Last night was cool. Played a few sets out by the lyric theater where the Black Crowes were doing their thing. All the drunk, ole miss, hippie types and blondes came and danced all wacko. Pete “baby hands” Maness said that it was different and Read More …
Author: Jesse Selengut
Horseshoe Lake (pre gig)
Stefan taking a little snooze. It’s the South. Slow down.
Arrival in Memphis
A quick little post when I can to say that we’ve had a terrific month of living. When I’m really in the flow I tend to not be terribly writerly and reflective. No downtime, you know. But here we are on tour in Memphis and Read More …
Louis Armstrong House
A small glimpse of a wonderful experience. The staff and the audience treated us so well. If our lives revolved around performing at receptive, enthusiastic, encouraging venues with audiences to match, it would be a paradise for us. May our future contain more and more Read More …
Pete’s Candy Store – Week #7
Alright … Week Seven. I often think about promotions and how it actually works. At first I started posting listings on facebook about the Pete’s gigs and I don’t think it made any difference. Our first show was ok attenended. Luckily its a pretty small Read More …
Pete’s Candy Store – Week #6
I know. Better late than never. Here’s the clip from our 6th installment at Pete’s Candy Store. The theme for the night was to feature good friend and fellow member of the Cangelosi Cards back in the day, Miguel Wiseman on harmonicas. This tune, sadly, Read More …
Happy Birthday etc…
Been having that problem again where I’d rather be living my life than writing about it. As such, I’ve fallen a bit behind in the blogging. So much has happened. I haven’t even posted last week’s Pete’s Candy Store show and here it is Monday Read More …
Pete’s Candy Store – Week #5
Some things work and some things don’t. Let’s get to the stuff that didn’t work first. The Recording was kind of a disaster this week. I must have set it up improperly cause almost every song clipped out in a real ugly way. The song Read More …
Pete’s Candy Store – Week #4
Another splendid and different week at Pete’s Candy Store. Each one is just jammed packed with lessons as performers. Here’s the inside scoop of some major points. 1) Microphone placement is hard! We tried to put Stefan in the back so he wouldn’t peak out Read More …
Pete’s Candy Store – Week #3
The energy is building over at Pete’s Candy Store. Every week gets a little richer. The crowds keep getting larger and more enthusiastic. This time around they wouldn’t let us leave the stage before an encore. Our theme this week was Tin Pan Originals so Read More …