies as an interview, although we are good buds and talk all the time.  Oh, and I read an announcement for an upcoming event with my best radio voice.

Midnight Afternoon
River Trip
Not Yet But Maybe

2nd Annual Andy's Berfday Spectacular!

8/10/2013
Moon Roof Bar
Rome, GA

Again, wouldn't you want to play a gig on your birthday?  Started off pretty calm at the bar, but steadily progressed as the night went on.

I
Summer In The City
Don’t Tell The Band
Friend Of The Devil
Going To California
Ripple
Melissa
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
I Don’t Love You Much Do I
We Can Work It Out
Rocky Raccoon
Here There And Everywhere
For No One
Dear Prudence
A Day In The Life
Tangled Up In Blue
 
II
I’m On Fire
Can’t Find My Way Home
Dead Flowers
No X
Paint It, Black
Wild Horses
Fast Enough For You
If I Could
I’ll Back You Up
More Than This
Under The Milky Way
Lovesong
Just Like Heaven
Wrapped Around Your Finger
One
Flowers On The Wall
 
III
The Road Goes On Forever
What I Really Mean
Gentle On My Mind
Genesis
Third Week In The Chelsea
24 Hours At A Time
Me & Bobby McGee
Pancho & Lefty
After Midnight > Not Fade Away > After Midnight

To The Moon!

8/7/13
Moon Roof Bar
Rome, GA

Getting ready for a long string of dates filling in for David Bell.  Lon Eldridge has been in Europe, so I filled in for him tonight.  There were five people in the bar when I started.  Three songs into it, they were gone.  I knocked off, watched the Braves, picked it back up half an hour later (still to an empty bar).  People trickled in and out the rest of the night.  Sure enough, someone asked for Wagon Wheel.  I told him to write each letter on a $100 bill and I'd do it.  That's how I feel about that song.