GIG #98 - Freedom Boot seen at Dartmouth Pub

GIG #98 @ The Windjammer Inn, Dartmouth, UK with Groanbox. Select repertoire:
Pigman's Dog - Clifford, Seznec, Ward-Bergeman
Proud Papa - Seznec/Ward-Bergeman
Train Take My Pain Away - Ward-Bergeman

www.groanbox.com

GIG #97 - Groanbox wins fight at Folk Club

GIG #97 @ Bournemouth Folk Club, Bournemouth, UK with Groanbox. Select repertoire:
Must Be Time - Ward-Bergeman
Enchanted Mesa - Seznec
Hobo Heaven - Ward-Bergeman/Seznec

www.groanbox.com

GIG #96 - Box Player Squeezes by Produce @ Publix

GIG #96 @ Publix Store #0756, Jupiter, FL. Select repertoire:
Flambee Montalbanaise - Viseur
Down by the Riverside - Trad.
Look to the Right - Ward-Bergeman

Thanks to Chris Bergeman for arranging this gig.

GIG #95 - Books Gallery Inspires Throat Singer

GIG #95 @ Books Gallery West, Gainesville, FL w/vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
Summertime - Gershwin
Look to the Right - Ward-Bergeman
Strange Loop Improvisations

Thanks to Tonya Clanton for arranging this gig.

GIG #94 - Louisiana Resonance in Tioga Town Center

GIG #94 @ Tioga Monday Market, Gainesville, FL. Select repertoire:
Omkring et Flygel - Fabric
Flambee Montalbanaise - Viseur
Chamame Parisien - Barboza
Last Call - Ward-Bergeman

GIG #93 - Frame Drum Kicks Devil

GIG #93 @ Kickin' Devil Cafe, Gainesville, FL w/vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
Y Tu Que Has Hecho - Delfin
St. James Infirmary - Trad.
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #92 - Strange Loops Heard from Roof of NOLA Warehouse

GIG #92 @ the top of Pel Hughes Warehouse, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
Look to the Right - Ward-Bergeman
Strange Loop Improvisations

Special thanks to Rob Crawford for arranging this gig.

GIG #91 - Musician Communicates with Seahorse, Discovers Bayou Lighthouse

GIG #91 @ Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium - LUMCON, Cocodrie, LA/Kenny Hill Sculpture Garden, Chauvin, LA. Select repertoire:
Sassy Mae - Memphis Slim
Lord, You've Been Good to Me - Traditional
Federal - Ward-Bergeman

LUMCON
Kenny Hill Sculpture Garden Info

GIG #90 - Accordionist Emerges from Eroding Land

GIG #90 @ Cecil Lapeyrouses Grocery, Cocodrie, LA. Select repertoire:
Dan Tucker - Trad.
Wine Spodee-O-Dee - McGhee
Strange Swamp Improvisations

Owner watches as land surrounding Cocodrie grocery store disappears

GIG #89 - Accordionist Rides Storm in NOLA back to the Streets

GIG #89 @ Frenchmen and Decatur Streets, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
I'll Fly Away - Brumley
Down by the Riverside - Trad. Gospel
La Vie en Rose - Piaf/Gugliemi

GIG #88 - Hump the Sky

GIG #88 @ New Orleans City Park/1225 Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
Strange Roots Improvisations
Take Five - Desmond
Prelude II , Book I, WTC - Bach
Strange Cajun/Zydeco Improvisations

New Orleans City Park: Performance in a live oak, courtesy of arborist Rob Crawford of Gulf Coast Urban Forestry.

The Park is home to the largest collection of mature live oaks in the world, some several hundred years old. There are several traits that make the live oak unique among oaks. It is evergreen, or almost so, because the old leaves drop about the same time as the new leaves appear in the spring. Thus, the name "live" oak. It has a distinctive low spread and form, almost sculptural. It is common to see mature trees with lateral limbs that reach the ground. Many old trees have a branch spread which is twice the height of the tree.

