Last Sunday I attended the "Porch Demi/Semi Monthly Gathering". Porch is a group for acoustic musicians (mainly amateur) that has a site on www.meetup.com
Some very nice people there, including a guy named Alan, who plays a nylon string guitar and has some good songs, including an excellent acoustic version of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit".
The leader was Harriet, who is not a musician, but who sings along on most of the songs.
This gathering had a theme, which was songs by women. We were asked to bring music (lyrics and chords) so that other guitar players and singers could follow along. I hardly know any songs by women, and went with "Me and Bobby McGee". I also did Hank Williams' "My Bucket's Got a Hole in it", just for fun mainly. Sometimes it's good to do something simple that everyone can play.
The group went through a bunch of songs, including Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", 3 or 4 Mary Chapin Carpenter songs, Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "Going Down to Liverpool" by the Bangles. One guy named Ray actually posted 21 songs on the website. Apparently he is a regular at Washington Square Park, but I haven't played with him there yet.
However Jimmy from the park joined the group. He did not lead any songs this time, though he did do a nice lead on "My Bucket's Got A Hole in it", and is good with that riff from "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (For me, this makes the song).
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