Sidebar; New Haven, CT

[freddiewaht]

i completely appologize for not updating the thread about the potential sitins..
i blame jack herer.
sorry deary..

[Spacey]

Jack had nothing to do with it.

[Stephengencs]

this was a really good night that i almost missed.  I was at a birthday dinner/cocktial celebration for a friend from my old software job.  We ate at FIRE (the old Polo Club on Crown St) and then went to the new bar Firehouse 12 for drinks......  It was a great night, but something was telling me to hit up sidebar.  As billychags and I arrived at Sidebar, the Breakfast was on the stage Tim-guitar, Adrian-ser acoustical drum setup, Save-vocals, playing New Beginning......

A great night of music indeed.....

The highlight of the night, ALMOST, was when tim and adrian started playing Col. Forbins Ascent.  They teased it and upstate almost lept out of his skin.  Ellis was called up to the mic to sing, but tim called him to get up and sing some other song he was talking about....Definitely would have been cool to see upstate on vocals....ahhhh well.... next time.....

[Spacey]

I would have loved to hear or see Upstate pull this off:

Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain
And wiped away the beads of sweat
That glistened on his brow
His tired feet were buried in the quagmire
And his bloodshot eyes saw all that lay between him
And fulfillment of his vow


And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root
And pulled his body upwards
To a sea green mossy boulder
And he dragged his weary carcass [or "shit-ass"] up the mountain


And he climbed so slowly
He climbed so slowly
Ahead
Ahead


Suddenly he heard the crack of thunder
And the rocks began to crumble overhead
And tumble down the mountain to the
Dismal swamp that lay beneath the jagged cliffs
through which his path had led
And the earth began to quake beneath his feet
And the mighty mountain changed before his eyes
And he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones
Cascading down the mountain
And a thousand birds were headed for the sky. Oh...


The sacred creed will be yours
And if you wait until tomorrow
The sacred creed will be yours
To devour
Yours
To seize
And to obey
Obey


When the dust had cleared, the colonel lifted up his head
And was driven to his knees by a blazing beam of light
And he saw the silhouette that stood before him
And he bowed in reverence
Trembling in the shadow of the mighty legend\'s form
Icculus the prophet stood before his eyes
Looking down on Colonel Forbin
Where he shuddered in the puddles and the muck
And he quietly addressed him


And he spoke so slowly
He spoke so slowly
Ahead
He said


Colonel Forbin I know why you\'ve come here
And I\'ll help you with your quest to gain the knowledge that you lack
I call upon my faithful friend the mockingbird
To fly and seize the helping book and bring it to your shack
And a tree of knowledge in your soul will grow
And the Helping Friendly Book will plant the seed
But I warn you that all knowledge seeming innocent and pure
Becomes a deadly weapon in the hands of avarice
And greed


The sacred greed will be yours
And if you wait until tomorrow
The sacred creed will be yours
To devour
Yours
To seize
And to obey
And to obey





And the famous mockingbird swooped down out of the sky and landed on Icculus\'s shoulder, and Icculus whispered into the bird\'s ear, and it flew off toward Wilson\'s castle in the valley below.

[FreeSpirit]

Ellis was called up to the mic to sing, but tim called him to get up and sing some other song he was talking about....Definitely would have been cool to see upstate on vocals....

:lol: I was excited when i saw the "new & improved" ellis stand up next to the mic... I just figured he got stagefright and scurried away... hopefully next time we\'ll get a performance! :awwyeah:

[Me!]

wait......so "The Breakfast" played?  :hscratch:

[FreeSpirit]

yup - an acoustic version... sorry ya missed it, dangler.

[Stephengencs]

It wasnt "The Breakfast" per say.....
More like Tim and Adrian with an extended Save sit in on vocals (and then an encore Save vocal sit in as well)

Ellis was ready to sing Col. Forbins but Tim was thinking some other song, so it never worked out......Would have been epic.

[Todd]

Ellis was ready to sing Col. Forbins but Tim was thinking some other song, so it never worked out......Would have been epic.

Ellis was REALLY disappointed!