Videos

[jwgh]

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I might be able to get videos of some of my performances at the Empire Revue. Last night Pete Ricci, who tapes the shows, gave me a CD with the videos, and I've now uploaded them to YouTube. Enjoy!

I'm a Guy:

Keith had asked me if I'd be interested in having the Superchief Trio back me up on a song during the Revue, and I had been thinking about asking them to back me up on this song for a while, so it worked out great!

Avocados and Beer:

My accordion song, originally written for saucypunk. Contains numerous mistakes, but oh well!

"Pumpkin, Mrs. Farnsworth":

Lyrics by mckcb. The Superchief Trio does a nifty job accompanying me. I make an egregious technical error but it doesn't matter too much.

Both this video and the next were from the February show.

The Ballad of the Eire Canal:

Lyrics by Ranjit Bhatnagar, melody by swt. I was deathly afraid that people weren't going to get the joke, so I explained it extensively in the introduction, which is the best way to tell a joke. I skipped the third verse (which describes the completion of the canal) and screwed up the fourth verse, but people enjoyed it anyway. (At the time I could feel my voice start to go, but now that I see the video it's not as evident as I feared.)

Comments

Re: Bravo, Bravo!

[jwgh]

Thanks! I guess I can take this opportunity to shamelessly plug the May 2 show with Jon Campbell and the Superchief trio. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos!

Jwgh and Kibology and trombone, oh my

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks for sharing those.

Re: Jwgh and Kibology and trombone, oh my

[jwgh]

I'm glad you enjoyed them!

[majorzed.livejournal.com]

Yaay! [whistling and stomping of feet] Today I decided to get drunk and watch these videos - a great decision. The true spirit of IBC craziness. Especially liked Pumpkin Mrs. Farnsworth, but they were all tremendously enjoyable. I can imagine Gordon Lightfoot covering Eire Canal. (Aside: Wikipedia confirms your pronunciation and also mentions the common misspelling. Now if only someone could slip in a mention of the song....)