Josiah’s Johnson

So a TON of people came to this one! Made me quite happy.  Thank you for instigating, Rachel! And thank you for coming Sarah, Jill, Neal, ESandra, and Nathan.  My brother and my good friend Joel were up this weekend, because it was a long weekend, and so they played their own open mic sets in addition to joining me on a couple of songs.  Jake played bass on A Day in the Life and Let’s Grow Old Together.  The bass on A Day in the Life kicked up especially the middle part of the song, with a bouncy “Woke up… got out of bed… dragged a comb across my head…” section.  Then the last song was just beautiful.  It felt kind of saloon-y with the way Joel played the piano, kind of a rolling along rhythm. It was the first time I’d played it that way and I loved the feel.

• Against the Earth (mine, new, my favorite)
• A Day in the Life (Beatles cover)
• Let’s Grow Old Together (mine)

This was the first time that I’d played two of my own songs and only one cover.  It’s nice to feel comfortable and proud enough with my songs to want to play them over covers, which are always fun.  So, anyhow, this was really, really enjoyable.

Now I just need to get Erin back with me onstage and we’ll start kicking some serious open mic butt. But this was a good one.  Really fun rest of the night to, with so many friends there.

Oh, serious fun hanging out with other open mic regulars: Ben, Dan, and (some new faces) Jon and Nicole, who both just moved here from Virginia.  I love communities of music makers. It makes my heart jump just a bit.  Music is good things.