Jason Straub: Shows

Friday, February 17th, 2012

KC'S Alley

Friday, January 20th, 2012

KC'S Alley

Music starts at 9PM as usual. Hope you can make it!

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Dirty Jerzees Sports Bar and Grill

Acoustic happy hour music with Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals at a new-ish sports bar in Lansdale.

Friday, December 16th, 2011

KC'S Alley

Acoustic rock music from 9 PM until midnight to get your weekend started off right.

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

Come on out for Friday evening acoustic happy hour!

Good to be back at PJ's for happy hour. There's always a good crowd there with lots of energy.

Tried a few new ones at this gig - "Barton Hollow" by The Civil Wars during Kaylyn's set, "Sometime Around Midnight" by The Airborne Toxic Event.

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

Private Show - Wedding

Playing cocktail hour at the wedding of two friends. Gonna be a lot of fun.

Played some of the "hits" for the crowd at the wedding. Beautiful day and a beautiful event. Congrats!

Balham To Brooklyn (Turin Brakes)
Soulshine (Gov't Mule)
Keep Me In Your Heart (Warren Zevon)
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead)
Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice)
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter... (Pearl Jam)
One (U2)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
Nightswimming (R.E.M.)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Jimi Thing (Dave Matthews Band)
Falling Slowly (The Swell Season)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Good Riddance (Green Day)

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

KC's Alley

Thanks to everyone who came out the show tonight!

Here’s the songlist:

Release – Pearl Jam
Lucky – Radiohead
I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty
Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen
Come On Get Higher – Matt Nathanson
Chocolate – Snow Patrol
All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
Keep Me In Your Heart – Warren Zevon
Into The Mystic – Van Morrison
The Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice *
Times Like These – Foo Fighters
Macy’s Day Parade – Green Day
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter… - Pearl Jam
If I Die Young – The Band Perry *
Love Story – Taylor Swift *
Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead *
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum *
Volcano – Damien Rice *
Keep Holding On – Avril Lavigne *
My Hero – Foo Fighters *
The Story – Brandi Carlile *
Least Complicated – Indigo Girls *
Run – Matt Nathanson *
Tragedy – Brandi Carlile *
You Were Meant For Me – Jewel *
I Run To You – Lady Antebellum *
Falling Slowly – The Swell Season *
Poison & Wine – The Civil Wars *
Doesn’t Remind Me – Audioslave *
Girlfriend – Matthew Sweet #
Thank You – Led Zeppelin #
Beautiful – Christina Aguilera #
Jimi Thing – Dave Matthews Band #
Betterman à Save It For Later – Pearl Jam #
Laid – James
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Nothing Compares 2 U – Prince
Got You Where I Want You – The Flys
Everlong – Foo Fighters

* = with Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals
# = with Matt Mazurek on guitar

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

KC'S Alley

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

KC'S Alley

That was a good time. Thanks to all who came out to hang out and listen.

Songlist (don't know the order):

I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)

No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen)

Don't Carry It All (The Decemberists)

New York, New York (Ryan Adams)

Chocolate (Snow Patrol)

Karma Police (Radiohead)

Song For The Girl (Matthew Good)

Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)

Say It To Me Now (Glen Hansard)

Elderly Woman Behind The Counter... (Pearl Jam)

Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)

Everlong (Foo Fighters)

Inside of You (Infant Sorrow - Forgetting Sarah Marshall)

Shock To My System (Gemma Hayes)

The Scientist (Coldplay)

I Run To You (Lady Antebellum)

Jimi Thing (Dave Matthews)

The Weary Kind (Crazy Heart Soundtrack)

Soulshine (Gov’t Mule)

Ae Fond Kiss --> Feeling The Pull (The Swell Season)

Laid (James)

One (U2)

Girl In The War (Josh Ritter)

Your Love (The Outfield)

Porch (Pearl Jam)

Nightswimming (R.E.M.)

