Sometimes a theme emerges at an Open Mic. Interestingly, tonight it was marriage. A number of performers sang songs that will appear in newlywed Jill Leger’s showcase next month; Eileen Warner movingly dedicated a song to her late ex-husband; Lonny Smith was inspired by the recent California Supreme Court to sing Rainbow; Davey Brown dedicated his song Shiksa Goddess to the absent Emily Everson (noted for her song Bar Mitvah Shiksa Mama); Kathy and Mike Repass are celebrating their first anniversary tomorrow;and married songwriters Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt were well represented in people’s selections.
And needless to say, the wonderful Mary Sugar on piano made everybody sound terrific!
- Terri Allen
- Detour Ahead
- Davy Brown
- Shiksa Goddess (Brown)
- Hard Candy Christmas (Hall)
- Diletta Gillespie
- Stormy Weather (Arlen /Koehler)
- Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen / Mercer)
- Dorie Hightower
- You Can Sleep While I Drive (Ethridge)
- It Almost Felt Like Love (Stitt)
- Jill Leger
- Halfway (Leger)
- David McMullen
- Good Thing Going (Sondheim)
- The Tale of the Oyster (Porter)
- Marianne Glass Miller
- I’m Gonna Show You the Ocean (Stitt)
- Cold Enough to Cross (Rolnick)
- Michael Miyazaki
- Days of the Waltz (Brel/
- Expected Song (Miyazaki/Bowen)
- Byron Murray
- I’m a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas (Baxter)
- Startdust (Carmichael / Parish)
- Barbara Pappendorp
- To Roger on Our Wedding Day (Leger)
- Hyme a L’Amour (Monot)
- Kathy Reilly
- Bewitched (Bothered & Bewildered) (Rodgers / Hart)
- A Beautiful Friendship
- Justin Ritchie
- So Much More (Leger)
- Always There (Leger)
- Lonny Smith
- Rainbow (Ross)
- And They’re Off (Finn)
- Ron Squeri
- American Hymn
- Psycotherapy
- Christie Trapp
- Temporary (Bucchino)
- In a Restaurant By the Sea (Bucchino)
- Eileen Warner
- Leavin’ on a Jet Plane (Denver)
- Sailin’ On (Pitchford / Menken)
- Maris Wicker
- Sing Me Not a Ballad (Weill / Gershwin) / Show Me (Loewe / Lerner)
- Sons of (Brel/Blau) / Children Will Listen (Sondheim)
