Played the OC Fair Main Stage July 16th! Yes, Corn dogs, Carnys and Carbs (as in deep fried you name it)! Can you say World of Mirth? Ellie and Jenny were there. I may even have heard someone yell “Hey Rube!” What’s all this? You seasoned Sway fans know what I’m talking about. To others just listen to Gina’s song World of Mirth and you’ll see. It’s a song about some Carny folk that Gina knows intimately. Whom you may ask? Mystery!!
Our opening act was a hypnotist. Sorry to all his victims, er, I mean subjects. Unfortunately he didn’t install a command to buy all of Sway’s cds! We played two shows.
I almost bought a hat at the fair. Now I’m not really a hat wearin’ guy but I’ve always wanted to be. I think maybe it’s my extra large head. I’m not saying that I have a big ego or a large brain. No, I have an extra large hatband. So hats usually look kind of stupid on me. I found that a sombrero would be good shade but looked a little too much like we should be playing ranchera music. And this jaunty little alpine number was kind of nice but I had an urge to wear Lederhosen with it. I got a mental picture of me showing up at the gig and the look on Gina’s face as I sauntered up humming Climb Every Mountain. OK, nix the Alpine number. Cowboy hats look great on George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks and I think one of the Village People but I just can’t pull it off. Then I saw something…. a black straw fedora with the brim turned up at the back. It looked cool. I put it on. I looked in the mirror. I looked cool!. The sales girl looked at me. I asked her “Does this look cool?” “Absolutely” she said. I looked to the two ladies I was with whom I knew were going to say “You look cool. You should buy it!” They weren’t saying that. They both had identical looks on their faces. Heads turned slightly, eyes squinting, teeth clenched like they had some unidentifiable pain troubling them. I was so close. I should have gone with it. I knew the Carny hat girl was right. Maybe I’ll find her again next year but for now it was back to the stage for show two. Note to self: don’t ask a Carny who’s trying to sell you something if you look good in it… duh!
Show Two is the show when a heckler is most likely to show up. There is a lot of beer available at the Fair. Gina thought maybe he had some entertainment value and invited him up on stage to perform with the band!?…………. Our next gig is at the farmers market in Khagailek chiang a little village near the border of Mongolia and Russia. Come on out, check word of mouth in the village for directions
Oh yeah, and Scott cooked! Not just onstage. I thought I saw him between shows cooking those giant turkey legs at the barbeque booth yelling “step right up!”
Don’t miss our upcoming show at the Coach House, August 19th opening for Jason “The Party’s Not Over” Boland and the Stragglers. (buy the $15 tickets from any band member) And of course our regular gigs at Metro Pointe, Tiajuanas etc. Check the website. www.swaymusic.com