She (Gram Parsons)

Hold You (original)

What Happens When The Heart Just Stops (The Frames)

Closing Time (Semisonic)

Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)

Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)

The Galway Girl (Steve Earle)

Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple Pilots)

Got You Where I Want You (The Flys)

Every Breath You Take (The Police)

Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)

Keep Me In Your Heart (Warren Zevon)

When Your Mind’s Made Up (The Frames)

Betterman (Pearl Jam)

With Or Without You (U2)

Falling Slowly (The Swell Season)*

Patience (Guns N Roses)

* = w/ Kate Nye on vocals

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

KC'S Alley

No songlist for this one - forgot to do it right afterwards, and now it's too late to remember.

Friday, March 25th, 2011

KC'S Alley

Rescheduled my original gig at PJ Whelihan's when they canceled b/c of a "neighborhood hotties" competition hosted by WYSP and Danny Bonoducci (sp?).

Great night at KC's. Kaylyn and Matt joined me for a few songs to help celebrate my birthday. Thanks to everyone who came out to see the late-night show.

A Single Explosion (Matthew Good)
Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
Don't Carry It All (The Decemberists)
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
Rocket Man (Elton John) - it was Elton's b-day too!
New York, New York (Ryan Adams)
Keep Me In Your Heart (Warren Zevon)
My Hero (Foo Fighters)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Karma Police (Radiohead)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cindi Lauper)
The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
One (U2)
Betterman (Pearl Jam) --> Save It For Later (Pete Townshend)
Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead) *
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum) *
Volcano (Damien Rice) *
Love Story (Taylor Swift) *
Least Complicated (Indigo Girls) *
Realize (Colby Calliat) *
I Run To You (Lady Antebellum) *
Falling Slowly (The Swell Season) *
Inside of You (Infant Sorrow)
The Kids Are Alright (The Who) #
Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet) #
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera) #
Thank You (Led Zeppelin) #
Who Knew? (P!nk) #
Laid (James)
Got You Where I Want You (The Flys) - aborted
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (Pearl Jam)
Creep (Radiohead)
Closing Time (Semisonic)

* = with Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals
# = with Matt Mazurek on guitar

Friday, February 18th, 2011

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

Another fun night at PJ's. Though I took some unintentional liberties with a few lyrics, it was a good gig. I've played some of these songs so many times that when I'm performing I sometimes get the idea in my head that I don't need to actually LOOK at the lyric sheet that's right in front of me...epic fail in many cases...

Here's a rough guess at the songlist:

Release (Pearl Jam)
Thinking About You (Radiohead)
Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
Balham To Brooklyn (Turin Brakes)
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
Rocket Man (Elton John)
Stop And Stare (OneRepublic)
This House Is Not For Sale (Ryan Adams)
Got You Where I Want You (The Flys)
Peace Love and Understanding (Elvis Costello)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
Keep Me In Your Heart (Warren Zevon)
My Hero (Foo Fighters)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cindi Lauper)
All Night Thing (Temple of the Dog)
Ae Fond Kiss --> Feeling The Pull (The Swell Season)
Thank You (Led Zeppelin) --> Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple Pilots)
Answering Machine (Matt Nathanson)
New York, New York (Ryan Adams)
With Or Without You (U2)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Inside of You (Infant Sorrow)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
On A Plain (Nirvana)
Laid (James)
Nightswimming (REM)
Your Love (The Outfield)
Closing Time (Semisonic)
Macy's Day Parade (Green Day)
Karma Police (Radiohead)
I Run To You (Lady Antebellum)
Falling Slowly (The Swell Season)
Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
Change (Taylor Swift)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Not Just Sometimes But Always (Idlewild)
One (U2)
The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
Last Kiss (Pearl Jam)
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
Elderly Woman... (Pearl Jam)

Thanks to everyone who came out tonight!

Friday, January 14th, 2011

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

3 hours of acoustic rock for your happy hour enjoyment. Always a good time at PJ's.

