small town drunk's debut

our drummer in big pants, brett, is currently up in the great white north of cold, cold canada. he's there to train people for his employer - the giant and scary corporate conglomerate called resortquest. this training is taking place in whistler. lucky bastard, eh?

while he's gone, we've been playing with a 19 year old CMC student who goes by the name "rasta phil." rasta phil likes reggae... and other trappings of the rastafarian lifestyle. this is just a guess. but if true, it doesn't seem to inhibit his drum playing too much, since he's pretty good.

anyway, last night we played the "friends of the yampa river" benefit at mahogany ridge. we did about an hour's worth of music, and we didn't suck too bad. but it was f*#king awesome because we were actually on a stage. at our regular gig at braun's, we're just down on the floor and people are dancing about 4 feet away from my microphone. but at mahogany, we got a stage. a stage!! sweet.

in order to honor brett's place in big pants, we decided to go by a different name. last night, we were "small town drunk featuring rasta phil." i stole it from a pretty good north dakota band. it's just for a week, so i don't see how they could mind. plus, they're broken up, and currently looking for their misplaced garden gnome.

we also did a couple of songs with another CMC employee - this skinny white girl who sounds like aretha franklin when she belts it out. just a phantastic voice. anyway, here's the setlist, if you're interested:

voodoo woman (with heather) - blues classic
women and wine (with heather) - martin sexton
handshake drugs - wilco
waiting for signs - an orginal by me
rodeo clowns - jack johnson
the golden age - beck
california stars - wilco
ball & biscuit - white stripes
hey julia - robert palmer & little feat
empire builder - mason jennings
ain't no sunshine (with heather) - bill withers
don't push - sublime