Jon Kanis • The Ruby Room • San Diego, CA • 10.17.11
1) Tangled Up In Blue
2) Jimmy Burke The Newsboy
3) I’m Eighteen
4) Where Is Joe Strummer When You Need Him?
5) White Rabbit
6) Below The Fold
7) The Waiting
8) The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
9) Quick!
10) Stuck In The Middle With You
11) The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)
12) We Can Work It Out
13) Comes A Time
14) Squeeze Box
15) House Of The Rising Sun
16) Think It Over
17) Hey Good Lookin’
18) Brown Eyed Girl
19) Sympathy For The Devil
20) Mr. Tambourine Man
21) The Letter
22) You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away/ New Amsterdam
23) Welcome To The Working Week
24) I’ve Just Seen A Face
25) Shape Of Things To Come
26) (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
27) Five O’Clock World
I received a call from Brittni to perform at this evening’s Midnight Oil show at The Ruby Room 48 hours before the event and when I showed up to play my 10:30 PM set it turned out that the other two acts on the bill (Corey Cottrell and Zack Kingsley according to Facebook) were a complete no-show. I told Paul behind the bar what Peter Buck of R.E.M. used to say back in the ’80s: “It’s amazing how far in this business you can get just by showing up for your appointments.” I guess that’s true of ALL businesses, but particularly the music biz. Musicians are already rightly regarded as a bit on the flaky side; not showing up for a gig kind of seals the deal. Instead of playing one set I was invited by Paul to play “as long as I liked.” Since my motto tends to be Go Big or Go Home I ended up playing two and a half hours…suffice to say that I had a blast. A guy named Bons came in with a small posse around 11:30 to celebrate his birthday and he and his date danced up a storm in front of the bandstand for several numbers. Talked to an extremely interesting computer engineer named Steve throughout the night and had a fantastic conversation with him around politics and religion…two of my favorite subjects. Sometime after midnight a duo of percussion (a guy named Jay) and acoustic guitar (a female whose name I didn’t catch) came in and asked to play when I was finished, so they ended up taking over at 12:40. Good times all around. Still need to replace that 10th panel on A Royal Flush…
Got It Covered • Eleven • San Diego, CA • 09.27.11
Set One
1) He’s A Whore/Cheap Trick
2) Ziggy Stardust/David Bowie
3) No Matter What/Badfinger
4) (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones
5) Cold Gin [incomplete]/Kiss
6) So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N’ Star/The Byrds
7) I Can’t Explain/The Who
8) Head First/The Babys
9) The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)/The Greg Kihn Band
10) Shape Of Things To Come/Max Frost & The Troopers
11) Surrender/Cheap Trick
12) Rock And Roll All Nite/Kiss
Set Two
1) Brown Sugar/The Rolling Stones
2) Interstate Love Song/Stone Temple Pilots
3) Cinnamon Girl/Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4) Louie Louie/The Kingsmen
5) Heart Full Of Soul/I Ain’t Got You/The Yardbirds
6) Boys Don’t Cry/The Cure
7) Pretty In Pink/The Psychedelic Furs
8) I’m Eighteen/Alice Cooper
9) Smoke On The Water/Deep Purple
10) Born To Be Wild/Steppenwolf
11) Slow Down/Larry Williams
12) A Hard Day’s Night/The Beatles
13) What I Like About You/The Romantics
14) When You Find Out/The Nerves
15) Goodnight Now/Cheap Trick
Tonight is our 17th gig and perhaps our last show at bar Eleven. A big thanks to Louis for bringing us in for this Tuesday night residency in August and September. Thanks also to Davey Quinn, Justin & Sal. Good times.
Got It Covered • The Lincoln Room • San Diego, CA • 09.22.11
Set One
1) No Matter What/Badfinger
2) Surrender/Cheap Trick
3) The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)/The Greg Kihn Band
4) Cinnamon Girl/Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5) I’m Eighteen/Alice Cooper
6) Street Fighting Man/The Rolling Stones
7) Head First/The Babys
8) Smoke On The Water/Deep Purple
9) Rock And Roll All Nite/Kiss
Set Two
1) Born To Be Wild/Steppenwolf
2) (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones
3) I Melt With You/Modern English
4) Pretty In Pink/The Psychedelic Furs
5) Girl Of My Dreams/Bram Tchaikovsky
6) Starry Eyes/The Records
7) A Hard Day’s Night/The Beatles
8) I Can’t Explain/The Who
9) What I Like About You/The Romantics
10) Brown Sugar/The Rolling Stones
11) Slow Down/Larry Williams
12) Goodnight Now/Cheap Trick
A paid audition (you can’t beat that). It is definitely an effort to load-in, find parking and load-out downtown but the cash makes it easier to bear. A good gig and fun to play during Restaurant Week. Thanks to Leti for getting us the gig and to the staff at The Lincoln Room (especially Dave the manager).