Thanks to all who came out to PJ's last night. Here's a rough idea of the songlist.

A Single Explosion (Matthew Good)
My Hero (Foo Fighters)
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
Falling And Flying (Bad Blake)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
Keep Me In Your Heart (Warren Zevon)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cindi Lauper)
The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
Ae Fond Kiss --> Feeling The Pull (The Swell Season)
Inside Of You (Infant Sorrow)
One (U2)
Elderly Woman Behind... (Pearl Jam)
No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen)
Starlight (Muse)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple Pilots)
Shine A Light (The Rolling Stones)
Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead) *
Nobody's Home (Avril Lavigne) *
Falling Slowly (The Swell Season) *
The Story Of Us (Taylor Swift) *
Tragedy (Brandi Carlile) *
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum) *
Volcano (Damien Rice) *
The Story (Brandi Carlile) *
I Run To You (Lady Antebellum) *
Mean (Taylor Swift) *
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Answering Machine (Matt Nathanson)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
On A Plain (Nirvana)
Nightswimming (R.E.M.)
I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)
Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Got You Where I Want You (The Flys)
Laid (James)
I Alone (Live)
The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice)
Doesn't Remind Me (Audioslave)
Porch (Pearl Jam)

* = with Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

3 hours of acoustic rock and/or roll to make your happy hour the happiest it can be.

PJ's on Friday evening is always a lot of fun. Another packed bar, little kids dancing, big kids dancing...if you were there, thanks for coming out!

Songlist:

Killer Cars (Radiohead)
The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
Answering Machine (Matt Nathanson)
This House Is Not For Sale (Ryan Adams)
Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
One (U2)
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (Pearl Jam)
I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
Starlight (Muse)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple Pilots)
Cherub Rock (Smashing Pumpkins)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)
Shine A Light (The Rolling Stones)
On A Plain (Nirvana)
Slither (Velvet Revolver)
No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen)
Nightswimming (REM)
Your Love (Outfield)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cindi Lauper)
Change (Taylor Swift)
New York, New York (Ryan Adams)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Last Of The American Girls (Green Day)
Got You Where I Want You (The Flys)
The Weary Kind (Ryan Bingham)
Laid (James)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Times Like These (Foo Fighters)
Soulshine (Gov't Mule)
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
She Talks To Angels (The Black Crowes)
Don't Look Back In Anger (Oasis)
The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
You've Got To Hide You Love Away (The Beatles)
Who Knew? (P!nk)
Closing Time (Semisonic)
Betterman (Pearl Jam)
Good Riddance (Green Day)

Friday, November 12th, 2010

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

3 hours of acoustic rock covers & originals for your happy hour entertainment.

Great crowd tonight. Even though Kaylyn and I were jammed in the corner at PJs, we still managed to bring the rock. Here's the list:

I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
Eagles On The Highway (Chris Robinson)
Last Kiss (Pearl Jam version)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
All Night Thing (Chris Cornell) - aborted
Ae Fond Kiss --> Feeling The Pull (The Swell Season)
Answering Machine (Matt Nathanson)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead)
The Scientist (Coldplay)
Nightswimming (REM)
Closing Time (Semisonic)
I Run To You (Lady Antebellum) *
Tragedy (Brandi Carlile) *
Falling Slowly (The Swell Season) *
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum) *
My Life Would Suck Without You (Kelly Clarkson) *
I'd Lie (Taylor Swift)
When Your Mind's Made Up (The Swell Season) *
Realize (Colbie Caillat) *
Love Story (Taylor Swift) *
Least Complicated (Indigo Girls) *
Black Horse & The Cherry Tree (KT Tunstall) *
You Were Meant For Me (Jewel) *
Keep Holding On (Avril Lavigne) *
Head Over Feet (Alanis Morissette) *
Got You Where I Want You (The Flys)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
Laid (James)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Starlight (Muse)
Doesn't Remind Me (Audioslave)
With Or Without You (U2)
Run (Snow Patrol)
No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen)
Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
Lilac Wine (Jeff Buckley version)
Leave (Glen Hansard)
Betterman (Pearl Jam)

* = with Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals

Saturday, November 6th, 2010

Village Tavern

I'm playing a 30 minute opening set for my buddies in Toxic Chicken. I may join them later for a song during their sets too. Hope you can make it!

