Jam – 2011-10-12 – Carroll’s

It felt good to get back to a night with virtually no guests, only Scott Bayer intruded on our cocoon for a few minutes. We decided to use the date of October 12 to play a real show, so we selected the 1981 show from Olympia Halle, Munich, GE as our template.

It was along show and a lot to tackle. We almost accomplished the entire setlist but we missed out on the last two songs. It was a pretty good run nevertheless. Our first set rendition felt really good and solid. There were some challenging selections including a bunch of cowboy songs, but they went well. Short of that, the set was filled with lots of standards from 1981 which provided a great sense of familiarity leading to some confident playing. Completing the 12-song first set with such aplomb was quite satisfying.

I think we lost a bit of our stride in the second set as some things fell apart. I total destroyed the Around and Around in the middle of the song by forgetting where I was. OK, my new iPhone 4S arrive and I have no time to post. I look forward to the MP3s.

http://www.deadstein.com/audio/10-12-11/