Live at Empty Bottle (rerun)

As I was browsing through my DVD collection I noticed an unmarked generic black case. I had to think for a second as to what exactly it was. Riiiight, it was the only existing live video of me performing solo in the last few years. My pal from college John Weaver shot it when I played the Empty Bottle in September of 2006. I remember that show for the reason that it was the first time I was back in Chicago after having moved to Sweden. It had been 10 months since I had seen any of my friends back home.

The performance itself isn't much to look at if you want my opinion. This was post guitar and pre knob-twisting. I sang along to my music and walked around the stage drunk. That was my thing. I don't know if it really worked.

Anyways, I liked how some of the songs sounded at least. I liked the fact that the room was filled with my friends that night. So I dumped the audio and selected 5 of my favorites. I would've put the whole set up but since the audio was coming from a video, a few songs were shot a bit too close to the main speakers and were a bit too fuzzed out to post.

Anyways, I thought I'd share this with you. This is a bit on the lo-fi side, but it is the only documentation of what I was doing live in 2006.

Mike Downey : Live at Empty Bottle, Chicago, Sept. 6, 2006
1. The Team That Never Wins
2. Oh, Randomness
3. You've Your Spymap Out
4. Comforter
5. Families

Download it in this zip file