Lutherpalooza!

My friend Steve, and I played this afternoon at a Christian Music Festival, put on by the Lutheran church, hence the name "Lutherpalooza". They invited praise bands from all the local churches to play 35 minute sets. Since my Presbyterian church, nor Steve's Catholic church have praise bands, we did our own thing. For instance, we played "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" with a country Patsy Cline feel, a bluegrass version of "Are You Washed In The Blood of the Lamb/I'll Fly Away (I play mandolin on that one), an Amy Grant song, and Peace In The Valley. Steve was surprised to learn that Peace In The Valley was written for Mahalia Jackson, not Elvis Presley as he thought! He sang it Elvis style though (sometimes he can't help himself). We did 7 songs total, on a really big outdoor stage. It was fun, I think we surprised some folks, we weren't what they were expecting! Always keep 'em guessing!

Nothing else on the musical horizon for now; Steve wants me to audition for a Christmas variety show with him...we'll see.  So there you have it, girl with guitar!