Luxury Kings show - 6/13/05

Another Rockin' Monday Night At Blind Willies - This was one of the better shows we've played. Good sized crowd (not huge but respectable). Good energy, some of our best playing. Overall a 4.5 out of 5!

We got off to a great start thanks to the addition of Jon Harris on guitar. Jon has such a great attitude about music and tons of enthusiasm. It's contaguous. With Jon on one side and Jason on the other (with an arsenal of effects – rare for Jason – wah, fuzz and boot) I was in guitar heaven.

We played:

 Let Me Love You Baby
 Key To The Highway
 Dust My Broom
 Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen

Right off the bat we were large and in charge (which does not always happen on a Monday nite)

Jon had to take off after his tunes, but we had the audience in the palm of our hands and we did some Howlin' Wolf tunes (since his would-be 95th birthday was last Friday), plus 5 Long Years, It Hurts To Love Someone, and maybe our best take of You've Been Warned.

Set two started with a Hendrix cover Spanish Castle Magic witch was dead-on. Adam came up to do his feature set (another highlight to any show – Luke, Jason, Adam and I were a great version of The Stonesouls in 1991-1993) We played:

 Built for Comfort (Howlin' Wolf again)
 I'm So Glad (The Cream)
 Little Girl (Bluesbreakers)

They love Adam over there, and his sound is so unlike Jason's that it grabs the audience. JP has fun getting to be the guitarist instead of the front man.

The rest of the set was the NEW SONGS!

 Mother's Blues (brand new)
 Find Yourself (brand new)
 Wicked Grin + Evil Eye (brand new)
 Boozehound (with the key change in the solo!) Open This Letter
 I Mean To Love You
 Someday After A While
 Politician
 Cryin Why (Luke playing was amazing on this!)

By the time we ended this set it was after midnight and the crowd was getting thin. We took 5 and to have a drink with "the people" and then came back for just a few songs. A sweet version of Cools Me To The Core stands out in my mind. I Got Loaded ended the night just right.

Upon our last note I noticed that we were playing to a near empty room. Kind of a downer – even though we had a good crowd most of the night.

Gear Update – New Fender Lace Pickup sounded good but not great. I'll need to have this done by a professional. Used the Eden cabinet and my Carvin head. Jason used the Gibson amp and his Tele for the 1st set and the Gibson 335 for the rest of the night. Jon played his Fender Reverb and his Strat.

In the crowd: Missy, Adam & Stephanie, Scott Christopher, Michelle, Kevin, Mark