(Me plundering Gabe's sunglass collection and lookin' fiiiiiiine!)
Short drive to Johnson City, TN and then to the venue – The Acoustic Coffeehouse. From the name, Gabriel and I had been picturing a very different sorta joint – it turned out to be a combination bar/café/coffee-shop/hangout on a dusty street, with a super-eclectic mix of folks hanging out reading, drinking, talking and generally having a good time. After saying our hellos and buying a Dr. Enuf (the local soda, since 1949), we went off to meet Ari, our CouchSurfing host for the evening and a medical student at East Tennessee State. We hung around for a bit at his place and shot the breeze, practiced a little and then headed off to the gig.
(Ari's house)
The first act of the evening was Don and Karen McNatt, a husband-and-wife duo from Nashville. We grabbed some food and a beer and sat down to watch. They were very good, and it was sort of fascinating to see professional Nashville folks at work - they worked the crowd brilliantly, and were very well received by the audience, young and old, and seemingly from all walks of life.
We took the stage next and enjoyed ourselves very much. During my set, an older fellow wandered in from the laundromat next door and watched most of the performance, clapping and cheering loudly. Made me feel real good.
(We dun forgot to record MP3s... but won't fergit again!)
After our sets, we joined up with Ari and his roommate, Norman, who had very kindly come to see the show in spite of their having a major psychiatry exam the following morning. We went to a quiet part of the Coffeehouse and hung around for an hour or two, having a great time for ourselves, talking about this and that and nothing in particular. Turned out they knew the Two Man Gentlemen Band, who had performed a couple weeks before. Small little world.
Then we went back to the house and went to sleep.
(The dusty streets of Johnson City)
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