Live Music is Best

Here you go, George--another good pic of Stephanie from the Junction in Port Angeles at our Sunday night open mike/jam. See the sidebar. And, that's Johnny, of the local band the Lonely H, Miles and Mick in order from left to right in the pic below.

You never know where you'll find good live music beyond the Olympic Peninsula, maybe a street corner in New Orleans, the Open Air Market in Sequim, a rooftop in Port Angeles or a Mexican restaurant in the U-District: Agua Verde as on Monday's trip to Seattle returning Miles to school. There was a duo there (no cover) playing Mexican and Venezuelan songs with guitar, fiddle, drum and Irish harp (not all at the same time, of course.) And they could sing well. Later that night, Mick and I stopped at Connor Byrne's for the weekly Bluegrass jam. Much different than Dave's Tuesday jam at the Fairmont in Port Angeles. No mikes, no amps, and every sat in a circle facing eachother rather than the audience who could barely hear them. And yet, there was lots of clapping at the end of each song from the noisy but interested crowd. I've heard about these bluegrass purists that eschew any kind of amplification. Next time I might talk to them and try to bring them along into the 21st century--they'll probably really appreciate that. Haha...

We're scheduled to play Michael's Divine Dining on March 17th after the Ajax on March 10th. The food is great at both places.

Music Resumes at the Junction

Winter continues on the Olympic Peninsula and only a few patches of blue sky appear over Port Angeles these days, but Rollin' Waters pulls lots of dates this week. Starting with an energetic crowd and lots of "pickers" at the Junction Sunday night (have to stop using that word--we're in the Northwest, for crying out loud!) we travel fifty miles to Port Hadlock for Valentine's Day at the Ajax Cafe. Oh yes, we have some romantic songs for that night.

More pictures are coming soon--promise!

And, since travel seems to be the thing to do during the dark days of winter, here's a new restaurant to visit on the next trip to Seattle-Steelhead Diner-located by the Pike Place Market. Hmmm...gumbo or fish and chips....the chef and owner promises never to serve steelhead.

Wednesday, February 14, Rolling Waters at the Ajax Cafe

Guitar & vocals, Sweet & sultry folk

(from the Ajax Entertainment Calendar)

Rollin' Waters Plays Michael's Divine Dining This Weekend

There are three kinds of people in the world...those who are good at Math and those who aren't.

No, that isn't a "Rollin' Waters" march down Lincoln Street in Port Angeles promoting our next cd release. Rather, it's a pic from a march of several weeks ago in support of the local school levy, and I wasn't the only local musician pounding the pavement that Saturday morning.

This Saturday we're at Michael's Divine Dining starting at 7:30 PM, for a few sets and featuring some new songs--at least new for Rollin' Waters. Later this week we could have a chance to rehearse with Tom and Todd for upcoming full band gigs on the Olympic Peninsula. Just might have to restring and electric guitar and fire up a vintage Fender amp for that opportunity.

The little Zoom H4 continues to record with pretty good results. Here is a live medley of two of our popular songs: I Know You Rider/Big Yellow Taxi

You can hear Ari on slide guitar, Paul on hand percussion and Bill on background vocals. Nice job, everybody! Hope they all turn out on Sunday when we return after being preempted by the the Super Bowl party at the Junction.