Greens show thanksgiving eve; andy solo show-thanksgiving evening

Following the traditions, Andy and the Greens had shows around the Thanksgiving holiday at the Front Row in Parkersburg. Two evenings of appreciating Bill Poole for providing the opportunity for live music fans to come out on the evenings around the holiday to celebrate with Andy's music, and see friends from out of town, etc. The Wednesday night Greens show was rollicking as ever, running through the mix of old and new that has been the set lists of late- newer interpretations of the "original" songs, and keeping to work in a couple of new songs lately, to go with the core dance-able/ party songs the loyal throng comes to anticipate.
Thursday night it was Andy solo with acoustic guitar throughout the night. I chance to play some quieter, more reflective songs; some songs Ben hasn't learned yet from the Greens playbook; a good amount of covers to satisfy the folks that like that sort of live music show. Good to hear "Cars and HOrses" again after awhile; Moon and Company, too. There were (at least) two very new originals (that I hadn't heard yet); and a nice variation on Henry Chinaski and the Tom Waits song (woke up this morning with the cold water......)
I got to do a few harmony songs mid-show; always appreciate andy calling me up for those, though I don't know if the audience appreciates it as much as we have fun doing it. We don't get to "practice" ever, so it pretty much remains the tried and true songs for the list. It creates a pretty good Americana snapshot if someone is open to that coming out of the blue during andy's otherwise wide ranging originals and covers.
We hope the Greens might have gotten a connection and lead to being able to play at the Empty Glass in Charleston out of the evening; someone who works there stopped in, and seemed to take notice. That would be a fun venue, with some deep roots of appreciation for their live music that I have.
Good to see Chip Poole and get caught up a little with his life some.