Walk Like an Egyptian / Midnight Moonlight
Those of you who know me know that when someone puts two completely unrelated songs together in a fun way and invites me to join in, I can't resist!
My banjo friend Tim has been doing this fun medley for years - of the Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" and Peter Rowan's "Midnight Moonlight" - which share the same unusual 2-chord progression in their jam sections. So when he invited me to join his band for the Folk Project's 43rd birthday show at the Minstrel coffeehouse, of course I said yes!
The show was 2 weeks ago, but I failed multiple times to successfully upload the rather large video file till this morning. There's better video on the official show CD awaiting me next time I go there ... this is the one from my iPhone.
We were the opening act, so I left in the intro by long-time Minstrel booker and local folk music character Mike Agranoff*, explaining a bit of background of the long-lived Folk Project and its Minstrel concert series. He introduces us at 5:19, and we start playing at 6:30, if you want to cut to the chase. (I'll come back later and trim the video and edit this post.)
[* If his name sounds vaguely familiar, I've covered a few of his songs in the way distant past.]
Starring Tim Sevener on banjo and MM lead vocals, me on uke (of course, and half of WLAE lead vocals, Dara Diamant on the other half, and Bob Clement on bass.