I’m trying to recall how long it’s been since I’ve managed to play a regular date each week at the same venue…. it was about ten years ago at a Manayunk-area cafe that has since gone through at least three different owners. Since I’ve avoided the lounge-band gigs (on the last one in the dim past I had to turn down and ‘not play so many notes’) regular gigs at one place are just not there.

The Crossroads is an exception — apparently they feature one artist at every Sunday brunch throughout the entire month. Some advantages abound: both you and the venue can build a following/reputation, listeners can see/hear me perform more than once in a month, I can bring in new material/ideas each week (though I don’t have that much new stuff, I will stretch the musical limits of what I do).

I am planning on recording the dates as well, utilizing my newly-acquired Tascam DR-1 for a ‘Live at Crossroads’ release (?) — we’ll see how that turns out. I am glad to have the opportunity to play locally and fulfill what has been an ongoing wish for many Philadelphia-area folks to hear me in an easy-to-get-to intimate setting. I will be putting the Lowden through the paces for these dates and pushing the musicality a bit further each week.

It’s time to get the day underway. Hope you have a great one.