The Bums went up to the mountains to play Mary Jane ski resort. This gig has become a regular winter time event. This is the 5th time the Bums have gone up to Mary Jane to play at Pepperoni's, the pizza shop at the base of the Jane. We normally run these gigs without a set list, instead we write up a song list of available songs and call things on the night. We can then call songs based on the crowd, based on how tired we are, or in yesterday's case, the importance of the bass in a song.
Poor Doc Treble. He spent the morning skiing, set up the stage, was on little sleep and was rewarded with a bass that failed him. His bass kept cutting in and out and lacking any power. We changed a 9-volt battery, we changed cords, we put his bass through the PA; nothing really worked. By the end of the night we had to stop the set early because his based simply stopped working. The flaws of an electric instrument, sometimes the gremlins of electronics rear their heads and change our plans.
It didn't keep us from having some fun and trying new things. Before the Bass took a dive, we introduced a Doc Treble original into the Carnie canon. "Colorado Burning" made its debut to a positive crowd and a fairly flawless first time played. In addition, Doc Treble took lead vocals on the other new song plays, Operation Ivy's "Knowledge." Dr. Spazz introduced the mandolin to the Carnie Bums as he played his new mandolin during "Dynastar Man." The gig also brought the Mayor of Mary Jane out to dance. He brought the band some of his stickers and danced to several songs before requesting "Mary Jane's Last Dance." While the band had never played that, we figured out most of the right chords and the Mayor helped us with the lyrics, so we got through a verse and a chorus and promised that next time we visited the Jane we'd have it ready. We also promised to bring a bass that worked and to play much longer than the two hours we played.
Set list
Pepperoni's at Mary Jane Ski Resort
Sabotage, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Sympathy for the Devil, 40 Gate, Colorado Burning*, Gin and Tower, Dear Mr. Fantasy, Godzilla, Ball and Chain, Knowledge*, Dynastar Man#, Jumping Jack Flash@, London Calling, Colfax, Teen Angst, Seven Nation Army, Ten Sleep, I Wanna Be Sedated, Mary Jane's Last Dance&, Roadhouse Blues, Fight for your right, PBR
* first time played
# Spazz on mandolin
@ with Mini Smitty on Drums
& Unfinished
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