Yet Another Gig ...

The CM's had a short gig at the Woodstock Farmer's Market in SE Portland today. Steve Cooper, a Real Musician™ asked us to sit in for a few numbers during his gig at the outdoor market. He and a bass player, Bill, were doing a couple hours, but Cooper is a kind man and made room for us–literally–in the little kiosk next to the people making carrot juice ...

I had planned to play standing, so I brought the ukulele instead of the guitar, which has no strap, nor provision for one, so I can't play the guitar unless I'm seated. Turned out there was a chair for me anyhow, but there you go.

We had six tunes more or less ready, and since it was kid's day and a lot of activities were set up for children, we selected some goofy and kid-friendly songs.

1.  Sloop John B
2. Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) 
3. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
4. Puff the Magic Dragon
5. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?
6. Portland is My Home Town.

We did a respectable job, though I had been expecting that Cooper would lead and we'd back him, he was worried about his electric guitar overriding us, so he just strummed an uke and let us play until the last number, one of his originals.

One funny: I was checking the list of things for kids to do, here, when I came across one called "Cornhole," under the auspices of one "O'Tingley Cornhole."

Well, what kind of gig have you gotten us here, Mr. Cooper? 

My immediate reaction was to send it to Jay Leno's headlines; turns out it wasn't what my mind-in-the-gutter thought, but  a game like horseshoes, using wooden boxes and tossed bags of corn.

Something of a letdown, that ...

Um. Anyhow, we survived another outing. Getting to be old hat. After all, I can now say, "Yeah, I played at Woodstock ..." Where do you go from there?