"I've got nothing to say—but it's OK..."

And so, if I don't see you tomorrow at the show—catch you next time in cyberspace.

They drew a small crowd...

Well, actually—I did.

At Monday's "dress rehearsal" during one of the instrument changes—when Sonia put down her guitar and picked up her sax and Jim, his accordion for the piano—I made a small joke about 'the game' that is facebook's Invitations to Events, saying "We have five confirmed "Will Attend" guests—but two of them are band members."

Later in the evening, during a similar pause, I went up to the dry-erase board that hangs from a brick pillar a couple feet in front of my microphone and I scribbled three stick people with cheering smiles—one with his hands in the air.

"There!" I exclaimed, "Our audience!"

I'd say the van is packed...

...only, the van is gone. The CRV and RAV4 will have to do.

And they did.

Good thing there's a house PA.

So, now the COUNTDOWN is purely logistical. That and any personal preparation the members of the Walter Mittys must conduct before our debut this Friday at Snowzee's.

See you there!

The COUNTDOWN to SHOWTIME begins!

Well, this is it.

Our debut at Snowzee's is this Friday.

Tonight, very well could be our "dress rehearsal." We have Wednesday penciled-in but I'm not figuring we'll need it. Listening to the play backs of the recorded rehearsals sounds good. The band is ready for a live performance.

Our last show was the benefit gig in January with the Bum Steers. Our next show is a gallery opening in August.

But here comes our very next show!




Visit our website: www.TheWalterMittys.com

Set list is set...

More or less. And this is what it's looking like:

Jolie, Jolie (Rickie Lee Jones)
Cry To Me (Professor Longhair)
Jericho [as recorded by the Gourds]
In My Time Of Dying (traditional)
You Do a Good Blue (Sonia Barrera)
Jockey Full of Bourbon (Tom Waits)
Reconsider Me [as recorded by Etta James]
One After 909 (Lennon - McCartney)
Big Weekend (Tom Petty)
Big Trouble (Sonia Barrera)
Dirty Old Town [as recorded by the Pogues]
Dead Flowers (Jagger - Richards)
Honey Don’t (Carl Perkins)
Angel From Montgomery (John Prine)
Don’t Think Twice It's Alright (Bob Dylan)
Riptide (Sonia Barrera)
Jack Daniels (Kevin Slattery)
Tom Thumb’s Blues (Bob Dylan)
Evangeline [as recorded by the Band]
Bad Moon Rising (John Fogerty)
Fisherman’s Blues [as recorded by the Water Boys]
Train Train [as recorded by Dolly Parton]
Matchbox (Carl Perkins)
Struck [as recorded by Los Lobos]
Rock Me (Slim Harpo)
Spider Web (Joan Osborne)
Unforgiven (Bap Kennedy)
I Got Loaded [as recorded by Los Lobos]
Sea of Heartbreak (Johnny Cash)
They Call Me The Breeze (J.J.Cale)
...It Takes A Train to Cry (Bob Dylan)

P.S. We have a new website (though it just may lead you back to here—you'll see what I mean—visit us!)

http://www.theWalterMittys.com

"I'm So Tired..." "Another Cup of Coffee..."

Those and similar songs will be my soundtrack today.

Late night at "Band Camp" going through our initial dress rehearsal of material for our show at Snowzee's at the end of the month. I suppose everything went as suspected—those few songs that we haven't played in some time and their rough edges that will need to be smoothed out and those other songs that just roll out like everyday conversation—I suppose.

As everything went so late last night, I didn't wait around for the recording to finish downloading to my iPod for my listening review on my ride home.

Yes, that review of what happened "last night at Band Camp" will have to wait. For the moment, it's time for "another cup of coffee before I go into the valley below..."