Cayamo Cruise: Day 1
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livingdebWe went on a music cruise last month called "Cayamo: A Journey Through Song." It's like a regular cruise, only virtually all the shipboard activities were concerts of folk, Americana, and alternate country music. Also, the Cayamo people took over the muzak programming so that all the background music was also folk, Americana, and alternative country.
So the first day we drove to Dallas, caught our nonstop flight to Miami, took a van to the harbor and got on the boat. And there was still time to wander around and then watch some concerts.
Here's a room that amused me. It's obviously a coffee shop: the walls are decorated with coffee mugs and check out the coffee beans on the carpeting. Only, it turns out it's not a coffee shop after all. Over halfway through the cruise we learned that this was the 24-hour cafe.
Here's the Stardust, the best venue (biggest, least outside noise, most comfortable):
Photographs in the dark without a flash are not the greatest. But I'll share some with you anyway--they still give you an idea of what it was like.
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt
All the concerts were one hour long. I'll give you almost a blow-by-blow on this first one so you get an idea of just how much you can do in a one-hour concert, plus this first concert I saw turned out to be my favorite, mostly because of the banter. For example, Lyle Lovett started off by explaining to us that a lot of what we call "folk music" is really acoustic music by people who can't afford a band.
These guys do not exactly have the same style, so I was wondering what they would do. Mostly they just took turns doing their own songs.
John Hiatt sang "Drive South."
(I heard this song three times on the boat. After the third time, I told myself that when we arrived back in Dallas, I would sing the chorus to Robin, "Come on, baby, drive south with the one you love," but I forgot.)
John - You look great, Lyle.
Lyle - No, you look better.
Audience member - You both look hot!
Lyle - Thanks, you're a good liar.
Lyle told us how fun it was to find yourself riding in an elevator with famous musicians. He told us that you can make Loudon Wainwright wish there were a little more space between you and him.
A lot of the concert looked just like this: Lyle Lovett, quietly telling his humorous stories and John Hiatt getting tickled.
Lyle Lovett sang "Brown-eyed Handsome Man"(?) (not sure if that's really the title, but it was an oft-used lyric and could be the title)
Then Lyle got us to applaud the shininess of John's shoes. First he remarked on enjoying the shininess of the shoes. Then he learned that John shines his own shoes. So he asked if it were because he didn't like using the professionals or if it was because he had a certain standard. John said a little of both but his standard was that he did not like his shoes to be too shiny.
John Hiatt sang "Sorry for What You've Done"(?) and explained that "It's really a song for swimmers. Long-distance swimmers."
Then Lyle Lovett brought up a song request from "Jennifer Hiney." Oops. That was "a mnemonic device gone wrong" for Jennifer Hiner.
Lyle sang "Flyin' Shoes" and in the middle asked John to join in. It felt like a pop quiz to me.
Lyle - John, would you like a lozenge?
John took the lozenge and put it in his mouth.
John - That's real nice. What do I do now?
John removed the lozenge from his mouth and wiped his hand on his jeans. Then he sang a new song, "Alright Now." He felt a little nervous playing it in public for the first time.
Lyle - What do you worry about the most?
John - My kids.
Lyle - What's playing a new song in front of an audience for the first time compared to that?
Lyle sang "Holiday Smile"(?).
John sang "Adios to California"(?).
Lyle sang "The Road to Ensenada."
John sang "Tennessee Plates."
Lyle - You get to certain age and you bring your doctor along. How about you?
John - You know, he just gave me a little kit with pills.
Lyle sang "That Gal of Mine"(?).
John - We're gonna jam.
Lyle - No, we're not. We're not gonna jam.
But they did play "Brand New Tennessee Waltz"(?) together.
Rhett Miller
Rhett Miller was energetic (and therefore blurry in pictures).
He sang songs which had the following lyrics which could have been titles:
"You're a long way from where you belong, unaware."
"Singular girl"
"I won't be home no more."
"I'm not lonely; I've got my imaginary friends."
"You're no simple machine."
"On a bed of California stars"
He told a story about how at one point his band was going to tour as the Wilco part of a band (now I don't remember what I meant by those notes), but it didn't happen because Britain revoked their visa. "Man, I thought we were done with that two hundred years ago."
More lyrics that are possibly titles:
"I need to know where I stand."
"You will be replaced."
"You will not go to heaven. You'll go to Champaign, Illinois."
"I've got a four-leafed clover; I ain't got no hope of getting you."
"I just want to know where you've been."
"I've got a question for you."
"Working on a broken man."
"Lonely for the rest of my life"
"Come clean, Doreen."
So, interesting songs. Didn't grab me hard or anything, though.
Looking at the schedule, I can see that we could have easily made two more concerts that day, but I have no further pictures or notes, so I guess we were tired after getting up at three in the morning or whatever it was.
And now, I think you deserve a well-lit picture.
Cake of the Day
Actually, the next two are simple cakes, so I give you both cake pictures the same day.
