K&W in Laguna Beach -- Saturday, 07May2016

The fiddle kid that blocked me two weeks ago was back, but Warren was there earlier and negotiated him giving way when The Guy With The Top Hat showed up. And he did.

This time he was playing an electric violin through a little amp. A sign in his tip-collecting case said "Graduate School". He must have some amazing hidden chops, 'cuz down here he plays just simple melodies: "Titanic", "The Wedding March", and Christmas tunes (?!?), "Silent Night", "Away in a Manger", "Joy to the World", etc.

Anyway, we had some pretty big groups early on, but not so much as the evening progressed. One of my kids' friends came by with his mom, just out for (pre) Mother's Day. Mom immediately asked for "American Pie", without even looking at the List, and they stayed for 3 or 4 more songs.

Our old "Lagunatic" friend Silly Patty came by after a long recuperating absence. She always asks for an eclectic selection of songs, and then chats up Warren while I'm playing them. Great to have around anyway.

A sweet local lady who's apparently a big fan came by again, with her two little boys. She didn't seem to mind/notice when one of them zoomed across the crosswalk on his little bike -- but the "Walk" signal was on, so I had to assume that she knew that he knew what he was doing. (And I had to remember that Laguna people have a different standard of parenting than the rest of us -- as further evidenced by the 17-year-old, twirl-dancing, self-proclaimed "Canyon Girl" that came by later on).

That was, until he zoomed out again when the Walk signal was *not* on and made an incoming car screech to a halt to not hit him. That finally got her attention off of the iPhone videos she was taking and on to keeping her kids alive. It would have been a pretty sad Mother's Day spent at the hospital...

Anyway, we had some nice groups form, but it wasn't a very lively night. And although I was hoping to rope in some passing-by bar-hoppers in the late evening, it just wasn't happening -- though it *almost* worked with "I Will Survive" and "Purple Rain". And the quiet gave me a chance to play through a few new songs: "When Doves Cry" (which segues into the aforementioned "Purple Rain"), "Ain't No Sunshine", "I Think We're Alone Now", and "Nights in White Satin".