Good times opening for my friends in Toxic Chicken. They were kind enough to invite me on stage to sing some Crowes with them. Loved it!

I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Van Diemen's Land (U2)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Laid (James)
Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
Falling Slowly (The Swell Season)

Jealous Again (The Black Crowes) - vocals with Toxic Chicken

Friday, September 17th, 2010

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

3 hours of acoustic music to accompany the happiest time of the day.

Great crowd - I've never played a PJs happy hour that was so packed with people. Made for an energetic evening. It was "half way to St Patty's Day" on bar calendars all over town, so I tried to play a more significant helping of Irish-based music.

Here's the songlist (in no particular order):

4 Minute Warning (Radiohead)
Not Just Sometimes But Always (Idlewild)
Dollar Bill (Screaming Trees)
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
This House Is Not For Sale (Ryan Adams)
My Hero (Foo Fighters)
In Over My Head (Gemma Hayes)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)*
Falling Slowly (The Swell Season)*
My Life Would Suck Without You (Kelly Clarkson)*
I Run To You (Lady Antebellum)*
Tragedy (Brandi Carlile)*
Girl In The War (Josh Ritter)
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (Pearl Jam)
Answering Machine (Matt Nathanson)
Ae Fond Kiss (intro) --> Feeling The Pull (The Swell Season)
The Scientist (Coldplay)
Van Diemen's Land (U2)
Stop And Stare (OneRepublic)
Don't Look Back In Anger (Oasis)
Macy's Day Parade (Green Day)
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
Creep (Radiohead)
The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
With Or Without You (U2)
Nothing Compares 2U (Prince)
Doesn't Remind Me (Audioslave)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
Nightswimming (REM)
Satrlight (Muse)
Closing Time (Semisonic)
Follow Me Around (Radiohead)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Laid (James)
On A Plain (Nirvana)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)
Cherub Rock (Smashing Pumpkins)
Falling And Flying (Bad Blake)
Porch (Pearl Jam)

* = with Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals

Friday, August 20th, 2010

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

Good times! Here's the songlist:

Lucky (Radiohead)
Go Let It Out (Oasis)
Elderly Woman... (Pearl Jam)
Feeling The Pull (The Swell Season)
A Warning Sign (Coldplay)
Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Stop And Stare (OneRepublic)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
Answering Machine (Matt Nathanson)
Macy's Day Parade (Green Day)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
On A Plain (Nirvana)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Starlight (Muse)
Change (Taylor Swift)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)
The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice) *
High And Dry (Radiohead)
Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
My Hero (Foo Fighters) *
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum) *
Breathe (Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat)
Fall Apart Again (Brandi Carlile) *
Restless (Alison Krauss) *
Volcano (Damien Rice) *
Falling Slowly (The Swell Season) *
Head Over Feet (Alanis Morissette) *
Keep Holding On (Avril Lavigne) *
I Run To You (Lady Antebellum) *
Chocolate (Snow Patrol) *
Love Story (Taylor Swift) *
You Were Meant For Me (Jewel) *
When Your Mind's Made Up (The Swell Season) *
My Life Would Suck Without You (Kelly Clarkson) *
Tragedy (Brandi Carlile) *
Laid (James)
Summer Of '69 (Bryan Adams)
Betterman (Pearl Jam) --> Save It For Later (Pete Townshend)
Good Riddance (Green Day)

* = with Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals

Thanks to everyone who came out and listened!

Friday, July 30th, 2010

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

3 hours of acoustic jams to rock your happy hour experience.