GIG #87 - Let's Fly Down

GIG #87 @ Corner of Frenchmen and Chartres Streets, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
When the Saints Go Marching In - Trad. American Folk/Gospel/Spiritual
Cluck Old Hen - Trad. Appalachian American
Sassy Mae - Memphis Slim

GIG #86 - Whisky River

GIG #86 @ Boudin Shop and Country Store, Breaux Bridge, LA. Select repertoire:
Wa Habibi - Trad. Lebanese
Hey Good Lookin' - Williams
Strange Zydeco/Cajun Improvisations

GIG #85 - Put Away Your Umbrella

GIG #85 corner of Royal and Frenchmen Streets, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
Go to the Mardi Gras - Longhair
Flambee Montalbanaise - Viseur
Strange Zydeco Improvisations

GIG #84 - Session on Royal

GIG #84 @ corner of Conti and Royal Street, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
Dan Tucker - Trad. American Folk
Down by the Riverside - Trad. Gospel
Strange Zydeco/Cajun Improvisations

GIG #83 - Dressed in Red Shoes

GIG #83 @ Corner of Dumaine and Dauphine Streets, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
Los Suenos - Piazzolla
I'll Fly Away - Brumley
Jeanette - Viseur
Libertango - Piazzolla

GIG #82 - The Happening Part of Bourbon

GIG #82 @ Bourbon & St Philip Street, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
I'll Fly Away - Brumley
When the Saints Go Marching In - Trad. Gospel
Prelude II Book I, WTC - Bach
Go to the Mardi Gras - Longhair

GIG #81 - Playing for Peanuts

GIG #81 @ A & M Peanut Shop, Mobile, AL. Select repertoire:
Sweet Georgia Brown - Bernie/Pinkard/Casey
Chamame Parisien - Barboza
St. James Infirmary - Trad.

GIG #80 - To Light A New Fire

GIG #80 @ Tacachale, Gainesville, FL. Select repertoire:
Strange Groove Improvisations

Jovano, Jovanke

Traditional Macedonian Folk Song Jovano, Jovanke performed at University Auditorium, University of Florida, Gainesville, March 20, 2011. GIG 365 GIG #79.
Vocal arrangement by Yulene Velasquez.
Vocalists (r to l):
Hali Hutchison
Analisse Reyes
Austin Smithson
Shara Lunon
Shanelle Woods
Yulene Velasquez

GIG #79 - Connections

GIG #79 @ University Auditorium, University of Florida, Gainesville w/vocal ensemble from the school of music. Select repertoire:
Jovano Jovanke - Traditional folk song from Macedonia region
Lulina - Ward-Bergeman

GIG #78 - Earthman

GIG #78 @ Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Festival, Gainesville, FL w/vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
Summertime - Gershwin
Dan Tucker - Trad.
Y Tu Que Has Hecho - Delfin

GIG #77 - "Music is Irrelevant"

GIG #77 @ The Fat Tuscan Cafe, Gainesville, FL w/ vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
When You're Smiling - Shay/Fisher/Goodwin
M-O-T-H-E-R - Morse/Johnson
You Made Me Love You - Monaco/McCarthy
Trenzinho do Caipira - Villa Lobos

GIG #76 - No Bones

GIG #76 @ Raymond's Barber Shop, Grand Bay, Alabama. Select repertoire:
Cotton Fields Back Home - Leadbelly
Last Call - Ward-Bergeman
Wham Bam- Ward-Bergeman/Seznec

GIG #75 - Haven for Lost Musicians

GIG #75 @ Jeff's Haven for Lost Musicians, Breaux Bridge, LA. Select repertoire:
Feira de Mangaio - Sivuca
Must Be Time - Ward-Bergeman
Zydeco Improvisations

GIG #74 - Yay for Beignet!

GIG #74 @ Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, Saint Martinville, LA. Select repertoire:
Last Call - Ward-Bergeman
St. James Infirmary - Traditional
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #73 - It All Comes to Rest Here

GIG #73 @ Old Amys Henderson Express, Henderson, LA. Select repertoire:
Flambee Montalbanaise - Viseur
Chamame Parisien - Barboza
Strange Groove Improvisations

GIG #72 - Do You Know What It Means?

GIG #72 @ Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, Saint Martinville, LA. Select repertoire:
Strange Breath Improvisations

GIG #71 - You're A Bad Man With That Thing!

