Saturday, August 20, 2005

 

CKassie: The Two-Headed Drink Serving Song Singing Machine

Last night was Knight's Cellar in Spearfish. I love that bar for so many reasons, one of them that it's the first place I played an open mic when I moved back to the area. Host Steve Thorpe was wonderfully supportive of a guy who really had no idea what he was doing playing guitar and harmonica in front of people, pub owner (and it is a pub in the true English style) David Potter was friendly. David never forgot my name after my first visit to his pub which I find astounding. On my second visit to Knight's Cellar a month or so later, I drank him out of all the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale that they had on hand. I'm sure that made it easier for him to remember my name.....

Delicious beverages were served last night by Cassie and Kassie, and I'd make a joke about two bartenders having the same name, but both couldn't have been cuter and they could both really sing, there's no joke about that. Having the bartenders sing with you is always a good move unless you're the patron who just ordered a beer. We had them sing with us a number of times, had other bar batrons join us as well, the lovely Krystal who had just passed her nursing boards can sing with me any time, and have your friends take more pictures of us, there aren't nearly enough photos of me being hung on by fabulous babes.

The music, well, the music seemed secondary at times. We tried really hard to please the crowd, dropping all of the originals but one in an attempt to get them involved. Some things worked really well, the crowd was the right generation for Coldplay's Yellow. but for the most part they were content to have fun with their friends. Everyone seemed to have a good time last night, so I guess you could call the night a success. It would have been cool if Mike and I had been a bigger part of everyone's good time, but I think we added to the overall fun vibe of the place, so that will have to be good enough.

I played Knight's Cellar a little over a year ago with Patient 957. One of the songs we did that night (as almost always) was Gloria Gaynor's disco-era hit I Will Survive. Did I Will Survive a few months ago sitting in with Mike there along with TSA. Last night no I Will Survive. There's a disco ball hanging above the stage for a reason. Knight's Cellar begs, just begs for us to play that song. Next time. We'll play it. We'll be huge!

BOJ

Comments:
Back when SNL was still watchable I remember Dennis Miller closing WU with a remark about how he wears two condoms all the time. Then when he takes one off to have sex he feels like a wild man. Not that two guys couldn't have independently similar ideas about the two condom concept!
 
bte boj, have you seen Susan Tedeschi play live? She is truly amazing. I saw her two years ago.
 
btw, the previous post was supposed to start with btw, not bte. I have got to start previewing!
 
I saw Susan Tedeschi in 1998 at the Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth, Minnesota. I wasn't a huge fan at the time, though I really like her now. She married Derek Trucks of the Allman Brothers (who I saw at the Long Beach Blues Festival in 2000, my how I get around....) a while back and they had a kid. It's my guess that the kid will probably be able to play guitar a little bit.

Nice catch, 1Gal, Two Condoms was inspired by that very Dennis Miller bit. In fact, a friend refers to it as The Dennis Miller Song. That had to have been on SNL in the mid '90's, the idea kicked around in my head until sometime last year when I was trying to write something else and that came out instead.
 
I saw Susan at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, IA in August 2003. Yes, the legendary location of the final appearance of Richie Valens, Buddy Holly & the Big Bopper. What a great venue! We stood right up front and set our beer (Beck's dark) on the stage during the concert. A couple of high school age girls got through the minimal security and were dancing up on the stage. They were being escorted out and Susan said let them stay. It was a very cool experience!
 
Clear Lake? Why I had the misfortune of living just up the road in Forest City for 14 months. Would occasionally have a brew at Rookie's downtown, picking stuff on the jukebox that would tend to drive out the younger crowd. Never got to The Surf, seemed I was out of town every time they had a worthwile show.

I really like Susan Tedeschi, but if you want to check out a really great female guitarist - actually she's a great guitarist regardless of gender - check out Sue Foley from Ottawa. I had the pleasure of seeing her - er - hearing her in a small club in Long Beach, CA. I was a fan before, but she puts on such an enagaging show (regardless of how absolutely fine she looks)that she's really turned into a favorite.
 
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