Three-fer

Hey, you drunkards! Foz the Hook plays three times this week. I don’t think that is what Coleman Brice had in mind when he established Cole’s. There are, I understand, other bands in Chicago, but we just love to play at Cole’s.

Tomorrow night you know the deal. You will come to Cole’s by about 8:00. At 8:30 you will sign up for the comedy open mic (provided you are funny). At 9:00 you will watch FtH warm up the room, and feel unexpected and shameful urges. Urges that will make you want to howl for more. At 9:30 the comics will begin to poke your brain pan, as you shriek in helpless fits of giggling. By the time you change underwear about midnight, your old pal Foz will be sitting at the end of the bar sipping a stout and enjoying the beauty of it all.

You are no doubt wondering when the fabled Tennessee Williams Thing will occur. Well, that is happening on Sunday night, February 28, as part of Dan John’s music open mic. There was a time when the Tennessee Williams Thing was developing into a big multi-media production, but that turned out to be hard. Now it’s just the “next album.” However, you can do worse than returning to Cole’s on Sunday night to check out the non-smartass element of FtH’s show. Who knows, you might like such arrangements as Heavenly Grass, Between a Bed and a Chair, Her Head on a Pillow, or Cabin – all simply beautiful poems that practically arrange themselves into very pretty songs. Cole will also pitch in at least two arrangements that he is contributing to the project.

Then – did you forget about it? – next Monday is the first Monday of the month, which means FtH will rock you to bed with our full set of shameful and disgraceful sounds. Do you remember With Drunk Astronauts? Do you remember Cheese Jesus? Do you remember Theme of the Guys From France? They will all be on the set list Monday night, so clear you calendar and be there.

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