Chiggerfest and Java Joint Guitar Pull, 10/15/11

Yesterday the Birthright Blues Project played in Cooper, Texas at Chiggerfest.  We left our forest around 10:30 am and got  back to it around midnight.  We unloaded our gear at the Java Joint in Cooper and then carried it over to the stage before our friend and fellow musician, Shaun Michaels' set.  The time schedule got rearranged slightly because Shaun had been booked to follow us, and he wanted to open for us.  So we all set up the stage before Shaun's set, which gave us more playing time because we were ready to go when Shaun left the stage.  We played a good set and the crowd (which seemed to mostly congregate in the shade) seemed to enjoy the show.  Then the kids headed to a friend's house to chill out while Jack had to wait to sit in on two songs with Johnny C Lately, so I just sat in the shade since I got sunburned while on stage.  Most of the crowd had dispersed but Jack did what he does and ripped out some amazing leads.

Then we headed to our friends' house, thanks Carrie and Al, and hooked up with the kids.  They were content, fed and occupied with video games/ computer, so the adults played a little 5 card draw to burn some time until it was time to head back up to the square.  Carrie fed us a homecooked meal and we headed down the road.  We stopped by Cliff and Julie's, where they had just pulled shishkbobs off the grill, so we of course had to eat a little more.  Then Jack borrowed an acoustic/electric guitar from Cliff and we headed to the Java Joint.

We love playing at the Java Joint, and last night was a first time special event.  Jack and Shaun were joined by songwriters "Johnny C Lately" (Woodrow Thomas) and Mark Clark.  The four sat on stage with their acoustics and rotated turns singing and playing original songs.  It was a really good show with a lot of great music, different genres, topics, but all good.  I enjoyed sitting down with my friends singing along to the songs we knew by Jack and Shaun.  Then after the show, Jack had to get a little electric playing in, so I got out my bass and he played our following (by then they were still hanging around and the rest had pretty much left) a brand new song written for him by Dave Mason called 103 Degrees in Texas and Wade got up and howled Hoochie Coochie Man.  It was great!  We'll be back at the Java Joint on the 29th of October playing as a band.