The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #47508   Message #709346
Posted By: paddymac
12-May-02 - 03:51 AM
Thread Name: Origins: the sick note/ murphy and the bricks
Subject: RE: the sick note/ murphy and the bricks.
I have found this song to be a fun audience participation number. I get the audience clapping to establish a tempo, and then do it a capella. Just getting the tempo going can be fun, and funny. Our crowds always seem to enjoy it. During a benefit show last summer, I got the crowd to tap quarters on the table instead of clapping, then "passed the plate" to pick up the quarters. I try to pick a time when there are several folks who are neither sober nor drunk, but in that fun place inbetween, and I always dedicate it to "everyone who has ever had to earn their living by the sweat of their brow."

Thanks, Pat, for a great contribution to the betterment of liffe.