Rockin the Mic Again?

Last time I was onstage with a microphone and a band, I was 15 years old, wearing a sweet hippy skirt, and a ruffly shirt that my mom made me, singing Locomotion, and playing the tambourine. Awwwesome.

I've been onstage a lot since that time, but always with a fourth wall protecting me.

Um....folks....I may very well be rocking the mic again on the 14th. So a friend of mine, Ryan, fronts this band here on Maui that I totally love, The Ryan Robinson band. They are pretty well known around these parts, and play a lot of the bigger venues, including Mulligan's on the Blue, a restaurant on the Blue golf course in Wailea.

I fell in love with them at Life's a Beach when I heard him tackle Stevie Wonder's Master Blaster. I've always loved that song, and loved it even more when my sister's high school a capella group just rocked it. Anyway, Ryan's version is different and awesome, and I dig it. So I'm not really sure how it came up originally - I think someone said something to him about my karaoke inclinations - but somehow I started BS-ing with Ryan about singing with him, and he told me he'd get me a demo CD, and I should write some harmonies, and blah blah blah. We've been talking about that for months, and I never really thought it would happen. Except, um, yesterday I picked up the demo CD from him, and he said he wants me to sit in with them on the 14th. At Mulligan's. YIKES! I'm totally excited. And freaked out. But mostly excited.

Here is the song that he wants me to rock, "Do It Again":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzgN7AD_ed4

That's not the original version of the song - the Staple Singers did it originally, and it's a bit dated. So we're going to rock it into the 21st century. I'm stoked. I'll keep you posted.