GIG #71 @ corner of Royal and Dumaine Street, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
Federal - Ward-Bergeman
Mississippi Mishap - Brown/Ward-Bergeman
Prelude II, Book I, WTC - Bach
Strange Groove Improvisations

GIG #70 - The Southernmost Point

GIG #70 @ corner of Decatur and Barracks Street, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
Summertime - Gershwin
Chamame Parisien - Barboza
Strange Groove Improvisations

GIG #69 - Nothing's For Free

GIG #69 @ Katrina House/The Moonwalk, New Orleans, LA. Select repertoire:
St. James Infirmary - Trad.
Libertango - Piazzolla
Mississippi Improvisation
From Sheldon H. Laskin's New Orleans: Lament for a Royal City

David Fountain has an infectious laugh. When he smiles, the wrinkles on his 65-year-old face smile with him. A retired dock worker, he lives off a pension.
I stop to take pictures of the gaudily decorated display in Mr. Fountain’s front yard. Musical instruments, mannequins, a boat -- named, of course, Katrina -- gaily painted and decked out with beads fill the yard. Mr. Fountain is inside the house, entertaining two friends with generous helpings of whiskey. He invites me in.
The water line in Mr. Fountain’s house is at 5 feet, 5 inches. After Katrina, Mr. Fountain returned to a house reeking with mold. He slept on the roof while he gutted the house. The four modest rooms are now surprisingly clean, although, with the exception of the front room, the house has the look and feel of an unfinished basement.
But that front room. It is outfitted with Mr. Fountain’s computer, scanner and fax machine. That, plus his wireless connection and cell phone, keep him connected to the outside world. And Mr. Fountain needs to be connected now, because of the museum.
After he returned, Mr. Fountain started to comb through debris piles, looking for musical instruments, sheet music, posters of local musical celebrities and other paraphernalia of the musical legacy of his neighborhood. Over the past sixteen months, he has accumulated a roomful of exhibits; a trombone, a clarinet and a piano are the mainstays of his little museum. Mr. Fountain politely declines my offer of a contribution, although he proudly shows off the blowup of the $300 check he received from a donor who was wise enough not to offer cash.
I ask to take Mr. Fountain’s picture. He asks to have his wife included. I am puzzled. Wife? I went through the entire house; there’s no one else here. “Oh, yes.” Mr. Fountain insists. “She’s on the roof. I’ll get her.”
So I snap a few pictures outside, waiting for Mr. and Mrs. Fountain. I copy the names off the door lintel -- David and Katrina Fountain -- so I can mail them the photographs.
Mr. Fountain calls from the roof. There he is, in full Mardi Gras regalia, his arm around a gaudily attired female mannequin -- the lifelong bachelor’s wife, Katrina. Mr. Fountain laughs long and loud over what I come to learn from an article in the Harvard Crimson he proudly hands me, is a running joke he’s pulled, yet again, on an innocent rube from the North.

Harvard Crimson Article:
Meet My Wife, Katrina

GIG #68 - Get Under a Work Bench

GIG #68 @ Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA with fiddle player Joseph McGinty. Select repertoire:
Dan Tucker - American Folk Trad.
Mardi Gras Song - Cajun Trad.
Little Buds (Mugur, Mugurel) - Roma Gypsy Trad.

GIG #67 - Firehouse

GIG #67 @ South Walton Fire District Station #2, Seagrove, FL w/ vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
Wham Bam - Ward-Bergeman/Seznec
Onde Estao os Tamborins - Caetano
Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - McGhee

GIG #66 - Squeaky Wheels

GIG #66 @ The Fat Tuscan Cafe, Gainesville, FL w/ vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
Y Tu Que Has Hecho - Delfin
No Buts, No Maybes - Longhair
Carreta Gui - Barboza

GIG #65 - Crossing by the Backdoor

GIG #65 @ Backdoor Cafe, Micro, North Carolina. Select repertoire:
New York State of Mind - Joel
Train Take My Pain Away - Ward-Bergeman
St. James Infirmary - Trad.

