Lucilles.

Sunday July 2nd was Soukis debut at
Lucilles.

Both Rooms there are my two favourite ones in the City
to listen to live music and i was very happy and excited
to be playing there.

I have seen many of my favourite players in the big room
and the sound has always been very good, no matter if the guitars
are plugged in a combo Fender Deluxe
or two Marshall 100 watt Heads
driving two or four Marshall 4/12 cabintes.

The difference between the big room and Lucilles is that in the second
you can`t play loud especially between 8:00-10:00 pm when people
are dining.

That`s a blessing in disguise for the singer,who doesn`t have to shout
to be heard as it`s often the case,when everybody is gradually turning
the volume up as the night goes on.

I was aware of the situation and for that reason my first set,
from 8:00 til 9:00 pm, was an acoustic one.

It had been a long time since i last brought my Guild
acoustic-electric to a gig and i was beautifully surprised by the sound
that was coming through the P.A and monitors,together with
my rich sounding voice , Steve Antonakos`s Epiphone
acoustic-electric and Jeff Stewart`s Harp.

I am always happy to play an acoustic set especially because of the way
i can hear all the nuances of my voice coming through without stressing.

After a break we switched to electric guitars and Margie Peters joined in
on bass with Tom Papadatos on drums for a set of blues with some new
originals throwing in.

Steve and I used the house`s amps.

He plugged in an old Twin Reverb
and I in a Line6 Flextone III
which was kind of complicated to set in the right sound but we did alright.

We did two more sets of Rockin`Blues with lots of originals
and people were dancing,everybody had a good time,
sold some cds and we were told that they would love
to have SOUKIS back there again soon.