DAVID RYAN HARRIS AT TEMPLE BAR
August 5, 2006Temple BarSanta Monica, CA
Get Your WayIf I Had A DimeAll I NeedTurn AroundPretty GirlCan We Get DownGood ThingHold My Fire*Yesterday Shutting DownFor You (solo)
*with the one and only JJ Johnson
It's Saturday Night Live...with muuuuusical guest David Ryan Harris...
I was reminded tonight of how wonderful it is to see a show at
Temple Bar. Great crowd, a "supergood" (per our Japanese friends) vibe, and tremendous inter-set music (I'll never get tired of
P.Y.T.). Oh yeah, and it's about a mile from the beach. AND, tonight, everyone I've ever met was there - it was like being in the ball pit at
Chuck E. Cheese's (I loved it when it was Showbiz), but instead of dirty plastic balls, I was smothered all around by friends and faces of joy. I hope heaven's something like that.
David had Blair Sinta and Sean Hurley (I'm hoping that's right, I combined phonetics with the power of an internet search engine) backing him, and the three dudes went off. All I Need had a segue into Al I Green. The crowd did their thing in Can We Get Down and Good Thing in a major way. Then, this guy named "JJ Johnson" or something jumped behind the drums for Hold My Fire. It was the most, like, ridiculous thing ever. I thought the place was going to explode. Yesterday Shutting Down continues to be a crowd favorite. I love how David gets everyone in to a nice little groove with the first part of the show then kills you with the rock and the guitar in those last two. He left everyone with For You.
It felt like the whole touring crew was in the house/in the temple/in the bar/in da club - I think y'all are gonna be in for a treat this summer. A tasty, savory, refreshing treat. I'mna try to go spy on rehearsals in the next few days and report back to you. Bwahahaha, "back to you".
Shoutout to
El Cholo for having more patience than an emergency room and better Tacos Al Carbon than
The Fifth Element.
-Scotty