I sang some 40s ish songs:
Til There Was You (Willson),
Swinging On a Star (Van Heusen/Burke), and
Que Sera Sera (Livingston/Evans).
Later two Dylan songs:
Hwy 61 Revisited, and
I Shall Be Released.
Highlight: Alyssa and Neil Paterson visiting from Edmonton and Montreal.
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I sang 50s/60s songs:
What a Wonderful World (Cooke),
Bye Bye Love (Bryant), and
Stand By Me (King/Lieber/Stoller).
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Then some Dylan for the guys who sang Isis:
I Threw It All Away, and
Make You Feel My Love.
Highlights: The return of Sterling (pictured)
Uno and Battered Pickles with Goo, and
Stacey and Abby from Gitchigomee.
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More songs from the 60s:
As Tears Go By (Jagger/Richards),
Dedicated Follower of Fashion (Davies), and
We Shall Overcome (Simmons/Seeger).
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Blowin' in the Wind (Dylan),
Oh! Darling! (Lennon/MCCARTNEY), and
Put a Little Love in Your Heart (DeShannon/Holiday/Myers).
Thanks April Brown for pix.
Gitchigomee leaders arrived just after I finished, but they got to hear me try to play "Country Roads" and "Teenage Dirtbag" in the final jam.
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I sang songs from the 60s:
With a Little Help From My Friends (Lennon/McCartney),
Daydream Believer(Stewart), and
I’m Into Something Good (Goffin/King).
Reviews: high fives from Rourkie, Ana, and Cale.
_________ "I like your shirt." - Katelin M. on Facebook.
Highlight: Timmy and Julie from Chicago.
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Hosts, Zach and Cassidy, let me jump in at the end of the night, after I came from the Cambrian Players Annual Mtg. I sang songs from the 70s (ish):
Delta Dawn (Collins/Harvey),
Love Stinks (Wolf/Justman), and
Joy to the World (Axton).
Review: "I found 'Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog' very moving." - April
Thank you, Zach and Cassidy, especially as I will be absent the next two Thursdays, rehearsing and performing in Applauze Productions' Cinderella.
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I sang songs from the 80s:
Karma Chameleon (O’Dowd/Moss/Craig/Hay/Pickett),
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Michael), and
All I Want Is You (U2).
Review: "That last song was awesome!" - Jared (pictured in red hat)
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I sang songs from the (19)90s:
In the Garage (Cuomo), Drinking Song (Moxy Fruvous), and Lost Together (Cuddy/Keelor).
Review: "Good job." - my friends
"It's cold; after we're all done, let's leave!" - also my friends (including me).
Accompanying Al Rich:
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My theme was songs from the 90s (the 1890s - ish):
Hello Ma Baby (Howard/Emerson),
Medley:
The Sidewalks of New York (Lawlor/Blake)/
The Band Played On (Palmer/ Ward)/
In My Merry Oldsmobile (Edwards/Bryan) (1905), and
Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (Shannon) (1913).
Highlights: The returns of Sam, and of Kyla.
I did not eat Sam's food while he sang:
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My theme was Em:
Those Were the Days (Raskin),
Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Johnson/Alexander),
Happy Together (Bonner/Gordon), and
Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/MCCARTNEY).
Highlight: Justin C explaining to me the connection between Fleetwood Mac, Crowded House, and The Heartbreakers.
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My theme was songs I have memorized:
Hey Good Looking/Jambalaya (Williams),
I’ll Remember You (Dylan),
It’s a Wonderful World (Weiss/Thiele),
Threw It All Away (Dylan), and
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (Lennon/MCCARTNEY).
Oops Selfie Mode.
Sister Act:
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My theme was Earth Day:
Big Yellow Taxi (Mitchell),
Big Bang Theory (BNL), and
Across the Universe (LENNON/McCartney).
Pictured: Paul and Cassidy
Review: “I like your jersey.” (Minnesota Wild, more appropriate for the theme than the Oilers I’d been wearing earlier.) - turns out she and all her table are from Minnesota.
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Second set: 2 by Cockburn
Justice,
Anything Can Happen
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My theme was Light:
Light My Fire (Krieger),
You Are the Light of the World (Schwartz), and
Let It Be (Lennon/MCCARTNEY).
Pictured: My guitar became the house guitar,
and it was John’s birthweek.
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My theme was Believe:
Oh! Darling! (Lennon/MCCARTNEY),
I Believe In You (Dylan),
ISHFWILF (U2), and
I’m a Believer (Diamond).
Review: fist bump from Ryan McDonald
“Great job.” - Stuart MacLean
Pic by Kris Tonkens
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My theme was Jesus:
Would They Love Him Down in Shreveport?(Braddock),
What Do You Think of Me, Jesus? (Pepper), and
This Song (Pepper).
Highlights: performance by AMPW (11yo)
The return of Stu (pictured), not Jesus!
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My theme was numbers:
One (U2),
At Seventeen (Ian), and
9 to 5 (Parton).
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1234 (Feist/Seltmann),
Eight Days a Week (Lennon/McCartney), and
Count On Me (Mars).
Photo by Zachary Ross
Vid by April Brown.
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Tonight was songs by women Part Two:
Feel Your Love (Morissette),
Both Sides Now (Mitchell), and
Ring of Fire (Carter/Kilgore).
Highlight: Blackfly (Hemsworth) sung by Becky.
Also Hotel California (Felder/Henley/Frey) sung by Cassidy, but they left out the guitar solos.
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My theme was songs by women:
Everything Is Boring (The Beaches),
You’ve Got a Friend (King), and
audacity (Cassidy Houston who was sitting right in front of me).
Highlights: Anime songs (pictured).
Who’s Going to Drive You Home (Ocasek) sung by John P-W (pictured).
Review: Cassidy declared me the “winner” of that night’s open mic.
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My theme was Birds:
Snowbird (McLellan),
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose (Merritt), and
Feed the Birds (Sherman/Sherman).
Highlight: Cassidy helped me finish my crossword.
Pic: IYKYK
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My theme was originals (by me):
Laughter Heard Through the Wall,
Bob From Nunavut, and
I’m Too Old (For the NHL).
Review: I like that NHL song. - Rod D. ( It seems he may have been at the same NHL Oldtimers game which inspired it.)
Pic and vid by April Brown:
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Not a big crowd on this snowy night. My theme was New Orleans:
Johnny B. Goode (Berry, or was it McFly?) w Aster on tambourine,
House of the Rising Sun (Trad.),
St. James Infirmary (Trad.), and
Hwy 61 (Dylan).
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Blueberry Hill (Rose), and
(Non-theme) I Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Creatore/Weiss)
Highlight: The return of Lance
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