...but last night, I was one of 4 guitarists who each played a set at a local bar. My set was I play those wonderful, introspective little tunes by brilliant writers, songs bar regulars wouldn't know, songs most have never heard. Aside from a few PA issues (me being the first on the lineup), it turned out pretty well.
Playing out-of-the-main-stream songs in bars is generally a bad idea. Of the 20 or so in the club, I broke up one conversation at the bar, they all turned to watch, listen, and ask me about the artists after the set. That was the highlight of my evening.
Nice, even though I probably don't know many out-of-the-main-stream songs (although compared to most kids my age, i'm not too bad) I'd still give my time to listen to something that's new to me. I enjoy finding more music that I like.
Kudos to you for not playing what everybody else plays. (=
and just out of curiosity, what songs did you play?
The set list included a relatively obscure Uncle Tupelo song (by Jay Farrar), 2 Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco) songs, 1 by Ben Nichols (Lucero), 1 by a brilliant little band called the Holly Carbines, and one unpublished bootleg download written by David Lowery (of Camper van Beethoven and Cracker).
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