I meant simple to look at. Not simple to do. Perfect smoothness. Even after draping. I think this is still from the children's section too, if you can believe that, though from the age 13-17 group.
So the first day we drove to Dallas, caught our nonstop flight to Miami, took a van to the harbor and got on the boat. And there was still time to wander around and then watch some concerts.
Here's a room that amused me. It's obviously a coffee shop: the walls are decorated with coffee mugs and check out the coffee beans on the carpeting. Only, it turns out it's not a coffee shop after all. Over halfway through the cruise we learned that this was the 24-hour cafe.
Here's the Stardust, the best venue (biggest, least outside noise, most comfortable):
Photographs in the dark without a flash are not the greatest. But I'll share some with you anyway--they still give you an idea of what it was like.
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt
All the concerts were one hour long. I'll give you almost a blow-by-blow on this first one so you get an idea of just how much you can do in a one-hour concert, plus this first concert I saw turned out to be my favorite, mostly because of the banter. For example, Lyle Lovett started off by explaining to us that a lot of what we call "folk music" is really acoustic music by people who can't afford a band.
These guys do not exactly have the same style, so I was wondering what they would do. Mostly they just took turns doing their own songs.
John Hiatt sang "Drive South."
(I heard this song three times on the boat. After the third time, I told myself that when we arrived back in Dallas, I would sing the chorus to Robin, "Come on, baby, drive south with the one you love," but I forgot.)
John - You look great, Lyle.
Lyle - No, you look better.
Audience member - You both look hot!
Lyle - Thanks, you're a good liar.
Lyle told us how fun it was to find yourself riding in an elevator with famous musicians. He told us that you can make Loudon Wainwright wish there were a little more space between you and him.
A lot of the concert looked just like this: Lyle Lovett, quietly telling his humorous stories and John Hiatt getting tickled.
Lyle Lovett sang "Brown-eyed Handsome Man"(?) (not sure if that's really the title, but it was an oft-used lyric and could be the title)
Then Lyle got us to applaud the shininess of John's shoes. First he remarked on enjoying the shininess of the shoes. Then he learned that John shines his own shoes. So he asked if it were because he didn't like using the professionals or if it was because he had a certain standard. John said a little of both but his standard was that he did not like his shoes to be too shiny.
John Hiatt sang "Sorry for What You've Done"(?) and explained that "It's really a song for swimmers. Long-distance swimmers."
Then Lyle Lovett brought up a song request from "Jennifer Hiney." Oops. That was "a mnemonic device gone wrong" for Jennifer Hiner.
Lyle sang "Flyin' Shoes" and in the middle asked John to join in. It felt like a pop quiz to me.
Lyle - John, would you like a lozenge?
John took the lozenge and put it in his mouth.
John - That's real nice. What do I do now?
John removed the lozenge from his mouth and wiped his hand on his jeans. Then he sang a new song, "Alright Now." He felt a little nervous playing it in public for the first time.
Lyle - What do you worry about the most?
John - My kids.
Lyle - What's playing a new song in front of an audience for the first time compared to that?
Lyle sang "Holiday Smile"(?).
John sang "Adios to California"(?).
Lyle sang "The Road to Ensenada."
John sang "Tennessee Plates."
Lyle - You get to certain age and you bring your doctor along. How about you?
John - You know, he just gave me a little kit with pills.
Lyle sang "That Gal of Mine"(?).
John - We're gonna jam.
Lyle - No, we're not. We're not gonna jam.
But they did play "Brand New Tennessee Waltz"(?) together.
Rhett Miller
Rhett Miller was energetic (and therefore blurry in pictures).
He sang songs which had the following lyrics which could have been titles:
"You're a long way from where you belong, unaware."
"Singular girl"
"I won't be home no more."
"I'm not lonely; I've got my imaginary friends."
"You're no simple machine."
"On a bed of California stars"
He told a story about how at one point his band was going to tour as the Wilco part of a band (now I don't remember what I meant by those notes), but it didn't happen because Britain revoked their visa. "Man, I thought we were done with that two hundred years ago."
More lyrics that are possibly titles:
"I need to know where I stand."
"You will be replaced."
"You will not go to heaven. You'll go to Champaign, Illinois."
"I've got a four-leafed clover; I ain't got no hope of getting you."
"I just want to know where you've been."
"I've got a question for you."
"Working on a broken man."
"Lonely for the rest of my life"
"Come clean, Doreen."
So, interesting songs. Didn't grab me hard or anything, though.
Looking at the schedule, I can see that we could have easily made two more concerts that day, but I have no further pictures or notes, so I guess we were tired after getting up at three in the morning or whatever it was.
And now, I think you deserve a well-lit picture.
Cake of the Day
Actually, the next two are simple cakes, so I give you both cake pictures the same day.
I meant simple to look at. Not simple to do. Perfect smoothness. Even after draping. I think this is still from the children's section too, if you can believe that, though from the age 13-17 group.