Upcoming Show - Paddy Mac's, Saturday Oct 8th

Upcoming Show!

And Yes, I am still hosting Open Mic Nights every Thursday at Lizard's Liquid Lounge! We have really grown the night into something special, with a great group of regulars and a lot of new faces from all over the country (and the world) making appearances at our little Open Mic. Don't miss out on the fun if you're in Chicago on a Thursday night and want to hear some great free live music, you know where to go! (Hint, hint, Lizard's Liquid Lounge)

Just for the hell of it, here's the first five of Shuffle Mode for today:

"In This Ritual" - Mosno al-Moseeki
"Suffering" - The War on Drugs
"How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me)?" - Spin Doctors
"There Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down)" - Scott Lucas and the Married Men
"The Pull" - Steven Gilpin

Chickenwing Live on WZRD 88.3 FM - Jan 26 2016

I can hear you coming through my radio

Warm and welcome like a long lost friend

Your melody runs through me like a river

And it makes me wish this song would never end

Ready for my Radio Debut

If you missed my radio debut on 88.3 WZRD fret not, I have made it available to stream or download on my Soundcloud Page.

http://soundcloud.com/quigboto/chickenwing-live-on-wzrd

Setlist:

Hidden Track
Farther to Fall
Pale Moon (Shannon McNally Cover)
Never Tell a Soul
(chat with host, Mr. WZRD)
Take It On The Run (REO Speedwagon Cover)
Sunshine in the Wastelands
Wonderful World (Sam Cooke Cover)

I will probably be playing there again this summer, so stay tuned for updates! You can also "Like" my Artist Page on Facebook for more frequent updates on live appearances and Open Mic stuff.

Thanks for listening!

Last Five of Shuffle Mode:

"Prelude For Time Feelers" - Eluvium
"Tough Love" - Jessie Ware
"Boys Of Summer" - KT Tunstall
"Seaside" - Luke Buda
"Goodbye To You" - Scandal

Upcoming Shows for Chris "Chickenwing" Quigley

Sorry, I haven't updated lately. Not much has been going on, and I'm also incredibly lazy.

I am still hosting Open Mic Night every Thursday at Lizard's Liquid Lounge. 

In addition to this weekly gig, I have scheduled the following shows:

Friday June 12th @ 9:30-? - Lizard’s Liquid Lounge

Mon June 22nd @ 8pm - Acoustic Explosion at Silvie’s Lounge

Sat June 27th @ 2pm - Fuller’s Pub (Afternoon Show)

Sat July 4th @ 9pm - Fuller’s Pub

Mon July 13th @ 8pm - Acoustic Explosion at Silvie’s Lounge

Sat July 25th @ 10am - 12pm - Park Ridge Farmer’s Market

Sat Aug 22nd @ 9pm - Fuller’s Pub

Sat Sept 5th @ 10am-12pm - Park Ridge Farmer’s Market

Sat Oct 17th @ 10am-12pm - Park Ridge Farmer’s Market 

It's been an unexpected (but welcome) flurry of booking activity for me, and I'll keep you posted as I add more.

Since I haven't done this in a while, here are the first five of Shuffle Mode from today:

"More Than Life" - Whitley

"A Thousand Miles" - The Innocence Mission

"Kiteflyer's Hill" - Eddi Reader

"Let My Love Open The Door" - Pete Townsend

"Careful" - Horse

PS: Have you "Liked" me on FaceBook yet? Why not?

"Dirty" Work - Open Mic Nights at Lizard's Liquid Lounge

And if you want a show

Then just let me know and I'll

Sing in your ear again

"Drugs Don't Work" - The Verve

Me and Gene Jammin' At Lizard's Open Mic

I will be taking over hosting duties for the Open Mic Nights every first and third Thursday at Lizard's Liquid Lounge starting on Thursday October 16th. Lizard's is a really cool neighborhood spot, and their Open Mic night has a great group of people participating and listening. It has been curated for the last several years by my friend Cuauhtemoc (aka "Dirty"), so I've got some big shoes to fill. Come on out and join me every first and third Thursday at Lizard's, whether to play us some music, tell us some jokes, or just be part of the audience. A good time will be had by all. 

You can find Lizard's on Facebook HERE. 

Also, Smalls Smoke Shack is right next door, and they'll deliver delicious BBQ right to your barstool. 

