such a long drive

JasonSpatola: I was in this stupid gift shop type of place
JasonSpatola: they have a bunch of those down there
JasonSpatola: and the Ray Charles version of Georgia On My Mind started playing in the store
GuitarSoccerGirl: right right
JasonSpatola: and this dude...
JasonSpatola: I drew a picture of him last night...
JasonSpatola: hold on...
JasonSpatola wants to directly connect.
JasonSpatola is now directly connected.
GuitarSoccerGirl: wooo the anticipation
JasonSpatola:
JasonSpatola: this dude looked like that
JasonSpatola: and he was wearing that shirt
JasonSpatola: and he looked like Larry The Cable Guy
GuitarSoccerGirl: hahahahhahahahhahaha
JasonSpatola: (that's why I used his head in this pic)
GuitarSoccerGirl: hahahahahhahaa
GuitarSoccerGirl: that's awesome
JasonSpatola: he's standing there looking at some confederate flag poster
JasonSpatola: and he's like
JasonSpatola: (I'm going to try to simulate the accent in text)
JasonSpatola: "Ah don't curr tew much fer dem neegroes, but Rye Chawrills sang this sawng bettir than annybuddy evar diid. He wuz one of the gewd ones."
JasonSpatola: and you know, I looked behind me to make sure he was talking to me, because I mean
JasonSpatola: who the hell just says something like that to a random person?!?
GuitarSoccerGirl: ohhhh myy gaaaaah
GuitarSoccerGirl: geeeeez!
JasonSpatola: so I was like
JasonSpatola: "uhhh, that's interesting."
JasonSpatola: and then he started talking about all the other people who covered the song and how they all pale in comparison
JasonSpatola: and stuff
JasonSpatola: so I said
JasonSpatola: "I really like the Sarah Tollerson version."
JasonSpatola: and he replied...
GuitarSoccerGirl: hahahhaha
GuitarSoccerGirl: oh geez
JasonSpatola: "Fuck Suruh Tawlirsun. If shay wuz sangin fer sheeit she woodunt even git a smail." (Translation: If she were singing for shit, she wouldn't get a smell.)
GuitarSoccerGirl: BAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
JasonSpatola: and you know, the whole time I was trying not to laugh, but after that, I sort of couldn't contain myself
JasonSpatola: I mean, I was just trying to retain urine
JasonSpatola: so I asked him
GuitarSoccerGirl: hahahhahaha
JasonSpatola: "Ohhh, so you've heard of Sarah Tollerson?"
JasonSpatola: and he was like
JasonSpatola: "Who hasn't?"
GuitarSoccerGirl: HAHAHAHHAHA
JasonSpatola: so I asked him what his favorite Sarah Tollerson song is
JasonSpatola: and he said
JasonSpatola: "Come Away With Me"
JasonSpatola: which is a Norah Jones song
GuitarSoccerGirl: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
JasonSpatola: hahahahahahahaha
GuitarSoccerGirl: yes yes yes
GuitarSoccerGirl: hahahahha
JasonSpatola: and that was pretty much the end of the conversation

Posted by Sarah at 03:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

let's just get naked
just for a laugh
let's just get naked
it's a trip and a half
-joan osborne

So, instead of going to one of the wild music festivals this weekend (bonaroo or music midtown), I opted to take dad on a nice, tame, early Father's Day outing to our third Eddie's Attic Semi-Annual Open Mic Shootout. At an indoor acoustic music contest (in a room that holds about 200 people, max, with the majority being over 30 years old) you don't really expect to see people get naked. Well, apparently, Saturday night was a first for the venue...

So there was a raffle to give away two Gibson guitar starter kits. The first name gets drawn out of the hat, no problem. But as my dear friend and host Todd (Jennifer Nettle's husband, now the owner of Eddie's Attic) gets drunker, he continues on with a joke that if anyone wants to get naked, he will simply give them the second guitar.

Seeing as how people had already been drinking for a good three hours when he made this announcement, it was probably never a good idea.

But Todd kept on. There was a lot of chatter in the room, so at first no one really noticed as the overweight pale white guy removed his shirt. This is about the point when I looked over. He was seated all the way at the left in about the middle of the room, and (thank the lord) Dad and I were in the very back, so he was in front of us. I see that he's taking Todd up on his offer and thinking, "oh silly guy, threatening Todd," when I see him pull down his pants. And now I'm looking, thinking that I see boxers, but no. It's just his bare ass.

Next thing I know the room is finally starting to notice what is happening, and he reaches down and performs some sort of vulgar gesture. Todd says, "alright, give that man his guitar!" and the guy cheers, pulls his pants back up, and clings his new guitar when it finally reaches him.

I'm just glad that the 9 year old that had been sitting near by left a few minutes earlier.

So the next time you think you'll skip Music Midtown to avoid the drunken decisions that people make, remember the moral of my story: some people will get naked anywhere if a free guitar is involved. And they don't even have to be pretty.

Posted by Sarah at 03:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tonight was awesome.

I have the coolest friends and family in the world who will come see me play even if I only get two songs...well, three once I made it to the finals :).

Bain Mattox and his girl Amanda (an amazing musician as well who I don't have a link for at the moment) liked me enough to place me in the top three of the night and said lots of really flattering things... granted, it doesn't take much to be extremely flattered when it is coming from the front man of one of your top three favorite bands.

I met a 30 year old married cute country singer who (bless his soul) only used about three chords, but I loved him anyway. Note to self for future reference: His name is Daniel.

I talked to a few people that actually made pretty promising remarks of coming to my show on Thursday.

My mom said that the people all the way back at the bar were cheering for me.

Oh yes, and did I mention I got to play for Bain and Amanda? Yeah.. that was freakin awesome. And really, really scary.

I swear, every single time I start to get disheartened God sends a little miracle my way to make me remember why I'm a musician. Right now, I dare to say it really is my calling.

Pshh... who needs a real job? ;)

Thanks to everybody that has me smiling like a fool tonight! I love you so much squared.

Other random thoughts: Tom is the sweetest guy ever, Ian way too nice to me and my Boston angel, Aubrie is so cute when 1) she's cold 2) she's running 3) she's been drinking and both 1 and 2 are taking place as well, I want my band to get it together and start playing with me (ahem Alec), and the next six months are going to be the best six months of my life so far. All I have to do this summer is become an amazing guitarist, actually save money for Boston instead of just living off my savings, write new songs, start a band, and get my life ready for living in an apartment with some of the coolest girls ever invented.

Bring it on. ;)

Posted by Sarah at 02:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)