Musical Moment-June 9

Tuesday I played again at the Merriam Organic Farmer’s Market (in the Kansas City area). This time it was Martha and friends, and after the gig was booked I was relieved to learn I have friends who are darned good musicians. Mike Walker (my co-writer on Play Well With Others) and his wife, Vicki, and friends, Karen and Lee joined me. We have jammed together many times and this time actually practiced to put some of our jam tunes into performance mode. The rains did not come this time but the winds were strong. Lee cut an effective creation from a McDonalds plastic cup to shield the wind from the omni mike.
I think my favorite song of the evening was Princess Papouli (who has lots of Papayas that she loves to give away). Vicki and Mike sang a duet and played their ukes while Karen added a jazzy beat on the guitar and Lee ran fingers all over that funky old stand up-bass. And I got to improvise on flute, yeah! I bought organic produce which I have been busily cooking and eating.