Got It Covered • Riviera Club • San Diego, CA • 09.18.11
Set One
1) No Matter What/Badfinger
2) Surrender/Cheap Trick
3) The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)/The Greg Kihn Band
4) Cinnamon Girl/Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5) I’m Eighteen/Alice Cooper
6) Street Fighting Man/The Rolling Stones
7) Head First/The Babys
8) Surrender/Cheap Trick
9) Shape Of Things To Come/Max Frost & The Troopers
10) Girl Of My Dreams/Bram Tchaikovsky
11) Starry Eyes/The Records
12) Smoke On The Water/Deep Purple
13) Brown Sugar/The Rolling Stones
14) Just What I Needed/The Cars [with Adam Gimbel]
15) Slow Down/Larry Williams [with Adam Gimbel]
16) Rock And Roll All Nite/Kiss
Set Two
1) Born To Be Wild/Steppenwolf
2) Ziggy Stardust/David Bowie
3) Pretty In Pink/The Psychedelic Furs
4) Like A Rolling Stone/Bob Dylan
5) So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N’ Star/The Byrds
6) I Can’t Explain/The Who
7) (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones
8) Boys Don’t Cry/The Cure
9) When You Find Out/The Nerves
10) So Sad About Us/The Who
11) Southern Girls/Cheap Trick
12) What I Like About You/The Romantics [with Adam Gimbel]
13) I’ll Cry Instead/The Beatles [with Adam Gimbel]
14) A Hard Day’s Night/The Beatles
15) Goodnight Now/Cheap Trick
On September 17th Adam Gimbel turned a big forty and he had parties all weekend long and asked GIC to play at his Sunday party at the Riviera Club. Two very fun sets for no money, but the food wasn’t bad and the staff at the Riviera are awesome. It was fun. Time to get some REAL PAYING GIGS with this group. We are ready to be getting paid. Looking forward to playing The Lincoln Room this Thursday for $$$. Oh, yes.
Got It Covered is Kevin Donaker-Ring [lead guitar, vocals], Jon Kanis [bass, vocals], Victor Penalosa [drums, vocals], Orrick Smith [guitar, keyboards, vocals].
Got It Covered • Eleven • San Diego, CA • 09.17.11
1) No Matter What/Badfinger
2) Surrender/Cheap Trick
3) The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)/The Greg Kihn Band
4) Cinnamon Girl/Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5) I’m Eighteen/Alice Cooper
6) Street Fighting Man/The Rolling Stones
7) Head First/The Babys
8) Shape Of Things To Come/Max Frost & The Troopers
9) Girl Of My Dreams/Bram Tchaikovsky
10) Starry Eyes/The Records
11) Smoke On The Water/Deep Purple
12) Brown Sugar/The Rolling Stones
13) Rock And Roll All Nite/Kiss
14) Goodnight Now/Cheap Trick
We were supposed to play for three hours but we got cut to one as there was another band (Schitzophonics) also double booked to perform. It all worked out okay as the Schitzophonics played a lively and entertaining set and we enjoyed a pretty reasonable crowd with some of our favorite hipsters in attendance. Davey ran great sound and Miles was great behind the bar and GIC played another tight set. The band is sounding great. Very cool.
Got It Covered is Kevin Donaker-Ring [lead guitar, vocals], Jon Kanis [bass, vocals], Victor Penalosa [drums, vocals], Orrick Smith [guitar, keyboards, vocals].
