Saturday, March 04, 2006

Preparing for tonight's gig

I arose at 6:00 a.m. this morning to get an early start on the morning. It's unusual for me to get up this early on a Saturday, but I have rehearsal at 10 a.m. with the band for tonight's gig. I've never met any of the members except Kat, who came over last Saturday to bring me a CD of the 42 songs we're going to perform. I spent about 15 hours this week making charts for the songs, 5 of which are her originals. The rest are country "outlaw" standards:

SET LIST 1
I'LL BREAK BEFORE I BEND - A
TUSLA TIME - B
COCAINE BLUES - G
SET YOU FREE - C
ALCOHOL - F
KILLIN' TIME - C
THINK I'LL JUST STAY HERE AND DRINK - F#
FOLSOM PRISON BLUES - D
JAMESTOWN FERRY - B
HERE'S A QUARTER = B
SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN - G
ROSE COLORED GLASSES - B
MAMMA TRIED - A
ROLL ON - Bb
SET LIST 2
GOOD TIME B
ARE YOU SURE HANK DONE IT THIS WAY - G
LOUISIANA SAT. NIGHT - G
9 TO 5 - F
DRIVIN MY LIFE AWAY - G
STAND UP - D
MAMMA, HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN- E
ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY - D
THE LAST ONE TO KNOW - C
NO GETTING OVER YOU A
STRANDED - A (original)
DRUNK & UGLY - B (original)
I CAN TELL YOU WHERE TO GO - B (original)
WITHOUT A WORD - Bb (original)
LEAVING YOU - B (original)
SET LIST 3
ALL JACKED UP - F#
YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM - Bb
RING OF FIRE - G
KING OF THE ROAD - F#
HELP ME MAKE IT THRU THE NIGHT - A
I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE - F
SWEET HOME ALABAMA - E
DELTA DAWN - C
ME & BOBBY MCGEE - G
BAD MOON RISING - Eb
NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN - G
THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER - B

See how a lot of them are in weird keys? That's one reason I needed to chart them and practice them separately.

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