Songlist (in no particular order):

A Single Explosion (Matthew Good)
Jimi Thing (Dave Matthews)
Local Boy In A Photograph (Stereophonics)
Balham To Brooklyn (Turin Brakes)
I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty)
The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice)
Karma Police (Radiohead)
Van Diemen's Land (U2)
Your Love (The Outfield)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Allison (Elvis Costello)
That It Moves (Greg Laswell)
If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It (Snow Patrol)
Starlight (Muse)
Fake (The Frames)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Betterman/Save It For Later (Pearl Jam/Pete Townshend)
Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet) *
Doesn't Remind Me (Audioslave) *
The Kids Are Alright (The Who) *
Sweet Virginia (The Rolling Stones) *
Thank You --> Beautiful (Led Zeppelin / Christina Aguilera) *
Soulshine (Gov't Mule) *
Volcano (Damien Rice) %
I Run To You (Lady Antebellum) %
Falling Slowly (The Swell Season) %
Black Horse & A Cherry Tree (KT Tunstall) %
Tim McGraw (Taylor Swift) %
When Your Mind's Made Up (The Swell Season) %
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum) %
Answering Machine (Matt Nathanson)
Nightswimming (REM)
Who Knew? (Pink)
Creep (Radiohead)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Laid (James)
Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
Patience (Guns N Roses)
With Or Without You (U2)
Inside Of You (Infant Sorrow)

* = w/ Matt Mazurek on guitar
% = w/ Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals

Friday, May 28th, 2010

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

Friday, February 12th, 2010

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

3 hours of acoustic rock for happy hour.

Great crowd tonight. Thanks to all of you who came out and cheered - made me feel like a rock star.

Here's a rough list of the tunes in no particular order. So cool that Kaylyn was able to join me for a few again.

Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
Elderly Woman... (Pearl Jam)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Falling And Flying (Bad Blake)
The River (Bruce Springsteen)
Peace, Love and Understanding (Elvis Costello)
Who Knew? (P!nk)
On A Plain (Nirvana)
Inside Of You (Infant Sorrow)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Beautiful Disaster (Kelly Clarkson)
Betterman/Save It For Later (Pearl Jam/Pete Townshend)
Your Love (The Outfield)
My Hero (Foo Fighters)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Heroes (David Bowie)
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
Stop And Stare (OneRepublic)
Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet)
The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
Don't Look Back In Anger (Oasis)
Doesn't Remind Me (Audioslave)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Slither (Velvet Revolver)
The Scientist (Coldplay)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)
Shine A Light (The Rolling Stones)
Laid (James)
Nightswimming (REM)
Chocolate (Snow Patrol)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Change (Taylor Swift)
Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
*Keep Holding On (Avril Lavigne)
*When Your Mind's Made Up (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
*Teardrops On My Guitar (Taylor Swift)
*Volcano (Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan)
*Breathe (Taylor Swift & Colby Caillat)
*Falling Slowly (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
High And Dry (Radiohead)


* = with Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals

Until next time...

J

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

Acoustic music to accompany your three happiest hours on Friday 01/22/10.

The times, they were good.

It was great to have a chance to play some songs with Kaylyn again, and it was super cool to see so many familiar faces at the show too. Thanks to everyone who came out to listen!

Matt and I hung out past the point where the place changed over from PJs the bar/restaurant into PJs the cheesy meet-market club. Crazy. We felt old. Really old...

Here's a rundown of the tunes:

