9/10/08

How did the hotel not kick us out?

These four video clips my friend Eric made are representative of the noise a wedding party was helping me make in the front lobby of a hotel this Saturday night for several hours. How we did not get kicked out or told to hush is beyond me.

Nonetheless, here's me taking requests -- quite literally. You know when someone says "Free Bird!" It's not a serious request. But I just thought it would be good to confound the people when I actually started playing the thing -- in nearly its entirety.


As you can see, I went straight from "Free Bird" into another request, which was Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer." And yeah, that's my version of the chorus: "It doesn't make a difference if it's boogies or snot."

Somewhere along the line, somebody requested "Light My Fire" by the Doors. This picks up toward the end of the song. I was having a conversation with someone while I was performing separate-style solos to replicate the sounds of Robbie Krieger (guitar) and Ray Manzarek (organ).

I really thought the hotel was going to put the lockdown on us and have us go on our way -- with or without force. So I played "Bohemian Rhapsody" thinking it might be the last song before that happened. It's here in two clips:

Part 1:

Part 2:

The hotel, surprisingly, never did show us the door. We kept on rocking out for hours. I'm not sure exactly when it all ended. As you can see, I was having several drinks throughout it all. Don't you worry: My body reminded me of my substantial intake the next day.

1 comment:

  1. Nicely played, sir. Always entertaining. Wish they would have let us do that at my wedding. Oh well, there's always next time. (Just kidding).

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