Holiday under the Stars

Spent Saturday afternoon chilling in the stands with my main man at Raymond James watching some college football after a raucous night gigging with Punch Drunk under the stars in downtown St. Petersburg, FL. This can be a pretty damn good band when it gets cranking (the "Jazz Master" on bass, "Nice Guy Eddy" on lead and of course my boy, "Brother Roame" on drums) and last night was great fun.

We seemed to be in sync as soon as the guitars came out of the cases. It felt as though we had a good groove in during sound check and we pretty pretty much stayed in the zone most of the night. There were very few of those, "uh oh" moments when all of a sudden the music doesn't seem want to flow quite as easily. We weren't even close to being technically perfect mind you but, as the first set moved on we just locked in and it was a nice ride.

I played through the Jazz Master's Marshall last night and I loved the versatility. The clean sound was great for the softer stuff and when it was time to really kick it, this amp had more than enough muscle to get it done. Of course, when our good buddy "Nails" came by and I handed him my guitar, that's when the thing really came to life. For me its such a treat to watch Nails and Nice Guy trade licks that I usually just go grab a cold one, sit off to the side and watch the fireworks as these two pros trade licks.

Anyway, it went a little something like this...

I
One I Love, Rain King, Can't Hardly Wait, Waiting on the World.., Meet Virginia, Margaritaville, Fall Down, Heart of Gold, Runnin' Down A Dream, Flake, Call Me the Breeze, Dead Flowers

II
Old Apartment, Sitting Waiting Wishing, Just Like Heaven, Pipeline, Keep Your Hands to Yourself, Driver 8, You'll Think of Me, Friend of the Devil, The Middle, Rooftop Jam, I Want You to Want Me (J Lords, lead vocals), Honky Tonk Woman (J. Lords, lead vocals), American Girl

III
What I Got, Last Dance for Mary Jane, I'm A Believer, Ball & Chain, Wish You Were Here, "Nice Nails" Jam, Glory Days, Under the Milky Way -Sweet Home Alabama

I'll finish up the year next weekend with two acoustic gigs on Friday and Saturday and that'll be a wrap for '08.

Until next time,

-A