Top five tunes on my playlist right now:

"Tough Love" - Jessie Ware

"Lucky Now" - Ryan Adams

"Our Place in the Sun" - Joel Plaskett

"Drugs Don't Work" - The Verve

"It Can't Be You" - Madison Pepper

Cuauhtemoc Cuauhtemoc 

Soundcloud

I put some selections from my musical catalogue up on Soundcloud so people could listen and download if they would like. You can find my soundcloud page HERE.

Thanks for listening!

FAWM Song #7 - "Mailing It In"

The last song I submitted for FAWM 2013 was this little number, "Mailing It In" which is as much a commentary about my FAWM output as it is (sometimes) about my life. Despite the premise and the impetus behind it, it's actually one of my favorites from this year's go-round.
Again, I remind you, these are very rough demos (most of them recorded on the voice memo thingy on my iPhone) so please keep that in mind when listening.
Anyways, you can stream or download "Mailing It In" here. 

Well I’ve gone and done it again
Made a mess out of a simple thing
And I swore that I wouldn’t do
A thing like that to me and you
But I’m selfish and I’m weak
And I’m doing it now even as we speak
And I wish I could pretend
And lie to myself like I lie to my friends

But I’m mailing it in
Mailing it in
And I hope that no one’s noticin’
Cause I’m mailing it in
mailing it in
And I think I’ve always been
Mailing it in

And whats the greater sin?
To fail or not to try again?
Oh is it even fair
That I don’t feel enough to care
Yeah I wish that I could say
That it mattered to me either way
But it seems my apathy
Is finally catching up with me

‘cause I’m mailing it in
Mailing it in
And I hope that no one’s noticin’
Cause I’m mailing it in
mailing it in
And I think I’ve always been
Mailing it in

And whats the greater sin?
To fail or not to try again?

‘cause I’m mailing it in
Mailing it in
And I hope that no one’s noticin’
Cause I’m mailing it in
mailing it in
And I think I’ve always been
Mailing it in

All of my FAWM 2013 submissions can be viewed/streamed HERE and if you are a member of their site, you can comment/hurl insults/heap praises upon me.  

FAWM Song #6 - "Feel Like Standing Up"

FAWM Song #6  "Feel Like Standing Up" can be streamed or downloaded here.

Well I feel like standing up
Then I feel like sitting down
Well I feel like I’m going nowhere
Whenever you’re around
(Whenever you’re around)

Well I feel like I never knew you
It feels like we were never friends
It feels like I’m wondering
If we’ll ever be again
(Will we ever be again?)

What came between us?
Was it too many people? Or too many miles?
I haven’t seen us
Could it be that I’ve been losing you all the while?

Well I feel like Sammy Hagar
After leaving Van Halen
I feel like I’ve gotta prove
Something to the world again

You used to be my strongest ally
Used to shield me from attack
Used to be we were in the trenches
Fightin’ back to back

What came between us?
A couple of words? Or a couple of miles?
We once were dreamers
I guess dreams only last for a little while

(Chorus - which I omitted on the demo for brevity and because I hate it)
But when the day is through
I’d still be there for you
I’m still on your side
And when it’s said and done
our friendship isn’t gone
Til one of us has died

(bridge)
Where did we go wrong?
Haven’t seen you for so long…

Well I feel like standing up
Then I feel like sitting down
Well I feel like I’m going nowhere
Whenever you’re around
(Whenever you’re around?)

Well I feel like I’ve lost a brother
Like I’m losing my best friend
And I feel like I’m wondering
If we’ll ever be again
Will we ever be again?
Will we ever be again?

FAWM Song #5 - "Even The Sky Has Given Up On Me"

FAWM Song #5 - "Even The Sky Has Given Up On Me" can be streamed or downloaded here. 

Please don’t turn away
I’m not the man (that) I was yesterday
I know you don’t believe that I ain’t like that no more
& I’ve not given you much to believe in me for

(But) please don’t leave me in the cold
I need redemption, before I’m too old.
I know I’ve let you down, so foolishly
and even the sky 
Has given up on me

Please don’t write me off
I know your first inclination is to scoff
I know I’ve let you down so carelessly
And now even the sky 
Has given up on me
Yeah, even the sky
Has given up on me

“Forgive yourself”, the sidewalk says
And it will set you free
But how can I forgive myself 
When no one forgives me

Please don’t push me away
‘cause I need to believe that things will be okay
I know I’ve let you down so foolishly
but now even the sky 
has given up on me
yeah now even the sky
has given up on me
oh, even the sky 
has given up on me
yeah even the sky 
has given up on me

FAWM 2013 Song #4 - Sweet Daisy May

Apologies for being slow to post my FAWM results, but this year the yield was kind of thin. How lean? Song #4 is about my dog, Daisy May.
Well, not every fucking song is going to be "Hotel California", what can I tell you?
Please keep in mind that these are extremely rough demos.

