Tonight the Birthright Blues Project played a show at the Blue Armadillo Winery on Lee Street in Greenville, Texas.
Just prior to our show, the historic downtown theater, The Texan, which has not been open since the 1970s, lit up the Marquee for the first time as a part of the renovations taking place. This theater hopes to reopen in 2012. It was neat to see the sign lit up, because I have seen the sign since I was a kid.
We had a good turnout tonight, over 30 folks came and heard the band. We played three sets and got a good crowd response, especially for the third set (which was after we TURNED UP OUR AMPS). We were fortunate to have our regulars who come see us at the Blue Armadillo, special friends Ann and Loren plus one, and a couple who watched me grow up at school with their kids who I ran into at the sign lighting, plus an assortment of music fans who I didn't get the chance to meet.
Since the venue is rather small, our drummer Mark brought a snare drum, a cymbal or two and an assortment of percussion instruments. As usual, he jazzed up our blues in the way he does so well. Then he really surprised me when during a stop in Send Her Back he broke out a kid's bike horn. He usually has a special snare he hits for this part and it really cracked me up when he tooted his horn, but it sounded surprisingly just right!
The three of us had a really good time, and I enjoyed the chance to sit out a few songs while Loren took the stage on the bass and played, including one cover song that I just haven't got down quite right yet. He also did some photographing and filming, which we'll post in the future.
We want to say a great big Thank You to those who came out tonight, as well as Joe and Denise who ran the bar and kept the wine flowing.
Our next show is in Princeton, Texas, next Saturday night, September 10. We'll be playing the patio helping to celebrate the Grand Re-Opening of the Renovated Princeton Main Street and look forward to a great night!
No comments:
Post a Comment