M.A.U.I. 2008 (6th annual Mid-Atlantic Ukulele Invitational) at Eastport Elementary School in Annapolis, Maryland
For the June 7, Saturday night concert portion of the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Ukulele Invitational in Annapolis, Maryland, the Paint Branch Ramblers were invited to play un-mic’ed intro and outtro sets while the audience filtered in and out (serving the function that “dumb show” acts used to serve in vaudeville — plate-spinners, acrobats, dancing bears, etc.), and to play in between sets while the various acts tore down (bed slats and all) and set up.
Due to one cancellation, the concert ended up with only three acts: Patsy Monteleone, Gerald Ross, and Tripping Lilly, along with M.C. Victoria Vox. So we only played one of the 17-odd “cues” we’d worked up for the between-acts slots (varying arrangements and lengths of “Soldier’s Joy,” “Paint Branch Ramble,” “Pinball Wizard,” and “Crazy Train/Charley on the MTA”). But we also ended up playing a LOT: a longer intro set, a four-song intermission, and some stuff afterward.
Here’s the full evening’s rundown. (Hyperlinked songs are downloadable demo and practice session recordings – not recorded live at M.A.U.I.)
Pre-show Show
- Jackknife/Down Yonder
- Crazy Train/M.T.A.
- I Left My Liver in Libertyville
- Three Nights Experience
- Will It Go ‘Round
- Blue Ridge Cabin Home
Entr’Acte
- Pinball Wizard
Sitting In
- Ukulele Lady (jug and uke duet with M.C. Victoria Vox)
Intermission
- Paint Branch Ramble
- Soldier’s Joy
- Tell It to Me (guest ukulele solo by Patsy Monteleone)
- Everybody’s Truckin’
Last Call
- Last Call Waltz
After Hours
- How Mountain Girls Can Love
- Haste to the Wedding/The Musical Priest/Whiskey Before Breakfast (guest mandolin solo by Tripping Lilly’s Alex Bacrelis)
