09.29.07
Cafe &, & Then Some!!
Well if you weren’t there on Thursday you missed a great show. The weather was absolutely beautiful, the coffee was grand and we had a small but wonderfully attentive crowd who apparently thought $10 was not too much to pay to see live music in KC 
All five of us were there on Thursday with each getting to show off their music “stuff”. Mason was having a bit of a day after a run in with a board and nail slightly punctured his cheek (he said it was something about trying to talk to John Kerry), spilling his fresh coffee (party foul) and breaking the brand new mic holder (he didn’t really break it, it was defective). However he came alive on stage and performed brilliantly along with the rest of the group (at least I think so, but then I’m a little on the biased side). Turlach was in rather good form with his dry wit and even though he thinks I’m normally too loud (haha), a big thanks from me to Mark Andruss for asking that I be turned up (so there!). Mike also sang beautifully and kept the group in good form as well as bringing two brand new mics for Turlach and Mason. And Dave was the hero of the night by not only delivering a flawless performance, but also by providing great sound (bad sound can be the death of a performance)!
We did some pieces that we have not yet done in front of an audience. One was Dave’s version of The Ploughboy and the Cockney which he came to by way of Tim Hart and Maddie Prior. The other piece was Brand New Song which was written by our host and proprietor, Mr. Eddie Delahunt! I was really pleased with our version of the piece and certainly hope that Eddie was too! The show ended with our version of a Dick Gaughan piece, World Turned Upside Down with the Greek tune, Karsilmas attached to the end.
A big thank you goes to Eddie for opening up his place, Cafe & (45th and State Line) to let us play! Another thank you goes to Bill O’Connor for having us on his show with KKFI 90.1 which supports local musicians like us! Thanks to Dan Regan and the KCIF blog for posting the show, thanks to Katherine (Turlach’s lovely wife and our official photographer) and Harold Scott (Jennifer Ireland Foundation) for helping with the door! And last, but not least a big thank you to the wonderful audience!
