Georgetown Carnival – what a event! Nice & interesting folks. Saw a few great friends I haven’t seen for a while. What a great thing, bringing lots of people together. Good beer, interesting booths and attractions.

Creeping Time played first at 1:15. Really nice folks and didn’t seem to mind when our kids ate all the fruit and we fed our families. Though does it count if we played our hearts out? Felt really natural playing with everybody. The set ended 10 minutes early when Dave told us we had one song left. Apparently he misread somebody’s signal and we still had 15 minutes remaining. We definitely tried playing it like it was the last song ever.

Here are some Flickr pics.

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This is the New Music poster that stands at the entrance to Barnes & Nobles music department.

Hmmm, is this 2011 or 1972? Let’s see, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Robert Plant, and Santana…

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Great music at Pies and Pints last Sunday. First set was the standard Tom, Colin, Pat, and myself.

Second set was Ronnie Porter, a local singer-songwriter-elvis-impersonator, who played mostly original music. Slowly throughout his set, we trickled up on stage to complete the band. We’ve ended up backing up a lot of solo artists that have come around and each time the band feels a little more natural.

Final set was the same as the first, but with the addition of Jason Stewart. Jason’s normally found playing the banjo, but he played mandolin with us this time because Colin was already on the banjo and it’s always nice to play something new.

This was the first night in a while that all the players were regulars, and the ease at which the music flowed and the system was setup surely showed.

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Played three shows with BLVD Park, including the Owl and Thistle.

Creeping Time played our first show since June! I also joined in with BLVD Park that night at Conor Byrne. The entire room was full, from stage->bar->entry, with the closest folks dancing from the first drop. I love that kind of vibe in the room, with everybody enjoying themselves.

After the Owl and Thistle show, I got talking with a resident fiddle player about how some music just seems to come out easier than others. For him it was the blues. He says he could hear the lines that worked and it took no effort to play them. Playing with BLVD Park has been that way for me. I have never rehearsed with them outside of gigs, but the music comes easy and sticks to you. I’ve really enjoyed that gig recently.

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Madrona

Lots of time passed since last update. Here’s the brief summary of titled entries that were never written out:

• Prosser Scottish Fest with Ockham’s Razor – a really receptive crowd in Eastern Washington. They even let us participate in the anvil toss!
• Music at the Hospitals. While visiting the University of Michigan Hospital, I met a woman who gets paid salary + benefits to visit people’s rooms and play guitar and/or banjo. I had my mandolin with me and we got to play some duets together.
• Schuyler got married.
• Johnny left after awesome final Pies and Pints show (still my favorite P&P show). Steve Mayone stopped through town.
• Georgetown Brewery opened up a new facility. I drank way too much as the food lines were longer than the beer lines. I was thoroughly hungover for the other show that started at 8pm.
• Dune Music. While in Michigan, we attended a concert at the foot of the Dune Climb – part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Incredible venue, great music.
• Pies and Pints – jaws dropped. All I remember from the night was that everybody was jaw-dropped during the last song. All the players (all 9 of us) and everybody in the crowd. Amazing music.
• Don’t call them Charlatans. Got to play a fun set of music with Brett Joseph’s project @ Tost. Great musicians.
• Dave Delmar got married! Oliver sat on my lap for a couple songs.
• Tom Rooney invited Colin Klein and myself out to Hoquiam to play as a bluegrass group. He left us to play as a bluegrass duo when his other band got double-booked. Somehow we pulled it off.
• Tom toured all of August. I took over playing/booking Pies and Pints. Had some great nights. Covered Grateful Dead’s Reckoning with Pat Ferris and Geoff Kraus, met BLVD Park, TableTop band, standard Bluegrass. Pat, Colin, Geoff, Judd, Kirk, Sam, James, Ken, Jarret, Brian, Jill, Millie.
• A couple recording sessions with James Apollo.
• New job.
• MADRONA MARIA SPALY!!!!!!!
• Home recording. Fatherhood!
• Holidays
• Played lots of great shows with BLVD Park

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