Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Last night, my friend Glen and I, moseyed off to Joe's Bar and Grill in Burbank for a big night out. It was great fun. I've missed the other Ronnie Mack Barn Dance's (when they were on around the corner from my house of course) but I was home (not travelling) and Rick Shea and I See Hawks In LA (and a bunch of others too) we on within 10 miles of my house. So off we went....
First Joe's is a great bar. It's spacey, friendly, with the usual accouterments like dart boards and pool tables. But also a great little stage, large dance floor (with mirrors so you can line dance and see the rest of the people) and a decent drink selection (they had Stella and Guinness so not so bad). The whole deal was in celebration of Rick's new CD - which is well worth a listen. He's a great guitar player, songwriter and performer. We got there just in time to chat to Rick before he joined the Hawks for their set - I'd met him before in Hawaii through my friend Kevan. I mentioned that I'm struggling with my pedal steel - and Rick let me into his secret....practice, practice, practice. Turns out he played steel in a country band in his early 20's - 6 days a week, 6 hours a day. A little bit more than I work on it.
Anyway to the music. I See Hawks were great as usual. Terrific version of Humboldt - what a great song. And with Rick filling out their sound they stretched out a bit. It wasn't a long set but they continue to impress and I think they are the best 'new' country band in California by a long way (they're up there nationally too). Rick came out next - with both an acoustic and electric set highlighting his new excellent CD and ending with with a barnstorming version of Long Black Veil - joined by Paul Laques (from the hawks) on 2nd guitar. Great stuff. And did I mention it was free! Unbelievable. Who knew you could have so much fun in the Valley on a Monday night. We left around 11:30 but the party was scheduled to go on until 2AM.
Thanks to Ronnie for putting this on too. And here's to many more of them.
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