From The Artist's Eyes

Saturday, April 08, 2007
Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.
"Great Art Needs A Great Audience..." Walt Whitman
Overall Show Rating: 10/10
Hosts: (10/10) Peter produced this show. He worked and shined on the vision like a true sponsor, He did amazing promotion, got a beautiful venue, constantly brought us goddies like gourmet cheese and wine and cookies. We had water and a place for the dharma dog. DOG BLESS Peter for making Kansas City so perfect last night.

Venue: (10/10) The Westport Coffee House Theater
Great venue. Great sound system. Dharma Dog Friendly. Tom, the owner and sound man, was a real sweetie. I wish we had a place like this wherever we went. That said, it would be useful to have a bathroom near the dressing room.

Promotions: (10/10) Peter made stickers, fliers, posters and hung them all over Kansas City. He took adds in the paper and on the radio. Baba and I appeared on the community radio station live, Linda's show about Women's music, KKFI. We had a wonderful kind and loving crowd, (although smaller than Peter would have liked), it was perfect for us.

Opener: (10/10) No opener.

Sound: (10/10) The sound was great for me. I didn't get any comments besides from Peter who said it was a little too loud the first set and perfect in the second.

Stage: (10/10) The stage was so fitting. It was a nice black box theater and the front of the stage came out into the audience so I could us it as a dancing drum and get real close to the angels that I was sharing The Tonic with.

Audience: (10/10) The crowd was quiet at first, as got to know eachhother. There were
three beams of light shining from the first row and they allowed me to get the whole room lit. Ronnie sang along to all the songs and as I saw her lips moving, I felt the songs belonged to both of us. It is so much like a fire that we all gather together and agree to light. Truly. Baba and I brought the matches (courtesy of Queen Eternity) and those front seat Beings were the paper that so easily helped the fire loving fire manifest. Then there were sticks sitting further back, who shined from afar or came forward to serve the wood's burning. Baba and I and Mama and Eternity, blow through the room song after song after song, bringing the breeze to give thhanks to the trees for the kindling they made and the shelter they gave. Then we all turned to the wood and the wood became our warmth that we shared, a light that will last until next time we are together. The audience gave their line with joy when I asked, "What time is it?". Then they joined me in the proclomation of the evolution revolution of Now in "Look What They Done!" By the end of the first act, we were all singing "tie a yellow ribbon 'round the whole wide world". By the middle of the second act, we all took oour breathe together and sang for gratitude so we could get the key. Howlelujah to ya, the Time Has come to sit here in the sun, now we k*now the race had already been won!

My performance: (10/10) I talked to Mama all night long. The indian came and moved through me too and I wondered who we were calling this time. From the moment I lit the candle, I felt the warmth of Now and was able to perform for the Queen in my best form. She was happy indeed and proud to give the key to get back into my body for I re*membered to breathe and how to grow the magical tumblweed with all who could be free at that the wonderful cabaret, the re*membering school of Now. The Queen,as I left, told Mama to come, to give me the key and she set my being free, to lead my form today, in my continual re*search on how things seem to work on earth. Howlelujah to ya, the time is NOW and we have WON!!

Baba: 10/10 Baba's playing was on and as electric as any magic tumblweed I've ever seen. He was gentle on the ballads, read Kahlil Gibran like a prophet, blazed pasisonately through the cabaret songs and the ragtime explosions. He sang with me as if we were one perfect voice in harmony and saluted the crowd time after time. Queen Eternity made a point of saying how it would place among her favorite re*membrances up 'til Now. She gave Baba his Key and his individual bottle of Tonic and she gave me him a map to get back to The Tumblweed Cabaret tonight. We've planned to meet there and keep re*membering, until we are able to show the Queen we are ready to be free of fear in The Wonderful World Of Now forever. I love his soul, he led the Being Freeing, Happiness Happening. X=H/M

Set List Highlights: Starfish Lullaby, Run Why Do WE Run? Demons, Chariots Rise, Jenny, Mercy Me, Be Where Your Feet Are, Gently Bring Me Home, 19 Miles, Thank You