(Coll) The Utah Mix --
Singer-songwriter/folk/blues/jazz -- Two CDs worth of music from the Hotel
Utah's Monday open mic night in San Francisco. Mostly singer-songwriters
with guitars and broken hearts. I'd like to especially recommend the drinkings
songs , including the "Beer" and "Ode to Drunks" on CD2. The Utah almost
closed but thankfully it's back -- three cheers for open-mics in all their ragged glory!
PICS: CD1: 2, 5, 11, 15 CD2: 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15
FCC: CD1: 9, 13 CD2: 3
CD1:
1. long folky/jazzy improv -- poetic ode to the Hotel Utah
2. bluesy instrumental piano -- good
3. spoken intro, unicorn song, folky guitar
4. midtempo folk/rock -- guitar, loose vocals
5. slow, meandering, sad, great vocals!
6. alt country/folk
7. long, moody acoustic guitar, vocals at very end, speeds up a bit at end
8. female vocals + guitar, sad
9. funny and depressing, strained vocals, FCC shit
10. female singer-songwriter + guitar
11. long, classical piano, talking in background
12. a capella, folk, female vocalist,
13. short crowd sing-along, clapping, FCC fuckin
14. slow, male singer-songwriter, sad, good guitar
15. spoken intro -- solo blues harmonica, gets louder and softer
16. goofy interview about the old days

CD2:
1. female singer-songwriter, pretty voice
2. country/folk, slow, voice + guitar
3. anguished, FCC shit
4. guitar + drums, more energy
5. sparse guitar, heated spoken lyrics
6. midtempo, hushed, anguished voice
7. drinking song -- woo woo! -- tribute to shane macgowan
8. sad, heartfelt singer-songwriter
9. ragged voice, guitar bursts
10. great! -- wavering voice, "i've got something in my eye"
11. fast guitar, low low gravelly raspy voice, -- wow
12. slow, sad, voice + guitar
13. female vocals + guitar, folky, good
14. guitar ode to beer! super!
15. sad drinking song, falsetto lyrics
16. female singer-songwriter, good voice
17. country/singer-songwriter, falsetto vocals
18. uptempo folk/jazzy, improvised lyrics, guitar + piano, long