yearlongday

i’ve played bars, but i wouldn’t categorize yearlongday as a ‘bar band‘. it requires a different kind of artistry to be a successful ‘bar band’… a band that not only performs its repertoire with rote expertise, but also conjures energy from the audience seemingly out of thin (or thick) air. that’s not yearlongday… we lack the aesthetic for mimicry that entails our set list be transformed into a checklist of cliches. just to illustrate the point, i recently (2009) noted what a local band played in a very popular franchise bar:

i’m yours (jason mraz)

crazy little thing called love (queen)

lovesong (the cure)

if i fell (the beatles)

kiss (prince)

let’s get it on (marvin gaye)

all the small things (blink 182)

billie jean (michael jackson)

i saw her standing there (the beatles)

folsom prison blues (johnny cash)

… sugar ray, and more.