"Sweet Daisy May" can be streamed or downloaded from here.

Sweet Daisy May
Is nipping at my heels
She can’t talk
So she can’t tell me how she feels
She might be hungry
Might want to play
Either way
My slipper’s gonna pay

Sweet Daisy May
Is like lightning in a bottle
Everything she does
she does at full throttle
She’ll bark at oxygen
Run circles in the snow
And chase that old hound dog
Everywhere he goes

Sweet Daisy May
Sweet Daisy May
What did we ever
Do before the day 
You came our way?
Sweet Daisy May
Daisy May
What did we ever 
Do before that day?

Sweet Daisy May
is voicing her objection
See she’s sensitive 
to any (kind of) rejection
She’s telling me
to put that damn guitar away
And get on the ground
Cause Daisy May she want to play

Sweet Daisy May
Sweet Daisy May
What did we ever
Do before the day 
You came our way?
Sweet Daisy May
Daisy May
What did we ever 
Do before that day?

FAWM 2013 Song #3 - Gutter

I actually finished this over a week ago, but have been so distracted that I forgot to post it. Sorry. Here it is, song #3 "Gutter"

Loving you
Is a job for two
But only one of us
Wishes that weren’t true
You need a place to hide those things
You don’t want him to see
Unfortunately for me
That place is me

He gets your laughter
I get your pain
He gets your sunshine
But I’m just
The gutter for your rain
Gutter for your rain

How hard it must be
Emotionally
To keep things from him
That you don’t keep from me
But he don’t need
My bullshit sympathy
Cause all the best of you
Goes to him, you see

He gets your good times
I get your pain
He gets your laughter
And I’m just the gutter for your rain
For your rain

But there are other
Hands on your time
And as much as I
Wish those hands were mine
The only thing I want from you
Is to know I wish you well
The more you made me miss you
The farther that I fell

He gets your laughter
I get your pain
He gets your sunshine
But I’m just
The gutter for your rain
Gutter for your rain

FAWM 2013 Song #2 - Reverser

FAWM 2013 Song #2 is now complete. A synth-ey little number called "Reverser".  

You can download or stream "Reverser" here, or check out my FAWM Page to see all of my FAWM songs and check on my progress throughout the month.

I give her love
I give her laughter
I give her everything
I give her time
Forever and after
Never ask for anything

I make my plans
Without her
She never shows up anyways
But there’s something
About her
That keeps me waiting for that day

Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser(She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)

(Bridgey Widgey)
…and this is the saddest part…

I try to call
Leave her a message
She never gets back to me
Returned unopened
All my love letters
Full of desperate poetry

Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser (She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)
Reverser(She don’t want it so she sends it right back to me)

She don’t want my love…

FAWM 2013 Song #1 - Sad Song on Green Guitar

If only it said "Sad Bastard"...

My first FAWM submission of 2013 is now online. I was having trouble getting my writing mojo going, so it almost didn't happen, but I managed to squeeze this one out today. It's not my best, but certainly not my worst. 

Sad Song on Green Guitar can be downloaded here

You can also follow all of my FAWM progress HERE (If you're interested) 

Staring at the photographs
Remembering all the love and laughs
And wondering why it goes so fast
When we want it to go slow
Staring at an empty page
With all the things I wanna say
But words don’t wanna come today
So I have to let ‘em go
All these things
I have 
In my heart
But I can’t 
Figure out
Where to start

Sitting in an empty room
On this lonely Friday afternoon
Thinking you were gone to soon
When I wanted you to stay
We were Having dreams and making plans
We had it all here in our hands
no one else would understand
And we wanted it that way
These things
We had 
In our hearts
And now 
We are so
Far apart

Back now in the world I know
Outside it feels like ten below
Funny how things go so slow
When we want them to go fast
All the things I’ve yet to say
It’s like a movie scene we can’t replay
(And you go your own way)
Funny how things go away 
When we want them all to last
All these things
That remain
In my heart
Even though 
We are so
Far apart
All these things
Still remain
In my heart
Even though 
We are so
Far apart