friday, saturday, monday, thursday and saturday again

last night the carl johnson trio debuted (is that the way it has to be spelled?) at the thirsty ear in cambridge, and it was good. very, very good. biblical good. don't believe me? here's the link to the recording of the first set, broadcast last night on 88.1 wmbr. best part of the show, well, second best to carl's guitar, was enjoying the expressions on the faces of the college kids in the audience who had never sat that close to a bona fide guitar player slash god before. great time! and, not for nothing, but peter capra's bass and justin beaulieu's rhythms were every bit up to the standard, and then some. great players!

tonight it's either carl and red devil lye down at jakes dixie roadhouse in waltham, (don't forget justin beaulieu again on skins, and arte kenyon on bass, steve esposito on keys, and jim leboeuf on the other guitar), or the comedy show down at the old court, with nods to joe graham for working hard to make sure we always have something to do here in lowell.

beyond that, the bella birds are at the lizard lounge on monday, and jen kearney and the lost onion are, as usual, at toad. yep, as usual, lowell music rocks cambridge. (can't wait 'til thursday when it's rockin' lowell, and jen and the gang are back at ole).

speaking of which--jen has put out the offer to anybody who wants to score some goodies--hit the monday night show at toad, and/or the thursday night show at ole, and then show up at gemstones (yeah, i know) on saturday and she'll hook you up with a collector's item cd, (unreleased stuff, including some classic live stuff from toad from "back in the day"), and a t-shirt, too. sounds too good to be true? well, only way to find out is to show up and put your hand out. you never know what somebody might put in it.

rock on, lowell!