Hi all,
Pan asked over in "The Girl I Love" thread for some details on this performance, so I will add as much as I can remember. First, it was such a treat to play with Frank and Kim, to second such a fine guitarist and singer and back Kim's great fiddling and singing. The material they were doing was terrific and in most instances not songs I already play, which made it all the more fun. Frank had suggested about a week prior to the gig that we work out Lottie Kimbrough's "Red River Blues", so when we got together that was one of the first things we did. At the show, we opened with "Stop and Listen", with Frank playing in Dropped D and me playing in D standard, kind of an interesting set-up. Then we did "Red River Blues". We also did the Sheiks' "Jailbird's Love Song", with both of us playing it in F. Ma Rainey's "Jealous Hearted Blues" had Frank playing low-tuned out of D and me playing out of B in standard tuning. "I'm Wild About My Daddy" from the Little Brothers CD and Ma Rainey was sung so sweetly by Kim. We also did "Mama's Angel Child" to close the set. We did a Sheiks instrumental that I'm unable to remember the title of. Kim sang "Bumble Bee" with Frank low-tuned in G and me playing in E position, standard tuning. I feel sure I'm forgetting some of the songs we did, but maybe Frank can fill in the rest of the set.
It was my first opportunity to check out the current NYC/Brooklyn Country Blues scene and it was a lot of fun. The most fun for me though, was hanging out and playing with such ace musicians and great people and enjoying the great extent to which things were just being winged. I look forward to my next opportunity to do it again.
All best,
Johnm
