Being in a busy function band such as Flipside, we play in such a wide variety of interesting places. Sometimes, of course, it\u2019s just a rectangular hotel ballroom, but here in New England we have a wide range of historic mansions, cool old hotels and art spaces. A few weeks ago, we played at the Hotel Viking in Newport- where Bob Dylan stayed when he went electric at the folk fest in 1965. How cool is that? I put on some dark Raybans and unleashed a rendition of \u201cIt\u2019s All Over Now Baby Blue\u201d in Bob\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n
This past weekend, we travelled to deepest, darkest Vermont- almost 4 hours away through covered bridges and surrounded by quaintness on all sides- to play at a very cool old barn in Waitstaff. \u00a0Check out http:\/\/www.theroundbarn.com\/<\/p>\n
We were there to play at the wedding of two lovely characters named Merritt and Lauren who hail from the Philadelphia region. In fact, being a Pennsylvania boy myself, I was was most surprised to learn that 90% of the guests came form within 20 minutes of the small farm town where I grew up. Truth be told, this was not my first time working in a barn. The barn was absolutely beautiful- such gorgeous old wood- and one could actually pull right in to unload equipment.<\/p>\n
I have been taking my little flip video camera along to document some of the interesting things we see. Of course, I have to play as well, so it\u2019s usually just propped up next to my amp, but I\u2019m glad I captured a little bit of how special this wedding turned out. It was a really nice opportunity to stretch out from the obvious repertoire that gets requested at a lot of weddings. The barn setting and time of year made things like everybody dancing to \u201cHarvest Moon\u201d by Neil Young extra special and I ended up playing a lot of acoustic guitar. I played the cocktail hour and was able to fit in some Hall & Oates in honor of my Pennsylvania homies. There were all so graciously responsive and sang along, clapped after songs, helped out on tamborine and had some great requests.<\/p>\n
It was also a fairly young crowd, so we got \u2018em hopping with songs by Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Usher as well as a mix of classic soul, Journey, Tom Petty and some 80\u2019s treats- there was some dust and debris rattling out of the hay loft for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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