A few photos of my first open-mic experience, at a delightful little Irish pub in Houston called McGonigel's Mucky Duck. It has been honored as one of the top 20 venues for acoustic music in the United States. The first photo is one of me doing a duet with a gentleman by the name of Craig Harrel, an incredible autoharpist whom it is my pleasure to get to see every Monday night at the open-mic nights. He also won first place in the International AutoHarp Competition at the Walnut Valley Festival this year. That autoharp he's playing is one of the prizes he won in that competition. We're doing "Berkeley Woman" by John Denver:



The next two are just of me, performing "And I Love You So" (I always thought it was composed by Don McLean until I searched the web for the music, found out Perry Como wrote it, but I still like it and it is just one of those songs that FEELS GREAT to play) and "Temptation" by Tom Waitts--sorry, guys and gals, there's a reason I call myself "Dugly" .





All in all it was a pretty enjoyable experience, think I'll do it again soon..... . Hopefully, next time I'll be able to play the Breedlove and we can capture it on video. We would have had it this time had I not purchased the wrong SD memory card for the camera, but now I know what we need to do for next time so I can get the right one. Sure would like to be able to post sound clips of the Breedlove, it's got a great tone (sorta wish I had been able to afford a pickup in it when I had it made, but they can mike it fairly well at the Mucky Duck--it just seems that instruments have much more clearly defined tone when they are plugged into the PA system, like my Takamine 2005 Limited Edition I'm playing here).

Dugly

Michael Tognetti wrote:

I used to be a "long hair" when I worked for the Air Force in Europe...

My daughter cried when I cut it off.

I use to have long hair, too....before it all fell out . Now, whenever I go a bit too long between haircuts, I get this incredible "Bozo the Clown" look.....

Dugly