A late report from Captain Jack's

Lots of crazy things happened this weekend and it's taken some time to report on them.  I can't quite put all of them into an organized train of thought, so here is a rambling post to cover them all.....

First: We bought a digital recorder to critique our live shows.  The recordings are also (hopefully) going to be used to give to fans.  What would everyone think if you signed up for our mailing list and we sent you a copy of the show you attended?  Does that sound cool?  I think it does.  We are looking at how to do it.  Rock on.

Second:  The show.  Man, we just love playing Captain Jack's.  The lead up to it felt a but jumbled, but when we got there we just had a ton of fun.  People buying us shots, people in good moods, we played pretty good.  We muffed some stuff and got a little too happy on stage, but overall it was a successful night.  We debuted some new covers and hopefully the next few shows we will be debuting some new originals.  The lineup change has really been liberating because we have three really committed musicians who want to get better/tighter together and learn as much as we can.  A catalog of 100 songs that can be pulled out at any show?  Sounds like the band we want to be.  We are motivated to get there.   We think our fans will dig this too because they will hear different things every time they come and see us.  And we can take requests and roll with them.

Third:  It never ceases to amaze me that people whom we don't know enjoy our music.  We meet several people at the show on Saturday who loved our originals and loved our show.   We had strangers declare to us that they are Carnie Bums groupies and that they tell their friends about us.  That just feels good.  It's a cool side to playing music.  You want to play music to make the crowd that night happy.  The longer they stay, the more drinks they buy, the better you did your job.  But to have those people come to shows to see you specifically and brag about you....well shit.  So thanks.

The set list
Captain Jack's
11.20.10
Set 1: Tramp Stamp, Seven Nation Army*, Captain Jack's, 40 Gate, Dear Mr. Fantasy*, Raspberry Beret#, Colfax, Chocolate, Rockin in the Free World
Set 2: Gin and Juice^, Jumpin Jack Flash, Roadhouse Blues, Middle Ground, Carnie Bums, Ball and Chain, Sweet Jane, PBR, Watchtower, Are you for Real?

* First time played
# per request by audience, options were "Talking Heads or Prince"
^ never been played or practiced by Smitty.  Was requested during set break and Smitty learned the song while on stage.