As I sit here on our back porch listening to the YouTube channel Siobhan created for the songwriters who have appeared in our concert series, I once again realize how lucky I am to have found a partner who enjoys using her creative skills to develop our music business. Regarding our shows, she works hard to get the sound just right, adds just the right touch to our songs with her acoustic bass, designs posters, and spends endless hours mixing down our recordings. It doesn’t end there. In our concert series, she creates videos of our performers, develops compilation CDs of our songwriters in order to raise money for them, and works patiently with the performers to get their sound just right. She is the person behind the scene making it all happen! So, thank you, Siobhan! Here was the scene for us this past weekend.
Saturday, we rolled into Brew and Brats to host the weekly open mic there, and as always, it was a hoot. Thanks to the following participants for contributing to a fun evening: Chris Mahan, Tim Rybinski, Ed Loesch, John French, and Tom Macallister. It was a real blast singing and jamming with all of you in the second set. Thanks to John and Katie Brahm and John and Sherry French for creating such a great venue for people to gather, and thanks for including us in the Brew and Brats Family. Finally, thanks to all of you who stopped by to partake in the fun. The highlight of the evening for me was hearing the chant, “Ed, ED, Ed, Ed!” Often people just need a little nudge to play a few songs, and the chant worked! We loved having Ed on stage with us because we love Ed, and getting people to take a chance with music is the real purpose of open mics!
Sunday, we hosted our concert series for songwriters in Quiote at Rio Tomatlan. Kerry Regan of Watkins and the Rapiers was our guest, and he came through once again with another fresh new set of songs. The lyrics were vintage Regan, employing just the right dose of irony, one of Kerry’s best writing talents. The songs covered a variety of topics, personal, political, and seasonal. His song, “Even on Christmas Day He Wore Black,” a tribute to Johnny Cash, really touched me. I heard him do it many times with his band, but his acoustic version was simply beautiful. Thanks to Kerry for another great show. Thanks to Raf, Erin, Chris, Trevor, Brittany, Julie, Amy, Sadie, and the rest of the staff at Rio for all the help you give us to create these concerts. Thanks to Scott Regan of WRUR’s “Open Tunings” for promoting our concerts on his show. Finally, thanks to all of you who came to Kerry’s show. You have no idea how much we really appreciate your support!
Still reading? If so, thanks for being in our lives and have a great holiday season!
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