May
18
2006

Mark Zubia and Emmitt De Guvera Acoustic

Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 03:30:28 pm (Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 10:30:28 pm MST)
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Music Music, Travel)
Tonight we went to see Mark Zubia and Emmitt De Guvera acoustic at RT O'Sullivan's in Mesa. We initially went and sat at the bar, but a few songs into it Emmitt told us to come and sit at the tables up front. On walking down there, he said hi to me, which was cool. It was a musician's showcase sort of setup, where Mark would lead on a song, and then Emmit etc. etc.

Before the end of the set, Emmitt mentioned Tramps and Thieves (his band) playing the Last Exit Pre Mexico pary tomorrow night and said that everyone should come. This then turned into this hilarious diatribe about Roger. After the set, the both came over and talked to us about it, which was really funny.

There were a good deal of Pistoleros tunes in the next set, thanks to Emmitt. I believe his exact words were "because those guys (us) are here to see Zubia / The Pistoleros songs". Worked fine for me. He played "a bastardized version" of Everybody Sometimes, and then Mark followed that up with Sara Says. Emmitt kept talking to a Sara at the bar, and I wondered at some point if it was Sara Cina, though as it turns out, it wasn't. In anycase, it's always great hearing songs you know.

Mark and Emmitt's between song (and during song) banter was hilarious. It was like seeing a comedy act in addition to a musical act. [smile] And it's always value for money when the musicians heckle themselves more than the audience. In addition the the Pistoleros / Los Guys songss I knew, they also played some Tramps and Theives songs I knew - L.A (which I thought was called something else, and...argh, the name escapes me at the minute, but it was the last song played. At some point someonne requested Jesus Shake My Shoulder, which would have been cool to see, but Emmitt refused to play it.

Another comical part was people requesting Radio (Los Guys), which they'd already done, and Emmitt ripping himself on not knowing the verses. It was a somewhat long self deprication session between Emmitt and Mark (or, Mark giving Emmitt shit [smile]), but suprisingly they ended up doing the song again.

We'd actually thought about going to see Strange Young Things at Hollywood Alley and skip Mark and Emmitt (because we thought they'd be done by the time the baseball game was over), but I'm glad we decided on a whim to head down to RT O'Sullivan's.

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