From The Artist's Eyes

From The Artist's Eyes

Saturday, May 12th, 2007, Cleveland Ohio
Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.
"Great Art Needs A Great Audience..." Walt Whitman
Overall Show Rating: 7/10
Hosts: (10/10) Tim and Susan are angels of now, so kind. We had a beautiful bedroom with light pouring in, lots of snacks, our own lovely pink bathroom. They brought their friends to the show and celebrated with us. Thank you Tim and Susan, for helping us remember the balance, X=h/m.

Venue: (10/10) Cafe Limbo
The venue is a homey house with tables. The food is so good, my Soul Form kept thanking me all night. The staff was generous and they gave the dharma dog water and let him run in their back yard. They paid us and fed us and helped us start our cleveland family, thank you Cafe Limbo and thank you to The Troubadors who co-oped with us and arranged that we perform there.

Promotions: (6/10) Posters were up. Some phone calls were made. The hosts and the cafe brought in new friends to hear the melodies on now. Still, we failed to do a press release or get on the radio so the promotions were lacking.

Opener: no opener.

Sound: (10/10) The sound was great for me. We used our system and Baba set it all up perfectly, the way he always does.

Stage: (10/10) There is no stage, just a warm corner by the window that looks out on an old porch, a tree and a grassy yard.

Audience: (8/10) The audience was sweet, mostly they had never heard us before and they were just getting used to our Lizzie and Baba ways. Still, they answered Now when I asked the essential question. The good news is... I gathered some Tears Of Re*membering for The Magical Tumbleweed by the end and so, I'll be able to make my Tonic quota this week. Thank you. Two beautiful women drove from Pittsburgh to see the show. There was a group of crowing women in the back though and they talked through the show which I found very distracting and this brought the audience average doooown. Argh. Isn't that a shame! The truth is, though, it's not entirely fair to ask people who have come to eat dinner, not to talk. I think Baba and I don't belong in a restaraunt for that reason.

My performance: (7/10) Like I said, I gathered the tears despite the chatter. The crowing crowd brought me down a little though, I must confess. I did catch my wind by the end, after they left. I gave an encore of Dusty Turnaround to a group who arrived late and asked to have a song. It felt good to dance like that and the lifting of glasses and toasting to saving the bees somehow, that made the night turn out right.

Baba: (9/10) Baba didn't let the chatter get to him as much as I did. He danced and sang and played with me through the stars and all the way home with Thank You.

Set List Highlights: Monkey Back Blues, Dusty Turnaround, Of Course My Love, This Land Is Our Land, 19 Miles To Baghdad, Be Where Your Feet Are, Thank You, Louise,

From The Artists Eyes

Friday, May 11th, 2007
From The Artist's Eyes

Sunday, April 29, 2007
Sharing The Road: reviewing the experience from the artist's eyes.
"Great Art Needs A Great Audience..." Walt Whitman
Overall Show Rating: 8/10
Hosts: (10/10) Mike and Liz are angels of now. They have grown our family here in D.C. and gave us their lovely bedroom. Generosity in their hearts and devotion to the music makes them friends, family, and essential to the holy road tours vision. howlelujah to 'em. Thank you Michael, Liz and Bamboo too.

Venue: (10/10) Sangha
We just love Sangha and Jennifer. Everything I wrote last time remains and more. WE had double the crowd that we had last time and we'll be back in september for our D.C. cd/book release party.

Promotions: (5/10) Michael and Liz went beyond the call of duty and did a great job inviting their friends and putting the word out on line. Our posters were great and hung around town but there was no press, radio, or advertising, and i did not get the sense that news of the show was everywhere.

Opener: no opener.

Sound: (10/10) The sound was great for me. We used our system and Baba set it all up perfectly, the way he always does.

Stage: (10/10) The stage at Sangha feels like our living room and we love it. The only thing missing is a piano and maybe some whisky :-)

Audience: (8/10) The audience was kind, loving, quiet and tame. I love D.C. and feel that we are growing a wonderful family here. They were not a singing audience though, for the most part. Some of them sang but quietly, gently, shyly, to themselves. I'm reallly excited to grow this home and bring the full cabaret to Sangha in September.

My performance: (7/10)I didn't ask them to howl and kept the What time is it question to a minimum. I think I just felt like joining the audience in their shy, mellow and quiet mood. I didn't stand 'till the third to last song with Louise and Be Where Your Feet Are.

Baba: (8/10) Baba is perfect and he always plays like an angel and carries my flight but his keyboard was acting up and it was hindering his performance.

Set List Highlights: Of Course My Love, This Land Is Our Land, 19 Miles To Baghdad, Be Where Your Feet Are, Thank You, Louise, Tin Drum