I didn't have any gigs this weekend, nor next, so I thought I'd get a music fix by inviting myself over to my brother's house to have a long-intended Music Night, just sitting around the living room. The original idea was to have a chance to play some of the more obscure songs that I don't play at Real Gigs, but that I know, and know that he knows.
He liked the idea and accepted my self-invite, but it also seemed like it wouldn't hurt to have some friends listening in, so I suggested that he and Keri invite some other folks over, and they found two other couples that were available for "dinner and a show" on short notice.
So it turned into a "Comer Brothers" night -- my brother showing off his cooking, and me showing off my playing. The "concert" setting kind of killed the "Not just the greatest hits" idea, but not entirely, 'cuz it was prime for constant dialog with everybody picking their favorites, and I threw in a few that they wouldn't'a picked, but that I wanted them to hear.
I did have a bit of trouble, snapping the same tuning button as last time, and this time it wasn't nearly in tune when it happened. Fortunately, being at someone's house, a pair of vice-grips was available, as seen in the video capture above. I've since abandoned the new tuners entirely and put the good old, buttery smooth, ones back on. Shouldn't be any more problems.
So other than that, it was really fun, even with a "crowd" of only 6 people. Heck, that's 6 more than I get a lot of the time. Let's do it again! Monthly!
And we can do an "obscure oldies" night sometime, also!