Chaos Girl (me)
Airbag (Radiohead)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Elderly Woman... (Pearl Jam)
Learning to Fly (Tom Petty)
My Hero (Foo Fighters)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Heroes (David Bowie)
Show Me Mary (Catherine Wheel)
Killer Cars (Radiohead)
Starlight (Muse)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
Inside of You (Infant Sorrow)
Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)
Star Star (The Frames)
Fell On Black Days (Soundgarden)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Your Love (The Outfield)
No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen)
That's The Way (Led Zeppelin)
Last Goodbye (Jeff Buckley)
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Corduroy (Pearl Jam)
*Realize (Colbie Calliat)
*Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead)
*Love Story (Taylor Swift)
*Volcano (Damien Rice)
*Least Complicated (Indigo Girls)
*Killing The Blues (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)
*Falling Slowly (The Swell Season)
*Picture To Burn (Taylor Swift)
*Black Horse & The Cherry Tree (KT Tunstall)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
The Galway Girl (Steve Earle)
Stop And Stare (OneRepublic)
Laid (James)
Nightswimming (REM)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Cherub Rock (The Smashing Pumpkins)
Closing Time (Semisonic)
Hold You (me)
With Or Without You (U2)
Good Riddance (Green Day)

* = with Kaylyn Caracausa on vocals

Friday, November 20th, 2009

PJ Whelihan's Blue Bell

Acoustic music to accompany the three happiest hours of the day.

Lot's of fun playing to a crowded PJ's on a Friday evening. Tried a couple of new-ish songs (U2's "Bad", Matt Nathanson's "Answering Machine") but mostly stuck to ones I've played before. Folks said the sound was good, so I've got that going for me...which is nice. For whatever reason, I never felt like taking a break, so I ended up playing for three hours straight. Thanks to everyone who came out to listen. It was nice to see so many familiar faces in the crowd.

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Dave & Laura's House

My good friends Dave and Laura Martin kindly offered to host a gig at their house in North Wales, PA next Saturday, 7/25. They're providing the venue and the refreshments, and I'll provide the music. When I play some Bruce, it'll feel just like one of those good ol' New Jersey back-yard BBQ's from days gone by.

The party will be outside on Dave and Laura's deck. They have a pool, so if you want to bring a suit and take an evening dip, knock yourself out.

People can start showing up at 7 PM, and I'll start playing at 8. Things will likely wind down by 11PM at the latest.

Let me know if you're planning to come because Dave and Laura need a rough head count so they can make sure not to run out of the aforementioned refreshments. If you want to bring someone with you that didn't get an invite, just check with me first to make sure there's room. I don't want to abuse Dave & Laura's generous offer of hosting a show.

Directions:


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Hope you can make it next Saturday!

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

KC's Alley

Acoustic rock until closing time.

Threw in a couple of ones tonight that I've either never played or haven't played in a long time:
Hard To Imagine
Nebraska
Cherub Rock
Footsteps
Dollar Bill
Crazy Mary
I Am A Leaver

In spite of allergy season kicking in big-time this week, my voice behaved itself, so I was able to do a much better run of Last Goodbye than the one I tried last gig.

Sadly, the bar was just about empty at midnight, so they ended up closing early. Where have all the fans of acoustic rock cover music gone???

Thanks to those who hung out the whole time!

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

KC's Alley

First Friday in Ambler - lots of acoustic rock goodness.

It was great to see so many famliar faces in the audience last night, and there were a few surprise visitors - people I hadn't seen in a long while. Finished playing ay around 2 AM, and then hung out for another hour or so shooting the breeze. Good times.

Here's a mostly complete list of the songs I played (not in order):

Release (Pearl Jam)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
Come On Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
Red Chord (The Frames)
The Kids Are Alright (The Who)
High and Dry (Radiohead)
Off He Goes (Pearl Jam)
Killing The Blues (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)
La Cienega Just Smiled (Ryan Adams)
The Galway Girl (Steve Earle)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
Change (Taylor Swift)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Stop And Stare (OneRepublic)
That's The Way (Led Zeppelin)
Last Goodbye (Jeff Buckley)
What Happens When The Heart Just Stops (The Frames)
Learning To Fly (Tom Petty)
Oh (Dave Matthews)
Running To Stand Still --> 40 (U2)
Don't Follow (Alice In Chains)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
Your Love (The Outfield)
Like A Virgin (Madonna)
The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice)
No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen)
Sweet Virginia (Rolling Stones)
Lucky (Radiohead)
Times Like These (Foo FIghters)
The Late Greats (Wilco)
Falling Slowly (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
Thank You (Led Zeppelin)
Patience (Guns n Roses)
A Warning Sign (Coldplay)
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
Closing Time (Semisonic)
Laid (James)
Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
Sarahphim (original)
Chaos Girl (original)
Change Of Mind (original)
It Means Nothing (Stereophonics)
Lilac Wine (Jeff Buckley)
Everlong (Foo FIghters)
Good RIddance (Green Day)
Elderly Woman... (Pearl Jam)
Starlight (Muse)

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

KC's Alley

3 sets of acoustic rock.

