A few people have requested the lyrics to the new song that was in the free download of the January newsletter. Here’s a video from the Trinity House too.
Damn Fine Day (the Meantime)
I can read your eyes, I can see you’re sad
I can feel your heart beat away the bad
Bad times we’ve fallen on…
It’s like we found our lives stuck on pause
Feel an endless strain but never find the cause
Well the world can’t keep us down
Today will be a damn fine day
Today, we’ll pretend that it’s a holiday
Get dressed in your best
And dress me up in mine
We’ll make the most of the meantime
I will take you back to that summer’s day
Where we promised to never betray
Each other or those dreams we had
Let’s go out, paint the town red
Dance to your favorite songs until we crash in bed
Well the world can’t keep us down
Today will be a damn fine day
Today, we’ll pretend that it’s a holiday
Get dressed in your best
And dress me up in mine
We’ll make the most of the meantime
Even I’ll admit
There are days where I feel my spirit
Fade into the night that was once starlit
Stars arrayed when you smiled
I don’t know how I got this far
Behind the chase of a lucky star
When it’s only you I need
And the world can’t keep us down
Today will be a damn fine day
Today, we’ll pretend that it’s a holiday
Get dressed in your best
And dress me up in mine
We’ll make the most of the meantime
We had a fun time in Port Huron last night playing at the historic Raven Cafe.
Raven Cafe has an odd, quirky crowfoot stage. Loading in was a little bit of work, but it’s cool to take in the atmosphere of the pre-Civil War building and woodwork.
Stu and Kevin got their work out for the day with the load-in exchange.
Sadaat Hossain, a Port Huron musician who also handles booking for the cafe and runs an open mic in town, joined us on piano for our last set! I captured a recording with my iPhone of him joining us on “Made a Mess.”
Made a Mess (with Sadaat Hossain on piano) by MikeVial
Set List: Raven Cafe, January 15, 2012
Soundcheck: Kalamazoo
- Ohio (Neil Young cover)
- Only the Rain Knows Why
- Julie’s Monsters
- Damn Fine Day
- Intelligent Fool
- Made a Mess
- Driftwood
- Change Your Tune
- 5oo Miles (Proclaimers cover)
- The Cave (Mumford & Sons cover, Kevin Vines solo on uke/vocal)
- The One That Got Away (Katy Perry cover, Kevin Vines solo on vocal/uke)
- Teenage Dream (Katy Perry cover, Kevin Vines solo on uke/vocal)
- I Just Want to Be Your Last (Mike Vial solo acoustic)
Set 2
- Free Falling (Tom Petty cover, Mike and Kevin duo)
- One Way Road
- Empty Cup
- Kalamazoo
- Mahogany
- Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People cover)
- My Lovely Enemy
- Island in the Sun (Weezer cover)
- I Will
- Love & Be Proud
- Mean (Taylor Swift cover, evin Vines solo on vocal/uke-
- It’s Not Unusual (Tom Jones cover, Kevin Vines solo on vocal/uke)
Set 3
- Made a Mess (featuring Sadaat Hossain on piano)
- Mary Jane’s Last Dance (Tom Petty cover, featuring Sadaat Hossain on piano)
- Tainted Love (Soft Cell cover, featuring Sadaat Hossain on piano)
- Polly (Nirvana cover, featuring Sadaat Hossain on piano)
- Damn Fine Day
Wednesday, March 7 – Lemonade on 88.1 FM the Escape
Canton, MI
10:30 AM
- Radio interview and live performance with Beti Smith on her Lemonade show
- You can listen live at http://881theescape.com/
Hey! Look who’s on page 74 of American Songwriter Magazine! Thanks to Ron from Fusion Shows for the ad design.
Set List: Trinity House, January 6, 2012
Mike Vial and the Great Lake Effect
Opening act: Jeff Pianki
Livonia, MI
- All songs full band (unless noted) with David Mosher on mandolin, fiddle, acoustic guitar and backing harmonies, Stuart Tucker on drums, and Kevin Vines on bass and backing vocals. We’ll have some videos of our set posted this month, but I have some iPhone videos I captured of Jeff’s set to share now.
Trinity House Set List
1. Ohio (Neil Young Cover)
2. Only the Rain Knows Why
3. Julie’s Monsters
4. Kalamazoo
5. Intelligent Fool
6. Made a Mess (with Jeff Pianki on piano)
7. Damn Fine Day
8. Driftwood
9. One Way Road (Duo, Mike Vial and David Mosher on acoustic guitars)
10. Awestruck (Mike solo acoustic)
11. I Just Want to Be Your Last (Mike solo acoustic)
12. Empty Cup
13. I Will
14. Change Your Tune
15. Love & Be Proud
Stuart, Kevin and David waiting to take the stage at the Trinity House
Jeff Pianki opening the night at the Trinity House
