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Great Week in Music

This last week found me with the busiest performing schedule in years. Four gigs, four days. The best part, each of the four shows were completely different:
  1. Wednesday June 24th, I hosted open mic at Intermission. This was the first time in over a decade I have hosted a formal open mic. Sure, I have 'invited guests, regularly, but this was a bit different. It was a great night with performances by Will Yates, the one and only Jerry Duginski, Rob Piehl, and instrumentalist Tom Cat.
  2. Friday June 26th I performed at the CVA for the Wisconsin Visual Atrists' Guilds "Rhythm & Blues 2009" gallery opening. This show found me performing totally acoustic guitar, no singing. It has been quite a while since I performed as an instrumentalist (in fact the last time was at a previous CVA Gallery Opening).
  3. Friday June 26th - I sat in with The Townies at Malarkey's on percussion. That's right, percussion. Years ago I used to sit in with Mary and The Mercenaries and jam with drummer Dave Keefe. At Tyler's birthday party I sat in for a few songs so we decided to try it for a full length gig. The gig was a blast, in addition to the Townies, members of Unified Soul and Sue Debaco and her Wise Fools also jammed. It was a treat to share the stage with so many talented musicians.
  4. Saturday June 27th - A solo gig at the "Hanger" (WausVegas slang for the VFW). At this gig I was 'discovered'. Yep, if all goes well, I'm well on my way to unlimited riches and glory. Sure contracts have to be worked out, but it looks as though I'm the next big thing. It was good to know you.
Next week, I will fill in for a last minute cancellation for Wausau Area Event's "Live at Lunch" series. This will be a challenge, as the Jim Carlson Trio (Featuring Roger Bardo and Brian Miller) will perform at the same event series two weeks later (July 16th). The challenge simply is keeping the shows as completely different as possible.

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