Thursday 20 January 2011

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

Wednesday 19 January 2011

GIG #18 - Lite-Brite


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

Tuesday 18 January 2011

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

Monday 17 January 2011

GIG #16 - Wheelchair Willy and Krip


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

Sunday 16 January 2011

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

Saturday 15 January 2011

GIG #14 - Wet Camera


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

Friday 14 January 2011

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

Thursday 13 January 2011

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

Wednesday 12 January 2011

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

Tuesday 11 January 2011

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.

Monday 10 January 2011

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

Sunday 9 January 2011

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

Saturday 8 January 2011

GIG #7 - Guitar God


GIG #7 @ Taima Pizzeria Cafe Concert, Caracas, Venezuela with Biella Da Costa and band. Select repertoire:
Candy from Stranger
s - 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

Thursday 6 January 2011

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

Wednesday 5 January 2011

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
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Tuesday 4 January 2011

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

Monday 3 January 2011

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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Sunday 2 January 2011

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

Saturday 1 January 2011

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

Friday 31 December 2010

"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