I played a couple of open mics last week and thought I should at least make some notes about the songs.

Monday, at The Ugly Mug in Orange, I played:
“Zooey, it’s time to go”
“Please come home”
“Out the other”

The atmostphere was pretty subdued at the Mug. I don’t think they serve beer. That would be the main culprit. But the sound was excellent and I was blown away by a couple of performers.

Thursday, I played The Gypsy Den in Santa Ana. I’d played there on a Monday night ages ago and Thursday (with a different host) was definitely a different scene. Sign-ups allegedly start at 7.30. I was there at 7.35 and was told I’d go on at 11 — the end of the night. From 8 til 10, the house was packed and the crowd was loud. At 10.40, when I went on, it was largely empty.

I played:
“I gotta crush”
“Laura Prepon”

I hit all the notes and remembered the words. That’s all I wanted to do.

I saw Willie Nelson last week. He was playing on the Bob Dylan Show tour of minor league baseball stadiums.

We drove out to Lake Elsinore for the show. It was 76 on the beach and 99 at the lake. (more…)

I played an open mic last night and tried out new songs:

“I don’t drink any more”
“please come home”
“the women around me”

Little rocky but all right.