Purgatory Players

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Sunday morning finds we three (Kate, Judy and me) back at the El Mercado on S 1st for the Purgatory Players Sunday Gospel-ish Brunch. We have our breakfast feasts with libations and enjoy the music. It's a full house.

Today's cast of characters includes Scrappy, Jeff and Seela with Jon Greene on drums -- no John Dee Graham today.

A young high school student, Austin Cobb, got up in the second half and did an excellent version of the Tom Petty song "Wildflowers".

Kate Howard, a second set regular, sang "Pinata Girl", Barbara Bergin wasn't around today. Someone, I forget who, told a story about sitting around a camp fire and swapping songs -- when the guitar was passed to him David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame) sang "Psycho Killer". I guess anything can be a campfire song.

Jeff Plankenhorn tells us that he'll be playing near us, in Port Burwell, Ontario later in the March but before we return. He's been there before. He sings an optimistic song "Maybe It's Not Too Late" and I approach him at the break to let him know about the Tommy Douglas saying "It's never too late to make a better world". Jeff has Canadian connections -- I think his wife is from B.C. -- and knows who I'm talking about. Seela has Canadian connections as well, she's from Cornwall.

Anyways, another well spent morning. DanViewTube was there recording again. If you're interested here some of the tunes he recorded that are available on YouTube.