No dejes que!

Well, last Friday was the first-ever performance of the band I’m a part of - Katie Loves Pain. We played at 3 Minots on St. Laurent, for a crowd of almost 100 people! I was really excited, since it was the first time for me playing music in public in a long time, and the first time ever playing in a rock band. We’d practiced enough so that I wasn’t too nervous, though the pre-show tequila from Xoxo certainly helped. And the mid-show tequila, I guess! I also had an excellent new cowboy shirt, thanks to my new shirt-shopping buddy.

We played mostly covers, and took turns with lead vocals and guitar and bass duties. I played acoustic and electric guitars (finally giving my SG its first real live workout), bass, sang, and got to play drums on one song. I don’t really know how to play drums, but the band is very forgiving. Our encore was totally unplanned, which was fun, but maybe a bit scattered - it turned out Volker and I knew less of the words to “Cortez the Killer” than we thought we did.

Nevertheless, from all reports the crowd had a really good time, and we got an invite to play the bar again whenever we wanted. Shawn’s brother took some pictures which are available here. Maybe more photos (and video?) will surface at some point. If you were there, thanks for coming out! Next time around is October 12 at McGill’s Thomson House.

Here’s the setlist, with the original artists (or songwriters from our band) in brackets. Shawn and Volker contributed originals, the rest are covers.

Set 1:

1. For The Turnstiles (Neil Young)
2. Why Be So Curious (The Sadies)
3. Long Prairie Road (Shawn Leroux)
4. Wrecking Ball (Gillian Welch)
5. Cold-Blooded Old Times (Smog)
6. California Stars (Wilco)
7. Chick In Jar (Volker Bahn)
8. Keep The Car Running (Arcade Fire)
9. On The Bus Mall (The Decemberists)
10. Fake Palindromes (Andrew Bird)
11. No Dejes Que (Caifanes)

Set 2:

1. Le Train (Vilain Pinguin)
2. Murray (Pete Yorn)
3. Miserlou (Greek Traditional)
4. Quand Ca Sera Elle (Shawn Leroux)
5. Creepin’ In (Norah Jones / Dolly Parton)
6. Sweethearts (Camper van Beethoven)
7. Catalog (Shawn Leroux)
8. Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground)
9. Cowgirl in the Sand (Neil Young)
10. Wake Up (Arcade Fire)

Totally Unplanned Encore:

1. For The Turnstiles (Neil Young)
2. Cortez the Killer (Neil Young)
3. Sons and Daughters (The Decemberists)