July 05

So I went to see Michelle Shocked performing the other day- she was fantastic and very inspirational- however as a warm-up one of her band members was hostind some karaoke to her old tunes… one woman got up and did a great performance of Fog Town- but there were no more takers and the host was set on continuing until another person sang- it went on and on and eventually he began singing her hit Anchorage- and suddenly I found that I had volunteered to join him, (it was like a dream where you suddenly find yourself on stage without a clue as to what you’re doing) and that is exactly what happened- I realized that I had no idea of the melody and I was used to just humming along and adding the odd harmony to Bill’s Bill sounding version of the tune- so I sang away and said to the host- you keep on singing and I’ll harmonize- aware that I was crucifying the favourite song of many fans in the audience- hmmmmm…not my most defining moment as a performer. Lessons learned- don’t do karaoke- period.