The Ern Show

When word gets out that the effervescent Uncle Ern is in town, those who have met him always go out of their way to rekindle their relationship with him; he is after, a good one.
So as luck would have it, The Uncles was in town TCB and came up the Cavern Tavern for the rest and relaxation on the eve of Veteran's Day. Since the next day was to be a holiday, The Big 3 decided to put on a show along with Beth and Crystal to provide the backing vocals. Well, this strummer put together a tasty, tantalizing roast pork (special marinade provided by Mrs. Strummer) and the gang sat down to break bread and catch up.
Beth and Madison headed upstairs to prep lil' Maddy for night-nights (more on this later) and Foz, 'dro, Miguel, Crystal and UE headed down to the Cav for some pre-show prep and to tune up.
We started out with an ezy peezy in CCR's Looking Out my Backdoor which segued nicely into The Eagles (C’mon, man, I hate the f'n Eagles!) Peaceful Easy Feeling; which was nice b/c we hadn't played that one in a while. We asked our guest of honor if he had any requests and Dylan was asked for. So, a little Tangled up in Blue made its way on to the dance floor. I believe it was then when our backup vocalist, videographer, photographer and keeper of the set-list extraordinaire, Crystal, inquired to the whereabouts of her fellow female companion. Oh oh. A pregnant woman, who has had a long day, goes up to lie down with her daughter? That spells trouble my friends; big trouble. Trouble with a capital T...or should I say capital Z? Well, this strummer sauntered upstairs in hopes to find the lovely Miss Beth about to make her way down to the Cav. Instead he found fully clothed, glasses on and in a DEEP sleep Beth lying next to Miss Madison.

Oh well-we can certainly understand the pull of a cozy bed and snuggly kids.

A fun-filled, everyone belting it out version of The Shanty by Jonathan Edwards revived the group from the loss of our fair hostess (captured nicely on video by Crystal-see below) and then I requested one of my faves, The Band’s The Weight which truthfully was met with a little reluctance. But we pressed on with Crystal operating the audio recording equipment and all Dwellers (including our surprise guest vocalist, UE) belting it out, we did OK. Not our best version of The Weight but we hung in there. I think it’s a tune that needs consistent practice b/c of the vocals involved. We then messed around with The Who’s The Kids are Alright as well a Bad Company’s Shooting Star. We had great fun with Sympathy for the Devil by Mick and the boys and then it was time for our Floyd medley. Another Brick in the Wall, Mother, Nobody’s Home (with a wonderful pickin’ intro by ‘Dro), Vera and closed out by a decent version of Wish You Were Here. Crystal was BEGGIN’ for us to ‘pick it up’ before we lost her to the cozy confines of the couch and Ring of Fire by senor Cash lifted our collective energy. A nice rendition of This Hard Land by the Boss and a very solid Dead Flowers to close it out.

Thanks to Ern for bringing us all together on a very rare Tuesday evening as well as pitching in socially as well as vocally. Thanks to the Big 3 and Crystal for making it out mid-week.

Always a pleasure to jam and hang with you all.

1. Looking Out my Backdoor CCR
2. Peaceful Easy Feeling Eagles
3. Tangled up in Blue Dylan
4. Shanty Jonathan Edwards
5. The Weight The Band
6. The Kids are Alright The Who
7. Shooting Star Bad Company
8. Sympathy For the Devil Rolling Stones
9. Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd
10. Mother Pink Floyd
11. Nobody's Home Pink Floyd
12. Vera Pink Floyd
13. Wish You Were Here Pink FLoyd
14. Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
15. This Hard Land Springsteen
16. Dead Flowers Rolling Stones