Solo Spazz and Acoustic Carnies

What a fun time last night at Michelangelo's Wine Bar.  Great place, great service, and great times.  I (Spazz) got to do a rare solo gig and got some help from my Carnie brothers.  It was a really fun time.  I got to play songs that sit around my house and only get heard by my four walls in my music room.  Everyone was really receptive and I added my Carnie charm to the night.  The band played out first ever acoustic gig and it sounded pretty good.  Four rehearsed songs, then we did 3 unrehearsed at the end of the night.  It just felt like we have some more business to attend to.  In fact, Smitty started everything in motion by spontaneously jumping on stage while I was doing "Come Together" by the Beatles.  Soon the C-dawg joined us and we were taking requests.  Good times.  Most of the songs on the set list are unfamiliar to the Carnie Bums world, but some of the original tunes might start showing up in the Carnie Bums Cannon, so be forewarned.

Ryan Shane Spazz
Michelangelo's Jan. 28
Set 1: Out on the Weekend, Somewhere Between, Goodbye (Doesn't Mean the End), Just Like Old Times, Simple Lines, Blackbird, American Slang, Conspiracy Theory, I Saw Jesus, Long Black Veil, Tramp Stamp>Everlong>Tramp Stamp

Set 2:  Sweet Jane*, Dynastar Man*, Middle Ground*, Big E*, The Wrestler, You Don't Deserve Me, Keystone, Karma Police, Demented Country Song, Everyday Hero, Vanilla Skies, Come Together#, Gin and Tower*, I've Got A Feeling*, Colfax*

* with C-dawg and Smitty
# with Smitty jumping up and joining in

Eck's and Requests

Friends coming to see you play is always nice.  It makes you feel good, you tend to be more relaxed and have more fun when there are people you know personally who came to see you.  Often friends come to shows a few times to fulfill the "friend" duty.  Sometimes though, friends actually dig your stuff.  I have two great friends who have a particular song they love to hear.  Whenever they come, I feel like the band needs to play their song, I mean they come out often, they should be rewarded.  So, even though the band hadn't worked on "Tramp Stamp" in over a month, weren't planning on  playing it, and we had to review intros/transitions/endings before we played it, when I saw my two buddies come in to say hi, I knew we were re-writing the set list.  And we did.  "TRAMP STAMP."

Eck's Salon 1.12

40 Gate, Western Dreams*, PBR, Fight for your Right, Chocolate, Punks in Oklahoma, Are you for Real?, Tramp Stamp, Colfax

* first time played

Here is the first full band shot of the new band with Smitty at the reign of the drums

Spazz Solo

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