The Lodi Wine Cellar live cuts are really funny. The banter, I mean. That we are quirky I already knew. That we are funny is a revelation... we do and say things I can't even remember doing. It's kinda' like a blackout, but we are totally sober. Thankfully, our audience is fabulously open-minded and joins in...the banter, not the blackouts. Thank goodness Marsha masks my inability to pony, and Sal and Jane are so cute singing along...they need mics. The party continues this Saturday night- Lodi Wine Cellar. We are writing new material- can't wait to spring it on you! - A.
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The recording bash at LWC Friday last was sweet. David Qualls gave us a beautiful set up and the sound quality, what I’ve heard so far, is very clear. Endlesssummer has a great intro: lawn sprinkler, fire truck, car alarm, new arrivals, and somebody dropped a glass. We never missed a beat. This is definitely going on the CD. We also did a great version of a new tune, Bruce Channel’s (pronounced shu-NELL) Hey Baby, that the Handsome Stranger knocked out of the park, which also might make the cut. Thank you, Stranger.
Speakin’ of strangers, it is good to see Paige and Alan back on the map. They are two for the road if ever there were; really nice people and easy to look at. Jukeoke veteran Marsha got up and did a solid Nancy Sinatra with Nettles on These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ and let me tell you, the girl can pony. Sorry we had so much gear in the room (I kept getting smacked in the lip by my bouncing microphone) but this Saturday will be back to the usual LWC living room feel and we hope to see you there. We might have a new song ready, Vino Es Vida, so if you’re not doing anything else you know where to go. We are Lodi’s best entertainment value – F. What is a perfect thing? I believe in perfect things: the thing itself, the moment, the task, the illumination. When mass, time, space and function all click into a perfectly synchronous event embodied in the perfect thing. And it's entirely subjective. I saw an old wooden chair once, in an overgrown backyard in a summer rain. Perfect. I had a pair of French sunglasses with polarized glass lenses, a comfortable, sweet and simple design and they folded almost flat. They were $9.00 in a drugstore. You know what I'm saying? I heard a Carlene Carter song once, "Who Needs Words", that had me laughing and crying like a baby (and an idiot) for more than two hours. P- e-r-f-e-c-t.
We're recording all our original stuff this Friday, 11 May 2012 at Lodi Wine Cellar. More electronic gear than we usually sport, the inimitable David Qualls engineering and either the lovely and loquacious Kim or the equally astonishing, and dangerous, Ruth behind the bar. It will be a beautiful evening. I'm just sayin'... |
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