We were small but mighty last night, cranking through a whole bunch of good stuff. Linda, Sherry, Tom and I warmed up with The Plain White T's before settling in to our songs of the evening:
Song 1: Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran. We played with sliding from A-flat to A, then that classic riff: A, A, A, D...E, E, E, A... A, A, A, D... E, E, E, A. You can find those notes anywhere on your instrument, but I find I like them on the higher strings because the higher pitch carries better.
Song 2: Starfish and Coffee by Prince. Something cool happened on this song. I didn't have a B-flat chart for Linda, so I was just going to introduce it to the guitar players and pick it up more fully next week when Rich got back, but she got right on with it while Sherry and Tom kept up an effortless syncopated beat, and that left me no choice but to start singing. It's like we're an actual band or something!
This is the Old Town School of Folk Music's 'Song of the Session' for the next couple of months, so be sure to download a free chart while it's available.
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