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Do like I did at the Viper Room. Painstakingly add all the song titles to your memo app on your cell phone and then forget to save it. 😳

And then just ask Stoger.

This is a tough one but I am going to go with “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?”.

Ooops sorry. I didn’t really like the book anyway.

Awesome.

Well Mootsman, nobody seems to be jumping in here, so I will tell you what I know. Lucinda is touring with a band; a guitar player named Blake, a bass player named David, and a drummer named Butch. She will play around a 90 minute show and will do a cross section of her catalogue; folky numbers, harder rock numbers, blues and delta blues. Oldies and stuff from her latest record. Maybe she will do a solo song, maybe not. I don’t know if there will be an opening act for the next leg or who it will be. Every once is a while someone from the audience is dragged up to the stage and executed for no reason. Ooops, never mind that.

Have a good time.

It’s 10:30 am and I am properly caffeinated. I decided I needed to attend the 10:30 pm Band of Heathens set after all and decided if I napped beforehand it would be Ok to stay out late on a Thursday night. I was persuaded to go early and see Paul Kelly at 7 pm and I’m glad I did. The place was packed when I got there at 7; many in the crowd were Australians or at least sounded like it. Paul took the stage promptly and mesmerized us with his great storytelling. He was fantastic on acoustic guitar and his nephew Dan was equally great on electric guitar and mandolin. Paul also sang one song on piano. He marched through the alphabet starting at M I think. He admitted sheepishly he did not have a V song so he let his nephew play a whimsical song that the audience participated in. I am surprised than an artist so talented, who can fill up a club in Hollywood on a Thursday nite, is so far under the radar here. He played for 2 hours and it was a great show.

He was followed by another singer-songwriter from Australia named Ry Cumming, who I also never heard of. He played in a 3 piece; just a drummer and bass player and he was also awesome. He played some great original songs and they also peeled off a blistering version of The Beatles “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, a song you do not hear covered too many times. Good stuff.

Band of Heathens, from Austin, Tx, took the stage at almost 11 pm and only the die hards were left in the club by then. I had wisely switched to Diet Coke around 10 pm. They were great. With 3 guitars, keyboard, bass and drum they filled that tiny room with plenty of sound and more. This band is led by 3 singer songwriters, all guitarists, who each bring their own unique thing to the band. All great players and singers. They played for almost 2 hours and when I got up to leave at 12:45 I was surprised to see the club mostly empty behind my chair. If they come to your town, they are a must see.

When I got out onto Cahuenga Blvd at what I thought was the middle of the night, I was astounded to see throngs of people up and down the street, on the sidewalks, still lining up to get into the other clubs, police everywhere. Don’t these people ever sleep? I headed to the suburbs where the sidewalks are rolled up at 10 pm every night.

The forum was well represented as always. Paul From Los Angeles made it an official scene. Tom and Lu were there. And me. We left our mark. I was thinking this morning, we are not a forum of armchair members. We are an army, out there somewhere at least once a week, pounding the pavement, pressing the flesh, tossing back drinks, eardrums vibrating, being exposed to all kinds of music and living to tell about it. I like that about us. A tad mental.

Anyway, nuff said. Carry on.

I’m surprised the tweeter didn’t mention the rest of us. 🙄

I’ll file a report once I remember what happened. Late night.

By the way, Band of Heathens are at the Hotel Cafe tonight. I love them but a 10:30 show in Hollywood on a work night would be unsound. Yes no?

P.S. This show and the earlier Paul Kelly show each require their own ticket, Paul.