The Ethel Merman Experience--live on 3/8/08

Anita · Post by **Anita** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:37 pm

Hi All--
My band will be doing a live webcast on Saturday, March 8, at 9pm Pacific time. The concert lasts for an hour. This is a great theatre, and it's where national artists do live shows for KFOG, a local radio station. Hopefully, you folks in the east can stay up late on a weekend!

As we get close to the date, I'll provide the link for the website.

The songs we'll probably play will include:

1) Communication Breakdown **** Led Zeppelin
2) Sweet Emotion **** Aerosmith
3) Mississippi Queen **** Mountain
4) I Don't Need no Doctor **** Humble Pie
5) What is and What Should Never be **** Led Zeppelin
6) California Man **** Cheap Trick

As you can see, no ballads, no Eagles, no Dave Matthews. I think we'll also play my own song about a T-girl's night out on the town, and what she finds out there in the big world. It's called "Bombjam," and we do a nice version of it. It's the next "Lola," if I do say so myself.

For now, you can see us on YouTube. Sorry I can't find out how to link it, but you can go to the site, and type in "EMX Ethel," (two words), and there we are, with four videos.

Carol Ann · Post by **Carol Ann** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:48 pm

Anita,
I look forward to seeing you in person and hearing your great music

Post by **DonnaT** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:22 pm

More than 4, actually

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2TXmHHhNG9c&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2GoCDZkOc3E

Rikki · Post by **Rikki** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:27 pm

Wow!!!! You sure play a mean guitar!! And "Ethel" is a hoot for sure. Keep up the music. rr

Your link http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emx+ethel

Anita · Post by **Anita** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:49 pm

Thanks for checking in, Carol Ann. Hope you enjoy the show!

Donna and Rkki--thanks for the links. The link that Rikki provided goes to the "official" videos. The other ones are fan videos shot with a cell phone--they're kind of fun in their own way, but they're only a minute long, and the sound quality is terrible on them.

Jeannie · Post by **Jeannie** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:35 pm

Hi Anita
You long stemmed Honey! That Steppinwolf song is screaming for a parody! "Born Julia Child" You go Sweety! Hugs.

Love
Auntie Jeannie

Sylvia H · Post by **Sylvia H** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:00 pm

Cool Anita!

Quite looking forward to it.

xox
Sylvia

Virginia · Post by **Virginia** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:42 pm

I see somebody can swing a mean axe!!!!! You look great, hon!!! Now I can brag that I know a real professional musician in a real band!!!! That is just too cool!!!! Such talent!!!! You rock!!!

Love,

Virginia

Absaroka · Post by **Absaroka** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:07 pm

This sounds very excited. I hope a lot of folks here will be able to see it.

As you know I thought your utube presentation of Ethel doing ZZ Top was great. I really liked the guitar work as well as the band as a whole.

Absaroka

Anita · Post by **Anita** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:12 pm

Here is the link to the Expressions studio site:

http://mediasource.expression.edu/liveCast.htm
* The timeline of the session is approximately as follows: (Pacific time)

Load-in: 6pm (actual session start times may vary)
Set-up: 6:20-7:30pm
Sound Check: 7:30pm-9pm
Break: 9pm-9:25pm* (Guests should arrive at 9pm so you can greet
them)
Stage Call: 9:25pm
Showtime: 9:30pm-10:30pm
Load-out: 10:30pm-11pm

CJ · Post by CJ » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:13 pm

Hi all,

Okay, this time, I have to try harder to catch the act, Anita. Showtime for me means you'll start playing around half past midnight and wind up around 1:30 am. So maybe--seeing as it happens on a Saturday night--I can hang out in the forum chat room until the show starts. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

I hope EMX has a blast on that night! Break a leg!

Love,
CJ

Elizabeth · Post by **Elizabeth** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:14 am

Anita,

That was excellent. I look forward to the webcast, but you didn't give the url of the webcast itself. It was great seeing your band play. I love your guitar and amp. You have killer tone. It would be great to get together someday and jam. I loved watching you play, and would love to perform dressed, something I have never done.

I also loved your white shoes on the video. Not bad legs either. Seems we at least have the same taste in amps and guitars.

Me and my son jamming.

Love always,
Elizabeth

Kendra Lynn · Post by **Kendra Lynn** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:21 am

Folks: Sorry to be a "wet blanket" here, but am just not a metal fan. Never was. (but then again I don't listen to the Dave Matthews Band either).
Although I did see Robert Plant's band at a "world music" convention in England a few years ago and enjoyed that.
I'm really amazed at the number of passionate music fans on this site.
Maybe there should be a separate music thread on this forum?
A trans sexual MtoF musician was interviewed in a recent issue of TAPESTRY. There does seem to be a sub category of transgendered musicians playing metal or metal-ish rock.
Someone else commented to me that there are also a lot of TG's interested in British/Celtic folk and folk-rock.
Hm...
I'm curious-- have other folks on this forum attended public music events cross dressed ?
How were those experiences?
"And the beat goes on"...
Peace-- Kendra Lynn ("hippie cheerleader")

Anita · Post by **Anita** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:22 pm

CJ, Elizabeth, Kendra--
Thanks for the replies

CJ, I'm happy you're going to try and stay up. In the U.S., it's cruel that daylight savings time starts at 2 am, so the folks in the east both stay up AND lose an hour the next day.

But the 8th is International Women's day, or so my calendar says. I'll be celebrating it in high style.

Elizabeth, I've amended the link. I copied it in from the email they sent, and that link required you to look to the left for the webcast link. Here's the link to the site itself.

http://mediasource.expression.edu/liveCast.htm

I'm glad you liked the tone! It's a POD Mesa Boogie setting being fed into that Peavy tube head you see in one of the videos.

Kendra Lynn---
In honor of hippies everywhere, (including cheerleaders!) we do a "clean" version of 'White Rabbit.' But we won't be doing that next Saturday. We're learning "Paint it Black," too, which goes back to a non-metallic time. We didn't get it down in time for this show.

Anita · Post by **Anita** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:45 am

Here's the set list, though not in order.

1) Sweet Emotion
Aerosmith

2) I will follow
U2

3) Never Say Never
Romeo Void
* One of the original members of Romeo Void was supposed to be in attendance at this gig, and found his wife had made previous plans. But we'll still do the song, complete with kazoo in place of saxophone.

4) Gimme some lovin' / My Sharona
medley of Spencer Davis and The Knack

5) Are you gonna be my Girl?
Jet

6) How Many More Times? / Psychotic Reaction
Led Zeppelin and The Count Five medley

7) California Man
Cheap Trick

8*) Shakin' All Over
The Who

9) Let the Good Times Roll
Jimi Hendrix

10) Rock the Nation
Montrose

11) Bang a Gong (Get it on)
T-Rex / Powerstation

12) Communication Breakdown
Led Zeppelin

13) Four-way Stop
One of Mark's original songs, about a group of four young Southern Californians who have an unusual meeting place for their rendezvouses. (I did have to look up that plural spelling!) The lyrics are G-rated. I get to pretend to be Bonnie Raitt on this one; I play slide guitar.

14) Bombjam
An Anita original as promised, all about a T-girl who's out on the town. She's, uh, the 'granddaughter' of the Kink's "Lola," that's it!

The title comes from a Joe Walsh song called "The Bomber," done when he was with the James Gang. It had lyrics about a 'closet queen' in it, although the gal in this song is definitely 'out and about.'

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The Ethel Merman Experience--live on 3/8/08

The Ethel Merman Experience--live on 3/8/08

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