Zoo Bar jam 1-8-09 Big Boy Little band

Zoo Bar
3000 Connecticut Ave
Washington, DC

As Bret would say, Thursday was "another night of fine, fine music at the Zoo Bar".

After stopping by Hobo Manor*** for a chill, I ordered the beef brisket sandwich (which I think is my new favorite). Oh, the quality of music later in the night almost made me forget the first set that would never end. Bret started "Don't Start Me To Talkin'" in A instead of G. Right at the onset of "It's My Life, Baby", which is my fav song to play, my amp stopped making noise. No pop. No squeal. No smoke. Just stopped. So, I plugged into (Joaquin's?) Pro Junior that was up there and the reverb wouldn't turn off. Then, at the end of the set, I plugged into my Harmony again and everything worked fine.

Anyway.

Doug Jay and El Torro Gamble came out for a rare appearance and Steve and I were lucky enough to get to play a set with them. Doug is universally recognized as one of the finest harp players to come out of the area. Then, they torridly (get it?) left together.

Alan said his arm might be good enough to play next week after being out of commission for weeks, so that's good news.

And we wrapped up the night with (another) "It's My Life, Baby", so I got my fix.

Next: IA at Frisco's in Columbia

***Hobo Manor deserves a shout out here. It's where JJ, Doug, and Alex live in Takoma Park. If these guys weren't as cool as they are, I would never be able to do this like I do (well, it would certainly be a hell of a lot harder (Zach: "That's what she said.")). It's in-between gigs and Bmore in a lot of cases and these guys have gone out of there way to loan me a couch to crash on when I need it. But, why is it called Hobo Manor? I thought you'd never ask. So, we'd be there all day hanging out with Doug and someone would call and ask where we were and someone would say, "Oh, we're at JJ's" even though nobody had seen J all day. So, I was lucky enough to be able to neutrally dub the place "Hobo Manor" after the fire-barrel with the skull that's a fixture of the driveway.