Got It Covered • Eleven • San Diego, CA • 09.13.11
Set One
1) No Matter What/Badfinger
2) The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)/The Greg Kihn Band
3) Born To Be Wild/Steppenwolf
4) Head First/The Babys
5) I Can’t Let Go/The Hollies
6) Girl Of My Dreams/Bram Tchaikovsky
7) Brown Sugar/The Rolling Stones
8) Surrender/Cheap Trick
9) Cinnamon Girl/Neil Young & Crazy Horse
10) Rock And Roll All Nite/Kiss
Set Two
1) Street Fighting Man/The Rolling Stones
2) Just What I Needed/The Cars
3) Behind The Wall Of Sleep/The Smithereens
4) Sheena Is A Punk Rocker/The Ramones
5) Ziggy Stardust/David Bowie
6) Shape Of Things To Come/Max Frost & The Troopers
7) Bang A Gong (Get It On)/T Rex
9) When You Find Out/The Nerves
10) House Of The Rising Sun/The Animals
11) Like A Rolling Stone/Bob Dylan
12) (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones
13) Goodnight Now/Cheap Trick
There was NO ONE in the house except Justin the bartender and Chris running sound (well, maybe there were one or two patrons but not many) but, NEVERTHELESS, the band sounded absolutely fantastic tonight and I was having so much fun that I didn’t want to quit when we stopped around 11:15 PM. I think Kevin’s skydive from the previous Saturday really fired the band up. Victor and I were totally in the pocket all night long. Tight and taut. Looking forward to the gigs this weekend at Eleven and the Riviera Club.
Got It Covered is Kevin Donaker-Ring [lead guitar, vocals], Jon Kanis [bass, vocals], Victor Penalosa [drums, vocals], Orrick Smith [guitar, keyboards, vocals].
Jon Kanis • The Ruby Room • San Diego, CA • 09.12.11
1) Merry-Go-Round
2) Jimmy Burke The Newsboy
3) Think It Over
4) The Human Race Is A Riot
5) Where Is Joe Strummer When You Need Him?
6) Real Gone
7) Solicitude
8) Don’t Stand There
9) The Waiting
10) Make It
11) Below The Fold
12) Five O’Clock World
A fun, 45-minute set playing solo acoustic at the inaugural MIDNIGHT OIL event at the Ruby Room. Jonny Tar opened with a 45-minute set; Joshua Napier closed the night. Fun. Good to see John Vaughn.
On Thursday afternoon at approximately 3:30 PM, 5 million people throughout Southern California and Western Arizona experienced a power outage that was still being experienced by some residents of the region on Friday morning.
When the power went out I decided to go out into the neighborhood (Golden Hill/South Park) and see what was happening rather than stay inside a boiling hot house with no fan to move the air around. I first went to my corner store (Miller’s Market) and their doors were locked with one of the employees inside telling me they would be open in an hour. That didn’t happen. I then walked four blocks over to Hamilton’s Tavern where Hannah and Jeff were tending bar and serving beers as long as customers had exact change. I sat in the corner with a Green Flash Imperial when three gals and a guy came over to play a game of pool in the near dark and said “too bad somebody doesn’t have a guitar.” I said I had my guitar with me and if they wanted me to play I’d be happy to, just check with the bartender. The bartender said that it was cool and I proceeded to play several songs on my acoustic (Tangled Up In Blue, I Melt With You, Where Is Joe Strummer When You Need Him?, Think It Over, Squeeze Box, Cinnamon Girl, The Breakup Song and Welcome To The Working Week). At approximately 5 PM the management decided to shut down the bar, last orders were given and everyone was shooed out into the street.
I then walked four doors down to Alchemy Restaurant and poked my head in and Ron Troyano (one of Alchemy’s owners) asked me if I wanted a beer. I said “sure” and sat down while Ron and his partner Matt Thomas were briefing their staff about how to avoid the least amount of waste with the food that they had in their refrigerator. Luckily they were able to put much of their foodstuffs on ice. Down the block on Beech Street at Grant’s Marketplace they were giving away free ice cream. Everyone in the hood was making a run on the bags of ice at the local liquor store.
I saw friends walking around the neighborhood from inside Alchemy, including Scotty Hoopes who was out on 30th Street taking pictures and documenting the moment. I invited him into the bar and he sat down and had a beer and then I fell into a really fun conversation with Dok Whiston, a local artist who is currently showing some great work at the restaurant. Then someone asked me if I would play some music and I launched into a series of songs that I could play in the dark by candlelight. They included: Night Moves, Tangled Up In Blue, Imagine, Don’t Let Me Down, You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away, Things We Said Today, I Saw Her Standing There, With A Little Help From My Friends, The Letter and Brown Eyed Girl.
