13th Feb 2007
Rock ‘n’ Roll Karaoke Last Night
Last night two college buddies were in town, and we made good on our promise to sing at Arlene’s Grocery Rock ‘n’ Roll Karaoke. Seen here is one of two clips of my buddy (who prefers to remain unnamed on the Internet, so we’re calling him Ballamac) nailing The Doors’ “Roadhouse Blues.”
Here are the links to Part I and Part II.
Actually, his first choice song choice was “Brown-eyed Girl” by Van Morrison, but when he was invited on stage, the MC told him, “I’ve got some bad news for you: we’re not doing ‘Brown-eyed Girl.” We’re not sure if that was because it would have killed the Rock ‘n’ Roll mood of the first hard-rocking eight or so songs, or because the fill-in musicians for the regular house band didn’t know it; the MC didn’t elaborate. On the spot, Ballamac chose “Roadhouse Blues” — the MC was skeptical — and he hit it out of the park. That may not come through in this crappy recording, but the audience was totally with him, he was right on the tune and sold it with gusto.
I sang, too: “Creep” by Radiohead, as promised. I was told I nailed it, too, but unfortunately Ballamac didn’t quite know how to run the camera and it got switched off video, but he did catch a couple crazy-looking snapshots:
No tags for this post
Leave a Reply