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Day One Hundred Nineteen (Year Two)

Went to the Sonia Leigh in-store performance at work today before my shift.  I was expecting it to just be her and an acoustic guitar, but to our amazement, we got a 5 piece band!  It was Sonia and her acoustic guitar, her drummer, her bass player (with an acoustic bass), her lead guitarist (on acoustic), and an accordion player.  This is the second time I've watched accordion take lead phrases with an acoustic as the backup instrument (the other was at last year's Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash gig), and it was equally as amazing today as it was then.

The other cool thing to watch was the way that Sonia and her guitarist interacted & structured their acoustic arrangements.  Her guitar was almost always capoed up the neck, while his was almost never altered.  It was a mini-crash course in part layering, and a really cool way to make more noise with less instruments (something I can definitely use in recording).

As an added bonus, they played at least half of the new record.  As best as I can recall, here's what was on the setlist:

1) "A Poem From The Ocean Floor"
2) "Bar"
3) "Roaming"
4) "My Name Is Money"
5) "Ain't Dead Yet"

It was really cool to meet someone who seems to be on the way up.  Both Sonia and her band were extremely personable, and very glad to be there for the gig.  It was a definite highlight of working where I do and an awesome music moment in my year.

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