Thoughts On The 3/15 1 Uppers Performance
On Thursday March 15 the 1 Uppers kicked off our “Third Thursday Twang Royale” at the Royale Room in Columbia City. This will be a recurring monthly event in which we will host a night of great country music with special guests joining us for the middle set. For this first occurrence our special guests were Liam Fitzgerald, Johnny 7, and Susan McIntire; all are familiar musicians in the local country / rockabilly scene. We went with the theme of “A Salute To George Jones” for these cover songs, which gave us a wealth of music from which to select.
Set list for 3/15:
SET 1 Punch It In Maybe Probably Ophelia It’s Late, I’m Tired All Over Semi-Truck Costa Brava Halfway Home Cadillac Truck Your New Friends Motel Time Bottle, Bottle The Rest 3 Picks Said I Would Nothing Can Stop Me How Soon Is Now? |
SET 2 Relief Is Just A Swallow Away Tall Tall Trees Just A Little Boy Blue Mister Fool Golden Ring ‘Til I Get It Right Rootbeer Why Baby Why Ragged But Right Race Is On What Am I Worth White Lightnin’ Just One More |
SET 3 Lookin’ At The World Thru A Windshield Silver Drawer Just Destroyed The World 1 Uppers Stomp The Path Not Taken There Stands The Glass What Made Milwaukee Famous Waymore’s Blues Sunday Morning Buck’s Polka Fall Back Let Her Go Always Seem To Get Things Wrong Luxury Liner |
I played the doubleneck Gretsch for the entire first set, then switched to the Danelectro baritone for the rest of the night. That doubleneck guitar is seriously heavy but a lot of fun to play. I think I prefer the tone of the Danelectro, and it is a lot more comfortable to wear onstage as it probably weighs about 30% as the Gretsch. Because the Royale Room has an all-ages policy, there were a lot of young people in the audience. Several of them told me how much they liked the crazy silver doubleneck guitar. Always good to have the younger scene give you the official seal of approval 🙂 Oddly, I still cannot find a case for that guitar, despite searching online and asking people on the Gretsch forums. It’s good to have a quest I suppose… We had a great time with this first event and look forward to the next one!