Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.

"GREAT ART NEEDS A GREAT AUDIENCE" - Whitman

Overall Show Rating: 10/10
Hosts: (12/10) Our new family in louisville remind us to remember to remind. They host, care, guide, sing, gather, rap it, bring it, sing it. Everything from the apartment to the food to the walks to the tumble is taken care of by The Sirens who sound the alarm.

Venue: The Hideaway, Louisville, KY
The sound check was a great scene. It felt like the show had already started. The place was packed with energy. The Sirens brought special mike stands and made sure to be there with us, setting up sound and untangling chords. The Blue Umbrellas let us do our thing 'till we got a decent mix. The bartender was an angel and she set the energy from the start. Upstairs, the hideaway is just what the name makes it seem. It's a dive bar treasure with enough vibe to make up for no dressing room and lacking monitors. I can't wait to come back there. I suppose that's means the venue is a star of bars.

Promotions: Posters were hanging all around Louisville and were uop at the club. The show was promooted on the radio a bunch.

Opener: The Blue Umbrellas were power girl accoustic pop. They brought a great crowd and they got the house all warmed up for us.

Sound: Like I said, it wasn't the sound that made it a 10 show, but we were able to make it work and we, us and the audience had a mutual revival.

Stage: The stage was is a nice size for two of us. I had plenty of room to move.
Our friends Angie and Kato joined us on mandolin and bass and we could all enjoy plenty of space. No piano.

Audience: (9/10) Local Louisville designer, Nina Rosenberg made me a costume before she met me and it couldn't have been a better fit. She was there at the show and she brought me the first patch for the Mythic Quilt Of Man. Heather, Kri. Nick, Trevor, Janet, Angie, Amy, Renee, and all our new friends made the night perfect. The show was an hour and a half or so. The room was full of evolutionaries fulfilling their promise to get the fire lit and make it roar no matter what. They howled, answered "NOW" and sang along with the songs. The back of the bar was too loud. In any other show, they could have brought the overall rating down to below a five but because of the wealth of heart in the front of the room, they only devalued the experionce slightly. By the middle of the show, I made sure the back of the room had a chance to sing, by themselves, for the rest of the crowd. That was fun. From the first "reaching for light" we all joined together. The Tonic was passed around the room and by the end of the show half the kicking crowd was on stage with us. We all sang together on Starfish Lullaby and "Get Up Stand Up." The Sirens spoke it as a layer on top of the music and The Troubadors Of Divine Bliss gave all their dream power to make sure they helped us all remember. It was a night I'll always keepo close to my heart.

My performance: (9/10) I'm getting tired 'cause it'slate night after the gig, so I'll just say that I was a match and half the crowd were matches too. The fire lit, fast, from the moment I opened my mouth. There were no demons and there was no wrestling match. I was out of the way and the spirit came through, shared the tonic, made sure everyone got some, and the revival was real. Howlelujah the time is now. Thank yoou Louisville.

Baba: 10/10 AS usual, he was my rock and the audience celebrated him the whole time. His Louis Rag was especially courageous.

Set List Highlights: Chariots Rise, Reaching For Light, Starfish Lullaby, Look What They Done To My World! Louise, Rope Me In and Smoke me