An incredible night at Teavolve where some really amazing pieces were in play. Jeff Miller was my feature – and he’s an amazing performer, killer guitarist, and just kind of a sweet guy – but he was my feature, so I KNEW he was popping in… but holy crap – it’s Daniel Roberts! We haven’t seen him in about three years and having him drop in out of the blue was an extremely welcome surprise. I used this as inspiration to make sure I don’t lose the connection and invite him on a ManDate – cause we don’t just go and have lunch with our friends enough.
Jeff Miller singing into his pickup at Teavolve in Baltimore. 
Daniel Roberts jamming with Dave Benham at the Teavolve open mic.
And then… the soul killers.
Man – so 8×10 was amazing. And then Festivus was painful. The sound was so bad that even though I had a backup instrument, when I broke a string with 10 minutes left in the set, rather than nab my Alvarez off the stand I just had us break down and get the fuck off the stage. There was no reason to continue subjecting my band to that feedback and there was no way anyone was liking the brittle, glassy sound of our eviscerated tones…
New Deal… meh… Teavolve was AMAZING!
But then playing these Hilton Residence Inn shows in Baltimore – they’re SO hit and miss – and Tuesday’s was a MISS. The hotel, though it’d advertised us and the bar – didn’t bother to staff the bar – and we basically played to ourselves through the evening.
Wednesday night was hard too – a killer line up of great music – Jeff Miller was once again a part of the night at Ron Goad’s marvelous Songwriters Association of Washington Showcase at Epicure Cafe – and this time *I* was the featured artist – but what meagre turnout there was bled away as I performed.
Restringing before the show. Dan Magnolia, a fellow open mic host, performing at Epicure Cafe. Performing at the SAW Songwriter Showcase at Epicure in Fairfax, VA.
I’m not going to say I cried on the way home – but I’m not going to say I didn’t. I got home, kissed my wife, went downstairs and thought about just deleting ilyAIMY.com and being the fuck done with things. I went on Amazon and ordered my primary colours in acrylic paints, some gesso and sat back thinking about how I just want to paint rabbits.
And then…
Friday night saw us driving north to Hanover, PA on a perfect, perfect day. To harass small dogs… … across the street from where we were playing at Miscreation Brewing in Hanover, PA. T’was a noisy, noisy, very good time!
Saturday at the Bowie Town Green – Heather’s parents came out – and their little dog too! I’ve really got to remember that where ever we play in Bowie, so do play the ants. Playing the Bowie Triangle Green in Bowie, MD while, unbeknownst to us, a ton of ants clambour into our cases and bags….
