"Wedding Show" at Revolution in Bryan on Oct 2

About 10 months ago we were asked by Bryan and Lindsey (long-time fans from Bryan/College Station) to play the evening of their wedding. In March 2010 they asked us if we had October 2 open. We typically don't book more than about 3 months in advance, so in perusing the calendar it was safe to say that we were free, and that Bryan and Lindsey had, in fact, "lucked-out". So this was PLUMP's first wedding reception--although to be fair, we weren't technically the "wedding reception band". Bryan/Lindsey had a wedding reception dinner outside on the patio at Revolution in Bryan, and we were the band at Revolution for the evening, and the show was open to the general public as well as for the wedding party.

About a month before the wedding, Bryan sent us an email with a song called "Corrina, Corrina" by Taj Mahal. Bryan said that he and Lindsey were both big-time Taj Mahal fans, and they were hoping that we could learn the song for the wedding, as they would use this as their wedding dance song. So one evening in practice, we utilized the technology at hand. We downloaded the song and played it on repeat so we could learn the music. At the same time, I got on-line and accessed the lyrics and wrote them down. Then, we played along with the song about 5-6 times. "Corrina, Corrina" is a BAD ASS song that none of us had ever heard before Bryan sent us the email link, It is basically a blues song, without a whole bunch of changes, so the guts of the music was learnable within about 20 minutes. The more you listen to the song, it definitely has some subtleties you notice and want to master. Great song.

So, we show up at Revolution on October 2 at around 9:30 pm, which is a little later than we wanted or would have liked, especially since the wedding party was probably wondering if we were going to actually show up (we got held up, again, eating the delicious BBQ at Rudy's). But, we made it, and it was good to see everybody. We got set-up. Bryan said it was actually a surprise for Lindsey for us to play the song, and that they had recently seen a Taj Mahal show in which "Corrina, Corrina" had been the encore, so the stage was set. Bryan asked us to play the song about 6 songs into our first set.

Six songs in, and it was time for us to play "Corrina, Corrina". I (Doug) sing "Corrina, Corrina". Right before I counted it off, I realized I couldn't remember the first words of the song. Disaster. I sat there for about 15 seconds furiously trying to remember. The other guys are going, "What the fuck, Doug". I asked Al--do you know the first line. He didn't know. Then he said, "I think it has something about a bird". Thank god--the first line is "Got a bird". Dodged that bullet.

This was out first time for PLUMP to play this song live, and we had probably only practiced the song 9-10 times. To say this version was sloppy, and that lyrics were mis-sung, would be an understatement. I also totally sang a falsetto part wrong. But, it still sounded good, as people liked it. So we decided to go "Whiskey River" by Willie Nelson, and we played that song two more times during the rest of the two set show--much to the delight (and chagrin) of the audience (this was due mostly because Lindsey said we could play that song as many times as we wanted, as far as she was concerned. As she was the gushingbride, we had to comply). I daresay that the song improved with each playing. The last time we played it, a drunken Jason Jackson demanded that the newlyweds dance on the stage. Not sure if they wanted to be on stage, but dad-gummit they got up there.

One of the out-of-town relatives was thrilled when we played "Uncle Remus" by Frank Zappa in the first set, so we started the second set with "Willie the Pimp" (also by Zappa), and he loved us for it. It was a good crowd, and people were up dancing the whole time, so what will forever be known as "The Wedding Show" was a lot of fun. AND, we have a new song for our rotation.