GIG #64 - The Crickets are Loud

GIG #64 @ Books Cafe, St. Luke's Chapel, Queenstown, MD. Select repertoire:
Sonatina in C, 1st Movement - Clementi
Prelude II, Book I, WTC - Bach
Precious Lord - Dorsey/Allen

GIG #63 - Dropping Off

GIG #63 @ Borders, Fairfield, CT. Select repertoire:
Libertango - Piazzolla
Flambee Montalbanaise - Viseur
Cotton Fields Back Home - Leadbelly

GIG #62 - Bringing the House Down

GIG #62 @ Concertzalen, Copenhagen, Denmark w/Alisa Weilerstein. Select repertoire:
Azul - Golijov
Trenzinho do Caipira - Villa Lobos

GIG #61 - Studenterhuset

GIG #61 @ Studenterhuset, Copenhagen, Denmark w/ Cyro Baptista and Jamey Haddad. Select repertoire:
Ama/Terezinha de Jesus - Villa Lobos/Baptista
Strange Groove Improvisations

GIG #60 - Mmmalbec

GIG #60 @ Malbeck, Copenhagen, Denmark w/ Jamey Haddad. Select repertoire:
Cherogape - Barboza
Lena - Ward-Bergeman
Feira de Mangaio - Sivuca

GIG #59 - The Smell of Twelve Shofars

GIG #59 @ Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain. Select repertoire:
Patagonia - Ward-Bergeman
Tekiyah - Golijov
Ayre - Golijov

GIG #58 - Spaceship Chandelier

GIG #58 @ Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain. Select repertoire:
Youth Without Youth Suite - Golijov
Agonia - Golijov
Azul - Golijov

GIG #57 - Choir Girls

GIG #57 @Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain. Select repertoire:
Youth Without Youth Suite - Golijov
Agonia - Golijov
Azul - Golijov

GIG #56 - Reconnecting with Joey

GIG #56 @Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain. Select repertoire:
Youth Without Youth Suite - Golijov
Agonia - Golijov
Azul - Golijov

GIG #55 - Temp Trax

GIG #55 @ Cine Dore, Madrid, Spain. Pre-show for screening of Francis Ford Coppola's TETRO. Select repertoire:
Cherogape - Barboza
Federal - Ward-Bergeman

GIG #54 - Two Chords and Great Energy

GIG #54 @ Hospital del Nino Jesus, Madrid, Spain. Select repertoire:
Hey Good Lookin' - Williams
Come Back - Ward-Bergeman
Feira de Mangaio - Sivuca

GIG #53 - The Lungs of Madrid

GIG #53 @ El Retiro "The Lungs of Madrid", Madrid, Spain. Select repertoire:
Jeanette - Viseur
Federal - Ward-Bergeman
Besame Mucho - Velasquez

GIG #52 - Seven Seas

GIG #52 @ Seven Seas Restaurant, Milford, CT. Select repertoire:
The Wind Cries Mary - Hendrix
Train Take My Pain Away - Ward-Bergeman
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #51 - The Surreal Forest

GIG #51: John Luther Adam's Inuksuit @ Park Avenue Armory, NYC, New York.

GIG #50 - In the Likeness of a Human

GIG #50 @ Westfield Connecticut Post Shopping Center, Milford, CT. Select repertoire:
Last Call - Ward-Bergeman
Chamame Parisien - Barboza
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #49 - Elementary

GIG #49 @ Pheasants Landing, Hillsborough, NJ w/ CTP. Select repertoire:
Must Be Time - Ward-Bergeman
Candy from Strangers - Ward-Bergeman
Fools I Love - Ward-Bergeman

GIG #48 - Groupies

GIG #48 @ Black Bear Saloon, Milford, CT. Select repertoire:
Drinkin Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - McGhee
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #47 - Sesame Street Plus

GIG #47 @ Westfield Trumbull Shopping Center, Trumbull, CT. Select repertoire:
Federal - Ward-Bergeman
When You're Smiling - Shay/Fisher/Goodwin
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #46 - Turtlestein

GIG #46 @ Genesis Multimedical Center, Towson, MD. Select repertoire:
Country Roads - Denver
When You're Smiling - Shay/Fisher/Goodwin
Strange Loop Improvisations

TURTLE

GIG #45 - Letting Go

GIG #45 @ Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD. Select repertoire:
One More Step - Carter
Chamame Parisien - Barboza
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #44 - Oh My Darling

