RoryKL Featured Artist: Cary

This past weekend I played at The Harp in downtown Wilmington, NC. I’ve been uploading the footage from my performance over the course of the week (see @rorykl for my professional music account)…but this part of the event feels like a great fit for the weekend experiences community…I hope I’m not misguided in that :)

It’s not too uncommon to have someone in the audience ask if they can play my guitar for a song, and although I don’t always let it happen, for whatever reason, on this night I felt inclined to acquiesce…more so, I also decided to record the guy, not knowing what he was going to sound like.

By his own admission, he had been drinking whiskey all day. My expectations were fairly low when he took over the stage, mostly just cuz it’s hard to play well after a lot of drinking. Worst case, maybe he breaks a string, I thought…but he didn’t. Instead, he belted out a performance I thought deserved a larger audience, so I’m sharing him here with you!

…it was an awesome weekend filled with the thrill of live performance, the joy of finding another rally talented musician, and the fun of kayaking to Shark Tooth Island with my wife and kids :)