Thanks a lot to all of you who made it out to the show. The crowd was awesome, and lots of folks stayed until closing - you know who you are. Too bad there were no other local bars open so our group could have a final drink together...

Friday, February 6th, 2009

KC's Alley

First Friday in Ambler. Come on out and rock in the new month. I'll be playing for the usual amount of time - 3 sets of absurdly rocking acoustic tunes.

Good crowd and some good times.

Setist:

Come On Get Higher
Airbag
No Surrender
I Alone
I Won't Back Down
Killing The Blues
Chocolate
My Hero
Coming Home
La Cienega Just Smiled
Corduroy
Galway Girl
Love Story
I'm Yours
Every Breath You Take
Living On A Prayer
Elderly Woman...
Oh
Into The Mystic
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Let Down
Golden
Black Hole Sun
Champagne Supernova
The Kids Are Alright
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Girlfriend
Beautiful Disaster
Run
Times Like These
Lucky
Pour Some Sugar On Me
Today
Starlight
Thunder Road
Falling Slowly
Thank You
With Or Without You

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

KC's Alley

3 sets of acoustic rock and/or roll!

We made it until about 12:15 tonight before the thinning crowd led to the bar closing down early again. Sucks.

Thanks again to Ali, Colleen, Mike, Deb, Sara and Bayard for coming out and staying late.

Here's an approximate songlist:

Thunder Road
A Single Explosion
Starlight
Run
Patience
I Won't Back Down
Car Crash
Dress Blues
Golden
Today
The Kids Are Alright
What Happens When The Heart Just Stops
Goodbye To You
Elderly Woman...
High And Dry
Thank You
Everlong
Paranoid Android
Karma Police
Falling Slowly
Porch
Ran For Miles
Even Flow
Thinking About You
The Galway Girl
Living On A Prayer
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
It Means Nothing
The Blower's Daughter
Teardrops On My Guitar
Running To Stand Still/40

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

KC's Alley

3 sets of acoustic rock

Well, it was a short one tonight. There was hardly a soul in the bar tonight after about 10:30, but thanks so much to the folks that came out and stayed 'til the bar closed at 11:30 - Sara, Bayard, Ali, Mike etc... You guys were fantastic.

Here's a rough idea of the songs I played in my shortened set:

Airbag
Car Crash
Sarahphim
I Alone
The Kids Are Alright
I'm Yours
No Surrender
Elderly Woman...
It Means Nothing
How The Day Sounds
I See Monsters
Times Like These
Star Star
Falling Slowly
When Your Mind's Made Up
Lies
All The Way Down
Say It To Me Now
Beautiful Disaster
Every Breath You Take
Black Hole Sun
Change Of Mind
Learning To Fly
Don't Stop Believing
Change
Leave

Hopefully the bar will stay open long enough next week. I was just getting warmed up when they closed tonight. Doh!

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

KC's Alley

3 sets of acoustic rock covers with my friend Kaylyn joining me on the mic.