GIG #44 @ Clementine Cafe, Harrisonburg, VA. ; Select repertoire:
Flambee Montalbanaise - Viseur
Dan Tucker - Trad.
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #43 - Here to Play

GIG #43 @ Floyd's Country Store, Floyd, VA. Select repertoire:
Precious Lord - Dorsey/Nelson
Cotton Fields Back Home - Leadbelly
Hobo Heaven - Ward-Bergeman/Seznec

GIG #42 - Conducive to the Nature

GIG #42 @ Madd Corner's Coffee, Tea and Me, King, NC. Select repertoire:
Last Call - Ward-Bergeman
Libertango - Piazzolla
One More Step - Carter

GIG #41 - Cutting the Vanderbilts

GIG #41 @ Luella's Bar-B-Que, Asheville, NC. Select repertoire:
Come Back - Ward-Bergeman
Wham Bam - Ward-Bergeman/Seznec
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #40 - Take Your Guitar to Clarksville

GIG #40 @ Natalie Jane's Cafe, Clarksville, GA. Select repertoire:
Must Be Time - Ward-Bergeman
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Armstrong/Green Day
Prelude II, Book I, WTC - Bach

GIG #39 - Bo, Horatio, and Alpine Helen

GIG #39 @ Cafe La Piazza, Helen, GA. Select repertoire:
I'm in the Mood for Love - McHugh/Fields
When You're Smiling - Shay/Fisher/Goodwin
Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg

GIG #38 - The Road Changes a Man

GIG #38 @ Good 'Ol Days Irish Pub, Cumming, GA. Select repertoire:
Little Wing - Hendrix
Candy from Strangers - Ward-Bergeman
Sultans of Swing - Knopfler

GIG #37 - Tomorrow is Cumming

GIG #37 @ Signature Health Care, Gainesville, FL. Select repertoire:
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? - Henderson/Lewis/Young
Hey Good Lookin' - Williams
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #36 - Good Friends and Good Beer

GIG #36 @ Chiappini's, Melrose, FL. Chili cook off fundraiser for Melrose Public Library w/vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
Wine Spo-dee-o-dee - McGhee
Yo Soy - Piero
Nostalgia - Petit

GIG #35 - Simple Isn't Easy

GIG #35 @ Kids Safe Zone, American Legion 194, St. Augustine, FL. Select repertoire:
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #34 - Turning Off The Lights

GIG # 34 @ San Marco Terrace Rehabilitation And Care, St. Augustine, FL. Select repertoire:
Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Friedman/Whitson
You Made Me Love You - Monaco/McCarthy
April Showers - Silvers/De Sylva
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #33 - Standing On Doors

GIG #33 @ The Old Library, Jacksonville, FL. Select repertoire:
Strange Loop Improvisations
Federal - Ward-Bergeman
Feira de Mangaio - Sivuca

GIG #32 - Dancing In The Streets

GIG #32 @ St. Francis House, St. Augustine, FL. Select repertoire:
Sassie Mae - Memphis Slim
Precious Lord - Dorsey/Allen
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #31 - After Hours Drop

GIG #31 @ Shands Hospital, University of Florida, Gainesville. Select repertoire:
Sonatina in C, 1st Movement - Clementi
Take the "A" Train - Strayhorn
Flambee Montalbanaise - Viseur
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #30 - The Slave Ship

GIG #30 @ Gainesville Correctional Facility, FL. Select repertoire:
Amazing Grace - Newton
Must Be Time - Ward-Bergeman
One More Step - Carter
Strange Loop Improvisations

Check out The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker

GIG #29 - Raccoon Chili

GIG #29 @ Keystone Heights Farmer's Market, FL. Select repertoire:
The Wind Cries Mary - Hendrix
Onde Estao os Tamborins - Caetano
Trenzinho do Caipira - Villa Lobos

GIG #28 - Zenith

GIG #28 @ Zenith School, Kissimmee, FL. Select repertoire:
Strange Loop Improvisations
Little Wing - Hendrix

GIG #27 - Kick That Devil

GIG #27 @ Kickin' Devil Cafe, Gainesville, FL. Select repertoire:
St. James Infirmary Blues - Trad.
Chamame Parisien - Barboza
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #26 - Hare Krishna Bo Diddley

