Purgatory Players - Full Monty

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Sunday morning was a "full monty" for the Purgatory Players and their weekly morning Gospel-ish brunch at the Backstage of the El Mercado restaurant on South 1st in Austin. It's our first visit on this winter vacation -- but not our last.

We had Scrappy Judd Newcombe, Jeff Plankenhorn, Seela Misra and John Dee Graham with Jon Greene on drums. Scrappy and Jeff are just back from a tour. John Dee has been away as well. Together they're the entire gang. In the second half there were several guests from the audience who got up to play a tune.

This event is a regular fund raiser for the Central Texas Food Bank who feed the needy. The band members pay for free so you need to dig deep and give a good tip when they pass the hat.

Here's some of the music from that morning (many thanks to DanViewtube  -- he's a regular at these show and a great archivist of the music played):

1. Jeff Plankenhorn - Not Too Late (I approached Jeff, who has a Canadian connection, and reminded him that Tommy Douglas had said "It's never too late to make a better world")
2. John Dee Graham - Faithless
3. John Dee Graham - Move Over Lazarus
4. Scrappy Jud Newcomb - Two White Horses
5. Kate Howard - Casino (2nd set guest from audience)
6. Barbara Bergin - Everylasting (2nd set guest from audience)
7. Shawnee Kilgore - 86 Degrees ( (2nd set guest from audience)
8. Ben & Cassie Wilson (My One & Only) - I Saw The Light ( (2nd set guest from audience)

We come most weeks when we can. We enjoy the music and have a bit of breakfast. Maybe a morning margarita, maybe a mexican martini, maybe a PBR. Something to start the day right.