Photo by: J.Quigley – click photo for full set.
Happy Cinco de Mayo folks.
While we reflect on what we’re thankful for on this holiday in which we, as Americans, get to celebrate with drunken abandon the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 – I figured it was time to do some of my own positive reflection.
And after a freezing cold, rainy, grey week spent battling the flu and watching a giant, evil oil spill creep nearer to destroying my family’s town of Gulf Shores, Alabama – I could do with a little positive reflection.
For the month of April we set up and tore down every Wednesday from 6 to 8pm at the Laurelthirst Pub in Portland. We played original tunes, covers, new songs and some guests songs. A lot of folks have been emailing about what songs we played when – so I’ll try to post our set lists over on our Tumblr blog. It’s insanely long.
Thanks to the following people for being a part of our madness:
Kate O’Brien Clarke (of Ages & Ages)
Annalisa Tornfelt (of Black Prairie)
Chris Funk (of Anvil)
Isreal Nebeker (of Blind Pilot)
Lewi Longmire ( of Everclear)
It was as fun as I’d hoped it would be, each night complete with hippie noodle dancers, drunk idiots, music fans, random wanderers, strangers, and good friends. We’ll have to do this again sometime.
Til then – kr.