GIG #26 @ Union Street Farmer's Market, Gainesville, FL. Select repertoire:
Dan Tucker - Trad.
Last Call - Ward-Bergeman
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #25 - Lightning Salvage Tornado

GIG #25 @ Lightnin' Salvage, Gainesville, FL.  Select repertoire:
Strange Loop Improvisations
Wham Bam - Ward-Bergeman/Seznec
Y Tu Que Has Hecho? - Delfin

Satchel's Pizza / Lightnin' Salvage is one of the most unique places I have ever been to. There are bells hanging from the ceiling, magical doors, colored lights, a junk fountain, a tree house and a host of other things right out of my dreams. There is also a lite-brite. I was truly at home with my GIG 365 stage.
Earlier in the day I clanged some of my cowbells at the Coalition to End the Meal Limit NOW! protest during the mayor's speech at the hippodrome in Gainesville. I met one of the organizers at GIG #24 @ 8th Ave. Bike Shop & Cafe. It was a thought provoking scene as two men inside an art gallery with their dog (who was also in one of the fine art photos hanging in the window) watched the homeless being served food on the sidewalk, most of who then took their food under the steps on the side of the hippodrome to take shelter from the rain...further on in the view from the gallery the protest was chanting and marching away in the front of the hippodrome in a very orderly fashion, and was made up of what I assessed to be very few homeless (because they were too busy eating!!!)

GIG #24 - To Be Amazed

GIG #24 @ 8th Ave. Bike and Coffee House, Gainesville, FL.  Select repertoire:
Cotton Fields Back Home - Leadbelly
Candy from Strangers - Ward-Bergeman
Prelude II, Book I, WTC - Bach
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #23 - $23.23

GIG #23 @ Waldo Farmer's and Flea Market, Waldo, FL.  Select repertoire: 
Dan Tucker - Trad. 
Federal - Ward-Bergeman
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #22 - The Other Side of Orlando

GIG #22 @ Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.  Select repertoire:
Strange Loop Improvisations 
Jingle Bells - Pierpont

GIG #21 - Tuning In

GIG #21 @ Devereux, Melbourne, FL. Select repertoire:
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #20 - Buddha Stick

GIG #20 @ House of Joe, Melbourne, FL. Select repertoire: 
Flambee Montalbanaise - Viseur
Come Back - Ward-Bergeman 
One More Step - Carter
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #19 - Loud Enough To Be Heard, Quiet Enought To Be Ignored

GIG #19 @ Brewbabies, Cape Coral, FL. Select repertoire:
Bring Me Flowers While I'm Living - Wheatstraw
April Showers - Silvers/De Sylva
Take Five - Desmond
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #18 - Lite-Brite

GIG #18 @ Sacred Grounds, Tampa, FL. Select repertoire:
Strange Loop Improvisations 
Peasant Under Grass - Ward-Bergeman

GIG #17 - Donuts and Dancing

GIG # 17 @ Love Bugs Donuts and Bakery, West Melbourne, FL. Select repertoire:
Jump in the Line - Kitchener
Paisanito - Flores 
Georgia On My Mind - Carmichael
Happy Birthday - Hill

GIG #16 - Wheelchair Willy and Krip

GIG #16 @ Churchill's Pub, Miami, FL. Select repertoire:
Strange Loop Improvisations 
Los Suenos - Piazzolla

GIG #15 - Giant Lobster Capsizes Canoe

GIG #15 @ Rain Barrel, Islamorada, FL.  Select repertoire:
Minute Waltz - Chopin
Prelude II, Book I, WTC - Bach
Cotton Fields Back Home - Leadbelly
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #14 - Wet Camera

GIG #14 @ Sweat Records, Miami, FL. Select repertoire:
Federal - Ward-Bergeman
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #13 - Pooped Out

GIG #13 @ the Rum Barrel, Key West, FL with Tony Roberts. Select repertoire:
Centerfold - Roberts
Recitation of The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Train Take My Pain Away - Ward-Bergeman
I played in Tony's band Mindflow when I was living in Boston during the 90's. Check out his website here: Mindflowmusic.com