At approximately 7 PM the management at Alchemy took their gas powered grille and parked it out on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant and started grilling up chicken and other perishables. They put out buns and condiments for the staff and friends that had gathered. The beer kept flowing and the songs kept coming, including a darling 10-year old girl who wanted to sing a song together so we did a duet on John Lennon’s Imagine. Later the same girl and Sarah Trigg’s daughter Bethany did an awesome acapella duet; first on an Adelle song and then they followed up with a tune by Green Day. I played a game of dominoes with Silvana and her sister Laura, talked about conspiracy theories and generally had a great time overall. Said goodbye to everyone and thanked them for a truly marvelous time. It was delightful to see how so many people in the neighborhood pulled together in the face of this minor glitch of our present grid-oriented reality. I walked the four blocks back to my house by the light of the moon (no street or traffic lights for illumination) and by sheer force of habit made my way back to the front door. I found Layne with a pair of flashlights navigating the dark. I’m reminded that this is what folks had to contend with a hundred years ago: a culture without electricity, phones, TVs, radios or internet. I decided to go outside and enjoy the stars and as I went to check the time on my battery powered cellular phone (10:16 PM) the lights in the bathroom sputtered back to life, signaling reconnection to the power grid in our hood. The juice had been off approximately seven hours and I ended up having a wonderful time the entire evening. Thanks to Ron & Matt and everyone at Alchemy and to the good folks at Hamilton’s Tavern.
Got It Covered • Eleven • San Diego, CA • 09.06.11
Set One
1) Behind The Wall Of Sleep/The Smithereens
2) Hello There/Cheap Trick
3) No Matter What/Badfinger
4) I Can’t Let Go/The Hollies
5) Girl Of My Dreams/Bram Tchaikovsky
6) The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)/The Greg Kihn Band
7) Cinnamon Girl/Neil Young & Crazy Horse
8) I’ll Cry Instead/The Beatles
9) I Melt With You/Modern English
Set Two
1) Born To Be Wild/Steppenwolf
2) Head First/The Babys
3) Surrender/Cheap Trick
4) Brown Sugar/The Rolling Stones
5) Street Fighting Man/The Rolling Stones
6) Smoke On The Water/Deep Purple
7) Boys Don’t Cry/The Cure
8) I’m Eighteen/Alice Cooper
9) Shape Of Things To Come/Max Frost & The Troopers
10) When You Find Out/The Nerves
11) Ziggy Stardust/David Bowie
12) (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones
13) Breakdown/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
14) I Can’t Explain/The Who
15) So Sad About Us/The Who
16) Plan Of Action/Manual Scan
Set Three
1) Rock And Roll All Nite/Kiss
2) He’s A Whore/Cheap Trick
3) Pretty In Pink/The Psychedelic Furs
4) Southern Girls/Cheap Trick
5) The Jean Genie/David Bowie
6) So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star/The Byrds
7) Slow Down/Larry Williams
Got It Covered is Kevin Donaker-Ring [lead guitar, vocals], Jon Kanis [bass, vocals], Victor Penalosa [drums, vocals], Orrick Smith [guitar, keyboards, vocals].
Got It Covered • Eleven • San Diego, CA • 08.30.11
Set One
1) Born To Be Wild/Steppenwolf
2) No Matter What/Badfinger
3) Girl Of My Dreams/Bram Tchaikovsky
4) The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)/The Greg Kihn Band
5) Cinnamon Girl/Neil Young & Crazy Horse
6) When You Find Out/The Nerves
7) Head First/The Babys
8) I Melt With You/Modern English
9) Hello There/Cheap Trick
10) Surrender/Cheap Trick
Set Two
1) (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones
2) Ziggy Stardust/David Bowie
3) What I Like About You/The Romantics
4) Pretty In Pink/The Psychedelic Furs
5) So Sad About Us/The Who
6) A Hard Day’s Night/The Beatles
7) I Can’t Explain/The Who
8) Smoke On The Water/Deep Purple
9) I’m Eighteen/Alice Cooper
10) He’s A Whore/Cheap Trick
11) Shape Of Things To Come/Max Frost & The Troopers
12) Just What I Needed/The Cars
13) The Jean Genie/David Bowie
14) Brown Sugar/The Rolling Stones
15) Street Fighting Man/The Rolling Stones
16) Goodnight Now/Cheap Trick
17) Rock And Roll All Nite/Kiss
Got It Covered is Kevin Donaker-Ring [lead guitar, vocals], Jon Kanis [bass, vocals], Victor Penalosa [drums, vocals], Orrick Smith [guitar, keyboards, vocals].
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