Good times! Thanks to everyone who came out and stayed late on a chilly Thursday night in Ambler. It was particularly cool to hear the crowd, drunk and sober alike, sing aloud to a few songs, most audibly during the Bryan Adams and Bon Jovi covers. Here's a rough setlist:

Keep Holding On
Our Song
Chocolate
Restless
If It Makes You Happy
Realize
Chasing Cars
Beautiful Disaster
Broken
Teardrops On My Guitar
Falling Slowly
Nobody's Home
Love Story

Killing The Blues
You Were Meant For Me
Never Again
Breathe
Fall Apart Again
Not Pretty Enough
Volcano
Fake Plastic Trees
My Hero
Picture To Burn
Fall To Pieces
Tim McGraw
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

Come On Get Higher
Living On A Prayer
Thank You
Every Breath You Take
Like A Virgin
Sweet Virginia
I Won't Back Down
Porch
Change

I'm Yours
Goodbye Earl
Least Complicated
The Story
When Your Mind's Made Up
Summer of '69
Bubbly
Good Riddance

Red Chord
Into The Mystic
Fake
Laid
High and Dry
Lilac Wine
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Elderly Woman Behind...
With Or Without You

Friday, December 26th, 2008

Whiskey River Grille

Acoustic sets with Kaylyn adding her vocal talents to the show.

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

KC's Alley

Celebrate First Friday in Ambler with 3 sets of acoustic music!

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

KC's Alley

Surprise, last-minute gig. Got called in when someone cancelled. Come on out to see the substitute performer!

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Whiskey River Grille

3 sets of acoustic originals and covers with my friend Kaylyn sharing the vocal duties.

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

KC's Alley

3 sets of acoustic songs, both originals and covers. My good friend Matt will join me for some of the night on guitar.

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

KC's Alley

I'm playing three acoustic sets from 10 PM until closing. My friend Matt will be joining me on guitar.

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Grape Street Philadelphia

Acoustic gig on the small stage at Grape Street. For directions, etc. check www.grapestreet.com.

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

MilkBoy Coffee

Jason, performing with the group Standing On The Edge (http://radiohead.ericrudofker.com), will do an acoustic set of Radiohead covers to benefit the ONE campaign to eliminate poverty (http://one.org). He will be joined by Eric Rudofker and Akshai Raj. This is a special, one-off gig that is not to be missed. MilkBoy Coffee is an all-ages venue.

Download a flyer here.

Good times - great crowd and a really fun show...until during 'High And Dry' the pipes in the room upstairs burst and water starting gushing out the window and into the venue! We had to evacuate to the street carrying all the gear outside before it got soaked. MilkBoy Coffee was completely inundated with agua - a complete disaster. It was a memorable end to the show, but in a horrible way. Hope the place is able to open back up again soon. Thanks to everyone who came out - it was awesome and we raised some good $$$ for the ONE campaign. Pics will be up in the Gallery soon. See you next weekend at Grape Street!

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

MilkBoy Coffee

2 East Lancaster Ave, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003
Cost : $6 adv/$8 door

Jason will do an acoustic set at the fabulous MilkBoy Coffee (www.milkboycoffee.com) in Ardmore. He'll be joined by Eric Rudofker (www.ericrudofker.com) and Women In Docs (www.womenindocs.com, from Australia!). $6 in advance/$8 at the door, and the venue is all-ages. Music starts at about 7:45 and Jason is scheduled to start around 10 PM. Ought to be a great night of music.

Small crowd but a good show in a great venue. Eric Rudofker and his band were awesome as always. Women In Docs were really good - Roz and Chanel sang some beautiful harmonies while Savannah tore it up on the fiddle. They're definitely worth checking out (http://womenindocs.com), and they were super nice people.

My set was a blast, and Eric joined me for a preview of our 8/16 Radiohead Tribute charity gig by playing 'Paranoid Android'. That one was a trip to play on acoustic guitar, I must say...

Aaron, the cellist from Eric's band, played a cello solo in my set on 'Long Enough'. That was really cool.

Here's the set:

Drowned
Coming Home
Paranoid Android (Radiohead cover)
Long Enough
Sarahphim
Change Of Mind
Falling Down
Reclamation Song
Falling Slowly (Glen Hansard cover)
She Loves Adonis

A few photos should be up on the 'Photos' page shortly.