GIG #12 - Shaman

GIG # 12 @ Mallory Square/Coffee Plantation/The Porch, Key West, FL. Select repertoire:
Feira de Mangaio - Sivuca
Libertango - Piazzolla
She's Too Fat - MacLean/Richardson

GIG #11 - Good Friends and Good Times

GIG #11 @ Island Dogs, Key West, FL with Tony Roberts. Select repertoire: 
Better Place - Roberts
Taste of Alcohol - Roberts 
Scarbelly (Strange Loop) - Ward-Bergeman
I played in Tony's band Mindflow when I was living in Boston during the 90's.  Check out his website here:  Mindflowmusic.com

GIG #10 - Frolicking with the Spaniards in the Swamps

GIG #10 @ Little Bar Restaurant, Goodland, FL.  Select repertoire:
Fools I Love - Ward-Bergeman
Come Back - Ward-Bergeman
Orange Blossom Special - Rouse
Closed the show backing up Raiford Starke performing Orange Blossom Special.

GIG #9 - ESTA in Caracas

GIG #9 @ Joanie's Blue Crab Cafe, Ochopee, FL. Select repertoire:
Lena - Ward-Bergeman 
Hey Good Lookin' - Williams 
Under the Boardwalk - Young/Resnick
Strange Loop Improvisations

GIG #8 - Virgen Coromoto

GIG 8 @ the wedding ceremony of Miguel Angel Serrano Jacono and Liseth Yereli Laguado Iturrate, Caracas, Venezuela with vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire: 
Bridal Chorus - Wagner
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod

GIG #7 - Guitar God

GIG #7 @ Taima Pizzeria Cafe Concert, Caracas, Venezuela with Biella Da Costa and band. Select repertoire:
Candy from Strangers - Ward-Bergeman/Omar/Barrett
Mystery Train - Parker/Phillips
Think - Franklin/White
Little Wing - Hendrix
Band: Alvaro Falcón - guitar
Carlos "Nene" Quintero - percussion
Victor Mestas - keyboards
Miguel Antonio de Vincenzo - drums
Edwin Arellano - bass

GIG #6 - Blowing Up Balloons

GIG #6 @ Hospital Domingo Luciani, Caracas, Venezuela with vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
Trenzinho do Caipira - Villa Lobos
Venezuela - Herrero/Armentero
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Darling/Horton/Gabler

GIG #5 - A Dose of Venezuela

GIG #5 @ Hogar Abuelos Virgen de Coromoto, Caracas, Venezuela with vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
Federal - Ward-Bergeman
El viejo puente en La Pastora - Gerry Weil
Ingrid's journey towards opening up the house she grew up in to care for seniors began when her father became ill with Alzheimer's disease years ago.

GIG #4 - New Friends

GIG #4 @ Hogar Edad de Oro, Caracas, Venezuela with vocalist Yulene Velasquez. Select repertoire:
Y Tu Que Has Hecho? - Delfin
Flambee Montalbanaise - Viseur
Los Suenos - Piazzolla

GIG #3 - Pasta Shakers

GIG #3 @ Hogar Bambi, Caracas, Venezuela with vocalist Yulene Velásquez. Select repertoire:
Trenzinho do Caipira - Villa Lobos
Chamame Parisien - Barboza
Onde Estao os Tamborins - Caetano

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GIG #2 - One More Step

GIG #2 @ Santuario de Betania, Miranda, Venezuela with vocalist Yulene Velásquez. Select repertoire:
One More Step - Carter
Soy Yo - Piero
Yawheh, the Faithful One - Schutte
Nostalgia - Petit

GIG #1 - Welled Up

GIG #1 @ Corpus Christi Church, La Urbina, Caracas, Venezuela with vocalist Yulene Velásquez. Select repertoire:
Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod
Esta Bella Noche - Galián
Precious Lord - Dorsey/Allen
Venezuela - Herrero/Armentero

"Warm Up" GIG

MJWB performing Candy from Strangers on a "warm up" gig for GIG 365 at Hog Heaven Bar & Grill in Caracas, Venezuela, December 30, 2010.
Featuring the Biella da Costa band:
Alvaro Falcón - guitar
Carlos "Nene" Quintero - percussion
Victor Mestas - keyboards
Carlos Sanoja - bass
Miguel Antonio de Vincenzo - drums